All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 7, Issue 1-2
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A two-day seminar on textile recycling will take place in...
A two-day seminar on textile recycling will take place in Tourcoing, in the north of France, on Feb. 5-6, 2014. CETI, the European Centre for Innovative Textiles, based in Tourcoing, is one of the organizers of the event. The research body, founded in 2012, is the world's most recent research ...
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Oeko-Tex plans to release next summer a new online platform...
Oeko-Tex plans to release next summer a new online platform that it is developing to help companies track and manage the level of sustainability of their supply chain. Called MySTeP, it will be made available to any interested textile firms, regardless of whether they already have Oeko-Tex certification. The application ...
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Martes Sport, the Polish sports wholesaler and retailer, has obtained...
Martes Sport, the Polish sports wholesaler and retailer, has obtained a distribution agreement to start selling Icepeak in the country from the start of this year. The Finnish outdoor brand was previously distributed in Poland by Ski Team, a specialist retail chain. Martes is the Polish distributor for Arena, Colmar, ...
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Lafuma stabilizes, winding up its refinancing
The Lafuma Group has set Jan. 30 as the deadline for responses to its offer of additional shares at a low price of €9 each, with rights of first refusal for existing shareholders on a pro rata basis of their present holdings. The offer is open only to French investors, ...
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Primus, the Swedish stove specialist, has released its new Winter...
Primus, the Swedish stove specialist, has released its new Winter Gas, which increases low temperature performance of LP gas cartridges by using Vapour Mesh inside the cartridge. Vapour Mesh is made from absorbent paper and increases the surface for the evaporation process. By that means, LP gas can change from ...
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The Ispo Munich show opening on Sunday will host a...
The Ispo Munich show opening on Sunday will host a record of 2,565 exhibitors from 50 countries, up from 2,481 a year ago, on 104.720 square meters of net space. Most of the expansion is in the outdoor, performance sports, water sports and action sports segments. Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV) ...
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W.L. Gore will officially launch a new online platform for...
W.L. Gore will officially launch a new online platform for customers and retailers at Ispo 2014. The new portal provides information and services related to the Gore-Tex and Windstopper brands in ten different languages. The site will first be launched in English. Other language versions will then follow, including German, ...
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Vasque is going to support the launch of its new...
Vasque is going to support the launch of its new advanced trail running shoe, the Ultra SST, through a partnership with the United States Advanture Racing Association. This year it will be the official footwear of the USTA, which assists race directors and committees in conducting fun, safe and fair ...
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NRS, the Idaho-based manufacturer of rugged paddling gear and high-performance...
NRS, the Idaho-based manufacturer of rugged paddling gear and high-performance inflatable watercraft, announced that, as of 2014, the company is 100-percent owned by its employees. The staff have assumed full ownership of the company after purchasing all outstanding stock from its independent shareholders. The move tops a bold year for ...
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Runners wearing minimalist running shoes tend to experience more injuries...
Runners wearing minimalist running shoes tend to experience more injuries than those in traditional shoes, according to a recent study by Griffith University in Australia. Biomechanical studies in laboratories, based on the observation of 99 runners over a three-month period, indicated that running barefoot, or close to it, shortens a ...
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EOCA raises funds at Ispo
The European Conservation Alliance (EOCA), whose membership rose by 34 percent in 2013, is starting the new year with three new members including the first distributor: Nikwax Benelux. The two others are High Sierra, the U.S. backpacks company recently acquired by Samsonite, which has big plans in Europe, and Northshots ...
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GSI Outdoors takes on new distributors in Europe: Künzi for...
GSI Outdoors takes on new distributors in Europe: Künzi for Italy and Ravenoutdoor for Poland
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Vertical Sports has taken on the distribution of Grivel in...
Vertical Sports has taken on the distribution of Grivel in Spain, replacing Esportiva Aksa. The Spanish distributor will also start representing Silva. The decision to work with these brands of climbing equipment and head lamps are related to the termination of Vertical's long-standing distribution agreement with Petzl, which has set ...
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McTrek, the German online and offline discount retailer for outdoor...
McTrek, the German online and offline discount retailer for outdoor products, raised its sales by 27 percent last year to €37.4 million, with a 43 percent increase in e-commerce. In spite of a difficult market situation due to weather conditions, the gross margin improved by one percentage point to about ...
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EOG provides more market data
The European Outdoor Group was unable to share the results of its annual “State of Trade” study of the European market at the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen last July because of technical problems such as the installation of new software for data collection. Marc Held, secretary general of the EOG, ...
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Dachstein has moved its head office from Kufstein to Salzburg....
Dachstein has moved its head office from Kufstein to Salzburg. According to the Austrian company, the new headquarters and its new collection reflect a new image. The office includes a showroom. The collection will be presented at the Ispo Munich show, where the brand is returning following its relaunch under ...
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Creating a new position, Curtlo, one of the major outdoor...
Creating a new position, Curtlo, one of the major outdoor brands in Brazil, has appointed Fernando Gonzalez as its sales director. He previously acted as sales manager for Hi-Tec Sports at the company's Brazilian distributor, DLD.
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Icebreaker, the New Zealand company specializing in outdoor merino wool...
Icebreaker, the New Zealand company specializing in outdoor merino wool apparel, has hired Dion Taylor as the company's general manager for Europe. In this new position, Taylor will be responsible for the company's multi-channel strategy, including the expansion of digital marketing and the introduction of select retail stores across Europe, ...
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Columbia will be the official outfitter of a special expedition...
Columbia will be the official outfitter of a special expedition organized to publicize the comfort of Sweet Bed Ibis, a new generation of beds used in Accor's Ibis chain of budget hotels. An adventurer, Aaron Chervenak, will be shown taking “the ultimate sleep” on one of these beds at the ...
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Smartwool, which claims to have led the “Merino wool revolution,”...
Smartwool, which claims to have led the “Merino wool revolution,” is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Since 1994, the company has sold more than 80 million pairs of socks and tens of thousands of apparel products, made with proprietary technologies, through 5,000 retail stores in North America and many ...
