All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 4, Issue 17-18
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Michael Millenacker is the new vice president for sales in...
Michael Millenacker is the new vice president for sales in the Americas for The North Face. He has more than 15 years' experience in the industry, most recently as president at Eagle Creek, a fellow VF Corporation brand.
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Salewa has inaugurated two new single-brand stores in the Italian...
Salewa has inaugurated two new single-brand stores in the Italian cities of Bergamo and Aosta
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Heiner Oberrauch, owner and president of the Salewa/Oberalp group, will...
Heiner Oberrauch, owner and president of the Salewa/Oberalp group, will be the keynote speaker at a dinner sponsored by Ispo during the European Outdoor Forum, scheduled to take place in Annecy, France, on Oct. 11-12. Like last year, where the keynote speaker was Paul Petzl, the dinner will take place ...
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Prices are going up, more or less selectively
Cost increases have been experienced by practically every vendor of footwear and clothing products in the outdoor, athletic and casual markets over the past 12 months. More than 70 percent of them have decided to reflect the higher input costs in one way or another in the prices that they ...
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GnL, Swiss manufacturer of multifunctional shoes with the patent registered...
GnL, Swiss manufacturer of multifunctional shoes with the patent registered “Glide and Lock” technology, presented its shoe innovations for the first time during last week's OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen. GnL developed a special shoe sole that does not only provide a 3D-cushioning system for vertical and horizontal forces, but also ...
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Shanghai was a success, Frankfurt says, but.....
The China Outdoor show that was held in Shanghai at the end of June was a success, according to its organizer, Messe Frankfurt. The official release says that slightly more than 6,000 professional buyers and outdoor enthusiasts attended the event held at Shanghai Exhibition Centre.They were welcomed by 103 brands ...
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Jeremy Moon, founder of Icebreaker, has teamed up with ten...
Jeremy Moon, founder of Icebreaker, has teamed up with ten other founding trustees to set up Pure Advantage, a non-profit organization that will help protect and restore the pure an environmentally responsible image of New Zealand. According to the founders, the increasing pollution and reliance on petroleum is tarnishing this ...
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Silva plans to expand under new owners
Silva, the Swedish brand of lights and compasses, is preparing to explore more openings in sports retailing and in international markets after its acquisition by Karnell, a Swedish investment company. Unveiled earlier this month, the sale of Silva by Fiskars should have a positive impact of about €6 million on ...
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The Taiwan Textile Federation presented its eco-friendly and functional product...
The Taiwan Textile Federation presented its eco-friendly and functional product innovations at the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen last week. Four Taiwanese textile companies presented their new ecological product launches in the framework of the conference. The Chia Heir Group presented its recently developed “NwoolTec” product line, which enhances the performance ...
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Vibram takes over FiveFingers’ distribution in Europe
Vibram has amicably parted ways with Aicad, the Italian producer of Lizard sandals, by not renewing a contract that had given it the right to distribute its own line of FiveFingers shoes in Europe for the past five years. Aicad will have until the end of this year to clear ...
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Nomad has decided to label its Dutch origin on its...
Nomad has decided to label its Dutch origin on its new product line for the spring/summer season 2012. The labeling is very subtle, but on each product it is pointed out to consumers where the label Nomad comes from. Until now, the brand has not placed any importance on its ...
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Czech retailer plans foray into Poland
Hudy Sport, the leading outdoor retailer in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, is preparing to move into the Polish market with several store openings early next year. The first two stores should open in Poznan and Warsaw in March and April, based on the same concept and with the same ...
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Italy’s Rewoolution gets in on Merino craze
The skyrocketing trend toward apparel based on Merino wool remains unbroken and attracts more and more new brands. The latest specialty brand for this offer comes from Italy and is called Rewoolution. It was founded one year ago outside Biella by Successori Reda, owned by the Botto Poala family. The ...
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Vasque uses two distributors to cover much of Europe
This brand of Red Wing Shoes, which is introducing a new brightly colored line of outdoor shoes for spring/summer 2012, has signed up two distributors, one in Spain and the other one in Germany, to cover many different countries in southern, Central and Eastern Europe.While focusing on different product lines ...
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Garmont denies rumors concerning a possible sale of the company,...
Garmont denies rumors concerning a possible sale of the company, although it has reportedly received at least one takeover offer. The rumors probably originated from the departure earlier this year of Gord Bailey, the company's longtime U.S. manager. Company officials say that Garmont plans to announce a new management structure ...
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The Japanese company Mont-Bell opened a new mono-brand store in...
The Japanese company Mont-Bell opened a new mono-brand store in the center of Tokyo last month. Including the new store in the Japanese capital, the company will be opening five new stores in Japan in 2011. LS Group, which owns the license for Mont-Bell products in South Korea, will expand ...
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Sportpanel, the Spanish market research and publishing company, is launching...
Sportpanel, the Spanish market research and publishing company, is launching an online portal, www.outdooractual.com, to help brands communicate with Spanish consumers. The launch is timed with the release of the second edition of the Biblia del Outdoor, a sort of 300-page catalog of new products, which has become available in ...
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A new German company, Sole Runner, presented a line of...
A new German company, Sole Runner, presented a line of innovation of barefoot shoes at this year's OutDoor trade show in Friedrichshafen. Shaped like a glove, but using sturdy materials, the sole is only 1.2-1.5 mm thick. The collection includes only two pieces at the moment. The production of the ...
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Coleman wants to get more into specialty retail in Europe
After the move of the headquarters for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) from Lyon to Frankfurt two and a half years ago, Coleman, along with its other brands Camping Gaz, Sevylor and Airbed, sees itself in a good position to strengthen its presence across the region for all ...
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Instead of sponsoring celebrities, Vibram has decided to sponsor five...
Instead of sponsoring celebrities, Vibram has decided to sponsor five ordinary athletes who will participate from Aug. 22-28 in the Ultra Trail du Montblanc, known as the most prestigious trail-running competition in the world, for which it has been an official sponsor since five years ago. The five people were ...
