All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 6, Issue 21-22 – Page 3

  • News briefs

    Simone Favero has been appointed marketing coordinator for Scarpa. Reporting...

    8 November 2013

    Simone Favero has been appointed marketing coordinator for Scarpa. Reporting to Cristina Parisotto, marketing manager from the family that owns Scarpa, she has taken over some of the responsibilities of Riccardo Milani, who has left the Italian company.

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    Hydrapak has appointed Jordan Phillips as director of sales, with...

    8 November 2013

    Hydrapak has appointed Jordan Phillips as director of sales, with a focus on its consumer products. He worked most recently at Levi Strauss & Co., but was previously sales manager and director of sales at Gregory Mountain Products and Overland Equipment. He has been an advisor to major outdoor brands. ...

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    Pelican International, the Canadian maker of plastic boats, has appointed...

    8 November 2013

    Pelican International, the Canadian maker of plastic boats, has appointed Alex Tongue as its new agent for Europe, effective immediately. Tonge has worked as Pelican's distributor in the U.K. for more than 10 years and is therefore very familiar with Pelican's Twin Sheet Thermoforming technology and its product portfolio. He ...

  • Article

    Jarden buys another fishing brand

    8 November 2013

    Jarden Corporation has reported a 2.0 percent decline to $670.6 million for its sales in the Outdoor Solutions segment during the third quarter ended Sept. 30, but on organic basis they grew by 4.1 percent. Coleman had good results, thanks in particular to new products in the cooler category and ...

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    Deuter and Ortovox post another successful year

    8 November 2013

    Deuter and Ortovox, the specialty brands of snow sports and mountaineering gear, which are bundled in the outdoor division of Schwan-Stabilo, managed to increase their sales significantly in the last financial year ended June 30. The outdoor division as a whole increased its turnover by 8.9 percent to €86 million. ...

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    Arc'teryx will replicate its annual Bird's Nest project at the...

    8 November 2013

    Arc'teryx will replicate its annual Bird's Nest project at the Globetrotter mega-store in Cologne this weekend. Industry officials and consumers are being encouraged to put together waterproof capes for the homeless in the area, using remnants of Gore-Tex fabrics and other products from the Canadian factory in Vancouver. W. ...

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    Marmot Mountain has announced a repeat of last year's partnership...

    8 November 2013

    Marmot Mountain has announced a repeat of last year's partnership with the Grassroots Outdoor Alliance, with a goal to raise up to $10,000 in November for the Conservation Alliance in the U.S. For any Marmot products priced at $99.00 or more bought from the retailers affiliated with the Grassroots Outdoor ...

  • Short stops

    The U.S. magazine Field & Stream has elected Lowa's Tibet...

    8 November 2013

    The U.S. magazine Field & Stream has elected Lowa's Tibet GTX boot as “Best of the Best” after serious testing

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    Longworth Industries, and American producer of underwear “made in the...

    8 November 2013

    Longworth Industries, and American producer of underwear “made in the USA,” has hired Keith Myers as sales director for its brand of baselayers, Polarmax, in a bid to expand its presence in the outdoor and casual apparel markets. Myers has worked for more than 20 years in the apparel sector, ...

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    Zeal Optics, an American brand of sunglasses that recently joined...

    8 November 2013

    Zeal Optics, an American brand of sunglasses that recently joined the European Conservation Alliance, continues to spread its environmental message. As we already reported on Aug. 9, Zeal released earlier this year the world's “greenest” sunglasses, using a patented biodegradable compound based on cotton, called Ace. The company, which is ...

  • News briefs

    Bluesign Technologies has appointed a dedicated staff for North America....

    8 November 2013

    Bluesign Technologies has appointed a dedicated staff for North America. It will be headed by Kevin Myette who has been named director of customer relationship management for the U.S. and Canada, servicing North American companies that are affiliated with Bluesign. Myette has worked for 26 years at REI, the U.S. ...

  • Article

    Major management changes at Amer and Arc’teryx

    8 November 2013

    Credited for delivering strong business results and for leading the strategic business transformation of Amer Sports' Europe, Middle East and Africa region, Michael White, who has been the general manager of Amer Sports EMEA since 2010, has been promoted to the position of chief sales officer and general manager for ...

  • Article

    Good growth for Amer

    8 November 2013

    The parent company of Salomon, Atomic, Arc'teryx, Wilson, Precor, Suunto and other sports brands managed to raise its total revenues by 7 percent in local currencies during the third quarter ended Sept. 30, driven by increases of 19 percent in apparel, 15 percent in sports instruments, 11 percent for footwear, ...

  • Short stops

    An English climber, Tom Ballard, has become an ambassador for...

    8 November 2013

    An English climber, Tom Ballard, has become an ambassador for Ferrino

  • News briefs

    B. Robinson has hired Alex Webb, a former official of...

    8 November 2013

    B. Robinson has hired Alex Webb, a former official of Revo, to fill the new position of vice president of U.S. sales for the specialty outdoor, sporting goods and sunglass retailer channels. B. Robinson recent licensed the Revo brand of sunglasses from Sequential Brands, which bought it from Luxottica. Webb ...

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    Big Agnes, a growing American manufacturer of sleeping bags and...

    8 November 2013

    Big Agnes, a growing American manufacturer of sleeping bags and other outdoor products, has announced the appointment of Katie Hughes as marketing specialist and Kaitlin Cowart as graphic design assistant. An expert in strategic marketing, Hughes worked most recently in marketing and sales at Point6 and Smartwool, respectively. .Named after ...

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    Vaude is going to launch a new advertising spot in...

    8 November 2013

    Vaude is going to launch a new advertising spot in 70 cinemas in Germany, Austria and Switzerland during the month of November. The 30-second spot covers all of Vaude's product segments: mountain sports, bike sports and backpacks. The longer version of the spot, 4 minutes long, will be presented online. ...

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    Tashi Sherpa, president of Sherpa Adventure Gear, will be among...

    8 November 2013

    Tashi Sherpa, president of Sherpa Adventure Gear, will be among the speakers at a conference organized by the Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) of the U.K. in connection with its annual general meeting. A member of the British Parliament, Rory Stewart, and Richard Leafe, chief executive of the Lake District National ...

  • News briefs

    Adidas Outdoor has appointed Viking Nord Pool as its exclusive...

    8 November 2013

    Adidas Outdoor has appointed Viking Nord Pool as its exclusive agent for the Italian market on an experimental basis, starting with the spring/summer 2014 collection. Adidas was previously covering the Italian market through its own sales subsidiary for its outdoor products, but it had little success with outdoor specialty retailers. ...

  • Article

    Black Diamond takes action to diversify

    8 November 2013

    Black Diamond Inc. has hired a leading consulting firm to conduct a global profitability study across all its product categories and geographies in order to refine its future development strategies. It has also mandated an executive search firm to look for a senior executive with experience in the management of ...