All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 8, Issue 24-25 – Page 4
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Rand Whitney has been appointed as director of sales at...
Rand Whitney has been appointed as director of sales at the U.S. subsidiary for Original Buff, the Spanish provider of bandanas and other performance headwear for runners, cyclists and outdoor enthusiasts. The company said in a press release that Whitney has been in leadership functions in the general sporting goods ...
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Confluence Outdoor, the U.S. watersports equipment company, appointed Hastings Blumer...
Confluence Outdoor, the U.S. watersports equipment company, appointed Hastings Blumer as director of product management for its surf, stand-up paddleboard and paddle brands, Boardworks and Adventure Technology. He previously led strategic product line development for Adventure Technology, which is the company's performance paddle brand, as the product manager. Boardworks is ...
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Vaude has appointed a new product manager in charge of...
Vaude has appointed a new product manager in charge of its footwear division, Oliver Korden, with the aim of boosting the share of its revenues coming from this sector. Shoes represent only 3 percent of the company's turnover, but their sales grew by 15 percent this year, and the company ...
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Stefano Saccone has been appointed vice president and chief executive...
Stefano Saccone has been appointed vice president and chief executive for Eastpak, taking the place of another Italian manager, Massimo Ferrucci, who is in line to become vice president of VF Corporation in charge of emerging markets. Saccone has been working at VF's European headquarter in Switzerland since 2012 as ...
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Messe München has appointed Christoph Beaufils to the new position...
Messe München has appointed Christoph Beaufils to the new position of ISPO brand manager. For the last two years he worked as trade marketing manager at Willy Bogner and at Marc O'Polo International. Prior to that, he spent nearly 14 years in digital and print media, creative page design, event ...
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Maier Sports, the German outdoor and snow sports apparel brand,...
Maier Sports, the German outdoor and snow sports apparel brand, has hired Dennis Dietrich, previously at Internetstores, to become project manager for public relations and marketing, as part of the marketing team led by Stefan Taft
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The organic and recycled content in Timberland's apparel continues to...
The organic and recycled content in Timberland's apparel continues to decline. According to the brand's new CSR report, in the third quarter the percentage of organic and recycled content was roughly 7.9 percent of total textile weight as compared to 12.7 percent in the second quarter. The figure for 2014 ...
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The Fair Wear Foundation, Greenroom Voice and the Sustainable Apparel...
The Fair Wear Foundation, Greenroom Voice and the Sustainable Apparel Coalition will present their approaches to the rating of the brands' sustainability performance at a round-table discussion during the Ispo Munich show at 4 PM on Tuesday, Jan. 26. The challenges faced in the transparent and factual measurement of performance levels ...
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Wolverine Worldwide announces executive appointments
Wolverine Worldwide has announced a spate of new appointments. Among others, Seth Cobb has been appointed president of the fast-growing Chaco brand. He replaces Chip Coe, who became managing director of Wolverine in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in September.Cobb has been with the group for more than 15 ...
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Ogio has announced that its new headquarters in Draper, Utah...
Ogio has announced that its new headquarters in Draper, Utah are scheduled to open in Nov. 16. The new 25,000-square-foot facility is nearly double the size of the previous headquarters following the company's strong growth over the past five years. The facility features a large showroom, for retail customer meetings ...
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Napapijri has announced that it is replacing down with Thermofibre...
Napapijri has announced that it is replacing down with Thermofibre insulation for autumn/winter 2015 in 99 percent of its outerwear collection. Thermofibre is an eco-friendly, anti-bacterial material made from ultra-lightweight microspheres which create a quilted texture offering insulation and temperature regulation. Thermofibre is exclusively developed and patented by VF Corp., ...
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Montura has opened new stores in Annecy, France and Verona,...
Montura has opened new stores in Annecy, France and Verona, Italy
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Cotswold and Snow & Rock form Outdoor and Cycle Concepts
Outdoor and Cycle Concepts was formed in the U.K. at the start of November as a joint corporate entity grouping the operations of four retailers: Cotswold Outdoor, Snow & Rock, Cycle Surgery and Runners Need. The four banners were brought together earlier this year after the AS Adventure Group, the ...
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Field & Stream, the outdoor brand which is owned and...
Field & Stream, the outdoor brand which is owned and operated by the Dick's Sporting Goods retail chain, has launched in its first e-commerce site in the U.S. The new website adds to 19 store locations in the country.
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Amer Sports' board of directors has approved a Performance Share...
Amer Sports' board of directors has approved a Performance Share Plan and a Restricted Stock Plan as incentives for key employees. The first one will allow about 250 people to earn rewards in cash and Amer shares, up to a maximum of 1.1 million shares, based on the ...
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Hydro Flask has unveiled the names of the ambassadors for...
Hydro Flask has unveiled the names of the ambassadors for its first-ever Influencer Program. The newly-formed group of athletes, photographers, artists and adventurers will help launch the brand's #UnexpectedRefreshment campaign while promoting its mission and core values. The team's key influencers include: snowboarding legend Jeremy Jones, who is also the ...
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Allsport is taking a break
Allsport Moden, the Austrian outdoor and winter sports apparel company, has decided to terminate production and distribution of the Allsport brand after the upcoming summer range. The company wants to take a break to rethink its business approach and to offer its services to other sports and outdoor companies, as ...
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Trangowold has signed up a Basque climber, Alex Txikon, who...
Trangowold has signed up a Basque climber, Alex Txikon, who is going to attempt to reach the 8,125-meter summit of the Nanga Parbat mountain during the winter season
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Houdini partners with Albaeco on Planetary Boundaries business assessment
Houdini Sportswear, the Swedish outdoor clothing company, is collaborating with Albaeco, a Swedish non-profit organization, on what it calls the first corporate Planetary Boundaries Assessment. The Planet Boundaries framework was first introduced in 2009, when a group of 28 scientists - led by Johan Rockström from the Stockholm Resilience Centre ...
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CMP has signed an agency contract for the U.K. with...
CMP has signed an agency contract for the U.K. with Ardblair Sports, which also represents Leki, X-Bionic and Aku. Meanwhile, International Sportswear Company (ISC) is taking on the distribution in Sweden of the fast-growing Italian brand of outdoor clothing, starting with deliveries in August 2016. ISC is also the distributor ...
