All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 13, Issue 13-14 – Page 4
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ArticleCraghoppers wins Brand of the Year at Drapers Sustainable Fashion Awards
With its inaugural Sustainable Fashion Awards, London-based B2B fashion magazine Drapers seeks to recognize the industry’s progress in the reduction of its environmental impact and in creating fairer working conditions throughout its supply chain. The awards range from Brand and Retailer of the Year to the Best Supply Chain Initiative ...
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News briefsVista Outdoor’s investor relations officer receives Women in Business award
Kelly Reisdorf, chief communications and investor relations officer for Vista Outdoor of Anoka, Minnesota, was named an honoree of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal’s 2020 Women in Business awards. According to the publication, hundreds of women were nominated for this 23rd annual edition. Recipients were selected for outstanding professional achievements, ...
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News briefsHoka One One partners with Polartec for apparel collections
Hoka One One is partnering with fabric developer Polartec to create a complete, all-inclusive range of high-performing shirts for all athletes. The fast-growing running footwear label of Deckers Brands that expanded into performance apparel this spring, said it looked at extensive consumer feedback to design Hoka’s first ...
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News briefsPolygiene partners with reusable packaging manufacturer to create antimicrobial shipping boxes
Returnity , a U.S. manufacturer of custom-designed reusable shipping bags and boxes, has partnered with the Swedish ingredient brand Polygiene to create an improved reusable packaging product, treated with Polygiene’s ViralOff® antimicrobial solvent. The initiative is a first for the packaging industry, directly addressing recent concerns linked ...
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Polygiene signs exclusive distributor agreement for Ukranian market
Polygiene and TK-Domashniy Tekstyl , a home textile company in the Ukraine, have signed an exclusive distribution agreement for the Ukrainian market. TK-Domashniy Tekstyl was founded in 1995 and is a major player in home textiles in the Ukraine, producing and selling mainly home textile goods, but also raw ...
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News briefsRegistration for Shops 1st Try is open
More than 250 shops from all over Europe are expected to come to Shops 1st Try , one of the most important snowboard retail events in Europe. This year’s edition, the 11th, is scheduled for Jan. 24-26, 2021, at the Congress Centrum Alpbach (CCA) in Austria’s Alpbachtal valley, ...
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ArticleBurton transforms retail experience with NewStore’s omnichannel platform
NewStore , a leading omnichannel store solution from Berlin, has revealed that Burton Snowboards has started to run its stores on the NewStore Omnichannel Platform. With a mobile point of service (mPOS) and inventory and fulfillment solutions available on iPhone apps, the snowboard company’s stores will benefit from ...
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News briefsBig Agnes hires Senior Demand Planner to meet growing global demand
Big Agnes Inc. , an outdoor equipment brand from Colorado, recently hired Eric Einfeld as senior demand planner and Jill Lewis as director of North American sales. The company has also completed the relocation of its headquarters to a new location in downtown Steamboat Springs. As the ...
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News briefsSales up 9% at Oase Outdoors
Sales progressed by 9 percent at Oase Outdoors for the second quarter, as the Danish camping equipment company benefited from the reopening of European markets after their lockdowns. Its turnover reached 117 million Danish Kroner (€15.7m-$17.9m). On an organic basis, revenues grew by 10 percent. The company behind ...
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ArticleXXL is back on track
(SGI) After many quarters stuck in a downward spiral, XXL ASA , the leading Nordic sports retailer, has been taking drastic steps to turn the business around such as cutting costs, clearing inventory and searching for new “sustainable” sources of liquidity other than new equity. This has started to ...
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Decathlon partners with Carrefour in Italy
Decathlon is further expanding its collaborations with grocery store chains across Europe as part of its plan to make its products available to shoppers in their everyday life. After partnering with Carrefour in Belgium earlier this year, the French sporting goods chain is now teaming up with Carrefour in ...
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ArticleAnta Sports issues warning on first-half profits
Anta Sports Products said it expects to report a drop of about 25 percent in its earnings for the first half of this year, largely as a result of restrictions implemented during the Covid-19 crisis. They are even expected to be down by 35 percent from the year-ago period ...
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UK and France consider new face mask regulations
The British government has requested that people wear face masks in stores as of July 24, and the French government is considering making masks mandatory in stores and all other public places by Aug. 1 at the latest. The British Retail Consortium has said that retailers should not be ...
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ArticleNew EU Platform-to-Business regulation for fair Internet business
On July 12, 2020, a new Platform-to-Business Regulation (P2B) came into force in the European Union to ensure more transparency and fair competition from Internet marketplaces and online platforms. One of the reasons for the new quidelines is that the business of the affiliated retailers is largely dependent on ...
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Wolverine appoints VP of advanced concepts & innovation
Barry McGeough has been named Wolverine Worldwide ’s new vice president for advanced concepts innovation. McGeough has worked in the footwear and technical apparel industry for 20 years. Highlights of his career include innovation and product development for brands such as Calvin Klein , Tommy ...
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News briefsFjällräven takes trekking virtual with Fjällräven Classic TV
Building on the success of virtual Fjällräven Classic events in Germany and Denmark, Fjällräven will live stream all of its legendary long-distance treks online this summer: China starts on July 30 at 7.00 CET; Sweden on Aug. 7 at 16.00 CET; the UK on Aug. 27at 12.00 CET; and ...
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News briefsBuff establishes global corporate alliance with UNICEF
After Buff had already announced in June in Europe that it would donate two percent of Buff’s worldwide turnover from 2020 to the United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ), the U.S. subsidiary of the Spanish brand has now also published the news about the corporate alliance. ...
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News briefsMontane aims for international expansion
The British endurance clothing and equipment brand Montane has announced ambitious plans for continued international expansion with the appointment of Ross Maddams as the new head of its international sales and the appointment of two new sales partners in Asia. Maddams brings with him more than 15 ...
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Igloo’s Covid-19 relief donations in the U.S. reach almost $300K
Igloo, a U.S. cooler specialist, has reported that its total donation to the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Foundation and Restaurant Employee Relief Fund has reached $299,794 through the sale of Playmate coolers. Igloo has awarded all funds directly to the organizations for ...
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Napapijri receives Cradle to Cradle gold award
Napapijri, a brand of VF Corp., received a gold award from the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute, headquartered in Oakland, California and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The non-profit organization’s work is funded through program fees and the support of foundations and sponsors. ”Cradle to Cradle Certified” is a globally recognized ...
