All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 15, Issue 2 – Page 7
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ArticleEOG prepares to present plans for 2022
While the public appetite for outdoor activities is increasing, the European Outdoor Group (EOG) is finalizing its 2022 program of collaborative projects to its members in the lead-up to the association’s Annual General Assembly next month. Reflecting, serving and promoting the entire value chain, work will focus on the major ...
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News briefsFormer Sport 2000 CEO joins Dutch SaaS startup
Former Sport 2000 GmbH CEO Markus Hupach is joining Dutch SaaS startup Arion as CEO, effective immediately. Arion’s parent, sports tech company Ato-Gear, claims to be ushering in “a revolution in athletic footwear” with Arion, a digital software/insole solution that aims to help people improve their performance and technique and ...
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News briefsThe winners of the French Outdoor Awards 2022
Source: OSV Gignoux Mountain, winner of the FOA Innovation Award 2022 The jury of experts appointed by the French trade association Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV) announced the four winners of the French Outdoor Awards (FOA) 2022 on Jan. 15 in Chamonix. While the competition is open to ...
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News briefsFreeskier Chris Benchetler takes creative reigns at Atomic
Source: Atomic Chris Benchetler Atomic announced the appointment of longtime athlete, freeskier and artist Chris Benchetler hailing from Mammoth Mountain, California, as its new creative director of freeride and freeski. Benchetler will be responsible for the visual design, creativity, and styling of Atomic’s global freeride and freeski ...
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News briefsEcco USA with new CEO
Source: Ecco USA Tom Berry Danish footwear brand Ecco has appointed Tom Berry as president and CEO of Ecco USA, based in Londonderry, New Hampshire, effective immediately. After more than 20 years with the brand, former president Dave Quel had announced his retirement last summer, with CFO ...
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News briefsFristads introduces online tool to calculate environmental impact of workwear
Fristads, a Swedish workwear manufacturer that also expanded into the outdoor segment in 2020, has made it easier to be aware of the environmental footprint of its workwear by developing its so-called Green Calculator. The digital tool uses real data to calculate the difference that choosing eco-friendly workwear can make ...
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News briefsClarus appoints GM for Rhino-Rack USA
Utah-based Clarus Corp. has appointed Greg Heichelbech as the new GM of Rhino-Rack USA, the U.S. branch of Australian overlanding company Rhino-Rack, which Clarus acquired in the summer of 2021. Heichelbech has over 30 years of leadership, operations, and sales and marketing experience working in the branded aftermarket, powersports and ...
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Moody’s upgrades Amer Sports’ outlook to positive on strong nine-month sales growth
Rating agency Moody’s reports that Amer Sports, the parent of Arc’teryx, Salomon, Wilson, Peak Performance, Suunto and Atomic, which has been majority controlled by Chinese sportswear giant Anta Sports since 2019, reported solid sales growth of +29 percent in the first nine months of 2021. The gains were driven by ...
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News briefsUSWE hires product manager for softgoods
Swedish company USWE Sports AB, which was founded in 2007 and went public on the Nasdaq First North Growth Market in June 2021, has hired Erica Brodin as its new product manager softgoods for the USWE and Void brands. She has 15 years of product development experience with brands such ...
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News briefsCordura launches re/cor RN66 Nylon fabric line from pre-consumer waste
For fall 2023, Invista brand Cordura has introduced a new collection of nylon 6.6 fabrics from recycled raw material marketed under the Cordura re/cor line of recycled fibers. Re/cor is a trademark applied in November 2021 and works as a Cordura sub-brand for GRS (Global Recycled Standard) certified post-consumer recycled ...
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ArticleSouth Korean outerwear manufacturer Kido expands to Bangladesh
South Korea-based technical outerwear manufacturer Kido Industrial announced a total investment of more than $36 million in new factories in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Of this amount, the company will invest $31.17 million to establish a new company, Kido Dhaka Company Co, Ltd. In addition, Kido recently acquired an existing garment factory ...
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News briefsSchöffel’s Austrian boss says goodbye
After almost twelve years at the helm, Jürgen Nairz is surrendering his position as managing director of Schöffel Austria GmbH, which also shares responsibility for the Italian market. Nairz took up his post in the fall of 2010 as head of the Innsbruck-based subsidiary newly founded under his leadership. ...
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News briefsMountain Hardwear promotes Sablle Scheppmann to director of sales
Mountain Hardwear, a wholly owned subsidiary of Columbia Sportswear Company, has promoted Sablle Scheppmann, who has served as the brand’s national sales manager for the past three and a half years, to its new director of sales. Scheppman helped the company focus on the brand’s specialty business and structure its ...
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ArticleJack Wolfskin with strategic repositioning aimed at global expansion, customer centricity and sustainability
Jack Wolfskin, the German manufacturer of outdoor apparel and equipment that has been part of U.S.-based golf outfitter Callaway Golf Company since January 2019, has unveiled a new strategic brand reset with its fall/winter 2022 collection. The central elements of this are the new claim “We Live to Discover,” as ...
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Short stops
Short Stops Week 3, 2022
TRADE SHOWS & EVENTS +++ The French show Sport-Achat Hiver, canceled in 2020 and 2021 because of Covid-19, returns to Lyon Eurexpo March 7-9, 2022 +++ The snowboard test event Shops 1st Try, scheduled to take place on Jan. 30 - Feb. 1 at the Ski Juwel Alpbachtal resort, Austria, ...
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News briefsHohenstein expands collaboration with data management platform Texbase
Germany-based textile testing institute Hohenstein (also the owner of the Oeko-Tex labels and certification processes) has broadened its collaboration with Texbase Inc., a cloud-based data management platform for the textile and consumer product industries. Hohenstein customers can now collaborate, send test requests and receive test reports within the Texbase Connect ...
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News briefsBackcountry launches Shaun White's Whitespace brand
U.S. retailer Backcountry, parent company of German retail specialist Bergfreunde, has teamed up with pro snowboarder Shaun White for his new Whitespace brand of hardgoods and apparel. Backcountry will act as the exclusive retailer for Whitespace and is kicking off the partnership with a limited-edition Whitespace Freestyle Shaun White Pro ...
