All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 6, Issue 7-8 – Page 2
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Jack Wolfskin makes new commitments to sustainability
As part of plans to remove harmful substances from its production processes, Jack Wolfskin has published a detailed roadmap for the complete phase-out of perfluorinated and polyfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in its supply chain by 2020. It is committing itself to full transparency with regard to the chemicals used by its ...
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Woolrich is launching a collection of menswear that is exclusively...
Woolrich is launching a collection of menswear that is exclusively made in the U.S. for the next autumn/winter season. It is made at workshops in New York and Philadelphia with fabrics coming from its wool mills at Woolrich, Pennsylvania, whose production should be raised by 50 percent this year. The ...
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The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) and seven other...
The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) and seven other international sports federations will present their respective candidate sports to the executive board of the International Olympic Committee on May 29 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The body will decide on the same day which of these sports will remain on ...
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+++ Chiruca has restyled its website +++ An Iranian climber,...
+++ Chiruca has restyled its website +++ An Iranian climber, Parvaneh Kazemi, has joined Bestard's Test Team +++
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Satra, the U.K.-based technology center for research and development in...
Satra, the U.K.-based technology center for research and development in the footwear sector, has recently standardized a test procedure developed by OutDry, marketer of waterproof breathable laminates for gloves and footwear. The test procedure is used in order to check the impermeability of shoes. The testing method of Satra, TM ...
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Canada Goose has expanded production by setting up a new...
Canada Goose has expanded production by setting up a new factory in Winnipeg. Over the past six months, the production capacity has been doubled and 25 new employees have been engaged. About 160 employees are going to work in the new factory, which measures 5,300 sqm. The factory includes areas ...
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Canada Goose is on the lookout for new equity investors...
Canada Goose is on the lookout for new equity investors through a Canadian investment bank, Canaccord, says Reuters. The family-owned firm is apparently seeking new equity to support its strong growth, especially in the lifestyle segment of the market. For example, its sales in Germany have grown by 500 percent ...
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Higher sales and profits for Camelbak
Camelbak raised its sales by 6.4 percent to $42.8 million in the first quarter of 2013, and its operating earnings jumped by 25.1 percent to $8.9 million, as its gross margin improved by 0.7 percentage points to 45.9 percent.Hydration systems and bottles represented about 88 percent of Camelbak's sales, up ...
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Dynafit is building a research center in the Swedish town of...
Dynafit is building a research center in the Swedish town of Åre where the ski touring company will share its offices with the Swedish Winter Sports Research Center. The research institute is described as one of the three leading, international think tanks for snow sports research. The new Dynafit Development Center will be ...
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Deuter inaugurated a brand-new headquarters last week. Located at Gersthofen...
Deuter inaugurated a brand-new headquarters last week. Located at Gersthofen outside Augsburg, Germany, the new site has a total surface of 20,000 square meters on three floors. The space includes 2,100 m² occupied by offices, a 100-m² shop and a 7,200-m² warehouse to process the three million-odd items that the ...
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Buff, the Spanish specialty brand of headwear and neckwear, is...
Buff, the Spanish specialty brand of headwear and neckwear, is now sponsoring Berta Martin, a professional Spanish climber. The 35-year-old won the Spanish boulder championship for the fifth time in 2012. She will be representing Buff's new 'Active' clothing range and its headwear. Buff is also sponsoring Anna Vollenwyder, junior vice ...
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Jeff Bowman is taking the place of Brad Poorman as...
Jeff Bowman is taking the place of Brad Poorman as the new chief executive of Cocona, the U.S.-based developer of active particle technologies used in technical apparel, footwear and other products. Bowman was most recently chief operating officer and technical officer at Massif in Ashland, Oregon. Like Poorman and other ...
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Lowa Boots is opening its fourth demo center in the...
Lowa Boots is opening its fourth demo center in the U.S. at the YMCA in the Rockies Estes Park Center in Colorado, which is surrounded by the Rocky Mountain National Park. The other demo centers opened so far this year are at the Sierra Club's Center in California's Sierra Nevada, ...
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Big jump in in Columbia's earnings
In its first quarter of 2013, Columbia Sportswear managed to increase its total sales by 5 percent compared with the same period of last year, reaching $348.3 million. The impact of foreign currency changes was lower than 1 percent. Net income jumped by 159 percent to $10.1 million, including restructuring ...
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The Fair Wear Foundation (FWF) has granted its “Best Practice...
The Fair Wear Foundation (FWF) has granted its “Best Practice Award” to three outdoor and sportswear companies, Odlo, Mammut and Schöffel because they “boost impact through collaboration.” The non-profit organization praised the brands' efforts to cooperate with one another and to provide outstanding examples of how to improve working conditions ...
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OR becomes more international, with some hitches
Outdoor Retailer has started accepting online registrations for its Summer Market, which will run this year from Wednesday, July 31 through Saturday, Aug. 3, and for its Open Air Demo, taking place on the eve of the show on Tuesday. Discounted “early-bird” registration is being offered through July 8.Officials of ...
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BCB International, the Cardiff-based outdoor and survival equipment supplier, has...
BCB International, the Cardiff-based outdoor and survival equipment supplier, has inaugurated a new plant in Llanelli where it will produce FireDragon fuel, a new clean green cooking fuel for the military, camping and leisure markets. BCB successfully applied for a patent and got £150,000 (€176.234-$227,519) from the Welsh Government's Economic ...
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Sub Zero Technology, British manufacturer of high-quality base layers and...
Sub Zero Technology, British manufacturer of high-quality base layers and outdoor apparel, has assigned Beijing Travel Mouse Outdoors Company for the distribution of the brand in China. Sub Zero is already distributing the brand in the Far East, Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea, where its 'made in England' label ...
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OutDoor looks forward and backwards
The OutDoor Industry Awards will be presented for the eighth time at a ceremony on the first day of the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen, scheduled for July 11-14. Registrations for the award will be accepted until June 6 in the following categories: apparel, helmets, shoes, backpacks, travel luggage, mountain-climbing equipment, ...
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Vaude was nominated for the German Corporate Social Responsibility Award...
Vaude was nominated for the German Corporate Social Responsibility Award 2013, but Hipp won the prize. The competition's award ceremony, which was held for the first time in Germany, took place in Berlin on April 24. Vaude had been nominated in the category of companies with 500 to 4,999 employees, ...
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