All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 7, Issue 1-2 – Page 3
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Brands & BND Sport Company has become the distributor of...
Brands & BND Sport Company has become the distributor of Mojo backpacks in Spain, Anodorra and Portugal
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Black Diamond, Dakine and Ziener are among the new partners...
Black Diamond, Dakine and Ziener are among the new partners of W.L. Gore for its Gore-Tex and Windstopper membranes
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Oboz Footwear, the fast-growing American brand of outdoor shoes known...
Oboz Footwear, the fast-growing American brand of outdoor shoes known for its special footbeds, has signed a distribution agreement with the Bollin Group for the U.K., effective immediately. This will allow the brand to show in Europe for the first time at Ispo Munich, in Hall A6, in the next ...
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Wigwam, which claims to be the second-largest American maker of...
Wigwam, which claims to be the second-largest American maker of sports socks, has appointed HEJ International as its new U.K.-based distributor, charged of growing its European business. HEJ is a new company formed by Andrew Baguley and Thor Sten. Baguley has been handling sales for Wigwam at a company called ...
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Dansko, the American brand of clogs, has launched Boulder, a...
Dansko, the American brand of clogs, has launched Boulder, a new outdoor lifestyle collection for women. The shoes in the collection, conceived with performance characteristics for everyday use, feature Vibram rubber outsoles and are finished with waterproof nubuck leathers uppers. The Boulder footwear also incorporates DuPont's Sorona fiber moisture management, ...
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Petzl America, the North American subsidiary of Petzl, has appointed...
Petzl America, the North American subsidiary of Petzl, has appointed Oliver McLeod to a new position as manager of the company's new Petzl Technical Institute (PTI) in Clearfield, Utah, which will develop and deliver technical training programs in verticality for its network of so-called Petzl Technical Partners, or PTPs. These ...
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Thermore is presenting yet another alternative to down through the...
Thermore is presenting yet another alternative to down through the second generation of its Aria insulation, which is more eco-friendly than the previous one. Half of the contents is recycled fibers. The Italian company has been Bluesign-certified for its Classic, Ecodown, Rinnova and Thermosoft ranges.
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Chris Parkhurst, who has been running MSR's alpine and snow...
Chris Parkhurst, who has been running MSR's alpine and snow tools division, has been promoted to vice president of MSR, with profit and loss responsibility and tasked with creating new product, marketing and sales strategy for the brand, which belongs to Cascade Designs. Parkhurst is said to have been instrumental ...
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An emblematic personality in the Swedish outdoor industry, Åke Nordin,...
An emblematic personality in the Swedish outdoor industry, Åke Nordin, has passed away at the age of 77. He was the hard-headed Swedish entrepreneur who built his own backpack at 14 and founded Fjällräven in Örnsköldsvik in 1960. The company subsequently diversified its range and bought other outdor companies to ...
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Canada Goose has signed a three-year agreement with the International...
Canada Goose has signed a three-year agreement with the International Film Festival in Berlin to be its “official outerwear partner.” As in the past ten years, the festival will continue to be sponsored by Hugo Boss in the fashion sector. As part of the deal, members of the organizing team ...
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Hi-Tec Sports has appointed Sports Brand Development as its agent...
Hi-Tec Sports has appointed Sports Brand Development as its agent in Belgium and Luxembourg. The company was established three years ago by Patrick van den Bosch, a former high-level executive at Nike and Reebok. Sport Partner reports that Sports Brand Development already represents the K1X and Brekka brands, as well as ...
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Ploucquet, an affiliate of Sympatex Holding in Germany, will move...
Ploucquet, an affiliate of Sympatex Holding in Germany, will move all activities to its production site in Zittau. In addition to the existing “Tection” division, which covers technical textiles and applications, all the activities of the “Textiles” business area, which also includes fashion textiles, will also be operated in Zittau, ...
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Adidas Outdoor joins Polartec as a sponsor of the Metanoia...
Adidas Outdoor joins Polartec as a sponsor of the Metanoia Team for the development of a documentary film, directed by Jim Aikman, about the life and climbing feats of Jeff Lowe
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The Adidas Group, which is targeting an annual turnover of...
The Adidas Group, which is targeting an annual turnover of €500 million in the outdoor sector, was ranked as the 8th most sustainable company in the world in an authoritative chart made public on Wednesday, Jan. 22, at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Compiled every year by Corporate Knights, ...
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Mark Bryden, former president of Lucy Activewear, and Jack Gilbert,...
Mark Bryden, former president of Lucy Activewear, and Jack Gilbert, founder of Mountain Hardwear, have joined the advisory board of Hydro Flask
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Nano-Tex has been acquired by Crypton Fabrics from private equity...
Nano-Tex has been acquired by Crypton Fabrics from private equity and venture capital investors. Sellers included WL Ross and Co. LLC, Norwest Venture Partners, Masters Capital Nanotechnology Fund, Firelake Capital Management and Masters Capital Management. Nano-Tex employs a proprietary nanotechnology approach to enhance textiles that provides permanent performance attributes such ...
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China's President Xi Jinping recently talked around the country about...
China's President Xi Jinping recently talked around the country about his passion for hiking and this may have been indirectly beneficial for some brands. Beijing-based Toread saw its share-price climb sharply in mid-January at a time when the President's comments on his passion for outdoor activities were being extensively covered ...
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Messe Friedrichshafen is upbeat about the OutDoor show scheduled for...
Messe Friedrichshafen is upbeat about the OutDoor show scheduled for July 10-13. A total of 620 exhibitors from 45 countries have already registered. Among them, prominent newcomers are Coleman, Eider, Helly Hansen, Olang, Recco and Wintersteiger.
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Casey Sheahan is leaving next Feb. 7, as chief executive...
Casey Sheahan is leaving next Feb. 7, as chief executive and president of Patagonia, a role that he held since March 2006, to return to his family in Colorado. His positions are being taken over by Rose Macario, CEO of the parent company, Patagonia Works. Both have been working closely ...
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Two American paddlesports company, Wenonah Canoe Inc. and C4 Waterman, announced...
Two American paddlesports company, Wenonah Canoe Inc. and C4 Waterman, announced their merger at the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Make City on Wednesday. Wenonah's international distribution network will take care of C4's products.
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