All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 12, Issue 19-20 – Page 4
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American Outdoor Brands, whose main asset is Smith & Wesson,...
American Outdoor Brands, whose main asset is Smith & Wesson, suffered a 10.9 percent decline in total revenues to $123.7 million in the first quarter ended on July 31. Disappointing financial analysts, the group had a net loss of $2.1 million for the period, compared with net income of $7.6 ...
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Mammut North America has announced three appointments for its new...
Mammut North America has announced three appointments for its new marketing and sales office in Denver, Colorado. Ben Eagleton joins Mammut as marketing coordinator. Nash Welch joins as the new customer service and internal sales representative. Finally, Dave Bottomley has joined the Mammut team as North American sales manager.
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Equip Outdoor Technologies, the group behind Lowe Alpine and Rab,...
Equip Outdoor Technologies, the group behind Lowe Alpine and Rab, has a new two-year partnership with a British outdoor educational charity, The Outward Bound Trust. The group and the charity will each help 24 young people to attend a five-day residential course in the Lake District National Park, combining learning ...
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The U.S.-based Conservation Alliance has welcomed ZyneGo, a new backpack...
The U.S.-based Conservation Alliance has welcomed ZyneGo, a new backpack solution launching via Indiegogo, as a new member
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VF wants Timberland to grow again, enlarging its target
Executives of VF Corp. have admitted that Timberland failed to live up to expectations in the last few years, growing at a very slow place, largely due to a slowdown in sales of iconic styles like the Yellow Boot and the rising popularity of athletic-inspired sneakers. VF had projected a ...
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Keen Footwear is collaborating with Sherpa Adventure Gear on the...
Keen Footwear is collaborating with Sherpa Adventure Gear on the Innate LTD project. For every pair of Innate x Sherpa Adventure Gear shoes sold, Keen will donate €15 to Room to Read, a charity focused on literacy and school gender equality in third-world countries. In this case, the funds will ...
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Craghoppers has added a “Best Social Impact” category to its...
Craghoppers has added a “Best Social Impact” category to its Craghoppers Film Prize, conferred annually in London at the Discover Film Awards on a short film that grapples with ethics, environmental protection or societal problems. The British outdoor apparel brand is also supporting the recent release of the Discover Film ...
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The very active Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) of the U.K....
The very active Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) of the U.K. is organizing a conference on counterfeiting in London on Oct. 24, starting at 12:30 and finishing at 15:30. Presentations will be made by one of the association's members, SnapDragon Monitoring, and a law firm specializing in intellectual property protection, UDL. ...
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The founders of Acai Activewear, a British brand of functional...
The founders of Acai Activewear, a British brand of functional woman's apparel, have attracted a £350,000 (€405,281-$447,460) investment from Dow Schofield Watts Angels. It is the fourth investment made by this network of business angels. Joe and Kasia Bromley launched their brand of skinny trousers in 2016, and it has ...
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A team of researchers at Aalto University in Finland has...
A team of researchers at Aalto University in Finland has developed an eco-friendly wax coating to make garments water-resistant. The treatment is said to be non-toxic while offering the necessary breathability and natural feel, according to the researchers. The new natural wax is obtained using carnauba wax, which is found ...
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Runners took part in the Inov-8 Descent Race on Austria's...
Runners took part in the Inov-8 Descent Race on Austria's Hanekamm mountain earlier this month. The annual event, organized by a local outdoor retailer, Georg Uberall, took place in the rain and turned Kitzbuehel's Steif slope into mud. The hill has an 80 percent gradient and is considered one of ...
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Lenzing's Refibra technology has hit the new milestone of 30...
Lenzing's Refibra technology has hit the new milestone of 30 percent recycled raw materials. Lenzing launched the Refibra brand in February 2017. Refibra is based on the group's Tencel fiber, with the addition of cotton scraps and wood. The technology involves upcycling a substantial proportion of cotton scraps – from ...
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Ispo has launched the 2020 edition of the Ispo Award,...
Ispo has launched the 2020 edition of the Ispo Award, which honors outstanding products and services in the sports industry. Companies can submit their new products for consideration until Dec. 3, 2019, benefiting from early-bird rates if they submit their products by Nov. 6, 2019. The international jury of experts ...
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LVMH is planning to reopen La Samaritaine later in 2019...
LVMH is planning to reopen La Samaritaine later in 2019 or early in 2020, and according to a report by sportguide.com, several outdoor brands will be present there. La Samaritaine, a historic department store between rue de Rivoli and the river Seine, in the heart of Paris, has been closed ...
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This month, in keeping with its pledge in 2018 to...
This month, in keeping with its pledge in 2018 to phase out single-use, non-biodegradable plastics, Finisterre established a partnership with another British company, Aquapak, which manufactures water-soluble, recyclable, compostable and biodegradable polymers. Over the past 10 months, they have developed a dissolvable packaging that breaks down into non-toxic biomass in ...
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Patagonia has announced that 100 percent of its waterproof shells...
Patagonia has announced that 100 percent of its waterproof shells are now made with recycled materials and sewn in Fair Trade Certified factories. This covers all 61 styles and product categories, from technical alpine and snowsports shells to kids and lifestyle.
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The Swiss Conzzeta Group reports a 1.9 percent increase to...
The Swiss Conzzeta Group reports a 1.9 percent increase to 186.7 million Swiss francs (€169.7m-$187.3m) for the first nine months of this year in its Outdoor segment, which mostly consists of the Mammut Sports Group. It was the only segment of the Conzzeta Group that recorded an increase for the ...
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