All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 4, Issue 27
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Timberland plans new product introductions
At the recent FFANY footwear show in New York, Timberland announced that for next autumn's collection, all three of its main segments – classic, outdoor performance and casual – would meet the Earthkeeper green standards that the brand started in autumn 2007. It has also added new supplemental categories, warm/cold, ...
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Hestra, the Swedish glovemaker for outdoor, snow sports and other...
Hestra, the Swedish glovemaker for outdoor, snow sports and other purposes, now has its own factory in Europe. It is located in the town of Rakamaz, Hungary, and currently employs 50 people. The company says that it wants to triple the number of employees. Hestra has long contracted manufacturing to ...
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For the fourth year in a row, Timberland will be...
For the fourth year in a row, Timberland will be the official footwear and outerwear sponsor of the Sundance Film Festival beind held Jan. 19-29 in Utah. The company will provide shoes and apparel from its Earthkeepers collection for filmmakers attending the festival, and is launching an interactive environmental initiative ...
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At Ispo, Sympatex will introduce a new technology for footwear...
At Ispo, Sympatex will introduce a new technology for footwear called “Moisture Tech.” The innovation promises improved breathability thanks to an optimized deduction of humidity. A new layer in-between makes sure that moisture is transferred to the membrane in a broader way to facilitate the exit of the humidity. According ...
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EOG puts out hard figures on the European outdoor market
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) has completed its report on the state of the outdoor business in Europe and its development over the 2008-10 period. The report has been made available exclusively to the companies that took part in a major survey of the market, but some interesting ...
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Dubarry goes for premium performance outdoor lifestyle
Dubarry, an Irish brand of shoes that diversified into clothing five years ago, has successfully carved out an interesting niche for its outdoor-inspired products by avoiding the specialty retail circuit and targeting instead a segment of the fashion retail circuit that it likes to define as “premium performance outdoor lifestyle.” ...
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Toray, the Japanese developer of polymers, is planning to show...
Toray, the Japanese developer of polymers, is planning to show a new polyamide fiber that can be produced from renewable resources at Ispo. It follows the company's announcement last June of the first polyester fiber that is 100 percent based on biomass. Toray will be categorizing its new fibers, fabrics ...
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A veteran of the Italian sporting goods industry, Robert Demetz,...
A veteran of the Italian sporting goods industry, Robert Demetz, recently joined La Sportiva to run all its sales and marketing activities. Following his appointment, Claudio Angaran, who was in charge of marketing, has left the company. Demetz worked most recently in product management (cycling) and sales at Diadora, Zero ...
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The Hohenstein Institute, which certifies textiles for meeting national and...
The Hohenstein Institute, which certifies textiles for meeting national and international standards, has opened a lab in Hong Kong. Hohenstein Laboratories Hong Kong is run by Manfred Hirning, with lab operations headed up by Christopher Au. The institute said that new facility would help Hohenstein improve its service to Asian ...
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Jeffrey P. Cartwright is the new president and chief operating...
Jeffrey P. Cartwright is the new president and chief operating officer at Igloo, an American firm specializing in coolers for outdoor and sports enthusiasts. In addition, David Thornhill has been promoted to executive vice president and chief product officer.
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Carine Maubon has joined the European team of Icebreaker as...
Carine Maubon has joined the European team of Icebreaker as its go-to-market manager. The French executive is in charge of coordinating the synergies between the various distributors in Europe and of controlling best practice sharing across the continent. She has worked for Lafuma and was part of the sales team ...
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Schoeller Textil of Switzerland has unveiled a new technology, called...
Schoeller Textil of Switzerland has unveiled a new technology, called “Ceraspace”, that adds a new dimension in resistance to abrasion as well as heat. It consists of a 3-dimensional coating made of special ceramic particles that are nearly as hard as diamonds. The coating is attached to textiles that require ...
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Buoyant year sparks sell-off talk at Helly Hansen
Peter Sjølander, chief executive of Helly Hansen, said that the company was about to end another buoyant year, whose results might attract takeover bids as early as next year. However, the Norwegian company insisted that it was not starting an auction and that it would gladly continue to build up ...
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Joe Brown, which operates four outdoor stores under this name...
Joe Brown, which operates four outdoor stores under this name in the North Wales region of the U.K., has moved into the Lake District through its acquisition of The Climber s Shop. The latter store was founded in 1956 and was acquired in 1997 by Howgill Holdings, which also managed ...
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Hi-Tec, the brand of court sports, outdoor and golf footwear,...
Hi-Tec, the brand of court sports, outdoor and golf footwear, is taking over its own distribution in the Netherlands from the start of next year. For the last two years Hi-Tec has been sold in the Dutch market by Falcon, a Dutch supplier of rainwear and sports apparel. However, the ...
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Dynafit, Salewa's touring-ski brand, will open its second instructive trail...
Dynafit, Salewa's touring-ski brand, will open its second instructive trail on Jan. 19. On the trail, users will be informed about risks such as avalanches and other useful topics for ski-touring. The path will be placed in the Olympic town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, which follows another one in Ruhpolding, another snow ...
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The exhibit space booked for the Outdoor Retailer Winter...
The exhibit space booked for the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market is already at a record level, over 25,000 square feet more than last year's total of 351,251 square feet. Nielsen Business Media, the organizer of the show, says that so far about 1,000 exhibitors have signed on, including 100 new ...
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Jack Wolfskin is new partner of the Bluesign standard for...
Jack Wolfskin is new partner of the Bluesign standard for the sustainability of the manufacturing process and the rest of the supply chain. The first Bluesign- and Paw-labeled products will hit the shelves in spring 2013 followed by a broader collection in the years after.
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Blacks in disarray as nobody wants to buy it
Blacks Leisure Group appeared to be in disarray last week after its second failure to attract the interest of any potential investors, like one year ago. Speculation is mounting that the debt-ridden owner of the Blacks and Millets outdoor retail chains in the U.K. would have to go into pre-packaged ...
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Berghaus installs a new EMEA structure
The British outdoor company has set up a new management structure to better service the region of Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with a focus on the German market. The move excludes the company s operations in the British Isles, which continue to be handled from Berghaus ...
