All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 14, Issue 12 – Page 4
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Ecco Leather’s Hot-Shop event starts Aug. 31
Ecco Leather , the leather manufacturing division of the Danish footwear company Ecco , is holding its Hot-Shop event from Aug. 31 to Sept. 3. ”This time around we will be exploring the notion of bringing low-fi ingenuity into a virtual and non-defined future,” the company said without giving ...
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CEO Jason Brooks appointed Rocky Brands’ chairman of the board
U.S. footwear and apparel company Rocky Brands announced that the company’s CEO, Jason Brooks , has been named chairman of the board of directors, following the decision of his father, Mike Brooks , to step down from this position he had held since 2005. Mike Brooks will continue to ...
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ArticleClarus to acquire Australian roof rack manufacturer Rhino-Rack
Clarus Corp. , the Utah-based parent company of Black Diamond , Sierra Bullets and Pieps , among others, reports that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Australia-based Rhino-Rack Pty Ltd , a manufacturer and distributor of roof racks, mounting systems, luggage boxes, carriers and other automotive ...
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Moncler hires a chief brand officer away from Nike
Gino Fisanotti will be filling the new position as chief brand officer for Moncler as of June 7. Fisanotti has been with Nike for the past 24 years, occupying a series of executive posts in retail and brand marketing and moving through various geographic sectors: Latin America, ...
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News briefsSwiss lift operators start the 2021 summer season
The Swiss mountain lift operators report that the 2021 summer season starts on schedule, with all protective measures against Covid-19 infections in place. Some Swiss resorts are already in operation. The lift operators have taken the necessary precautions to implement all the requirements of the authorities for the safety of ...
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News briefsDecathlon France promotes outdoor activities with new app and website
Decathlon has launched Decathlon Outdoor , a website and app that list the nicest and closest natural spots for outdoor experiences and micro-adventures, developed in collaboration with Mhikes , a Grenoble-based startup founded in 2013 specializing in digital tourism and business and consumer mobile solutions. The initiative is ...
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News briefsArc’teryx Alpine Academy returns on-site and digitally
Arc’teryx has announced that its Alpine Academy will return to Chamonix July 1-4. Additionally, a full digital program will accompany the event, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. Source: © Walter Chamonix - Alpine Village For those who can make it ...
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News briefsAerosol researcher advises against abolishing compulsory masks in stores
Germany’s Handelsblatt reports that German aerosol researcher Gerhard Scheuch , former president of the International Society for Aerosols in Medicine , believes mandatory masks should first be removed outdoors and in large halls before tackling retail stores. To be sure, he said, masks are not a universal remedy ...
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News briefsCanyon welcomes new CFO
Source: Canyon Winfried Rapp While current business is humming along with new records, German D2C bicycle supplier Canyon Bicycles has announced a change in its top management. Winfried “ Winni ” Rapp will assume the position of CFO. At the same time, ...
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News briefsShopify and Google deepen retail collaboration
Shopify reports that it has expanded its partnership with Google to help merchants of all sizes benefit through improved discovery and a higher-conversion checkout while simplifying the onboarding process for Shopify merchants joining Google. Shop Pay , which Shopify says is the fastest and most secure way to ...
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News briefsBurton is calling for Clean Up Days on June 12-13
Burton is calling for the annual Burton Clean Up Days, which started years ago with a crew of company employees picking up trash on their local mountain. Over the years, the event has grown into a movement of like-minded snowboarders cleaning up their personal playgrounds around the world. This year, ...
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Isbjörn partners with GoJungo to grow international business
Outdoor children’s apparel brand Isbjörn of Sweden has announced an e-commerce partnership with German marketplace specialist GoJungo to simplify logistics and help grow the brand’s international business. GoJungo provides an innovative and sustainable platform for Isbjörn to ensure its outdoor apparel and accessories are easily accessible through major ...
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News briefsHyosung strengthens marketing teams in Europe and U.S.
Hyosung , a Seoul-based textile solutions provider, has appointed Claire O’Neill and Julia Nam as European and U.S. marketing managers, respectively. Source: Hyosung Claire O’Neill O’Neill, based in the U.K., has extensive experience in intimate apparel, swimwear and global textile markets. She ...
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ArticleSports and outdoor brands emerge as circularity champions in new Textile Exchange report
Sports and outdoor brands are among the companies that made the most progress toward circularity, a new report from Textile Exchange suggests. According to the study titled Material Change Insights Report , the circularity score of Outdoor/Sports companies increased by 57 percent in 2020 compared to an average increase ...
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Japan prolongs state of emergency to June 20
The Japanese government has extended a state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas of the country due to the Covid-19 pandemic to June 20, just over a month before the planned start of the Toyko Olympics on July 23. The restrictive measures currently in place, which are less ...
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ArticleSpanish bike sales hit the 1.5m milestone
In 2020, Spain surpassed for the first time in history the milestone of 1.5 million bicycles sold in one year. According to figures by Ambe, the Spanish bike industry association, released in collaboration with Cofidis, a French telecredit company that is the main sponsor of a road cycling team of ...
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ArticleSustainable Apparel Coalition and Higg launch new transparency program
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition ( SAC ), a global, non-profit, multi-stakeholder alliance for the consumer goods industry, and its technology partner, Higg , have just launched the first phase of a transparency program for the public sharing of data on a product’s environmental impact, starting with its material content. ...
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Short stops
Short Stops Week 22, 2021
LEGAL INSTITUTIONAL +++ The 7th edition of the World Cotton Research Conference (WCRC-7) has been delayed for a second consecutive time due to ongoing pandemic-related uncertainty and is now scheduled to take place on Oct. 3-7, 2022 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt +++ RETAIL ...
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