All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 9, Issue 5-6 – Page 3
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Camelbak has signed up another top ultra runner, Moritz auf...
Camelbak has signed up another top ultra runner, Moritz auf der Heide, and the Team Garmin Adventure for the 2016 season. Camelbak will also again sponsor Xavier Thévenard and Sissi Cussot, who belong to Team Asics. Thévenard is the reigning champion of the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB). They ...
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Vaude has received yet another award for its initiatives in...
Vaude has received yet another award for its initiatives in the area of sustainability. This time the German outdoor brand has been honored by the German Council for Sustainable Development with a “Werkstatt-N” seal of quality for its Second Use Program. In order to prolong the lifespan of its products, ...
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MGM has announced the appointment of another industry veteran, Robert...
MGM has announced the appointment of another industry veteran, Robert Demetz, as sales manager for its two outdoor brands, Kayland and Trezeta. He will report to Marco Foglio, president of the group, who previously held this role, which has become more demanding following MGM's recent acquisition of Kayland. After working ...
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Toray has announced the development of a water-repellent finishing technology...
Toray has announced the development of a water-repellent finishing technology that does not require fluorinated compounds while enabling, according to the company, the same performance and durability of conventional treatments. Fluorine-based water repellents are typically used in the textile industry to add functionalities such as soil and oil repellency, but ...
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CEP U.K. & Ireland has announced it has become the...
CEP U.K. & Ireland has announced it has become the Official Compression Partner of Equinox24, the 24-hour endurance running event, which will take place at Belvoir Castle, in the British county of Leicestershire, on Sept. 17-18. The race, now in its fourth year, is a mixed-terrain running competition held on ...
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Aigle has appointed Marie-Laure Rigal-Raffard as its new global marketing...
Aigle has appointed Marie-Laure Rigal-Raffard as its new global marketing and communications director. She comes from Lacoste, which is controlled by Maus Frères like Aigle. She previously worked for two other fashion houses, Lanvin and Louis Vuitton.
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Aku has adopted Zero Impact leather on an exclusive basis...
Aku has adopted Zero Impact leather on an exclusive basis in the outdoor footwear sector for the inner lining of its new Aku Plus line for the next autumn/winter season. Zero Impact has been developed by Dani Sustainable Leather through an innovative tanning process that eliminates chromium and other heavy ...
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Gibbon adjusts management
ID Sports, the owner of the Gibbon Slacklines brand, has adjusted its management due to the leave of Jan Käding, one of the two brothers who established the brand in 2007 and led its international sales. The company says he has left the company in Stuttgart to take a sabbatical ...
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Adidas has entered a multi-year partnership with Wanderlust, a producer...
Adidas has entered a multi-year partnership with Wanderlust, a producer of lifestyle festival events focusing on yoga, wellness and music. The deal is designed to pair Wanderlust's multi and single-day events with Adidas' latest performance-based products. For 2016, highlights from this partnership include Adidas being a presenting partner of Wanderlust's ...
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Greenpeace acts forcibly in Italy
Greenpeace activists “attacked” The North Face store in Milan's Galleria San Carlo on Feb. 18, to protest against the brand's use of hazardous chemicals in clothing and accessories. The activists launched red confetti, symbolizing poly-fluorinated compounds (PFCs), inside the store and in front of it. A recent report compiled by ...
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GoPro has completed the acquisition of Replay and Slice, two...
GoPro has completed the acquisition of Replay and Slice, two mobile video editing apps. Merging Replay and Splice into GoPro's mobile strategy will allow GoPro to deliver improved mobile editing solutions. Splice, developed by Vemory in Austin, Texas, is a mobile editor that allows users to create customized edits with ...
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Vaude has announced two new executive appointments. Manfred Meindl, 34,...
Vaude has announced two new executive appointments. Manfred Meindl, 34, will be in charge of trade marketing, and Aaron Bittner, 31, will act as apparel manager of the company. Meindl will continue to be responsible for online marketing, which he has led for five years with good results in social ...
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Weyco posts lower revenues, with Bogs down by 22%
Weyco Group reported sales of $87.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2015, down from $95.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2014. The big problem was a sudden 22 percent drop for Bogs in North America, after many seasons of strong growth for this brand of outdoor boots, due ...
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In 2015, Adidas sourced 43 percent of all its cotton...
In 2015, Adidas sourced 43 percent of all its cotton as Better Cotton, exceeding its objective of 40 percent. It was the highest volume of sustainable cotton used by Adidas, and the company said it will continue to increase the amount of sustainable cotton it uses over the coming years. ...
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A few weeks ago, Quechua invited a group of 14...
A few weeks ago, Quechua invited a group of 14 eyewear designers from Julbo and other companies in the Jura region of France for a presentation of Decathlon's outdoor brand, its product design and development strategy and an exchange of views. For the time being, Decathlon markets several lines of ...
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