All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 5, Issue 9 – Page 3
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Scarpa has announced its victory in a patent infringement suit...
Scarpa has announced its victory in a patent infringement suit that was launched against it in November 2010 by another Italian company, La Sportiva. The suit attacked four models of hiking and trekking shoes sold by Scarpa – the “Mont Blanc GTX,” the “Mont Blanc GX WMN,” the “Grand Dru ...
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Odlo announced a contract to be the official supplier of...
Odlo announced a contract to be the official supplier of underwear for about 470 people involved with all the German national ski teams. The contract has been signed initially for two years. It will cover all the German athletes competing at all levels in all the disciplines covered by the ...
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Kathmandu Outdoor & Travel, a famous outdoor store in the...
Kathmandu Outdoor & Travel, a famous outdoor store in the center of Utrecht, has opened a mono-brand store of about 150 square meters for Icebreaker in the same town. It will sell a range of about 300 products by the New Zealand wool specialist, the widest offer of Icebreaker products ...
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Brazilian outdoor show thrives among consumers
Held in São Paulo on April 19-21, the 13th annual edition of the Adventure Sports Fair (ASF) looked very busy, welcoming 268 exhibitors and a total of about 54,000 visitors – mostly consumers – on more than 15,000 square meters of space. The figures are not quite comparable with those ...
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High Sierra Sport Company, an American supplier of innovative bags...
High Sierra Sport Company, an American supplier of innovative bags and adventure travel luggage, is moving to a bigger head office in Gurnee, Illinois. The building is certified for leadership in energy and environmental design. It is located next to a highway and to two popular tourist destinations.
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Amer Sports has promoted Jean-Yves Couput to the position of...
Amer Sports has promoted Jean-Yves Couput to the position of global marketing manager for its Suunto brand. Stationed at Amer's U.S. office in Ogden, Utah, he recently acted as global outdoor brand manager for Salomon and as marketing director for Amer's winter and outdoor sports activities in the Americas. Couput ...
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Deuter is already back to school: The backpack company has...
Deuter is already back to school: The backpack company has launched a website, fitfuerdenschulstart.de (“fit to go to school”), which is dedicated to schoolkids and their parents. The site is not only for the presentation of product, but gives advice on health, nutrition and other issues. It even includes recipes ...
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The Conservation Alliance has given Keen and FootZone this year's...
The Conservation Alliance has given Keen and FootZone this year's Outstanding Partnership Awards, which honor member companies that go the extra mile to build relationships with alliance grantees. Nine grantees from the last two years nominated companies, describing how the company helped them perform conservation work. Keen was nominated by ...
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Luis Alberto Hernando, the leading Spanish skyrunning champion, is endorsing...
Luis Alberto Hernando, the leading Spanish skyrunning champion, is endorsing the Grifone brand of outdoor clothing, which is going to return to this year's OutDoor show
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The outdoor was again one of the focal points of...
The outdoor was again one of the focal points of Sports Unlimited, the Spanish trade show held in Valencia last week, but only about 20 companies from the sector participated this time, including Merrell, Original Buff and Regatta. The total number of exhibitors remained largely constant at just over 100 ...
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Hilleberg the Tentmaker is recruiting a new European chief after Rolf...
Hilleberg the Tentmaker is recruiting a new European chief after Rolf Hilleberg let it be known that he wanted to hand over his job as managing director of the Swedish company. The son of Bo Hilleberg, who founded the family firm and remains its chairman, Rolf Hilleberg has been running the European arm ...
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A.S. Adventure is flat, but remains top of Europe
Hurt by unfavorable weather conditions, the A.S. Adventure Group has reported nearly flat sales for last year, in spite of eight store openings. But it remained the largest outdoor retail group in Europe, with a turnover of nearly €290.9 million, down almost imperceptibly from €291.1 million in 2010. Owned by ...
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OR organizers still adding new attractions for Summer Market
As the outdoor industry counts down to the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market, being held Aug. 1-5 in Salt Lake City, organizers are adding new events and programs every week. More than 850 past exhibitors are returning, and more than 300 are making their debut.New events have been added to the ...
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Jack Wolfskin will act as the main sponsor of the...
Jack Wolfskin will act as the main sponsor of the IBU World Cup series for the next two years, starting with the 2012-13 winter season, under a contract signed through Infront Sports & Media. Additionally, the German outdoor company will be the top sponsor of the IBU World Championships to ...
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While we already reported about the opening of a Bergans...
While we already reported about the opening of a Bergans subsidiary in the U.S. earlier this year, it turns out that the Norwegian outdoor company launched its own business in Russia earlier this year as well. The brand was previously sold there by Janus AS, the Russian subsidiary of Janus, ...
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Philip Sande, general manager of Point6 for Canada, is adding...
Philip Sande, general manager of Point6 for Canada, is adding responsibility for the young American sock company's international sales. Betsy Seabert, who was handling international sales, is no longer with the company. Sande is familiar with international sales, a beat that he ran for 15 years while he worked at ...
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