All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 6, Issue 10-11 – Page 3
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Polartec has announced the appointment of Doug Kelliher to the...
Polartec has announced the appointment of Doug Kelliher to the position of vice president of product development after working for over 20 years with such companies as Timberland and Velcro Industries, where he recently acted as product manager for outdoor and hardware products. In Europe, meanwhile, Polartec has overhauled its ...
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Angela Merkel is scheduled to visit the next session of...
Angela Merkel is scheduled to visit the next session of the Eurobike fair in Friedrichshafen on Aug. 28. The German Chancellor is expected to spend a couple of hours at its official inauguration and to gather information on urban mobility and cycling in general. The annual fair should host more ...
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Andrea Nalesso, a former executive of Geox, Dolomite and Diadora...
Andrea Nalesso, a former executive of Geox, Dolomite and Diadora who acted most recently as commercial director of Dainese, has joined the Salewa Group as general manager of its footwear division, replacing Antonio Dus who is now running Vibram.Michael Levi, who was born in the U.S., is joining the Italian-based ...
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W.L. Gore & Associates, well known for its Gore-Tex membrane,...
W.L. Gore & Associates, well known for its Gore-Tex membrane, has been awarded the No. 5 spot on the 2013 Best Multinationals in Europe by the Great Place to Work (GPTW) Institute. To be among the top 25 global companies to work for, companies must have appeared in at least ...
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Scarpa North America has become the distributor of Edelrid's ropes...
Scarpa North America has become the distributor of Edelrid's ropes and other climbing equipment for the U.S. and Canada. The U.S. subsidiary of Scarpa, which is based in Boulder, Colorado, had already started to act as the North American warehouse and fulfillment center for Edelrid at the end of 2012.
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Alys Diffusion has not taken over the distribution in France...
Alys Diffusion has not taken over the distribution in France of Tropicare. Alys and another French company, Scalata Concepts, are both active for Tropicare as sales agents on the French market.
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Bravo Sports has entered into an exclusive license agreement with...
Bravo Sports has entered into an exclusive license agreement with International E-Z Up, the Dutch company renowned for creating the first patented “instant shelter” and “pop-up” canopy. Bravo Sports will license, manufacture, and market the E-Z Up line of recreational instant shade products to retail markets. The move is part ...
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Ibex Sportartikel, the general agent of Marmot in Austria, is...
Ibex Sportartikel, the general agent of Marmot in Austria, is taking on the distribution of Crispi, which previously worked in the country through Manfred Pichler
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The European Conservation Alliance (EOCA) is celebrating a milestone after...
The European Conservation Alliance (EOCA) is celebrating a milestone after seven years of existence. It now has more than 100 members – 102 to be precise as of a few days ago – following a massive 29 percent increase in the number of new memberships in the last six months. ...
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Adriano Zuccala has left Vibram, where he had served as...
Adriano Zuccala has left Vibram, where he had served as general manager and head of operations since 2007, reporting to Marco Bramani. The latter resigned earlier this year as chief executive of the Italian company, after 25 years in the post, and transferred this role to Antonio Dus, formerly with ...
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Internetstores buys Addnature
Internetstores, a German-based online retailer of bicycles and outdoor products, has signed an agreement for the acquisition of a Swedish e-tailer, Addnature, for an enterprise value of around 230 million Swedish kronor (€26.5m-$34.5m). Most of the proceeds will be reinvested into the combined company. The takeover is being financed by ...
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Implus has announced the acquisition of the shoe care, insole,...
Implus has announced the acquisition of the shoe care, insole, and shoe lace assets of the Pennsylvania-based Penguin Brands, one of Implus' major competitors in the shoe care category. Implus' family of brands also includes Sof Sole, Yaktrax, Apara, Airplus, Sneaker Balls, Sof Comfort, Little Hotties, Perfect Fitness and ICETrekkers. For ...
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Inov-8, the fast-growing British brand of sports shoes specializing in...
Inov-8, the fast-growing British brand of sports shoes specializing in trail running, has appointed Tim Parkin as head of European sales. He spent the last eight years at Asics. The company, which is celebrating its tenth year in business, previously appointed Rob Maynard as group finance director. He had previously ...
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SportScheck has appointed Steven Mattwig, 28, as the German sporting...
SportScheck has appointed Steven Mattwig, 28, as the German sporting goods chain's new buying director for sportstyle products and outdoor clothing and equipment. Mattwig, who has already spent ten year in the Otto Group, which owns SportScheck, succeeds Sonja Bunte, who has left the company.
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NPD sees outdoor up 2% in Europe last year
Providing a few glimpses into its extensive market research on many aspects of the European sporting goods market, which is largely based on consumer panels in eight major countries, NPD says that retail sales of outdoor products in a very broad sense went up by 2 percent in 2012 to ...
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Turkish government agencies secured 2,500 faked Jack Wolfskin products in...
Turkish government agencies secured 2,500 faked Jack Wolfskin products in Istanbul, Antalya and Mugla during a large-scale search. After the suspect was prosecuted, Jack Wolfskin enforced civil claims at a local court in Istanbul. Next to Jack Wolfskin, some other trademark owners reacted with civil claims, as copies of other ...
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Pentland grows by 14.2% but profits decline
Pentland Group has reported a 14.2 percent increase in total revenues to £1.76 billion (€2.06bn-$2.68bn) in 2012, with growth of 6.3 percent excluding the results of businesses acquired in the course of the year, but the British company's profitability declined.Revenues from direct sales and licensing income went up by 6.8 ...
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