All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 6, Issue 7-8 – Page 3
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The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) of the U.S. has opened...
The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) of the U.S. has opened online registration for the 2013 OIA Rendezvous, which will take place this year at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort in San Diego from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2. Early-bird discount rates are offered for registration through June 13. This year, ...
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The Sustainability Working Group (SWG) of the Outdoor Industry Association...
The Sustainability Working Group (SWG) of the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) in the U.S. has launched “The Chemicals Management Framework,” a pilot program to help companies examine the use of chemicals in their supply chains and reduce the environmental impact of their products. The tool, developed by and for the ...
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Columbia Sportswear has appointed Shawn Cox as senior vice president...
Columbia Sportswear has appointed Shawn Cox as senior vice president of retail, a newly created position that reports directly to Tim Boyle, president and chief executive officer. The 49-year-old Cox will be responsible for leading the company's brick-and-mortar retail and ecommerce operations in the U.S., Europe and Canada. Cox has ...
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Camila Vesth has been appointed as the new global design...
Camila Vesth has been appointed as the new global design director of Timberland International for apparel and accessories. She has been working most recently as head of creative apparel and director for Le Coq Sportif, and she has also been supervising the collections for Karmameju and for Run and Relax, ...
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Craghoppers, the British brand of outdoor apparel, is sponsoring “The...
Craghoppers, the British brand of outdoor apparel, is sponsoring “The Bushcraft Show 2013,” an event held from May 25 to 27 at Elvaston Castle and Country Park in Derbyshire. Craghoppers will have a stand at the event, selling a selection of its product range. During the survival camp, visitors have ...
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EOCA announces winning projects to receive funding
The public online voting organized by the European Outdoor Conservation Association's (EOCA) for the environmental projects that will receive its funding this year has come to an end, with 57,000 people casting their votes. In total, three projects have been chosen from those presented by various companies in three categories: alpine ...
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As announced earlier this year, Jack Wolfskin wants to increase...
As announced earlier this year, Jack Wolfskin wants to increase massively its visibility in English football stadia. The outdoor brand has now settled terms and signed a couple of sponsoring agreements. The “Paw” will be associated over the next two seasons with several Premier League teams, either as an official supplier or ...
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Pontetorto has announced that its factory in Prato, in Tuscany,...
Pontetorto has announced that its factory in Prato, in Tuscany, is now generating all the energy it needs from solar panels and is operating independently of the public electricity network. The Italian maker of activewear fabrics has set up a network of 7,000 solar cells covering an area of 10,000 ...
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Cousin Trestec has appointed Amorini as its Italian distributor. The...
Cousin Trestec has appointed Amorini as its Italian distributor. The French company is a leader in the production of braided ropes for climbing and other uses, manufacturing 47,000 kilometers a year at its own facilities in the north of France.
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Amer on a good track
Supported by soaring demand in emerging markets, the Amer Sports group's sales inched up by 1 percent to €493 million for the first three months of this year, amid cautious buying in Europe and destocking of team sports products in the North American market. The Finnish group's quarterly sales were up ...
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Alys Diffusion has assumed the distribution in France of Tropicare,...
Alys Diffusion has assumed the distribution in France of Tropicare, the Dutch company that markets the Care Plus line of travel health products. Since a couple of years ago, the French company has been distributing the outdoor and survival equipment and survival products of brands such as Meteor, Highlander, Kupilka ...
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Bradshaw Taylor is taking over as the new sales agent...
Bradshaw Taylor is taking over as the new sales agent for Black Diamond Equipment in the U.K. and Ireland after its contract with First Ascent expires in June. The British firm will also take care of the Pieps brand recently acquired by Black Diamond, and it will provide localized technical ...
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Measuring up against strong performances in the first quarter of...
Measuring up against strong performances in the first quarter of 2012, Garmin's sales fell by 1.3 percent to $76.2 million in the outdoor segment and rose by only 1.7 percent in the fitness segment to $72.4 million in the 13-week period ended last March 30, and they. Gross margins increased to ...
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Bask overcomes split to expand again
After three tough years, the Bogdanov brothers have managed to build up their new version of the Bask brand, after their former Bask company was taken over by former investment partners in 2009. The new Bask has decided to focus on the wholesale part of the Russian outdoor market, where ...
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Once again, W.L. Gore & Associates' German operations has been...
Once again, W.L. Gore & Associates' German operations has been awarded by the Great Place to Work Institute as one of the country's most employee-friendly companies. This year, Gore walked away with the third position in the category for medium-sized companies with 501 to 2,000 employees. On top of that, ...
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A new design and visual merchandising concept has been adopted...
A new design and visual merchandising concept has been adopted by Bever Outdoor & Travel, the Dutch specialty outdoor retailer. Designed by Storeage, an Amsterdam-based retail design and strategy agency, it has been implemented in a premium Bever store in Rotterdam and will be rolled out to other stores of ...
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Chaco, the brand of sandals recently acquired by Wolverine Worldwide,...
Chaco, the brand of sandals recently acquired by Wolverine Worldwide, has announced a new “Ambassador Team” for this year. It is made up of seven individuals who will represent Chaco at competitions, in their daily lives and on social networks. Two of them are Mike Tavares and Haley Mills, a ...
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This year, Lowa is celebrating its 90th anniversary, culminating in...
This year, Lowa is celebrating its 90th anniversary, culminating in a party on June 29 in Wendelstein, north of its head office at Jetzendorf and near Nuremberg. The celebrations already started in February with the delivery of a limited edition of women's shoes to retailers and to the company's concept ...
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CAPO, an Austrian specialty headwear brand, donated 600 hats and...
CAPO, an Austrian specialty headwear brand, donated 600 hats and caps to Tumaini, an organization that launched a campaign for albinos in Malawi. CAPO donated hats and caps, equipped with protection from UV rays. The hats and caps were handed out during the “Albinism Awareness Day” in Blantyre, Malawi.
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Shaw Gorman, the 47-year-old great-grandson of Leon Leonwood Bean, who...
Shaw Gorman, the 47-year-old great-grandson of Leon Leonwood Bean, who founded L.L. Bean in 1917, will be the new chairman of the American company, where he has already worked for more than 20 years in various functions, including brand communication. He will take the place of his father Leon A. ...
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