All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 7, Issue 5-6
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Jarden has a new management structure
Jarden Corporation, parent company of Coleman, Marmot and many other outdoor and sports brands, has announced an expansion of its executive leadership team to support the company's ongoing growth. In 2013 Jarden posted a record performance with revenues of around $8 billion, marking the achievement of the long-term financial goals ...
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News briefs
Mizuno, which recently set up its own sales subsidiary in...
Mizuno, which recently set up its own sales subsidiary in Spain for the Iberian Peninsula (more on this in SGI Europe) is investing in trail running but sponsoring two brothers, Angel and Mario Llorens, and their sister Rosi. They have all reached the highest rankings in various trail running competitions ...
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W.L. Gore took the first place this year in France...
W.L. Gore took the first place this year in France among the “Great Places to Work” that employ less than 500 people. It's not the first time that the Great Place to Work Institute gives it this honor. It has already won similar mentions in national competitions in France as ...
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Ferrino is sponsoring a new expedition by Michele Pontrandolfo where...
Ferrino is sponsoring a new expedition by Michele Pontrandolfo where he will march alone for 1,000 kilometres across the North Pole. He will be using a sleeping bag specially developed together with the Italian company. The Italian athlete has undertaken 14 similar expeditions in the North Pole, Greenland, Iceland, Patagonia ...
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OSV and Eurosima share services
Two big associations based in France, Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV) and the European Surf Industry Association (Eurosima), have agreed to offer all their services to the combined membership of 340 companies. The two associations have been working together from the beginning of the OSV three years ago, learning best practices ...
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Kielce Sport Zima, the winter edition of the Polish sports...
Kielce Sport Zima, the winter edition of the Polish sports and outdoor fair, which was held on Feb. 12-15, welcomed a total of 140 exhibitors, presenting their new collections to more than 3,000 trade visitors from 13 countries. For the first time, the organizers of the show integrated a special ...
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News briefs
While retailing its Dutch office for the wider range of...
While retailing its Dutch office for the wider range of its activites, Tropicare is outsourcing its sales operations in the outdoor and leisure sector in the Netherlands to Elements bvba, a Belgian company that has been acting as a distributor and agent for its anti-malaria Care Plus products in Belgium ...
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Fjällräven drives Fenix expansion
Despite rough competition in Scandinavia and unfavorable weather at the end of the year, the Fenix Outdoor Group lifted its turnover by 8 percent to 1,865.7 million Swedish kronor (€210.7m-$293.7m) last year. The improvement was publicized just before the company finalized its already reported acquisition of a stake of 20 ...
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News briefs
The Environment Directorate of Norway has recommended a postponement of...
The Environment Directorate of Norway has recommended a postponement of its ban on the importation and sale of consumer products containing PFOA produced before June 1, 2014. However, there will be no changes to the ban on the manufacture of products containing this substance, for which the deadline was the ...
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Lundhags has hired a shoe designer, Niklas Karlsson, who previously...
Lundhags has hired a shoe designer, Niklas Karlsson, who previously worked for Hummel on retro-inspired sneakers. The Swedish outdoor brand is going on a product development offensive in the footwear segment, which was the second-largest category for the company when it was acquired by Swix Sport Group at the beginning ...
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The EOG picks Ravasio for CSR and sustainability
Pamela Ravasio, a 38-year-old Swiss national who speaks many languages and lives in the U.K., has joined the European Outdoor Group to act as corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability manager. Vanessa Knowles, who took care of this important aspect of the EOG's activities on a part-time basis along with ...
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News briefs
A new consumer-oriented outdoor festival and trade show, Outdoor Show...
A new consumer-oriented outdoor festival and trade show, Outdoor Show Belgium 2014, is being launched in Belgium for Sept. 26 to 28. The venue is a large area at Libramont that is used every year for a big agricultural fair. It is located close to the French, German and Dutch ...
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New multi-brand store concept for Deckers Outdoor
Deckers Outdoor Corporation announced this week the opening of its first Brand Showcase store at the company's new headquarters at Goleta, in the Santa Barbara area of California. Measuring more than 8,000 square feet, it features an extensive range of products across all its brands: Ugg Australia, Teva, Sanuk, Tsubo, ...
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Short stops
Ortholite is providing its special comfort insoles for a...
Ortholite is providing its special comfort insoles for a co-branded line of mountain running shoes by La Sportiva
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Haglöfs chief executive resigns
Nicolas Warchalowski, who has led Haglöfs for the last five years, resigned and left the company earlier this month. The chief executive encouraged the group's global expansion after its takeover by Asics and he said it was time to hand over to another manager for the next phase. The company ...
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News briefs
Philippe Joffard, the former chief executive of Lafuma Group, who...
Philippe Joffard, the former chief executive of Lafuma Group, who sold his shares in the company to Calida and left it more than one year ago, is now the CEO of Peek-a-Boo, a French producer of children's items with an annual turnover of €50 million that markets its products under ...
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Mammut is recommending that end users should check out the...
Mammut is recommending that end users should check out the connectors of some models of avalanche airbags delivered for the winter 2011/12 and 2012/13 seasons under the Mammut and Snowpulse brand names. They should do so as part of their regular equipment check. Inspections indicate that airbags produced for those ...
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Change of the helm at Décathlon’s parent
Oxylane, the parent company of Décathlon and other minor retail chains, has decided to appoint Michel Aballea, who has been running its operations Décathlon Sports India since 2007, as its new chief executive from the beginning of 2015. He will take the place of Yves Claude, who will steer the ...
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Change of generations at Sportler
Jakob Oberrauch, 25, is the new managing director of Sportler, the big Italian chain of sporting goods stores. Together with his sister Elisabeth, who will act as his deputy, he has taken over the reins from his father Georg, who believes in giving more responsibility to young people. Georg, who ...
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A good convention for the British OIA
The annual conference of the Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) of the U.K. ended on a strong note on March 18, attracting a record of 205 attendees, up from 150 a year ago and only around 20 in previous years. The two-day conference and the related annual general meeting of the ...
