All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 14, Issue 20 – Page 4

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    Tickets for Climate Action Summit on sale now

    2021-10-04T10:50:00Z

    As of Monday, Oct. 4, tickets can be purchased for virtual participation in the Climate Action Summit on Nov. 24. The event offers inspiring presentations, discussions and the opportunity to exchange ideas and network with renowned representatives from business and science on the topic of climate protection. Customers of the ...

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    Prophete Group with management change after successful turnaround

    2021-10-04T09:49:00Z

    In mid-2019, when the German bicycle supplier Prophete Group ran into difficult waters, the two owner families, Lönne and Prophete, brought the turnaround consultancy Struktur Management Partner GmbH on board. Interim manager Felix Schwabedal was tasked with designing and implementing the restructuring. Effective Oct. 1, 2021, he will now be ...

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    Short Stops Week 40, 2021

    2021-10-04T06:08:00Z

    RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION +++ For the seventh year in a row, U.S retailer REI is once again closing its more than 170 locations (stores, activity centers, distribution centers, call centers and headquarters) on Black Friday and pay its more than 15,000 employees to #OptOutside with family and friends +++ U.S.-based ...

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    Bründl Sports opens new flagship store, carries Marcel Hirscher’s new ski and apparel brands

    2021-10-03T19:34:00Z

    Bründl Sports’ new flagship store with a net sales area of 2,500 square meters (total size: 5,600 sqm) opened in the heart of the Austrian ski and mountain sports town of Kaprun on Oct. 1 after a construction period of only one and a half years. Above all, the topic ...

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    Eva Doll joins Polygiene as customer experience manager EMEA

    2021-10-01T12:58:00Z

    Polygiene has hired Eva Doll as its new customer experience manager for the EMEA markets. Doll has extensive experience in the sporting goods and outdoor industries. She comes to Polygiene with a solid background as a freelance editor and content creator for several sports brands, sports publications and news platforms. ...

  • Selma Jakobsson has been appointed Sourcing & Production Manager at Isbjorn of Sweden
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    Isbjörn hires former H&M product developer as sourcing and production manager

    2021-10-01T11:33:00Z

    Source: Isbjörn of Sweden Selma Jakobsson Isbjörn of Sweden, based in Nacka and owned by Nordic KidsWear AB, has recruited ex-H&M product developer Selma Jakobsson as its new sourcing and production manager. She started a sustainable denim menswear company Mottainai NY in 2005 while studying fashion and ...

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    Chinese outdoor equipment producer Toread enters micro LED market

    2021-10-01T11:33:00Z

    Pathfinder, a Chinese outdoor products manufacturer better known as Toread, announced that it will join Jiaxing Yuanyang Equity Investment and Xiamen Xiyi Equity Investment in acquiring an 80 percent stake in Beijing Xinneng Electronic Technology, a company founded in 2019 and specializing in the research and development of integrated circuits ...

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    Swiss e-bike pioneer Flyer takes off in North America

    2021-10-01T08:07:00Z

    Like the German mountain bike manufacturer Propain Bicycles, Swiss e-bike pioneer Flyer AG, part of Europe’s largest bicycle buying group ZEG (Germany), is also using this year’s U.S. bicycle festival Sea Otter Classic in Monterey, California (Oct. 7-10), to enter the U.S. market. Flyer is not only eyeing the ...