All Legal & Institutional articles – Page 28
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Swiss import duties on various consumer goods could be abolished...
Swiss import duties on various consumer goods could be abolished in the future. If Parliament gives its approval, the plan will come into force in 2022. The abolition of tariffs on a number of industrial products, including bicycles, clothing and health products as well as some raw materials and semi-finished ...
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The European Outdoor Forum is now the European Outdoor Summit
Going back to its roots in the French Alps, the next European Outdoor Summit will by hosted in Annecy by Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV) on Oct. 15 and 16, 2020.It was back in 2010 that OSV launched the European Outdoor Forum, in partnership with the European Outdoor Group (EOG). The ...
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Boundaries were redefined at the EOS in Interlaken
One of our senior editors, Wolfgang Greiner, introduced an interesting roster of speakers at the European Outdoor Summit (EOS) that took place in the Swiss city of Interlaken last month. As the only European business publication in the sector, we have decided to deliver a special issue of the Compass ...
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Adventure travel is replacing old-style mass tourism
The era of mass tourism in its present form is coming to an end, stated Chris Doyle, who runs the European unit of the Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA), at the European Outdoor Summit (EOS) in Interlaken. Instead, growth in adventure tourism is accelerating worldwide, responding to a growing need ...
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The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) is...
The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) is backing the European #BeActive campaign, which promotes sport and exercise for healthier living. As part of the campaign, the European Week of Sport (EWoS), which ran from Sept. 23 to 30, saw the organization of thousands of events across Europe, ...
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Four more companies – LEDX of Sweden, Helle of Norway...
Four more companies – LEDX of Sweden, Helle of Norway and Uphill Sport and Svala of Finland – have become members of the Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG). All of them have their own production facilities. LEDX has been supplying headlights for night-time orienteering since 2010. Helle is a third-generation family ...
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The EOS goes full circle as boundaries are redefined
The outdoor market as a whole is growing more slowly than before, as the latest statistics by NPD and the European Outdoor Group (EOG) have shown. For the players in the market, external growth in other categories is one way of coping with the situation, as indicated by Kathmandu's acquisition ...
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Steve Barker, co-founder and former president of Eagle Creek, the...
Steve Barker, co-founder and former president of Eagle Creek, the Colorado-based maker of luggage, backpacks and accessories, will serve as interim executive director of the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) of the U.S., starting on Oct. 14. He is replacing Amy Roberts, who has stepped down to take a post at ...
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Two new members have joined the Scandinavian Outdoor Group this...
Two new members have joined the Scandinavian Outdoor Group this past summer. They are Nordisk from Denmark and Øyo from Norway. Founded in 1901, Nordisk has diversified in the past 40 years from the production of sleeping bags into tents, tent mats and other accessories. Founded in 1882, Øyo is ...
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Margo de Lange, who joined the Great Out There Coalition...
Margo de Lange, who joined the Great Out There Coalition earlier this month as policy officer, launched the first issue of her newsletter, writing about, among other things, the European Week of Sport, scheduled for Sept. 23-30, where she will be involved in official events. She mentions in the newsletter ...
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ATTA members are working with outdoor suppliers more intensely
About 20 suppliers of outdoor equipment, footwear and apparel participated in the Adventure Travel World Summit (ATWS) organized by the Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) in the Swedish city of Gothenburg on Sept. 16-19. With the cooperation of Ispo, ten of them exhibited their products for the first time during ...
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The Outdoor Industries Association (OIA), the trade body of the...
The Outdoor Industries Association (OIA), the trade body of the U.K. outdoor industry, has announced a members' forum on counterfeiting, which will take place in London on Oct. 24. The OIA has teamed up with SnapDragon Monitoring, one of its members, and UDL, an intellectual property law firm, to deliver ...
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Yeti, the big American brand of coolers and drinkware that...
Yeti, the big American brand of coolers and drinkware that wants to make its mark in Europe and other foreign markets, is suing Chilly Moose and Schombert Sheet Metal in the West Texas District Court for selling counterfeits of many of its own products, including the Rambler tumbler and mug, ...
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Contigo is recalling about 5.9 million 13-, 14- and 20-ounce...
Contigo is recalling about 5.9 million 13-, 14- and 20-ounce Cleanable Water Bottles in the U.S. because their clear silicone sprout can detach and pose a choking hazard. The affected bottles have a black spout base. They were sold – for $9 to $24 – at Costco, Walmart, Target and ...
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Bestard Mountain Boots is warning consumers of a fraudulent website...
Bestard Mountain Boots is warning consumers of a fraudulent website that pretends to be the official website of the brand. It is not the first time that the Spanish company has suffered from an identity theft. The false domains typically plagiarize Bestard's logo and images, and offer products at “ridiculously ...
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Ortlieb won a lawsuit in a German Federal Court against Amazon...
Ortlieb won a lawsuit in a German Federal Court against Amazon on July 25. The German company wants to prevent the appearance of ads with the Ortlieb brand name on Google, which are linked to offers on the Amazon homepage. The issue is that, when searching a term with Ortlieb in ...
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After a brief truce in the dispute between the U.S....
After a brief truce in the dispute between the U.S. and Chinese government, President Donald Trump announced today that the U.S. will impose extra duties of 10 percent on $300 billion worth of annual imports from China as of Sept. 1. The list of the affected products has not yet ...
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Nigeria has joined the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), thereby...
Nigeria has joined the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), thereby becoming the 29th member of the organization, and the 11th from Africa
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The session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that was...
The session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that was held in Lausanne on June 25 unanimously approved the Paris 2024 proposal to include sport climbing, surfing, skateboarding and break dancing in the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in the French capital city. A final decision on their inclusion is now to be ...
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The It's Great Out There Coalition has appointed Margo de...
The It's Great Out There Coalition has appointed Margo de Lange as its first policy officer. De Lange has extensive knowledge of European public affairs, having worked for the last five years at the European Network of Academic Sports Services (ENAS), where she served as policy and project officer and ...
