All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 9, Issue 7-8 – Page 3
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Go Outdoors, the large-scale British outdoor retailer, reportedly wants to...
Go Outdoors, the large-scale British outdoor retailer, reportedly wants to open 43 Cycle Concept stores in its outlets in the next three months. Cycle sales have apparently doubled in the stores where Go Outdoors trialed the concept, with in-store workshops and personalized fitting. The Cycle Concept areas should offer hundreds ...
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The Zipper Cooling Wallet of Frio, a British company, was...
The Zipper Cooling Wallet of Frio, a British company, was named overall Product of the Year at the inaugural UK Outdoor Industry Awards. The wallet has a water-activated crystal inner liner that can keep temperature-sensitive medication including insulin and anaphylactic shock pens at a safe temperature for days. Other companies ...
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JV International, the global marketer of Michelin branded technical soles,...
JV International, the global marketer of Michelin branded technical soles, has become a member of the U.S. Outdoor Industry Association (OIA)
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Vertical, a brand of the Raidlight-Vertical group, has worked with...
Vertical, a brand of the Raidlight-Vertical group, has worked with the French hiking federation (FFRandonné) on the design of a full range of hiking clothes and accessories. Vertical will make an exclusive GR-FFRandonnée-branded line of products including waterproof and breathable technical apparel for men and women, ultralight backpacks and textile ...
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Bonvita merges with Nordic Footwear
Bonvita, the Danish-based distributor of many brands of Wolverine Worldwide, has completed a merger with a sister firm, Nordic Footwear Company. The merger and the implementation of some other adjustments designed to increase efficiency have lowered the break-even point. Henrik Hammer, owner of Bonvita and Nordic Footwear, says the move ...
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Royal Robbins has signed up as a Bluesign system partner....
Royal Robbins has signed up as a Bluesign system partner. It was a logical move for this American company, founded by Royal Robbins and his wife Liz. In the first climb of its kind in the U.S., back in 1967, they made the first ascent with removable nuts in the ...
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Garmin bets on fitness and outdoor
Garmin announced a sharp 37 percent decline in net income to $132 million for the fourth quarter of its financial year, ended Dec. 26. The quarterly gross margin fell marginally by 0.7 percentage points to 52.9 percent.The fitness segment saw a 51 percent gross margin decrease as a result of ...
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Bergans of Norway has named Sven Mostögl as the new...
Bergans of Norway has named Sven Mostögl as the new sales director for its German subsidiary, which takes care of direct sales in the German, Austrian and Italian markets, and distribution in the rest of the European Union. He reports directly to Leif Holst-Liæker, chief executive of the Norwegian company. ...
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Vivobarefoot beats equity crowdfunding target
As of April 6, Vivobarefoot, the brand of minimalist shoes with patented ultra-thin soles controlled by Galahad Clark, had secured over £1.2 million (€1.5m-$1.7m) from 1,121 investors with just one day remaining to invest, far exceeding its previously set goal of £750,000 (€625,678-$711,383). The largest single investment so far stands ...
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VF Corp. has named Scott H. Baxter as president of...
VF Corp. has named Scott H. Baxter as president of its outdoor and action sports group in the Americas, which includes Eagle Creek, Eastpak, JanSport, Kipling, Lucy, Napapijri, Reef, SmartWool, The North Face, Timberland and Vans. Baxter previously held the same role at VF's Jeanswear Americas. The new role is ...
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Johnathan Nielsen has been confirmed as chief executive of Backcountry.com,...
Johnathan Nielsen has been confirmed as chief executive of Backcountry.com, starting on March 11. He had been named interim chief executive last December after the former CEO chief executive, Jill Layfield, left in the wake of Liberty Interactive's sale of the American e-commerce company to TSG Consumer Partners last July. ...
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Researchers at the RMIT University in Australia are working on...
Researchers at the RMIT University in Australia are working on the development of self-cleaning fabrics based on the combined use of nanostructures and light. The idea is to grow nanostructures on textiles which release a burst of energy that degrades organic matter, when exposed to light. With such textiles, sunshine ...
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Assosport and the Italian Outdoor Group will cooperate
Setting aside their long-standing differences, Assosport and the Italian Outdoor Group (IOG) signed a collaboration agreement. The two bodies will continue to operate independently of each other, but the deal is being regarded by some as a first step toward a possible merger in the future. Technically, a merger would ...
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The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) and Hanson Dodge Creative (HDC),...
The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) and Hanson Dodge Creative (HDC), a Milwaukee-based marketing firm with long experience with outdoor brands, have announced a partnership to build a deeper understanding of the evolution of the outdoor industry's needs and to engage more brands and retailers in OIA. HDC will conduct research ...
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Trond Langeland has been appointed chief executive of Viking Outdoor...
Trond Langeland has been appointed chief executive of Viking Outdoor Footwear, the Norwegian outdoor footwear brand owned by Bertel O. Steen. Langeland will take over on May 13 after serving in several other sales, marketing and executive functions in consumer goods companies such as Orkla, Jordan and Canon. For the ...
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Filling two new positions, Osprey Europe has appointed a marketing...
Filling two new positions, Osprey Europe has appointed a marketing manager, François Esmenjaud, and a distributor brand manager, Tobias Baier. It has also appointed an operations manager, Alex Bottomley, who previously worked for a British online retailer, Wiggle. Esmenjaud was previously handling marketing for Polar in France. Baier previously worked ...
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Implus has appointed Mary Hannah Statham as marketing manager. She...
Implus has appointed Mary Hannah Statham as marketing manager. She will be responsible for all marketing efforts for the Implus family of footwear accessory brands which includes Sof Sole, Sof Comfort, Sneaker Balls, Penguin, ForceField, Apara and Airplus. Statham worked as the director of marketing and communications for Springs Creative ...
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Linda Balfour has been appointed global director of marketing for...
Linda Balfour has been appointed global director of marketing for Superfeet on the eve of its biggest product launch to date – outdoor sandals with inbuilt insole support. Prior to this, Balfour spent 10 years in the marketing department of Keen Footwear with responsibilities ranging from overseeing field services, retail ...
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Garmin recently announced its collaboration with La Sportiva in Spain....
Garmin recently announced its collaboration with La Sportiva in Spain. The “La Sportiva Mountain Running” team, consisting of Spanish athletes like Miguel Caballero, Maite Maiora, David Lopez Castan, Alfredo Gil, Cristobal Adell, Pere Rullan and Nil Cardona, will use a Garmin GPS watch, Fenix 3 Sapphire, for training purposes and ...
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Patagonia has announced a new partnership with Kina'ole Capital Partners...
Patagonia has announced a new partnership with Kina'ole Capital Partners to create a $35 million tax equity fund that will bring rooftop solar power to 1,500 households in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York. The fund uses state and federal tax credits to direct Patagonia's ...
