All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 13, Issue 23-24 – Page 7
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Schmidt-Eisenhart will be Calida Group’s new CEO
The board of directors of the Swiss Calida Group, which includes the Lafuma Group with the outdoor brands Millet and Lafuma, has appointed Timo Schmidt-Eisenhart as chief executive officer of the Calida Group. Schmidt-Eisenhart will succeed Reiner Pichler in the first half of 2021. As reported earlier, Pichler will continue ...
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Berghaus with new distributors for the Iberian Peninsula and Italy
British outdoor brand Berghaus, a Pentland Brands business, has appointed Dicaltex Internacional as distributor for Iberia and Out Lab Distribution as sales agency for Italy. Both companies are already representing other Pentland companies, including Endura, Ellesse and Speedo, and will focus on building Berghaus sales through specialist outdoor retail channels ...
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News briefsEOCA Green Friday Fundraiser 2020
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) and 17 of its members are turning Black Friday green by launching an online fundraiser this year. The funds raised will support conservation projects, including EOCA‘s six most recently selected projects, tackling the issue of plastic pollution both in the environment and at source, ...
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News briefsAnnecy Days trade event planned for January
A number of outdoor and snow sports textile brands have come together to organize a new physical trade event called the Annecy Days - Winter Edition. Scheduled for Jan. 11-12, it will be patterned after ASAP but be limited to B2B dealings at the brands’ permanent or temporary showrooms in ...
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News briefsTecnica among the best performing companies in Italy’s northeast
Tecnica Group has been ranked among the 100 top-performing companies in Italy’s Triveneto area for 2019. The ranking is available in TOP 100, a special supplement that the Gedi publishing group has devoted to the best-performing companies in Italy’s northeast. The supplement has been on sale since Nov. 20 with ...
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Karpos launches the Mountain Friday
Karpos has announced that it will be donating 10 percent of the proceeds from the sales on its online store from Nov. 23 to Nov. 30 to mountain rescue services in the Italian areas of Belluno, Piedmont and Tuscany. The timing of the initiative, dubbed Mountain Friday, coincides with the ...
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Save The Duck supports Doctors Without Borders in Italy
On the occasion of the upcoming Black Friday on Nov. 27, Save The Duck will be donating 50 percent of the proceeds of that day’s sales on its e-commerce site and the physical stores in Venice (Calle dei Fuseri) and Milan (via Solferino and via Dante), which are open to ...
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News briefsTecnica comments on situation at Ski Excellence Center Austria
Earlier this week, some media reported that the ski manufacturer has stopped production at its Tecnica Group Ski Excellence Center in Mittersill, Austria, which has triggered various suspicions and rumors regarding the Covid-19 situation. The Tecnica Group has now officially commented and clarified that the Tecnica Group and its production ...
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ArticleKathmandu’s revenues keep surging thanks to surf label Rip Curl
Following record sales for its financial year ended on July 31, boosted by the acquisition of Rip Curl in October 2019, Kathmandu Holdings kept the momentum going during the start of its new financial year. In a trading update, the company said that revenues for the first fiscal quarter ended ...
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News briefsVaude receives New Work Award 2020
Because of its ”value-oriented corporate culture with a focus on trust and self-efficacy,” Vaude now has been awarded the German New Work Award 2020. The outdoor brand convinced both an expert jury and the online community. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the originally planned award ceremony in Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie concert hall ...
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News briefsOrtovox skips Black Friday, sends employees outside to clean up instead
As last year, Ortovox will consciously refrain from any discount campaigns and close its online shop from Nov. 27 until Nov. 29 as a sign to support moderate and sustainable buying. At the same time, all company employees receive a free day on Friday, Nov. 27, to go outside and ...
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News briefsGerman consumer climate declines with second Corona wave
According to the GfK consumer climate study for November 2020, the mood among German consumers in November was considerably dampened by the second, partial lockdown. As in the previous month, both economic and income expectations and the willingness to buy declined. “The renewed closure of the hotel, restaurant and ...
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News briefsBlack Friday: German union calls for strikes at Amazon
Just in time for Black Friday, the labor union Verdi calls on employees in Germany to go on a three-day strike at seven of Amazon’s German distribution centers. This is intended to persuade the online retailer to participate in tariff wages. With the start of the night shift from Wednesday ...
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News briefsKlarna releases pre-Black Friday shopping analyses from the U.S. and Germany
Klarna, the global payments provider and shopping service from Sweden, has released new holiday shopping data that indicates shoppers in the U.S. shifted their share of e-commerce spending towards the leisure, sports & hobby and home & garden categories in the week ahead of Thanksgiving (Nov. 16-22). The leisure, sports ...
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ArticleA quarter of European firms need support or face a cash shortage in 2021
About a quarter of companies in the Eurozone will need more government support in 2021 to avert a cash-flow crisis, according to the French credit insurance company Euler Hermes. “The first wave of Covid-19 lockdowns caused a stronger-than-expected profitability shock for most European non-financial corporate” during the first half of ...
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News briefsDeuter’s Green Friday 2020
The German backpack specialist Deuter is donating 10 percent of its brand online store turnover between Nov. 27 and 29 to the ALPs Project of the non-profit sustainability research institute European Research Institute (ERI). ALPs is one of the European Outdoor Conservation Association’s (EOCA) funded projects for 2020. The aim ...
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News briefsIWA OutdoorClassics 2021 canceled
NürnbergMesse has decided to cancel IWA OutdoorClassics 2021, originally planned for March 12-15. Rising infection figures, various quarantine regulations and travel restrictions make reliable planning simply impossible for exhibitors and visitors. The IWA team is currently working on an alternative program for the event. The kick-off of a series of ...
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News briefsEntire Austrian territory now covered by RECCO’s search technology
The Swedish rescue technology company RECCO has reported that Austria is the first country in the world to fully cover its entire territory with RECCO SAR detectors. Searches will be carried out jointly by the Austrian Air Police (BMI) and the Austrian Mountain Rescue Service (ÖBRD). The detectors are placed ...
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Staff changes at Groupe Rossignol in Austria
The Austrian branch of Groupe Rossignol has announced a series of staff changes. Sandro Aichner, sales manager of Rossignol Austria at the Innsbruck office since 2011, will assume responsibility for the Dynastar, Lange, Look and Kerma brands on top of Rossignol. The previous sales manager for Dynastar, Lange and Look, ...
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News briefsOsprey’s Green Friday is dedicated to a plastic-free outdoors
Osprey is repeating its fight against Black Friday and returns with its own Green Friday. Between Nov. 27 and 30, the U.S. backpack specialist will be donating 20 percent of its turnover to its long-term partner European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA). The organization finances nature conservation projects and makes a ...
