All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 8, Issue 9-10 – Page 2
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Heather Jackson, described as an expert in IT and change...
Heather Jackson, described as an expert in IT and change management, has become a non-executive director of JD Sports Fashion, parent company of Blacks, Millets and other outdoor retail chains in the U.K. She is also a non-executive director of Ikano Bank from Sweden, where she chairs the remuneration and ...
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Patagonia has hired Dean Carter as vice president for human...
Patagonia has hired Dean Carter as vice president for human resources and shared services. Carter is to report directly to Rose Marcario, the outdoor company's chief executive. Described as an avid hiker, snowboarder and swimmer, he was previously chief human resources officer at Sears Holdings and at Fossil Inc. Carter ...
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Sales drop at Camelbak
Sales were off by 4.8 percent to about $36.9 million for Camelbak Products in the first quarter of this year. Adding that it was pursuing “add-on acquisitions,” Compass Diversified Holdings (CODI), parent company of the brand, said the drop was exclusively due to a decline of $2.6 million in sales ...
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Patrick Pons de Vier, former brand manager for Salomon, is...
Patrick Pons de Vier, former brand manager for Salomon, is head of global footwear at Brooks, the U.S. running footwear company, starting last month. Pons de Vier spent about 18 years at Salomon, starting in 1996 in marketing for snowboarding products. He was leading strategic business development for Salomon's winter ...
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In response to some exhibitors' requests to expand their booths,...
In response to some exhibitors' requests to expand their booths, the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen will enlarge the total exhibition space to more than 85,000 square meters, covering all the 12 halls of Messe Friedrichshafen's fairgrounds, the open-air exhibition grounds and the lake. Columbia, Mountain Hardwear, The North Face, Polartec, ...
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Bogs enjoyed its sixth consecutive quarter of double-digit growth during...
Bogs enjoyed its sixth consecutive quarter of double-digit growth during the period ended March 31, posting a 20 percent increase in wholesale revenues for the period, driven by higher sales of women's and children's boots in North America. The ongoing progress of the American boot brand helped its parent company, ...
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L-Fashion Group, the Finnish company behind the Luhta and Icepeak...
L-Fashion Group, the Finnish company behind the Luhta and Icepeak brands, has purchased the Top-Sport retail chain consisting of 18 stores in 15 cities around Finland. L-Fashion bought the chain through an asset deal with Top-Sport Oy, which belongs to The Orange Company, a Finnish family-owned entity. L-Fashion said that ...
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TNF and Timberland become less seasonal
Sales of VF Corp.'s outdoor and action sports division, with brands ranging from The North Face to Timberland and Vans, among others, advanced in the first quarter by 2 percent to $1.6 billion, which amounted to a rise of 10 percent in constant currencies.Quarterly sales for The North Face increased ...
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Thomas Vangsgaard has left Viking Footwear to become Danish country...
Thomas Vangsgaard has left Viking Footwear to become Danish country manager for Ecco, replacing Jens-Jacob Iversen. Vansgaard has been the country manager for Viking in Denmark since 2006. He had assumed additional responsibility for KangaROOS in the Nordic countries since 2011.
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Kailas of China has become the main partner of the...
Kailas of China has become the main partner of the International Federation of Sport Climbing for apparel, ropes and safety gear. It has been the IFSC's main partner for ropes and safety gear since 2013. Under a new, enlarged four-year contract. IFSC officials will exclusively wear Kailas uniforms specifically developed ...
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Berghaus boasts that it has become the first British clothing...
Berghaus boasts that it has become the first British clothing brand to join the Bluesign system earlier this month, as part of a multi-faceted program to reduce the environmental impact of its activities and to eliminate harmful substances from the supply chain. Among its commitments, Berghaus wants to work with ...
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Treksta has become a major sponsor of the Banff Mountain...
Treksta has become a major sponsor of the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour. The deal commences with the 2015 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival, which will take place in the Canadian town from October 31 to November 8. The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour includes more than ...
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Warren B. Kanders, the executive chairman of Black Diamond Inc.,...
Warren B. Kanders, the executive chairman of Black Diamond Inc., has acquired Mountain Khakis from Remington Arms Company, the majority owner, and the other owners. The purchase was made through an affiliate of Kanders & Company, of which Kanders is the owner and president. Founded in 2003, Mountain Khakis is ...
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Jörg Aumüller is reportedly taking over as country manager for...
Jörg Aumüller is reportedly taking over as country manager for German and Austria at Helly Hansen in the middle of May. The job was previously handled by Harry Schedlbauer, who has left in January to become global commercial manager at Atomic Austria. Aumüller has been in the outdoor and sports ...
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Lowa hires an Asia specialist
Lowa is reinforcing its investments in Asia with the appointment of Matthias Preussel in the new position of sales director for Asia-Pacific. Preussel previously worked as head of sales at Mammut, helping to set up a Chinese subsidiary for the Swiss outdoor brand, supervising its operations in South Korea and ...
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Dean Polic has been appointed as country manager for Mammut...
Dean Polic has been appointed as country manager for Mammut in Germany, starting from June. He has been with the company for 14 years and is currently head of marketing for the Swiss outdoor brand in Germany. His predecessor, Ernst Schweble, who has been building up Mammut in Germany since ...
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Sympatex has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, providing data and...
Sympatex has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, providing data and resources to support its Higg Index. The coalition currently counts more than 150 brands, retailers, manufacturers, academic institutions and governmental and nonprofit organizations as members all over the world.
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APJeT, a U.S.-based textiles specialty coatings company, will collaborate with...
APJeT, a U.S.-based textiles specialty coatings company, will collaborate with VF Corporation on potential uses for its textile finishing technology. The collaboration between the two companies is connected with VF's Global Innovation Center activities. VF operates three centers in the U.S. which work to develop advancements in apparel, footwear and ...
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Johnson Outdoors has announced the appointment of two new executives...
Johnson Outdoors has announced the appointment of two new executives at its camping division, which includes Jetboil, Silva and Eureka! Dina Sutin has been named marketing specialist for the division, bringing over experience in graphic design, photography, video production and social media marketing. Sara Lawhead will work as product manager ...
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Crocs has announced the launch of its first global integrated...
Crocs has announced the launch of its first global integrated marketing campaign. The #FindYourFun campaign, which launched on Mar. 30, will run throughout 2015 in the U.S., Germany, U.K., China, Japan and South Korea. Consumers are encouraged to “find their fun,” as the tagline suggests, through innovative imagery featuring Crocs' ...
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