All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 7, Issue 21-22 – Page 3
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Globetrotter beefs up management, weighs regional pricing
Globetrotter Ausrüstung, the large Hamburg-based outdoor retailer, has appointed five managers to create a wider circle of executives to bring the big German outdoor retail chain and mail-order house to the next level. Besides Thomas Lipke and Andreas Bartmann, managing partners, and Philip von Melle and Angela Rux, managing directors, ...
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News briefs
George Fisher, the well-known British outdoor store based at Keswick,...
George Fisher, the well-known British outdoor store based at Keswick, in the heart of the English Lake District, is the first U.K. retailer to have joined the European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca). Holmenkol, Teko and Spring PR, a British PR agency, also joined Eoca during the past summer. The Russian ...
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High Sierra, the brand of backpacks bought by Samsonite, has...
High Sierra, the brand of backpacks bought by Samsonite, has become a co-partner of the Windsurf World Cup off the German island of Sylt
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News briefs
This autumn, the Swedish outdoor retail chain Naturkompaniet will have...
This autumn, the Swedish outdoor retail chain Naturkompaniet will have a new store in the Täby Centrum shopping mall north of Stockholm. The shop will have a total surface of 682 square meters on two floors. Täby Centrum was named Stockholm's best shopping mall in 2013.
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News briefs
The leading French sporting goods retailer, Au Vieux Campeur, expects...
The leading French sporting goods retailer, Au Vieux Campeur, expects to report a 3 percent increase in its sales for the 12 months ended on Sept. 30, according to Sport-Guide, and its profit margin will be lower than before. According to the publication, the family-owned company has kept its margins ...
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News briefs
Asics's French subsidiary is taking over the distribution of Haglöfs...
Asics's French subsidiary is taking over the distribution of Haglöfs in France from a distributor, Nord Ouest, after delivery of the spring/summer 2015 collection. The move is a logical step for the brand as they now have common ownership ?now share owners /owner. It comes after the opening of a ...
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Julbo expands in the Middle East and Asia
Julbo, a French sports eyewear company that is investing heavily in trail running, started a partnership to serve several countries in the Arabian Peninsula this past summer with EGMA Optical Supplies, a distributor who has worked with Rodenstock for many years, and it is now targeting the Asian markets. EGMA ...
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News briefs
The organizers of the Asia Outdoor show to be held...
The organizers of the Asia Outdoor show to be held in Nanjing, China from July 23-26, 2015, are inviting trade visitors to the first edition of an industry congress called Asia Outdoor China Summit. It will be held from July 24-25 in the same city and is backed by the ...
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News briefs
Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Melissa A. Howell to the position...
Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Melissa A. Howell to the position of senior vice president of global human resources. She will report directly to Blake Krueger, chairman, chief executive and president of the group. Howell had recently a similar position at General Motors Company, where she spent more than 24 years ...
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News briefs
Sanuk has appointed Holysport as the exclusive distributor of the...
Sanuk has appointed Holysport as the exclusive distributor of the brand in Benelux, France and the U.K. starting in spring 2015. Based in Cornwall, U.K., Holysport specializes in distribution across Europe for the surf, skate, snow and lifestyle markets. Sanuk, founded by southern Californian native and surfer Jeff Kelley, was ...
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News briefs
IC Companys, the Danish apparel group that owns Peak Performance...
IC Companys, the Danish apparel group that owns Peak Performance and other brands, has officially renamed itself IC Group. The company's annual meeting also appointed Henrik Heideby as chairman, replacing Niels Martinsen. Heideby was previously vice chairman. Martinsen will act as vice chairman along with another former director of the ...
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News briefs
National Geographic has selected Craghoppers as exclusive licensed apparel partner...
National Geographic has selected Craghoppers as exclusive licensed apparel partner for North America, providing National Geographic-branded apparel for the U.S., Canada, and Mexico at stand-alone retail and online stores. Select styles will be specifically manufactured for the National Geographic-branded product line, which will be available at retail in spring 2015. ...
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News briefs
VF Corporation has announced that Robert K. Shearer, the group's...
VF Corporation has announced that Robert K. Shearer, the group's senior vice president & chief financial officer, will retire in March 2015, after 28 years with the company. VF has named Scott A. Roe, currently vice president, as controller and chief accounting officer, to replace Shearer in the role of ...
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News briefs
Vestergaard has announced the donation of water purification tanks with...
Vestergaard has announced the donation of water purification tanks with clean water to 301 schools in Kenya, probably representing the biggest donation of the kind in Africa. It will benefit more than 125,000 children, many of whom will be encouraged to go to school to be able to drink the ...
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News briefs
Garmin, the maker of navigation equipment, has announced a three-year...
Garmin, the maker of navigation equipment, has announced a three-year deal as the official supplier of the Marathon des Alpes-Maritimes Nice-Cannes, whose 7th edition will be held on Nov. 9 on the French Côte d'Azur. The race is the second largest in France by number of participants, with its 13,000 ...
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News briefs
Prana has announced plans to expand its Fair Trade Certified...
Prana has announced plans to expand its Fair Trade Certified offerings to 45 pieces for spring 2015, from the nine pieces in autumn 2014. Prana has been the first major apparel company in North America to offer Fair Trade Certified styles in partnership with Fair Trade USA. Every October, the ...
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News briefs
Keen footwear and its partner Respect The Mountains have announced...
Keen footwear and its partner Respect The Mountains have announced that this summers' eight events for the Envirotrek Clean Up Series yielded the campaigns' greatest ever returns with 5,120kg of rubbish being collected, almost double that collected during the 2013 campaign. The 2014 series, in its sixth year, visited six ...
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News briefs
Nemo has hired Andrew Milkovits from EMS as product-line manager...
Nemo has hired Andrew Milkovits from EMS as product-line manager and Tom Bath from REI as senior product developer. As product-line manager, Milkovits is in charge of developing and executing the strategy that drives the product line from concept to market. He will work with Nemo's internal teams, outside reps ...
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News briefs
A new American company called Liberty Venture Group will take...
A new American company called Liberty Venture Group will take over the e-commerce operations of Liberty Interactive Corporation, including Backcountry.com and Bodybuilding.com, through an exchange of shares. It will be worth about $1.5 billion and will have more than $2.7 billion in cash to invest. Liberty Interactive will rename itself ...
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Have you already registered for the EOS?
The program of next week's European Outdoor Summit has been finalized, and it can be viewed on the dedicated website of the convention, where delegates can still register to attend it. Organized by the European Outdoor Group in conjunction with the German Sporting Goods Industry Federation (BSI), the EOS will ...
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