All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 12, Issue 25-26
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The ZDHC Roadmap to Zero initiative has issued the second...
The ZDHC Roadmap to Zero initiative has issued the second version of its Manufacturing Restricted Substances List (MRSL). The V2.0 was released on Nov. 27, but brands will have a 12-month transition period to implement it. The ZDHC MRSL is a list of chemical substances banned from intentional use in ...
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Snowleader, the French online retailer for ski and outdoor products,...
Snowleader, the French online retailer for ski and outdoor products, is expanding into the Italian market, with a dedicated web store in the Italian language offering more than 18,000 products, including local brands like Montura. It's the eighth market for the Annecy-based company, after France, the U.K., Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, ...
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Werner Marzin, the former president of Messe München who helped...
Werner Marzin, the former president of Messe München who helped turn Ispo into a global trade show, died on Oct. 14 at the age of 89. He spent 30 years with the company after joining it at its very start in 1964. He was made president two years later. His ...
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Lowa is the sponsor and official footwear supplier for volunteers...
Lowa is the sponsor and official footwear supplier for volunteers helping to organize the Biathlon World Championship, which will be held in Rasen-Antholz, in Italy's South Tyrol, on Feb. 12-23, 2020. The footwear model that the volunteers will be wearing is called Antholz GTX MID, named after the municipality that ...
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This month, Norrøna opened a flagship in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood...
This month, Norrøna opened a flagship in Manhattan s SoHo neighborhood on Greene Street. This is the Norwegian outdoor brand s 24th brand retail store globally and the second one in the U.S. after the concept store in Boulder, Colorado – itself near the American subsidiary Norrøna established last year. ...
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Fischer Sports has reopened its Fischer Grants Program to promote...
Fischer Sports has reopened its Fischer Grants Program to promote skiing in the U.S., with a focus on youth, underserved ski populations, snowmaking and education. Applications for funding and equipment will be accepted on a rolling basis throughout winter 2020. The first Fischer grants went to Duluth Cross Country for ...
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Johnson Outdoors returned to profit in its fourth fiscal quarter,...
Johnson Outdoors returned to profit in its fourth fiscal quarter, ended on Sept. 27. The group s net income reached $3.9 million, against a net loss of $4.9 million for the corresponding period in 2018. The management said this was largely due to increased sales and the timing of tariff ...
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News briefsIndustrial Summit Technology (I.S.T) to launch new high-tech fiber at Ispo Munich
Industrial Summit Technology ( I.S.T ), a Japanese materials company, will launch a new high-tech fiber at the next edition of Ispo Munich in January. The new Imidetex material is based on Polyimide, a high-performance polymer widely used in the aerospace industry, and boasts a tensile strength ...
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Fusalp is opening a new shop in Paris, not far...
Fusalp is opening a new shop in Paris, not far from the Eiffel Tower. The new shop follows another Parisian store on boulevard Beaumarchais, between Bastille and République, opened in mid-October. Fusalp posted revenues of €16.6 million for the financial year ended on May 31, representing a 49 percent increase, ...
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The North Face will open the first mono-brand store in...
The North Face will open the first mono-brand store in Russia in cooperation with a local retail partner, Inventive Retail Group, occupying 160 square meters in the Galereya Mall in St. Petersburg next March, the company told the local press. The group plans to open a total of 10 TNF ...
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European Outdoor Group invites more retailers to join its ranks
Currently, there are 11 organizations among the 100-plus members of the European Outdoor Group (EOG), which between them represent 24 retail companies with around 2,000 doors (and online sales) in nine European countries.
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Stephan Drake, who founded DPS Skis together with Peter Turner...
Stephan Drake, who founded DPS Skis together with Peter Turner in 2005, left the company this fall. Now serving as president and chief executive is Alex Adema, who has been the chief operating officer of the Utah-based ski company since 2015. The reasons for Drake s departure from the company ...
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In keeping with a months-old plan to pare down its...
In keeping with a months-old plan to pare down its brand portfolio, Idealp Sport will be shutting down Degré 7, its brand of technical ski apparel, according to sport-guide.com. Quoting Michel Pescio, director of sales and marketing at the French mountain-sports company, sport-guide.com said that Idealp seeks to narrow its ...
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The Fastening Products division of YKK – a network of...
The Fastening Products division of YKK – a network of 108 companies in 72 countries – has established a partnership with Browzwear, which produces a software suite for 3D apparel design and display. Parts of YKK s catalog of zippers, hook-and-loop fasteners, webbing tapes, snaps and buttons will be available ...
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Descente opened a new showroom at the MTC World of...
Descente opened a new showroom at the MTC World of Fashion in Munich, Germany. The Japanese brand, outfitter of the Canadian and Swiss Ski World Cup teams, returned to the German marketplace for the first time in years at Ispo Munich 2019. The country manager is Lothar Heinisch, who previously ...
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Darn Tough Vermont, the U.S. performance outdoor and lifestyle sock...
Darn Tough Vermont, the U.S. performance outdoor and lifestyle sock manufacturer, has completed the multi-million dollar renovation of an existing 100 year-old building, the Nantanna Mill, which will now serve as the brand's new 6,100-square-meter site for all sock finishing processes in its hometown of Northfield, Vermont
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VF Corp. sets new social and environmental targets
In 2016, VF Corp. presented its “Made for Change” sustainability and corporate responsibility strategy, which describes the company’s approach to balancing growth, value creation and innovation – as well as its commitment to lead the entire industry into a more sustainable future.
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Conzzeta is divesting Mammut
The board of directors of the Swiss Conzzeta group has decided to evaluate proposals for the takeover of its Mammut business unit and some other non-core operations, and to focus on its bigger Bystronic business unit, which deals with the automation and integration of the material and data flow in ...
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Kering, the French luxury group that controlled Puma for a...
Kering, the French luxury group that controlled Puma for a while, has held “preliminary discussion” about a potential takeover of Moncler, according to Reuters. The Italian luxury outerwear brand is more profitable than Puma, and it is growing as fast as some of Kering's luxury brands, including Gucci, Yves Saint-Laurent ...
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Ziener will be for the first time the official clothing...
Ziener will be for the first time the official clothing partner of the Nordic World Ski Championships. They will be staged by the International Ski Federation (FIS) in Oberstdorf from Feb. 23 to March 7, 2021. Under the deal, which was brokered by Infront, the German brand will dress more ...
