All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 5, Issue 20 – Page 2
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The newly-established Voss Skofabrik is to start selling Dale branded...
The newly-established Voss Skofabrik is to start selling Dale branded footwear after the bankruptcy last year of Dale Sko, the traditional Norwegian footwear manufacturer. The shoes will be made in Voss Skofabrik's own factory near the town of Voss. Established earlier this year, Voss Skofabrik has four employees and manufactures ...
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Bridgedale, the British brand of sport socks, is supporting an...
Bridgedale, the British brand of sport socks, is supporting an incredible expedition with its products: Sir Ranulph Fiennes and his team will try to be the first ones to cross Antarctica on foot during the southern winter. For the nice hike of 3,200 kilometers during six months and under temperatures ...
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Leki has hired Matthias Boss as new product manager for...
Leki has hired Matthias Boss as new product manager for gloves and softgoods. Boss is a real glove expert: He worked in the product management of Reusch before he switched to an Asian glove producer. Most recently, he served at Gore-Tex in various positions in sales and product management.
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The Mountain Boot Company, which distributes Scarpa in the U.K.,...
The Mountain Boot Company, which distributes Scarpa in the U.K., has decided to stop marketing a cheaper line of hiking boots, called Contour, that was being designed by Scarpa and manufactured at its Romanian factory
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Vibram booked total sales, including the FiveFingers brand, of roughly...
Vibram booked total sales, including the FiveFingers brand, of roughly €200 million in 2011. This corresponds to an increase by some 10 percent from the previous year on a comparable basis, considering the fact the new figure includes the sales of the North American operations taken over by the Italian ...
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Black Diamond has supported the climbing festival which was held...
Black Diamond has supported the climbing festival which was held on Oct. 10-14 in San Vito lo Capo, Sicily. The participants in the “Black Diamond Night Trail” were equipped with headlamps from the U.S. brand. Additionally, Adam Ondra, the top climber sponsored by Black Diamond, was expected to show his ...
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The BioLite stove, an innovative camping stove that can power...
The BioLite stove, an innovative camping stove that can power a USB port by transforming the thermal energy of a wood-burning fire, has won a best product award from the Outdoor Writers' Guild in the U.K. Produced by an American company that showed at at the Outdoor Retailer fair last ...
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Scott Sports, the Swiss-based company specializing in bicycles, winter...
Scott Sports, the Swiss-based company specializing in bicycles, winter sports and running products, has taken over Garmont USA, the North American distribution arm of the Italian producer of outdoor and snow boots . Scott describes the deal as a means to expand its product portfolio in North America. At ...
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Sub Zero Technology, the British brand of technical baselayers, down...
Sub Zero Technology, the British brand of technical baselayers, down and waterproof apparel, is eyeing the Chinese market and is about to seal various distribution deals there. The plan is to have not just one general distributor for the country, but to divide it into different regions for which the ...
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VF sets new targets for its business in Asia
VF Corporation, the U.S.-based owner of The North Face, Eastpak, Jansport, Vans, Timberland and many other brands, told investors at a meeting in Shanghai that it was eyeing sales of $2 billion in the Asia-Pacific region over the next five years, compared with about $900 million this year. This ...
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Arc'teryx Equipment has appointed two new top managers to its...
Arc'teryx Equipment has appointed two new top managers to its Vancouver-based team: Jon Hoerauf is new vice president and senior director of global commercial sales, while Adam Ketcheson is vice president and senior director of global marketing and B2C, both reporting to Vincent Wauters, general manager. In his previous career, ...
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Daniel Rothmeier has been appointed coordinator for marketing and PR...
Daniel Rothmeier has been appointed coordinator for marketing and PR at Maier Sports, the German snow and outerwear company, replacing Claudia Steeb who has left for a maternity break. Most recently, Rothmeier was part of the sports communication division at Mercedes-Benz.
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Apparently as the first company within the outdoor industry,...
Apparently as the first company within the outdoor industry, Jack Wolfskin has agreed to join the “Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals” project. In the framework of the program, a member company is required to follow a special collective roadmap for sustainability from now until the year 2020. The to-do list ...
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Mountain Force, the Swiss brand of snow and outdoor apparel,...
Mountain Force, the Swiss brand of snow and outdoor apparel, has created the new position of international sales manager. Effective Oct. 1, the new job will be handled by Sabine Weissbacher. Previously, the 51-year-old ran the international sales of Airfield, a brand of higher-end sports fashion and skiwear. Before her ...
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Stormberg, a Norwegian outdoor apparel brand, is to open its...
Stormberg, a Norwegian outdoor apparel brand, is to open its first store in Sweden before the end of this year. Stormberg has 25 stores around Norway (15 of them franchised), and it chalked up sales of 254 million Norwegian crowns (€34.3m-$44.4m) last year but it has not yet moved into ...
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The Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion of the...
The Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion of the Indian government has issued a formal notification to implement the reform of the country's legislation on foreign direct investment, in spite of strong opposition. As previously reported, the reform allows foreign companies to own a share of 51 percent in ...
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American toesock brand wants to be more international
Injinji is running as fast as Vibram's FiveFingers, and perhaps even faster now, as more and more trail runners and hikers are adopting the toe separation concept of its line of sports socks. Based in San Diego, this company went into ultra-running before FiveFingers, but the success of Vibram's shoes ...
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Helly Hansen has restructured its North American management structure by...
Helly Hansen has restructured its North American management structure by promoting Gary Davis to vice president of Canadian operations and appointing Filio Francke to the new position of vice president of U.S. operations. Davis had been acting as general manager of Helly Hansen North America. Francke served most recently ...
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DAV, the German Alpine Club, has managed to increase the...
DAV, the German Alpine Club, has managed to increase the total number of members from 648,000 to currently more than 940,000 over the past ten years. These figures have been given by Vaude as it celebrates the tenth annniversary of its partnership with the alpine club. The cooperation began in ...
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Vibram USA has joined the Grassroots Outdoor Alliance (Grassroots) as...
Vibram USA has joined the Grassroots Outdoor Alliance (Grassroots) as a vendor partner. Grassroots is a group of independent outdoor retailers operating over 70 independent specialty outdoor stores throughout North America. As the catalyst of the minimalist movement in footwear, Vibram shares with Grassroots an interest in educating and supporting ...
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