All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 5, Issue 11-12 – Page 2

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    The Italian Outdoor Group is launching its own publication called...

    2012-07-10T00:00:00Z

    The Italian Outdoor Group is launching its own publication called Spirito Outdoor on the first day of the OutDoor show. The magazine will be distributed with the support of Messe Friedrichshafen and intends to present IOG's members and their latest innovations.

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    Polartec has honored a couple of brands for their products...

    2012-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Polartec has honored a couple of brands for their products using Polartec fabrics with the APEX Award 2012. This year's winning brands and their products, which will hit the European stores in autumn, are: 66° North (“Eldborg Jacket”), Eider (“Uphill Jacket & Uphill Pant”), Karpos (“Marmolada Jacket”), Kjus (“Equilibrium Jacket”), ...

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    Haglöfs, the Swedish outdoor brand, has joined the Fair Wear...

    2012-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Haglöfs, the Swedish outdoor brand, has joined the Fair Wear Foundation (FWF) as part of its ambition to become a front-runner in terms of sustainability. The FWF is an independent organization that aims to improve labor conditions for workers in the garment industry, around eight basic standards stemming from international ...

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    New head for Blacks

    2012-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Ken Reeve, buying and merchandising director at Cotswold Outdoor, has been poached by JD Sports Fashion, the British sports retailer, to become managing director of Blacks Leisure Group, the failed outdoor retailer it acquired in January. Reeve will start in November, while JD said that all other Blacks managers would ...

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    Berghaus and its parent company grow strongly

    2012-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Berghaus' sales grew by a high single digit to the equivalent of more than $150 million last year, including licenses, according to officials of its parent company, Pentland Group. Most of the growth continued to take place outside the U.K., whose share of the global turnover has declined from 80 ...

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    Lafuma will present its first collection of sleeping bags entirely...

    2012-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Lafuma will present its first collection of sleeping bags entirely designed in the U.S. at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market in Salt Lake City in August. The French company began to integrate designs from the United States into its sleeping bag collections last season, when it commissioned Jason Belaire, owner ...

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    Yeti wins an OutDoor Industry Award with Toray fabric

    2012-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Miko, described as the lightest down men's vest in the world, has won one of this year's OutDoor Industry Awards. Weighing only 128 grams, it has been developed by Yeti with a special new high-tech fabric by Toray, called Next to Nothing 0.2, or NTN 0.2 for short. Yeti has ...

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    Another new member of the Fair Wear Foundation is Mountain...

    2012-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Another new member of the Fair Wear Foundation is Mountain Equipment, which joined the club on July 1. Being a part of the U.K.-based Outdoor and Sports Company, along with other brands such as Sprayway, Ron Hill and Hilly, Mountain Equipment is the first British outdoor brand to join FWF.

  • Short stops

    Garmont has announced that it has appointed MAP as its...

    2012-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Garmont has announced that it has appointed MAP as its distribution partner for outdoor shoes in the Benelux countries

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    The Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG) has announced the award winners...

    2012-07-10T00:00:00Z

    The Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG) has announced the award winners that were picked by an international jury of journalists that came together in Åre, Sweden, at the end of June. For summer 2013, the overall winner is the “Biom Hike” boot from Ecco, while the sustainability award goes to the ...

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    GE has announced that Rab will launch GE's new eVent...

    2012-07-10T00:00:00Z

    GE has announced that Rab will launch GE's new eVent DVL technology and fabrics at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market on August 2-5 Salt Lake City, for introduction to the market in its spring 2013 line. Rab, headquartered in the U.K., produces outdoor apparel for extreme conditions. eVent DVL (direct ...

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    Guido Anderwert has taken the new position of marketing manager...

    2012-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Guido Anderwert has taken the new position of marketing manager at Outdoor Research's Switzerland-based European operations. Over the past 16 years, the 40-year-old acted as chief executive and shareholder of John Doe, a Swiss sports and lifestyle brand. The U.S. brand will present a new look for itself at the ...

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    The AMG Group, former distributor of Rossignol, Vango and other...

    2012-07-10T00:00:00Z

    The AMG Group, former distributor of Rossignol, Vango and other brands, will take over the distribution of Asolo in the U.K. after the end of this year. Lowe Alpine will continue to take care of shipments until then.

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    Amer Sports is restructuring its management in central Europe, to...

    2012-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Amer Sports is restructuring its management in central Europe, to split the functions of country manager and regional manager. Armin Fuchs, former country manager in Germany, was appointed general manager for Amer Sports in central Europe. His function as country manager for Germany is taken over by Daniel Sprung, former ...

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    Aku confirms its partnership with the International Mountain Summit, taking...

    2012-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Aku confirms its partnership with the International Mountain Summit, taking place in Bressanone next October

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    Outdoor spending in the U.S. stays ahead of the economy

    2012-07-10T00:00:00Z

    The Outdoor Industry Association in the U.S. has put out a new economic impact study, updating the last one from six years ago. “The Outdoor Recreation Economy 2012” lays out the relationship between spending on outdoor gear and travel: for $1 that Americans spend on outdoor products and vehicles, they ...

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    Andreas Kessler, who left a few days ago as chief...

    2012-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Andreas Kessler, who left a few days ago as chief executive of the Odlo Sports Group, has been hired by the Mammut Sports Group to act as its new chief sales officer, starting on Aug. 6. Born in 1965, Kessler worked for Unilever, Swatch and Rado before running Odlo. At ...

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    Adidas will host its second international Adidas Rockstars competition of...

    2012-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Adidas will host its second international Adidas Rockstars competition of bouldering and sports climbing at the Porsche Areana in Stuttgart next month

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    Vaude is getting tough on internet abuse

    2012-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Vaude has successfully taken Schwarz E-Commerce, the internet subsidiary of Lidl, the German food chain, to court, complaining about unfair competition. The outdoor brand complained that Schwarz E-Commerce used a picture of Vaude's “Hogan UL” tent to advertise its own offer, in this case a tent that looks very similar ...

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    LaCrosse is sold to ABC-Mart

    2012-07-10T00:00:00Z

    LaCrosse Footwear, the U.S.-based owner of the LaCrosse and Danner brands, announced that the company has agreed to be acquired by ABC-Mart for approximately $138 million, or $20 per share in cash. ABC-Mart is a leading Japanese retailer of athletic, business and casual footwear, with about 800 stores under the ...