All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 14, Issue 12 – Page 3
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UCI announces Sustainability Guidelines and Sustainability Targets
The Union Cycliste Internationale ( UCI ) has announced the approval of two key elements of its sustainability strategy: Sustainability Guidelines and Sustainability Targets . The Sustainability Guidelines document sets out recommendations for all cycling stakeholders with practical advice, case studies and detailed checklists enabling sporting ...
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Short stops
Short Stops Week 23, 2021
CORPORATE AND M A +++ Authentic Brands Group (ABG) and SPARC have completed the acquisition of Eddie Bauer, previously announced in May and reported by the Outdoor Industry Compass +++ U.S.-based Weyco Group , owner of U.S. waterproof specialty boots provider Bogs among others, has acquired ...
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Gregor Common takes over Pally’Hi sales management
Gregor Common , global sales manager for Amplid Snowboards , has taken on the additional role of global sales manager for Pally’Hi . The merino clothing brand was founded in 2013 by former professional snowboarder Peter Bauer , who is also the founder of Amplid. Unit manager Johannes Ritter , ...
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Naturkompaniet to enter Norway
Swedish outdoor retail chain Naturkompaniet – with German Globetrotter and Finnish Partioaitta part of the holding company Frilufts Retail Europe AB , which again is part of Fenix Outdoor International AG – has announced that it will enter the Norwegian market. To do so, it has ...
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News briefsSchöffel launches first fully digital sell-in tool for summer 2022
Following a major digitalization effort, Schöffel Sportbekleidung is using a new digital Schöffel Brand Space for its sell-in. The sales tool offers information, training and ordering options as well as assets for everyday business after the pandemic. In the three-dimensional digital space, Schöffel retail partners can explore the ...
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ArticleIPO of the bicycle certificate based on first and newly created bicycle stock index
For the first time, investors can now invest in a specific certificate on what the company describes as “the world’s first bicycle index.” The planned date for the IPO on the Frankfurt Certificates Exchange is June 21. 10 percent of the annual fee of 1.3 percent of this so-called ...
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News briefsHoka One One with new marketing executives
Source: Hoka One One Norma Delaney Hoka One One has named Norma Delaney VP global brand marketing. Hoka has already been a client of Delaney’s own company, Delaney Brand Consulting , which she has been running for about three and a half years. ...
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ArticleAccelerating Circularity launches European arm with EOG on founding committee
Accelerating Circularity , founded in 2020 as a collaborative industry project to accelerate the textile industry’s move from linear to circular, is launching a new project based in Europe. Just as in its U.S. counterpart, where the Outdoor Industry Association ( OIA ) is a long-term collaborator (though not ...
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News briefsLenzing and Södra partner on textile recycling
Lenzing has signed a cooperation agreement with Södra , an international forest industry group owned by more than 53,000 forest owners, to address the issue of textile waste. The cooperation involves the transfer of knowledge between the two companies and an expansion of the capacities for the production of ...
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News briefsFully booked View Premium Selection in Munich canceled
Munich Fabric Start Exhibitions GmbH has optimistically started planning its trade fair dates for the fall/winter 22/23 season in summer 2021, with the clear goal of finally being able to realize physical events for the fashion industry again. Against the backdrop of falling infection figures in Germany as well ...
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Dolomite supports Clean Mont Blanc project
Dolomite is supporting the Clean Mont Blanc project, led by the Summit Foundation and Aqualti . This cross-border initiative will see a multidisciplinary team collect water samples for microplastic testing around the Mont Blanc Massif and organize volunteer clean-up days in the three countries surrounding the massif: ...
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ATK is now controlled by Progressio, but the Indultis will continue to run operations
Progressio has acquired a majority stake in ATK Sports via its private equity Progressio Investimenti III . The Indulti family, which founded ATK in 2007, will maintain a minority stake and will continue to run operations. ATK specializes in ski bindings. The entire production process, from design ...
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Bluesign Technologies has a new CEO
Daniel Rüfenacht has been appointed CEO of Bluesign Technologies , effective June 1. He replaces Jill Dumain , who has become global vice president for sustainability solutions at SGS Group , the global testing, inspection and certification company of which Bluesign is a part. Rüfenacht began his career with ...
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News briefsDutch venture capital fund invests in Bikemap
For further growth in the areas of product development and scaling of its team, Austria-based Bikemap GmbH , with its worldwide bike route collection app Bikemap ( www.bikemap.net ), has raised fresh capital. This time, Dutch €140 million venture capital fund Ponooc stepped in with an undisclosed seven-figure sum. ...
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News briefsMerrell campaigns to take everyday indoor activities outside this June
Throughout June (the declared Great Outdoors Month ), Merrell invites consumers in the U.S. and around the world to participate in the #DoItOutdoorsChallenge and move traditional indoor activities outdoors. Each week of the month, Merrell launches a new initiative with the help of individuals and organizations to show ...
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News briefsDometic sets ambitious sustainability goals
Dometic , based in Stockholm, the specialist in products for mobile living that has just bought three other companies in the solar and vehicle accessories sector within one month , aims to increase its energy efficiency and switch to renewable energy sources to reduce its carbon footprint further. The company’s ...
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News briefsNew liquid products for brightening recycled PET fibers for the textile industry
U.K.-based chemical company Venator reports that it has developed a new liquid pigment masterbatch technology that can be used to brighten recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fibers quickly, cleanly and efficiently. Based on the company’s established titanium dioxide (TiO2) platform for the fiber industry, the new Hombitan® LQ range ...
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News briefsRevolutionRace to go public
Swedish DTC outdoor brand RevolutionRace will reportedly list on Nasdaq Stockholm this month. Founders Pernilla and Niclas Nyrensten , who currently own 34 percent of the shares, will sell an as-yet-undisclosed amount of shares along with Altor , a Stockholm-based private equity investment firm that currently owns 61 ...
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Buff reports 63% growth in fiscal 2020-21
Buff closed its fiscal year on April 30 with record sales of €85 million, a growth of 63 percent compared to the previous year (€52 million). The Spanish company attributed the good performance to the boom in outdoor sports and the production of protective equipment during the pandemic. In ...
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News briefsFjällräven launches new Kånken made from wood cellulose fiber
For the upcoming 2021 fall deliveries, Fjällräven is introducing the first Kånken daypack made from the brand’s proprietary Pine Weave cellulose material, paying homage to Kånken’s first design in 1978. According to the brand’s press release, the wood-based lyocell weave used for the new Tree-Kånken is ...
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