All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 6, Issue 19-20 – Page 2
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Fogliato will run Columbia in Europe
Columbia Sportswear has named Franco Fogliato senior vice president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) with effect from Nov. 4. Fogliato is leaving Billabong International, where he spent nine years after holding various leadership roles at The North Face between 1997 and 2003, including that of general manager ...
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Nemo launches “The Collective” e-commerce platform
Nemo Equipment has partnered with a select group of brands to launch the Nemo Collective, an online shopping platform that will feature products from other outdoor, complementary brands. Inaugural partners include Alite, Snow Peak and Nalgene. The Collective will offer products for a wide range of outdoor activities, from backpacking ...
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Jordi “Coke” Salvans, a Spanish industry veteran, has joined Original...
Jordi “Coke” Salvans, a Spanish industry veteran, has joined Original Buff to act as sales manager. He has worked for Salomon since 1988 in the country, establishing the brand as a major player in the outdoor market. Two years ago he took charge of Salomon's snowboard operations, Bonfire, Wilson Golf ...
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Sporaltec, the sports innovation cluster in the Rhône-Alpes region of...
Sporaltec, the sports innovation cluster in the Rhône-Alpes region of France, is asking for financial aid from the government to finance a €400,000 program for the industrialization of two ranges of technical apparel and footwear outdoor products that would be manufactured in France and marketed in the summer of 2015. ...
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MD Viper has started to distribute the collections of climbing...
MD Viper has started to distribute the collections of climbing gear of Rock Pillars and Ocun in Spain, starting with orders for the spring/summer 2014 season. While Ocun is new to the market, Rock Pillars has been distributed until now by Altitude Sport Evasion. The two Czech brands, which are ...
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Salt City Optics has launched a new online store specializing...
Salt City Optics has launched a new online store specializing in prescription eyewear for outdoor activities. SaltCityOptics.com offers prescription eyewear to cyclists, skiers, hikers, fishermen, skateboarders and other outdoor enthusiasts. The company, based in Salt Lake City, claims to be the first online retailer to specialize in the niche. Its ...
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Michel Rayot is retiring as president and chief executive of...
Michel Rayot is retiring as president and chief executive of Tecnica Group France after 40 years in the sports industry and 34 years at the head of the Italian company's operations in France. His functions are being taken over by Lucien Hauteville, who headed up The North Face in France ...
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Frank van Wezel, founder and chairman of Hi-Tec Sports,...
Frank van Wezel, founder and chairman of Hi-Tec Sports, has been awarded an honorary doctorate in business administration by Anglia Ruskin University, which has locations in Cambridge and two other towns in the U.K.
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News briefs
A Dutch chain of textile shops, Zeeman (=The Sailor), has...
A Dutch chain of textile shops, Zeeman (=The Sailor), has reportedly acquired a majority interest in Vrijbuiter through an investment fund, Navitas Capital. Vrijbuiter operates four outdoor megastores in the Dutch cities of Roden, Gouda, Zaandam and Roermond. It also operates what it claims to be Europe's largest online store ...
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The Finnish Fiskars group opened this month its new distribution center...
The Finnish Fiskars group opened this month its new distribution center in the German town of Herford, Northrhine-Westphalia. The new facility will handle deliveries in the entire region of Europe, the Middle East and Africa and will also store the products of Gerber, the U.S. producer of knives and accessories that ...
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Mountain Equipment, the U.K. marketer of outdoor gear, has called...
Mountain Equipment, the U.K. marketer of outdoor gear, has called back one of its models of slacklines, Passion 18m, as its safety can no longer be guaranteed. Consumers are recommended to return their slacklines to the retail partners of Mountain Equipment or its regional distributors. The product recall is limited ...
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Calida wants to control Lafuma
The Calida Group of Switzerland first invested in Groupe Lafuma last January by acquiring 15.3 percent of the shares and 12.99 percent of the votes at the shareholders' meeting from the family of its chief executive, Philippe Joffard, who has since left. Calida has now proposed to take over Lafuma's ...
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News briefs
Original Buff, the Spanish company known for its headwear, has...
Original Buff, the Spanish company known for its headwear, has decided to trim down its apparel collection, which represented only 5 percent of its sales, starting with the spring/summer 2014 season. Denying reports that it is stopping it completely, company officials state that it is being trimmed down, preserving only ...
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Salewa and Dynafit, two brands of the Italian Oberalp group,...
Salewa and Dynafit, two brands of the Italian Oberalp group, have joined the Fair Wear Foundation (FWF), effective from Sept. 25. FWF is the non-profit organization, controlled by its stakeholders, which screens the social performance of the affiliated members from the textile industry. Around the same time, Oberalp published its ...
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VF Corporation, the parent of iconic brands such as Timberland,...
VF Corporation, the parent of iconic brands such as Timberland, The North Face, Vans, Wrangler and others, has joined BICEP (Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy), the coalition that advocates innovative climate and clean energy policies. BICEP was launched in 2008 to propose initiatives in the domains of renewable ...
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The board of directors of Conzzeta, the Swiss company that...
The board of directors of Conzzeta, the Swiss company that owns Mammut Sports Group, has proposed to elect Ernst Bärtschi as its new chairman at the next annual meeting in April 2014. The 61-year-old executive has been the chief executive of Sika, a producer of construction chemicals, for seven years ...
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Black Yak moves into the U.S. via Nau
Black Yak, the big South Korean outdoor brand, has finally landed in America through the acquisition of Nau, a U.S. brand of outdoor and outdoor-inspired urban style apparel, rather than by setting up its own operations in the region. Details on the deal were not disclosed. Nau is based in ...
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Zimtstern and Belowzero build new Swiss powerhouse
Sports-Pool AG, the Swiss company behind the Belowzero brand of ski and snowboard apparel, has merged with Zimtstern, another marketer of sports apparel, notably for snow sports, biking and street wear. Zimstern's staff of 17 people will remain on board, but its headquarters in Zurich will move to Belowzero's office ...
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News briefs
Wild Country has recalled some batches of its Classic Rocks and...
Wild Country has recalled some batches of its Classic Rocks and Anodised Rocks. The British brand of climbing equipment, which is owned by the Italian Oberalp group, voluntarily took the step to protect consumers after one item of the Classic Rocks broke during a climb even though no injury occurred. In a prompt ...
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Vaude has won this year's Green Fleet Award from TÜV...
Vaude has won this year's Green Fleet Award from TÜV Süd, the German testing body, for its efforts to reduce CO2 emissions from the use of vehicles. The outdoor company offers a wide range of solutions to employees such as car sharing, support for commuters using public transport and corporate ...
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