All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 9, Issue 11-12 – Page 2
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Ken Meidell, the former president and chief executive of Outdoor...
Ken Meidell, the former president and chief executive of Outdoor Research, has been named by Altamont Capital as chief executive of Dakine, which the investment firm acquired from Billabong in July 2013. He succeeds Leslie Lane, who left Dakine in January to take the position of president at Dr. Martens ...
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Norrøna has opened a store in Chamonix, France. The investment...
Norrøna has opened a store in Chamonix, France. The investment was described as the first move in a new strategy to expand the company's retail network away from the saturated Norwegian market. It is also part of a plan to double the company's total sales by 2020. Last year, Norrøna's ...
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NSF Sustainability, a division of NSF International, has certified the...
NSF Sustainability, a division of NSF International, has certified the first manufacturers to the Global Traceable Down Standard (Global TDS). The certification has been achieved by South Korea's Youngone Corporation, Taiwan's Quang Viet Enterprise, and China's Shen Gang Tungsang. All three of these manufacturers are suppliers to the down outdoor ...
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Caro Krissman, the founder and chief executive of Outdoor Tech,...
Caro Krissman, the founder and chief executive of Outdoor Tech, has left the company after selling his shares to Rob Caulfield, the brand's lead investor. Charlie Gugliuzza, who has served as Outdoor Tech's chief operating officer, has taken over as the brand's new chief executive. Under Krissman's leadership, Outdoor Tech ...
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Cairn, a U.S. subscription box company specializing in outdoor gear,...
Cairn, a U.S. subscription box company specializing in outdoor gear, says it has raised $2 million in seed funding, with support from Scott Allan, general manager of Hydro Flask, and the Cascade Angels Fund. Allan, who has become a member of Cairn's board of directors, praised Cairn for the valuable ...
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Sigg boosts its sales teams under Fregonese
Sigg Switzerland Bottles is boosting its sales team to help implement a plan, formulated by its new owners, to double its turnover in five years' time. The 108-year-old Swiss maker of drink containers was reported to be generating annual revenues of about 15 million Swiss francs (€13.9m-$15.6m) when the Riverside investment ...
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Trade visitors who wish to book their tickets for next...
Trade visitors who wish to book their tickets for next month's OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen can do it now online, saving up to 40 percent of the cost and using PayPal as an option. They also can already check out the 960 exhibitors participating in the July 13-16 event on ...
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Jose María García Blasco is the new chief executive officer...
Jose María García Blasco is the new chief executive officer of Yuma, the Spanish company that owns the Altus outdoor brand, taking the place of Pilar Benedí
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Polartec has been taking flak over its plans to shut...
Polartec has been taking flak over its plans to shut down its manufacturing plant in Lawrence, Massachusetts, after it filed paperwork disclosing its intentions to start laying off workers. United Here, the trade union that represents most of the workers, wrote an open letter to Rose Marcario, chief executive at ...
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Brian Mecham, formerly U.S. general manager for Icebreaker, has been...
Brian Mecham, formerly U.S. general manager for Icebreaker, has been appointed to a similar job at Salewa North America, where the brands owned by the Italian group - Dynafit, Salewa, Wild Country and Pomoca - still have strong potential for growth. Mecham reports to Claes Broqvist, who joined the Oberalp ...
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Slackline Industries will back a series of professional slackline competitions...
Slackline Industries will back a series of professional slackline competitions in the U.S. this summer that is expected to draw competitive slackliners from around the world. The high-profile events comprise Dominion Riverrock Festival in Virginia on May 20-22, X Games in Texas on June 3-5 and GoPro Mountain Games in ...
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Leatherman continues to attract strong talent. Two of its most...
Leatherman continues to attract strong talent. Two of its most recent hires are Carie Behe, who has been named marketing manager, and Susan Dinesen, the U.S. company's new director of sales in specialty markets. Behe worked for more than seven years in brand marketing at Keen and Danner. Dinesen has ...
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Vibram has opened its first flagship store in Athens, called...
Vibram has opened its first flagship store in Athens, called the Vibram Athens Academy. This first store represents an evolution from the Vibram Sole Factor trucks, which have been traveling around Europe, offering customers the opportunity to improve the performance of their shoes by choosing a sole from the brand's ...
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Asolo has reportedly hired Herbert Buczek, a former manager of...
Asolo has reportedly hired Herbert Buczek, a former manager of Hanwag, to run a German sales office located in the MOC, the permanent showroom in Munich
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Colin Israel, former managing director for Asia at Black Diamond,...
Colin Israel, former managing director for Asia at Black Diamond, has become chief operating officer and chief financial officer for Alpha Industries, a U.S. brand of outerwear. Israel's function at Black Diamond included running factories, warehouses and distribution centers, along with customer service. He was previously the chief information officer ...
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Patrick Giraudon, owner and chief executive of Arva/Nic Impex, a...
Patrick Giraudon, owner and chief executive of Arva/Nic Impex, a leading player in the French ski touring market, has taken over from Jean-Luc Diard as president of Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV), a French-based organization representing about 370 members in the outdoor industry. Giraudon, who was already on OSV's board in ...
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Crocs turns around in the quarter
Crocs surprised investors with better-than-expected sales and profits for the first quarter ended March 31. Its revenues increased by 6.5 percent over the corresponding period a year ago to $279.1 million. On a constant-currency basis, they gained 9.2 percent. The company said this performance was driven by the positive response ...
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Sebastian Lund has been appointed as chief human resources officer...
Sebastian Lund has been appointed as chief human resources officer and member of the executive board at Amer Sports, the Finnish sports equipment group that owns Salomon and Arc'teryx along with Atomic, Wilson, Precor and other brands. He will join Amer Sports at the beginning of October after 20 years ...
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Martin Esslinger was appointed as the new sales director of...
Martin Esslinger was appointed as the new sales director of Ortlieb, the German supplier of waterproof packs and bags. Previously, the 34-year-old manager worked as head of international sales for Uhlsport. At Ortlieb, Esslinger replaces Bertram Breitenbach, who left the company after five years. Esslinger reports directly to Wolfgang Paulus, ...
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Lamo Sheepskin has appointed Mark Etzbach as its new chief...
Lamo Sheepskin has appointed Mark Etzbach as its new chief executive officer. He succeeds Jerry Breig, who will stay with the company as vice president of international business development. Etzbach joined Lamo in May this year. Prior to that, he held senior executive roles with Original Footwear Holding, Tactical Holdings ...
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