All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 14, Issue 24 – Page 3
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News briefsFormer Nike product manager to lead Arc’teryx footwear division
Arc’teryx has appointed Ovidio Garcia as VP, footwear, effective immediately. In his new role, Garcia will be responsible for leading the global footwear strategy and will report directly to Katie Becker, Arc’teryx chief creative officer. Garcia brings 15 years of experience at Nike in product management, merchandising and product operations ...
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News briefsInov-8 donates proceeds of Green Friday campaign
British brand Inov-8 has just donated more than €25,000 to help protect and restore peatlands in the Lake District. The money was raised through a Green Friday campaign called ”For Peat’s Sake.” According to a press release, the sum donated will keep 220 acres (that’s the approximate size of 146 ...
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ArticleOR Snow Show releases redesigned hall plan and new Resource Center information hub
The Outdoor Retailer Snow Show, taking place Jan. 26-28, 2022, in Denver, Colorado, has unveiled its in-person education program and a redesigned floor plan centered around the “Resource Center,” a new information hub that provides access to industry knowledge from experts who will be on hand to answer questions and ...
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News briefsBiden announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing 2022
While the Winter Olympics won’t get really interesting for the outdoor segment until 2026, when ski mountaineering will be part of the Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo Games for the first time with sprint, individual and mixed-relay events, it’s still worth noting that the U.S. has just announced a diplomatic boycott ...
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News briefsFinisterre donates more than £14,000
Finisterre’s alternative Black Friday promotion has raised £14,120 (€16,614-$18,717) for the Finisterre Foundation (CIC). The foundation, which campaigns for equal access to the sea for all and breaks down barriers for all to enjoy the water, donated £2.50 from every order placed over the Black Friday weekend. All funds go ...
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ArticleDespite serious bottlenecks, Taiwan’s bicycle and e-bike production grows at double-digit rate
Compared to other countries, the island nation of Taiwan has come through the pandemic in the best possible way. Thanks to safety measures taken in good time this is certainly also related to the experience gained with the SARS virus several years ago. Regarding this year’s situation in Taiwan, Astro ...
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News briefsDeuter and manufacturer Vina Duke win sustainability award for global partnership
The fourth edition of the Global Business Partnerships Award (part of the German Sustainability Awards) went to German brand Deuter and its Vietnamese partner company Vina Duke. The jury honored the 30-year old corporate partnership between the two companies as outstanding in the industry. Based in Ho Chi Minh City, ...
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News briefsCMP opens first HUB superstore
Italian outdoor brand CMP, part of the Fratelli Campagnolo SpA group, officially inaugurated on Dec. 2 its new HUB CMP Sport Concept, a new superstore format “that brings together the best brands in the outdoor world.” The first superstore in Mezzolombardo (Trento) is housed in a six-story building on 1,700 ...
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News briefsCallaway expands board with additional independent director
Callaway Golf Company has expanded the company’s board of directors from twelve to thirteen members by appointing Bavan M. Holloway to the board. The company’s bylaws require that its board of directors consist of a minimum of six and a maximum of fifteen members, the vast majority of whom must ...
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ArticleIntersport Austria enhances service, prepares for second consecutive winter without tourism
At the press conference marking the start of the 2022 winter season, Intersport Austria looked to the future with cautious optimism. On the first weekend of the advent season, the retail group recorded a digital run on all winter sports articles: alpine skis, touring skis, snowshoes, bobsleds and sleds were ...
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Short stops
Short Stops Week 49, 2021
CORPORATE AND M&A +++ Danish footwear manufacturer Ecco has selected Stratasys’ Origin One 3D printing technology to produce molds and shoe lasts using a Henkel Loctite photopolymer, accelerating product development at its plants in Portugal and Denmark +++ According to Bloomberg News, the Canadian owners of Selfridges & Co., the ...
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News briefsZumiez Q3 income beats estimates
Beating all estimates, Zumiez reported a solid 5.5 percent increase in net income to $30.7 million for its third quarter ended Oct. 30 on 6.8 percent higher revenues of $289.4 million. The international action sports retailer’s sales were 9.6 percent higher than in the comparable quarter of 2019 when the ...
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News briefsBergans’ Stranda V2 collection now even more sustainable
Source: Source: Hans Kristian Krogh-Hanssen Stranda V2 Insulated Anorak The second version (“V2”) of Bergans of Norway’s Stranda ski collection, which was first launched in fall 2018 and already designed with sustainability in mind, is now even more sustainable. The products are now designed to be ...
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ArticleFESI and others object to parts of the changes in EU antitrust commercial regulations
The European Commission has agreed to revise at least one of the new draft regulations and guidelines for VBER 2022 that it submitted for public review on July 9 and that would govern future relationships between suppliers (brands or manufacturers) and their wholesale and retail customers. The Federation of European ...
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News briefsSOG with two new members
The Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG) welcomes two new member brands from Finland: Pomar and NordShield. Pomar is a third-generation Finnish family business of shoemakers dedicated to producing sustainable, authentic and high-quality footwear that combines comfort, ease of use and Nordic design. NordShield is a Finnish ingredient brand focused on antimicrobial ...
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News briefsItalian luxury brand Zegna launches outdoor and ski capsule
Source: Zegna New Zegna logo Italian luxury brand Zegna has unveiled its latest collection, The Outdoor Capsule, themed “performance apparel and ski gear for big and small outings with elegant style.” The capsule’s exclusive pieces include ski helmets from Zegna and Kask, performance footwear from Zegna and ...
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Patagonia and Nike among brands charged with forced labor
The European Center for Constitutional Rights (ECCHR), with the support of human rights lawyers Prakken d’Oliveira, has filed criminal complaints against several Dutch and U.S. textile and fashion brands that have their European headquarters in the Netherlands. They argue that Patagonia, Nike, C&A and State of Art may have been ...
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News briefsGermany to adopt “lockdown for the unvaccinated”
The German Bund-Länder-Konferenz, a conference between the prime ministers of the German states and chancellor Angela Merkel and her successor Olaf Scholz, has decided on contact restrictions for the unvaccinated and an expansion of the “2G” rule in response to high Covid infection rates in the country. The 2G rule, ...
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ArticleLavalan introduces new insulation made from 100% European wool
The southern German wool specialist Lavalan, a brand of company Baur Vliesstoffe, presented its new wool insulation called Lavalan® pure made from 100 percent wool sourced in Europe at the (digital) Performance Days. Lavalan is a highly functional and natural alternative to synthetics and down. The properties of wool include ...
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News briefsPrana’s Responsible Packaging Movement well on track for success
PrAna, owned by Columbia Sportswear, reports that its Responsible Packaging Movement (RPM) has reached a significant milestone with the addition of more than 100 brands. The addition of partners such as Sephora, Sorel, Outdoor Research, Trek, Hoka and Burton demonstrates that the program is having an impact beyond the apparel ...
