All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 4, Issue 25-26
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Lundhags has officially opened a new office in Stockholm to...
Lundhags has officially opened a new office in Stockholm to house product development, marketing, finance and sales in an attempt to be closer to customers and key market players
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Garmont will introduce a special new line of lightweight mountaineering...
Garmont will introduce a special new line of lightweight mountaineering ski boots for winter 2012-13, called PowerLite , with innovative patent-pending features including an easy-in, easy-out construction and a new mechanism for friction-free walking comfort
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Jack Wolfskin has opened its fourth French store in Grenoble,...
Jack Wolfskin has opened its fourth French store in Grenoble, which is directly operated by the German company, and it will open a new U.K. store, in Birmingham, the country's second largest city, on Dec. 8
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Vaude has joined forces with the Plant for Planet initiative,...
Vaude has joined forces with the Plant for Planet initiative, an environmental organization founded in 2007 by the then-9-year-old (sic!) schoolboy Felix Finkbeiner. Vaude invited 57 kids from 19 schools in the region to the company's headquarters near Lake Constance. The idea behind Plant for Planet is to make the ...
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Viking Fottøy, the Norwegian footwear group, has recruited a high-profile...
Viking Fottøy, the Norwegian footwear group, has recruited a high-profile marketing director to accompany its latest bout of expansion. Romain Jourdan, a Frenchman who spent the last 13 years in Norway, comes from Maxxium/The Edrington Group, which is mostly known for distributing brands of spirits such as Famous Grouse, Cointreau ...
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The North Face has launched an online platform in Europe...
The North Face has launched an online platform in Europe to promote safety in the mountains. The “kNOw boundaries” website contains several sections, focusing on items such as safe equipment, how to spot an avalanche, signs of unstable snow, and so forth. Each of them is animated by videos featuring ...
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Eschler pulls production out of Switzerland
The Swiss industry, already hard hit by the larger-than-life Swiss franc compared with the euro at the wholesale and retail levels, has begun to count casualties in the domestic production apparatus. Christian Eschler AG, the Swiss manufacturer of high-performance fibers and fabrics, has decided to shut down its own plant ...
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Ecco will be title sponsor of a three-day indoor trail-running...
Ecco will be title sponsor of a three-day indoor trail-running event, co-sponsored by the magazine Runner's World, in Westfalenhalle of Dortmund, Germany, beginning on Feb. 3
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Ventilated Glagla shoes see sales double internationally
In addition to numerous shoe shops around the world as far away as Israel or Australia, major outdoor retailers such as Globetrotter in Germany have adopted a relatively new brand of trendy high-tech walking shoes, called Glagla, that can be used for hiking and other outdoor sports. Launched by an ...
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Dutch outdoor distribution swaps
Snowgoose, the Dutch distributor of Haglöfs as well as Dale of Norway and La Sportiva, has decided to suspend its operations. The distributor's longstanding owner, Marcel Koomen, is taking a break for personal reasons, and the three brands handled by the company have all opted for alternative structures and partnerships. ...
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Jochen Lagemann, European sales and marketing director for Primaloft, has...
Jochen Lagemann, European sales and marketing director for Primaloft, has appointed Birgitte Norenberg European trade marketing manager. Born in Norway, Norenberg will operate from the company s European office Munich. During the past six years she served as export coordinator at Norrøna. Additionally, the company has hired Giulia Franceschini to ...
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Silva encompasses deal with Salewa
Starting in January 2012, Silva, the Swedish maker of compasses, headlamps and accessories, will use Salewa as its agent for Germany, feeding the market out of its own warehouse. Marcus Haas, Silva's international sales director confirmed that the deal will go along with the shutdown of Silva's subsidiary in the ...
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A new outdoor trade show for consumers and professionals is...
A new outdoor trade show for consumers and professionals is emerging in the Italian market. The event, which is called Rainbow, will take place on the fairground built in 2009 in Piacenza, a centrally located city southeast of Milan. It is scheduled to be held from next April 13 through ...
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Patagonia encourages conspicuous nonconsumption
As the holiday shopping season gets well under way, Patagonia is encouraging shoppers to … not buy things. Starting on Nov. 25, “Black Friday” in the U.S., the biggest retail day of the year, Patagonia kicked off the first of five R's in its Common Threads Initiative, geared toward reducing ...
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Powertraveller, the U.K. specialty company for power recharge solutions outdoors,...
Powertraveller, the U.K. specialty company for power recharge solutions outdoors, will provide a special service to visitors of the upcoming Ispo show. Everybody with low power can leave his or her gadgets to have recharged at Powertraveller's booth (UE 502 B A5) which will be placed in the corridor between ...
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Marmot is the title sponsor of a climbing festival to...
Marmot is the title sponsor of a climbing festival to take place in the Frankenjura in next spring
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Salewa has a new store at Chiuro, a small town...
Salewa has a new store at Chiuro, a small town near Sondrio in the Italian Alps. Inaugurated a few days ago by Christoph Hainz , a well-known climber from South Tyrol, The store has 385 square meters of retail space and hosts a Dynafit shop-in-shop
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New chiefs for Peak Performance
IC Companys, the Danish owner of Peak Performance and 10 fashion labels, reported that the turnover of that Swedish winter sports, outdoor and golf apparel subsidiary increased by nearly 6 percent to the equivalent of 975 million Danish kroner (€131.1m-$176.5m) for the 12 months through the end of September, which ...
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The German subsidiary of Garmin has a new chief: Stefan...
The German subsidiary of Garmin has a new chief: Stefan Bernard. The 42-year-old has been with the company for five years, most recently as director of sales and marketing for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Before, Bernard worked for other high-tech companies like Hewlett-Packard and Apple.
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The second edition of the Outdoor Lebanon show has changed...
The second edition of the Outdoor Lebanon show has changed its dates, and it will be held in Biel/Beirut from June 20 through 24, 2012
