All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 4, Issue 25-26 – Page 3
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Gore-Tex has joined forces with Armada Skis, the producer of...
Gore-Tex has joined forces with Armada Skis, the producer of higher-end snow wear
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Ariane Maria Malfertheiner is Salewa's new manager in charge of...
Ariane Maria Malfertheiner is Salewa's new manager in charge of public relations. She will act from the new headquarters in Bolzano, Italy, whereas this job used to be managed from the group's branch in Munich. Malfertheiner has worked for large PR agencies such as Edelman, handling big accounts including Motorola, ...
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Brasher, the leading outdoor walking brand, is appointing an operations...
Brasher, the leading outdoor walking brand, is appointing an operations manager, a sales manager and a finance manager to beef up its management team as it tries to promote future growth. Dave Ballantine will handle customer service, supply chain, planning and after sales in his role as operations manager. Neil ...
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The North Face has launched another shop in Hamburg through...
The North Face has launched another shop in Hamburg through Dismor, the retailer which already runs the brand's door in Berlin
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The Outdoor Sports Valley initiative of France announces that the...
The Outdoor Sports Valley initiative of France announces that the next edition of the Tecnica Maxi-Race du Lac d'Annecy will take place on May 26-27 of next year. Participants can still sign up, although the number of participating athletes is limited. Last year, some 1,200 trail-runners joined the event, many ...
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Arc'teryx has opened its first European showroom in Annecy, France....
Arc'teryx has opened its first European showroom in Annecy, France. On 125 square meters, the European sales team will present there not only the collections, but also the brand's solutions for in-store building. It will also host European and regional sales meetings. Company officials say that Annecy was picked not ...
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An Italian distributor, Amorini, continues to collect national distribution contracts...
An Italian distributor, Amorini, continues to collect national distribution contracts for foreign outdoor brands. The latest ones to have joined its portfolio are Mad Rock, the American brand of climbing shoes and related accessories, and Brunngard, a Swedish brand of shoe care products and accessories whose “Ice-Grippers” are regarded as ...
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Amer Sports reports that Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company has...
Amer Sports reports that Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company has raised its stake in the company from 4.78 to 5.19 percent. Meanwhile, Amer says it has completed a share buyback program announced last Aug. 15, involving a total of 3 million shares purchased at an average price of €9.18. As ...
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Two executives of Amer Sports in Spain are extending their...
Two executives of Amer Sports in Spain are extending their responsibilities to other countries. Alvaro Camin is promoted as sales manager of Suunto for the entire Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Jorge Salvans will take care of Suunto, Wilson Golf, Salomon Snowboard and Bonfire for the Iberian Peninsula as ...
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The North Face has set ambitious targets to increase the...
The North Face has set ambitious targets to increase the sustainability of its products and operations, as part of its first public sustainability report. The document takes stock of The North Face's progress in terms of sustainability in 2010 and sets objectives for the five years until 2015. Among others, ...
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Black Diamond Equipment, which is distributing Fritschi's alpine ski touring...
Black Diamond Equipment, which is distributing Fritschi's alpine ski touring bindings in the U.S. since 1996, will also act as its primary distributor in Canada by May 2012. Black Diamond has already been servicing the Canadian market with all its product lines for ski and climbing for nearly 20 years.
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Jack Wolfskin will sponsor the Alpine World Ski Championships through...
Jack Wolfskin will sponsor the Alpine World Ski Championships through an agreement for four years
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Almost simultaneously, Mammut has opened its first store in Spain....
Almost simultaneously, Mammut has opened its first store in Spain. This one is is handled by a local retailer and is located in Benasque, in the northern comunidad autónoma of Aragón. The location in the Pyrenees is worth of note since it is also the headquarters of Barrabés, Spain's leading ...
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Aku has relaunched its website, presenting a series of photographs...
Aku has relaunched its website, presenting a series of photographs intended to portray the mountain as a place full of life and humanity. It also illustrates the various initiatives taken by the Italian producer of outdoor shoes to protect the environment. The portal has a full catalog of Aku's collection ...
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Aku, the Italian manufacturer of functional footwear, is stepping in...
Aku, the Italian manufacturer of functional footwear, is stepping in to help the victims of disastrous rain falls in Italy last month. In connection with a local club of hiking enthusiasts, it will help financially to re-build the hard-hit village of Val di Vara through a relief fund.
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Pertex, the maker of durable fabrics, has agreed to be...
Pertex, the maker of durable fabrics, has agreed to be the sponsor of the Innov_ex conference to be held in Lancaster, Britain, from April 18-19, 2012, for the 10th consecutive time
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Tatoo Adventure Gear, the specialty outdoor retailer in South America,...
Tatoo Adventure Gear, the specialty outdoor retailer in South America, has opened its 15th store on the continent in Quito, Ecuador. It adds new categories to the company's portfolio, including kayaks, bikes, electronics and optics, and includes such services as a bike workshop, an auditorium and an 800-square-foot climbing wall. ...
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Adidas Outdoor has added Florian Hill, a mountaineer and adventurer,...
Adidas Outdoor has added Florian Hill, a mountaineer and adventurer, to its team of sponsored athletes
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Pontetorto, the Italian company that makes fabric for activewear, says...
Pontetorto, the Italian company that makes fabric for activewear, says that its new Dryfast Adaptive fabric reacts to body temperature. The fabric, intended to go next to the skin, works with the body's own methods of moisture evaporation that it uses to adjust its temperature. Dryfast Adaptive uses a hydrofunctional ...
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Major acquisition in paddlesports in the U.S. : Utah-based Lifetime...
Major acquisition in paddlesports in the U.S. : Utah-based Lifetime Products has bought the patents, manufacturing tools, trademarks and retail contracts of Emotion Kayaks, a company based in Pennsylvania. The interesting point about this story is that Lifetime openly admitted that one of the reasons for the takeover was a ...
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