All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 6, Issue 21-22 – Page 2
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Columbia is optimistic
Announcing a 14 percent increase in its quarterly dividends, Columbia Sportswear's board of directors was said to be confident in better results going forward. In fact, while they were still largely negative, the results released for the third quarter ended on Sept. 30 were better than forecast, due especially to ...
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Patagonia has promoted John Collins to the new role of...
Patagonia has promoted John Collins to the new role of vice president of global sales, reporting directly to Casey Sheahan, chief executive of the company. Collins served at the company for the last three years as vice president for the Americas and Asia-Pacific. He previously acted as vice president of ...
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Wolverine has opened a store in New York City, located...
Wolverine has opened a store in New York City, located at 254 Elizabeth Street, in Manhattan's Nolita shopping neighborhood
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VF Corp. is currently developing a list of chemicals whose...
VF Corp. is currently developing a list of chemicals whose use will be banned in the production processes of its suppliers. The company also intends to control the finished products to ensure compliance. This is what Peter Higgins, senior manager, product and supply chain sustainability for the group, announced at ...
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A highly respected triathlon champion, Conrad “The Caveman” Stoltz has...
A highly respected triathlon champion, Conrad “The Caveman” Stoltz has joined the athletes' team of Hoka One One, the brand of trail running shoes founded by Jean-Luc Diard and Nicolas Meroud four years ago and taken over by Deckers Outdoor Corporation at the end of last year. The native South ...
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General Electric's expanded polytetrafluorothylene membranes, called in eVent and used...
General Electric's expanded polytetrafluorothylene membranes, called in eVent and used in fabrics for apparel and footwear, have been awarded the Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certification. This standard is described as a comprehensive, global certification program for the safety of textile products that tests them for chemical substances believed to be harmful ...
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Equip Outdoor Technologies, the British company that owns Rab and...
Equip Outdoor Technologies, the British company that owns Rab and Lowe Alpine, has reached an agreement to sell the Podsacs brand to Planet X, the U.K. bike maker and retailer based in Sheffield. Equip, which is based in Derbyshire, acquired the Podsacs brand in 2007 from Pete O'Donovan, a climber ...
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Cocona launches a new brand name
Cocona Natural Technologies, the American materials technology company, has decided to put a new brand name – 37.5 – on its patented compounds, highlighting the fact that they help to maintain body temperature and body humidity during sports activities. Based on coconut husk and other natural microporous materials, they improve ...
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Quechua, the outdoor brand of Décathlon, is preparing the launch...
Quechua, the outdoor brand of Décathlon, is preparing the launch of its own smartphone and its own tablet for outdoor enthusiasts in France, Spain and possibly other countries carrying retail prices of about €230 and €280, respectively. According to press reports that the retailer declined to confirm before a presentation ...
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Chiruca, the Spanish brand of outdoor shoes, has just launched...
Chiruca, the Spanish brand of outdoor shoes, has just launched the second round of its marketing campaign on social networks. The new contest is called “Pieza a pieza,” which means “Piece by piece.” Chiruca's followers on social networks are invited to complete a puzzle online as quickly as they can. ...
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The European outdoor market is boosted by new disciplines
After a lackluster year in 2011, when the market registered a 1 percent decline, the European outdoor market was slightly up in 2012, with a 2 percent increase, and this positive trend seems to be continuing this year, according to the NPD Group. Within this rather dynamic market, where the ...
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The Hohenstein Institute in Bönnigheim, Germany has developed some new...
The Hohenstein Institute in Bönnigheim, Germany has developed some new tests to determine the so-called “g-value,” a measure for the energy transmittance of materials. Textile manufacturers can use the results of these tests to optimize their products with specific regard to low energy transmission. The g-value is composed of the ...
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Garmin and TomTom look beyond PND
The personal navigation device (PND) market fell by 15 percent to 2.3 million units in Europe and 28 percent to 1.1 million units in North America during the third quarter, according to information supplied by TomTom. The Dutch company said that this led to steep discounting of GPS-enabled devices for ...
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Ogio International has opened its first store in Beijing...
Ogio International has opened its first store in Beijing
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Sport Partner reports that Snowworld, the company behind two indoor...
Sport Partner reports that Snowworld, the company behind two indoor skiing centers in Zoetermeer and Landgraaf, at the south-eastern tip of the Netherlands, is preparing for a stock market flotation to raise €7.5 million for further expansion. All going well, Snowworld should be listed on Euronext in Amsterdam by the ...
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Julbo won the Silmo d'Or award at the recent Silmo...
Julbo won the Silmo d'Or award at the recent Silmo eyewear show in Paris for its Tensing Flight sunglasses in the sports category. Developed for base jumping and other extreme sports, the Tensing Flight model features an adaptable nosepad, and its temples have been replaced by an elastic band. The ...
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Ispo partners with EOG to attract specialist outdoor retailers
Ispo and the European Outdoor Group (EOG) have announced a new partnership that is designed to attract more specialist outdoor retailers to Ispo Munich in 2014. Outdoor retailers who have never visited the trade show in the past, or who have not visited it for at least three years, will ...
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La Sportiva has created its own team of ski-touring athletes...
La Sportiva has created its own team of ski-touring athletes called “La Sportiva Mountain Attack Team” named after Mountain Attack, a major ski touring race in Austria which usually attracts some 1,000 participants from 15 countries. The next Mountain Attack, the 16th altogether since it came into existance, will be ...
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Grifone is organizing a contest intended to associate its image...
Grifone is organizing a contest intended to associate its image with the Pyrenees Mountains, where the Spanish outdoor apparel company has its headquarters. It will select by Jan. 31 an adventurer with good communication skills who will receive €6,000 from Grifone to tour throughout the mountain range in a camping ...
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Confirming an article in SportEco, TSL says it is going to...
Confirming an article in SportEco, TSL says it is going to launch a highly innovative Nordic walking pole at the 2014 OutDoor show, but doesn't want to give away any details. The French snowshoe specialist already markets a line of rather technical Nordic walking poles, with sales stablizing at around 20,000 ...
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