All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 7, Issue 23-24 – Page 2
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Former Puma product chief takes the helm at Jack Wolfskin
Michael Rupp is unexpectedly leaving Jack Wolfskin after less than two years at the helm of the German outdoor company, to be replaced with Melody Harris-Jensbach, a former board member in charge of product at Puma and chief product officer at Esprit.The company said that Rupp had decided not to ...
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Peter Fabrin is starting as the new chief executive of...
Peter Fabrin is starting as the new chief executive of Haglöfs, taking the place left vacant last March by the abrupt departure of Nicolas Warchalowski, who then became CEO of Peak Performance in September, replacing Anders Cleemann. Fabrin has worked in the past for Peak Performance and other parts of ...
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Go Outdoors has named Claire Webb as its new chief...
Go Outdoors has named Claire Webb as its new chief financial officer. Webb joins the U.K.-based outdoor equipment and clothing retailer from Maplin, an electronics retailer, where she was responsible for the finance, legal and human resources functions. Earlier this year, at Maplin she oversaw re-financings and the sale of ...
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VF Corp. releases first sustainability report and introduces CHEM-IQ
VF Corp. released its first comprehensive Sustainability and Responsibility Report at the end of October, highlighting the achievements of VF and its brands for the three sustainability pillars – planet, products and people. The report also marked the public debut of CHEM-IQ, VF's innovative chemical management program. CHEM-IQ is said ...
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Management changes at OR and OIA
A little over a month after the resignation of Frank Hugelmeyer as president and chief executive of the Outdoor Industry Association of the U.S., Emerald Expositions announced earlier this month the departure of Kenji Haroutunian as show director of Outdoor Retailer. In an e-mail from the World Parks Congress in ...
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Gore discusses carbon emissions in outdoor shoes
Just before the European Outdoor Summit at Tegernsee last month, W.L. Gore & Associates announced for the first time the findings of its Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for outdoor shoes. The study takes into account numerous factors including the environmental impact of water usage and transportation.The results of the test, ...
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New data and new campaign by Gore-Tex
About 25 million pairs of footwear were sold in 2013 with Gore-Tex membranes for consumer-oriented applications in more than 50 countries around the world, along with an estimated nine million pieces of garments, pairs of gloves and other accessories.The global footwear volume has been rising at an average compound annual ...
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Outlast Technologies is launching a new high-performance filling material called...
Outlast Technologies is launching a new high-performance filling material called Universe, developed for climate comfort as well as moisture management in bedding and apparel products. Outlast's temperature-regulating phase change materials (PCMs), which are based on viscose fiber, make up 30 percent of the compound, and the balance is made up ...
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Camelbak's parent buys Sterno's parent
Compass Diversified Holdings (Codi) has announced the acquisition of Sterno Candle Lamp Company, which is well known in the outdoor sector for its Sterno branded fuel canisters, stoves and fire starters for camping, tailgating and other users. Most of its revenues, which reached $133.6 million last year, come from the ...
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Britain's Outdoor Trade Show (OTS) will continue to take place...
Britain's Outdoor Trade Show (OTS) will continue to take place in September, as almost two-thirds of the exhibitors and three-quarters of the visitors rejected an alternative date in August. The show will continue to take place in Stoneleigh Park and will run next year from Sept. 15 to 17. There ...
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Ruffwear, the U.S. specialty brand of dog gear for outdoor...
Ruffwear, the U.S. specialty brand of dog gear for outdoor purposes, has handed over its distribution in the Italian market to Accapi Group, its current distributor for the U.K. and other European countries. Accapi is based in Britain, but will be represented in Italy by Massimo Pinarelli. Accapi distributes other ...
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The Swedish outdoor and lifestyle brand Didriksons has completely eliminated...
The Swedish outdoor and lifestyle brand Didriksons has completely eliminated the use of fluorocarbons in all its products for its spring 2015 collection. According to an article published in Sportfack, Didriksons has been phasing out fluorocarbon base treatments for water repellency for years, and has now found a material that ...
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Fenix – a big gamble?
Who would have guessed that Fenix Outdoor would be ready to play the really big card in European outdoor specialty retailing? The Swedish group has notoriously had big ambitions as a retailer. However, it has been looking outside Sweden because it could not play a significant role against the big ...
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Big brands commit to Nanjing show
Messe Friedrichshafen, the organizer of the European OutDoor show and the driving force behind Asia Outdoor, the annual Chinese outdoor fair held in Nanjing, has put out a press release confirming that some big players in the Chinese outdoor market will show exclusively at the Nanjing show in the summer. ...
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Fenix scores better with brands than at retail
The announcement of the merger between Globetrotter and the retail side of the newly named Fenix Outdoor International group came just a few days after the latter announced better quarterly results for its brands - Fjällräven, Hanwag, Tierra, Primus and Brunton - than for its retail operations, represented essentially by ...
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Timberland performs better than TNF or Vans
Timberland was the star performer at VF Corporation in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, while The North Face and Vans did not do as well as expected. Globally, Timberland's sales increased by 15 percent during the quarter, in contrast with increases of 9 percent at TNF and 12 percent ...
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Berghaus has hired Elaine Gardiner as its corporate sustainability officer,...
Berghaus has hired Elaine Gardiner as its corporate sustainability officer, to increase the company's focus on CSR (corporate social responsibility) issues. The company already has a CSR strategy, and acts within the range of initiatives led in that area by Pentland Brands, its parent company. However, the position of corporate ...
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Lowa, the German based producer of outdoor shoes, has financed...
Lowa, the German based producer of outdoor shoes, has financed the building of a school in Nepal with an investment of €75,000. Matthias Wanner, sales manager at Lowa, handed the check over to the Nepalhilfe Beilngries association during a benefit performance of Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner and Ralf Dujmovits, athletes sponsored by ...
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Sports brands back sustainable down supply chain
Textile Exchange has announced that a number of international outdoor and fashion brands and retailers including Eddie Bauer, Marmot, Mammut, Helly Hansen, H&M and others have adopted its Responsible Down Standard (RDS). Textile Exchange is a U.S.-based non-profit organization operating internationally for sustainability in the apparel and textile industry. The ...
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Austrialpin, the Austrian maker of climbing equipment, is voluntarily calling...
Austrialpin, the Austrian maker of climbing equipment, is voluntarily calling back one of its karabiners, Delta FD00A. The company says that due to inhomogeneous ingredients, the product might display tiny cracks. These cracks are especially hazardous because they may appear after a while and not initially.
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