All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 8, Issue 20-21 – Page 2
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Sport-guide.com reports that Chullanka, the French outdoor and cycling retailer...
Sport-guide.com reports that Chullanka, the French outdoor and cycling retailer formerly controlled by Decathlon, is to open its fourth store in Bordeaux next year. The expansion comes after Chullanka was taken over in April by its managers along with two investment companies, Compagnie d'Anjou and Notus Technologies. Chullanka reached an ...
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Sales of hammocks, coolers and thermal/insulated containers for camping and...
Sales of hammocks, coolers and thermal/insulated containers for camping and other purposes have grown rapidly in the U.S. in recent years, according to research conducted by the NPD Group. Sales of hammocks have more than doubled in terms of volume and value over the past two years, lead by the ...
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Calida, the Swiss lingerie group, is holding discussions with the...
Calida, the Swiss lingerie group, is holding discussions with the minority shareholders of Lafuma to take over the 35 percent stake it doesn't own in the French company at a reasonable price, says Sportguide.com
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An experienced executive, Liz Braund, has joined Royal Robbins in...
An experienced executive, Liz Braund, has joined Royal Robbins in the position of vice president of merchandising and design. She will also be in charge of product development and innovation. Braund has spent 20 years in performance apparel, working for important brands such as Nike, The North Face and Oakley. ...
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A Korean brand moves into China and Europe
Nepa, the South Korean outdoor brand, has opened a store in the center of Chamonix in order to learn about European consumer demand and to expand outside of its own country. The store is on three floors covering about 400 square meters, in a chalet that was previously the location ...
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Columbia launches new global brand campaign
Columbia Sportswear has unveiled “Tested Tough,” a new long-term global brand platform, which also marks the return to advertising of the company's 91-year-old matriarch and chairman of the board, Gert Boyle. Tested Tough is inspired by Columbia's Pacific Northwest heritage and the original “Tough Mother” campaign, which also features the ...
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Magnum Boots has won the Public Order Clothing and Equipment...
Magnum Boots has won the Public Order Clothing and Equipment contract to supply territorial and specialist forces throughout the U.K., including rescue authorities and various law enforcement agencies
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Black Diamond sells Poc to Investcorp
Investcorp Group, the big investment company from Bahrain, has reached an agreement with the Black Diamond group to take over Poc, the Swedish brand of snow sports and cycling gear, at a price of $65.0 million, subject to customary price adjustments. This is equivalent to nearly 1.9 times the turnover ...
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Previously at Cascade Designs and Sierra Designs, Bill Conradt has...
Previously at Cascade Designs and Sierra Designs, Bill Conradt has switched to ExOfficio as vice president of global sales. He has been assigned to expand the international sales at ExOfficio, an outdoor and travel brand owned by Jarden Corporation. Conradt spent 13 years at Cascade Designs, to become vice president ...
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Big growth for CMP
CMP is the brand of sports clothing, specializing in ski and outdoor garments, launched in 2010 by Italy's Fratelli Campagnolo to make a clear statement in the market for an affordable and functional apparel line with Italian design. The idea behind the new brand name, which took the place of ...
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EOG campaign claims big impact
The campaign launched by the European Outdoor Group (EOG) to support outdoor participation, #itsgreatoutthere, has achieved much more exposure than anticipated. The organization estimates that it reached more than seven million people and probably 15 to 20 million taking into account the exposure of the initiatives launched by partner brands ...
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Benjamin Chapuis has taken the place of Camille Henry as...
Benjamin Chapuis has taken the place of Camille Henry as director of collections for Le Chameau, the French supplier of hunting boots. Chapuis is responsible for product development and purchasing. He worked at Decathlon as a product engineer for three years until 2007, when he joined the French Royer Group ...
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Textile Exchange releases new benchmark report
A recent report by Textile Exchange (TE), a global non-profit organization that works to promote sustainable practices in the textile industry, has highlighted the good and bad news about the industry's use of organic cotton and other “preferred materials.” The benchmark report measures the progress of 57 leading textile companies ...
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Zeal Optics has a new president, Ben Peters, who was...
Zeal Optics has a new president, Ben Peters, who was appointed in July to take the place of Joe Sanchez, who became vice president of product development at Costa Sunglasses last December. Like Sanchez, Peters has worked for many years at Zeal's parent company, Maui Jim Sunglasses. He started as ...
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Smartwool and Vaude have been named as “Conservation Champions” for...
Smartwool and Vaude have been named as “Conservation Champions” for 2015 by the European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca). Every year, the organization gives this award to the members that have taken the initiative to raise extra money for conservation and have raised awareness of conservation issues through Eoca. Smartwool's sock ...
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Julbo has become the only sports brand in Europe with...
Julbo has become the only sports brand in Europe with an in-house laboratory to make corrective lenses for its sports glasses. Like other brands of sports eyewear, it was previously outsourcing the process to an outside laboratory. Following an investment completed in April, Julbo's lab has a capacity to make ...
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Sebastian Glasner, a former official of SportScheck, has become marketing...
Sebastian Glasner, a former official of SportScheck, has become marketing manager of Tatonka, replacing Christine Goeschel
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Lowa has started to distribute the foot balsams and other...
Lowa has started to distribute the foot balsams and other plant-based skin care products produced by Sixtus in the sports and outdoor channels. Philipp Lahm, a well-known football champion from the Bayern München team, became a shareholder of Sixtus at the beginning of this year.
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Camp and Cassin have started sponsoring Tom Ballard, an English...
Camp and Cassin have started sponsoring Tom Ballard, an English athlete from the Peak District who has become famous through the widely publicized “Starlight & Storm” project, which consisted of climbing the north faces of six major alpine mountains without any external help between December 2014 and March 2015. He ...
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The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), the U.S. outdoor trade association,...
The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), the U.S. outdoor trade association, has decided to broadcast live several sessions of its upcoming OIA Rendezvous convention in Seattle through the Brandlive platform
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