All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 12, Issue 19-20 – Page 3
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Bergans tests a spider-like fiber by Spinnova
Bergans of Norway hopes to produce items more sustainably by entering into a production partnership with a new Finnish weaving technology specialist, Spinnova, which has just gone through a refinancing round.Spinnova uses a mechanical process rather than a chemical one to obtain cellulose fibers from wood, straw and waste products, ...
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Carl Davies, who has been working for the Pentland Group...
Carl Davies, who has been working for the Pentland Group for ten years, has left it following its recent management reshuffle. He was the president for EMEA and the Americas at Pentland Brands, whose brand portfolio includes Berghaus. As previously reported, a veteran of the group, Richard Newcombe, is now ...
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Bergzeit, the big German-based online outdoor retailer, has become a...
Bergzeit, the big German-based online outdoor retailer, has become a member of Sport 2000, the German buying group, joining other pure players like 11teamsports and Keller Sports. According to its management, the benefits of the move include access to special make-ups and to the marketplaces of Sport 2000, plus help ...
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Buff, the head- and neckwear brand based in Catalonia, is...
Buff, the head- and neckwear brand based in Catalonia, is releasing an interesting new Mountain Collection of tubulars for autumn/winter 2019/20. The designs feature iconic peaks throughout the world such as Montblanc, the Matterhorn, the Jungfraujoch, the Dolomites, the Zugspitze, the Grossglockner and Mount Elbrus in Europe; Mount Whitney, Grand ...
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Steve Barker, co-founder and former president of Eagle Creek, the...
Steve Barker, co-founder and former president of Eagle Creek, the Colorado-based maker of luggage, backpacks and accessories, will serve as interim executive director of the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) of the U.S., starting on Oct. 14. He is replacing Amy Roberts, who has stepped down to take a post at ...
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Johan Lövqvist, former CEO of Tenson, is now running Baltic,...
Johan Lövqvist, former CEO of Tenson, is now running Baltic, a leading producer of life vests from Sweden
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Colin Ingram, a former product director at New Balance, has...
Colin Ingram, a former product director at New Balance, has been serving as director of product for Hoka One One since last May
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Blackrock, a major asset management firm, has raised its stake...
Blackrock, a major asset management firm, has raised its stake in Moncler from 4.794 percent to 5.016 percent. The company's president, Remo Ruffini, is still the major shareholder with a stake of 26.75 percent. Another major shareholder is Morgan Stanley with about 3 percent of the shares. As of last ...
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Brands like Canada Goose and Arc'teryx get a halo effect...
Brands like Canada Goose and Arc'teryx get a halo effect by promoting the Canadian manufacture of their products. According to a survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), there is significant demand for Canadian-made products abroad. The Canadian branch of the London-based “professional services network” surveyed 3,521 consumers in Australia, France, Germany, ...
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Archroma, the Swiss manufacturer of color and specialty chemicals, and...
Archroma, the Swiss manufacturer of color and specialty chemicals, and the Bluesign System are the latest to have committed to the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Foundation as contributors. The ZDHC Foundation oversees the implementation of the ZDHC Roadmap to Zero Programme, a collaboration of fashion brands, value chain ...
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Diego Hidalgo Nourry has been appointed chief executive of Trangoworld,...
Diego Hidalgo Nourry has been appointed chief executive of Trangoworld, the Spanish mountaineering brand. He succeeds Manuel Lucea, who has retired after 40 years with the company. Hidalgo Nourry has been with Trangoworld for about 16 years and was most recently chief production officer. He also spent four years working ...
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Marmot has appointed Melf Sönnichsen as the new senior manager...
Marmot has appointed Melf Sönnichsen as the new senior manager for brand marketing and communications. He will be responsible for the development and execution of the brand's marketing strategy in Europe. He will report to Jan Schapmann, the commercial director of Marmot EMEA. Sönnichsen has extensive experience in marketing and ...
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Camelbak has appointed Mike Valvano as director of softgoods and...
Camelbak has appointed Mike Valvano as director of softgoods and sports bottles in the U.S. and the rest of the world
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The upcoming Sustainable Apparel Forum in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will...
The upcoming Sustainable Apparel Forum in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will run concurrently with the Bangladesh Denim Expo on Nov. 5, invites textile technology companies to showcase their sustainable solutions free of charge as a way to help speed the adoption of new environmental technologies in the country
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VF’s investments and growth in Europe will vary from one country to another
VF is forecasting higher sales growth in the GAS (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) area over the next five years than in the other major markets in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. At the global Investor Day held on Sept. 25 in Beaver Creek, Colorado, VF projected a compound ...
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Pertex will be announcing its sustainability targets at the upcoming...
Pertex will be announcing its sustainability targets at the upcoming Performance Days trade show in Munich on Nov. 13-14, following the completion of its first Sustainability Report. Pertex' main sustainability objectives include reducing demand for virgin raw materials by replacing them wherever possible with materials from recycled waste streams, eliminating ...
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Ferrino has announced that Krzysztof Wielicki, the Polish mountaineer who...
Ferrino has announced that Krzysztof Wielicki, the Polish mountaineer who collaborates with the brand, has won a Piolet d'Or for 2019, equivalent to an Oscar for mountaineers, as the company called it. Wielicki has been one of the first to complete all the 14 eight-thousand climbs, and the first to ...
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Suunto has announced a three-year partnership deal with the Hardrock...
Suunto has announced a three-year partnership deal with the Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run in Colorado, which makes the brand a Diamond Level Partner as well as the exclusive sports watch of the run
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Standard & Poor's has downgraded the rating outlook for Wolverine...
Standard & Poor's has downgraded the rating outlook for Wolverine Worldwide from stable to BB+ because its financial leverage has risen to three times due to spending on share buybacks. The leverage may grow beyond three times if the Ebitda margin doesn't improve from its current level of 5 percent ...
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VF Corp., Marks & Spencer and Levi Strauss & Co....
VF Corp., Marks & Spencer and Levi Strauss & Co. have joined forces with Mastercard on a pilot project to pay garment workers digitally in Egypt and Cambodia. Participating factories will be able to deposit wages directly into the workers' accounts. Workers can then activate prepaid or debit cards, or ...
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