All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 13, Issue 23-24 – Page 4
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News briefsDeuter takes second place at German Sustainability Award for corporate partnerships
Together with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), exemplary partnerships between companies from the textile industry based in Germany and in developing countries were now honored with the German Sustainability Award Corporate Partnerships 2021. The award is the most prestigious award in Germany and one of ...
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Dorel calls special shareholders’ meeting for going-private transaction
The shareholders of Montréal-based Dorel Industries, the parent company of Cannondale, GT, Schwinn and other bike brands, will hold a virtual extraordinary meeting on Jan. 12 to vote on the offer by Cerberus Capital Management to take the company private at a price of CAD14.50 per share. Dorel’s board of ...
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News briefsIspo Munich reveals more details about the upcoming online show (video)
Messe München has published a video for Ispo Munich Online 2021, in which it reveals more about the design of the virtual expo area, the digital brand spaces and the digital conference program of the event scheduled for Feb. 1-5. Video: ISPO Munich Online 2021: How brandr… ...
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ArticleHeiQ now listed on the LSE
On Dec. 7, thanks to a reverse takeover into Auctus Growth Plc, the textile materials company HeiQ was listed on the London Stock Exchange, under the ticker symbol HEIQ. The stock was oversubscribed on issue and raised £60 million (€66m-$80m) before expenses. The new public interest in the company doubtless ...
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Scott Italia delivers snow alerts
Scott Italia has partnered with 3B Meteo on a new service that will enable mountain enthusiasts not to be surprised by the weather. The service consists of a one-minute video forecast that will be broadcast on Scott communication channels, with a focus on snowfalls and snow accumulation. The new service, ...
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UK bike sales up by 60% since March
Retailers in the U.K. have seen bicycle sales increase by 60 percent since March, while e-bike sales have more than doubled. These and other figures are featured in The Impact of COVID-19 on the UK Cycling Market in 2020, an 89-page account of cycling industry sales and growth during the ...
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Eurobike announces dates for 2021
The organizers of Eurobike have announced that the 29th edition of the event will take place on Sept. 1-4, 2021. The event in Friedrichshafen, Germany, will be a combined trade and public trade show. The first two days will be reserved for international trade visitors while the third day will ...
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Ferrino presents its new historical digital archive
Ferrino, the Italian outdoor company celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, has presented Archivio Storico Digitale Ferrino, a new digital archive that allows you to trace the history of the brand. The new digital tool gathers and makes accessible memories and documents from the company’s long-standing history. The company said ...
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A seminar on the role of the outdoor sports industry in the environmental transition
The European Network of Outdoor Sports (ENOS) is organizing a virtual seminar on Dec. 10, entitled ”Fostering environmental transition through Outdoor Sports,” which will be a follow-up to the Power of the Outdoors webinar that took place on Oct. 14. The new event, scheduled to take place from 14:00 to ...
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News briefsNew Salewa store in Graz
A new Salewa brand store will open in the Austrian city of Graz on Dec. 11. The South Tyrolean mountaineering sports brand, part of the Oberalp Group, is opening its latest flagship store on 85 square meters in the center of the Styrian capital in a historic country house at ...
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Blacks with U.K.'s first Merrell shop-in-shop
Merrell has partnered with Blacks, a U.K. outdoor retail chain based in Bury, Greater Manchester, England, with stores nationwide, to open the brand’s first shop-in-shop in the U.K. at Blacks Leicester at 46 High St. on Dec. 2. The shop-in-shop features Merrell’s men’s and women’s apparel collection.
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Changes in the German office of Groupe Rossignol
Source: roupe Rossignol Hilmar Bolle Following the reorganization of its Austrian office, Groupe Rossignol Germany is now also partially restructuring its German office in Munich. Hilmar Bolle remains fully responsible for Germany and Austria as business development manager. Florian Estermeier, sales manager for the Rossignol brand since ...
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Bern hires PR agency to increase presence in the U.K.
Bern Helmets from the U.S. state of Massachusetts have appointed Spring PR to increase their presence in the U.K. market and expand their U.K. customer base. Spring PR, located in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, has extensive experience working within the outdoor active lifestyle sector and is currently also working with Leki, Nikwax, ...
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ArticleGore and Bionic Yarn collab to develop textiles made from ocean-bound plastics
W. L. Gore & Associates and Bionic Yarn, a material engineering company from New York, have announced a collaboration to drive the development of a high-performance textile made from traceable, recycled plastic. Gore said it recently made an equity investment in Bionic to help streamline its fiber supply chain and ...
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ArticleFrance postpones the start of winter season clearance sale to January 20
The French government has postponed to Jan. 20 the start of the winter clearance period from its initial date of Jan. 6. The clearance period will last four weeks. In radio interview with RMC/BFM TV, the Economy Minister, Bruno Le Maire, added that the measure is aimed at helping small ...
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EVOC cooperates with Haukland
Two years ago, travel photographer and social influencer Benjamin Jaworskyj founded the photographer’s clothing brand Haukland with the goal to provide photographers and filmmakers with functional clothing that meets all requirements for functionality and flexibility, looks good and is reasonably priced. Together with the German sports brand EVOC, an exclusive ...
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ArticleGerman consumers won’t save on Christmas gifts
According to the latest GfK survey, consumers in Germany plan to spend an average of €330 on Christmas gifts this year, which translates into a potential sales volume of €19.8 billion for this important year-end sales period. The second wave of Covid-19 is unsettling consumers in terms of economic and ...
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ArticleZumiez posts good results in Q3 thanks to Blue Tomato and Fast Times
Zumiez, the American action sports retailer that owns Blue Tomato in Europe and Fast Times in Australia, performed well in the third fiscal quarter ended on Oct. 31, thanks to a good performance outside its core North American market. Its net income soared by 51.5 percent from the year-ago quarter ...
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ArticleAre we going to ski this winter? An Update
As previously reported, despite the German, Italian and French governments’ efforts to reach a uniform regulatory framework, there is still no joint European roadmap for the opening of ski resorts during the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition to Switzerland, Sweden, and Bulgaria, which refuse to restrict ski lift operations, the Austrian ...
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Amazon and Yeti sue counterfeiters
E-commerce giant Amazon and Yeti, the U.S. brand of coolers and drinkware and other outdoor equipment, have filed a joint lawsuit against two individuals from California for counterfeiting Yeti products, including the popular Rambler® mug. The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of ...
