All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 6, Issue 13 – Page 2

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    The European Outdoor Group (EOG) decided at its annual summer...

    13 July 2013

    The European Outdoor Group (EOG) decided at its annual summer meeting earlier this week to appoint a sustainability officer, who is meant to bridge the gap between the outdoor industry and the scientific community. The EOG stressed that alternatives to chemicals such as PFC would have to be developed by ...

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    Sigg Switzerland, which has produced aluminum drinking bottles for more...

    13 July 2013

    Sigg Switzerland, which has produced aluminum drinking bottles for more than a century, will be entering new product categories. The brand presented its complete stainless steel thermo collection for the first time during the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen. The prototype of the thermo collection made from stainless steel was presented ...

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    Craghoppers, the U.K.-based marketer of functional outerwear, has agreed to...

    13 July 2013

    Craghoppers, the U.K.-based marketer of functional outerwear, has agreed to seal a strategic partnership with the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund. Fossey was the famous U.S. scientist and environmentalist who sacrificed her live for the protection of the gorillas in Rwanda. The fund is devoted to the apes and the protection ...

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    Piotr Swiech, former key account manager for Nike in Poland,...

    13 July 2013

    Piotr Swiech, former key account manager for Nike in Poland, has taken the helm of The North Face in the country. He joined the company at the beginning of June. The brand's Polish business was previously headed by Michal Sojka, who left at the end of December and was recently ...

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    Flattish market for the sports shoe brands in 2012

    13 July 2013

    We are going to publish the full version of our annual chart on the International Rugged Outdoor Footwear Market in the next issue of The Outdoor Industry Compass, reporting the figures and the estimates that we have obtained for more than 20 major companies or brands. Meanwhile, here are the figures ...