All Legal & Institutional articles – Page 32
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The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) of the U.S. has promoted...
The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) of the U.S. has promoted Alex Bolan to vice president of government affairs
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President Barack Obama has signed the Outdoor REC Act into...
President Barack Obama has signed the Outdoor REC Act into law, following its unanimous passage in both chambers of the U.S. Congress. It provides for the outdoor recreation economy to be appraised and counted as part of the national GDP. The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), which lobbied strongly for the ...
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Helly Hansen is an official supplier of Vendée Globe, the...
Helly Hansen is an official supplier of Vendée Globe, the round-the-world solo yacht race that started in France on Nov. 6. It is providing the outerwear, tested by professionals, for 130 skippers and more than 200 organizers. Four Helly Hansen ambassadors will also personally participate in the race. They are: ...
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The European Outdoor Group has hired a new sustainability project...
The European Outdoor Group has hired a new sustainability project manager, Katy Stevens. Based in Germany, she will work with Pamela Ravasio, who is also in charge of corporate social responsibility, to help the EOG and its members to develop sustainability programs. Stevens is a textile chemist with many years ...
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Pertex has received the Outdoor Writers Guild's Derryck Draper Award...
Pertex has received the Outdoor Writers Guild's Derryck Draper Award 2016 for its CS10 Technology, which uses unique diamond-shaped filaments to provide fabrics with abrasion resistance and improved water beading properties. The textile brand was already the recipient of the first Derryck Draper Crystal Award back in 1999 for Pertex ...
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Helly Hansen has been chosen as the new ski apparel...
Helly Hansen has been chosen as the new ski apparel partner for the Swedish alpine ski team. This means that the members of Ski Team Sweden Alpine will now also be taking advantage of Recco reflectors, which have been integrated into Helly Hansen's ski apparel for many years. The reflectors ...
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Bearpaw has announced its first television campaign, which comes on...
Bearpaw has announced its first television campaign, which comes on the heels of the brand's recent venture into the apparel market. The national campaign, which will debut this month, is set to increase brand awareness through commercial spots broadcast on popular U.S. networks for women and families such as Bravo, ...
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Anne Schott will replace Remi Forsans as executive director of...
Anne Schott will replace Remi Forsans as executive director of Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV), the French trade association based in Annecy, after the end of this year. Schott has accompanied Forsans as the association's general manager for the past six years. Forsans is said to be planning to start a ...
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Enertor, the Arizona-based orthotics brand, has signed a new agreement...
Enertor, the Arizona-based orthotics brand, has signed a new agreement with Human Race to become the official insole partner of Human Race Events for the 2017 season. The deal covers 12 running and triathlon events including the Cancer Research UK Winter Run Series and Windsor Triathlon, which attracted a total ...
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After similar research conducted in Austria and the U.K., the...
After similar research conducted in Austria and the U.K., the U.S. should be able to measure the contribution of outdoor recreation to the U.S. economy, which would be made part of the country's GDP. The House of the U.S. Congress has unanimously passed a vote for the Outdoor Recreation Act, ...
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Lowa invited 170 sales professio nals from the German shoe...
Lowa invited 170 sales professio nals from the German shoe and sporting goods retail sector to some very special events in Nuremberg, Hinterzarten and Rettenberg in Bavaria. Professional actors integrated participants in a crime comedy act that was written exclusively for Lowa. The act combines the crime story with elements ...
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The Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, paid a visit to...
The Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, paid a visit to the headquarters of the Tecnica Group at Giavera del Montello, near Treviso, on Oct. 5, as part of a series of visits to factories in Italy's Northeast. Tecnica Group's portfolio of brands includes Nordica, Blizzard, Tecnica and Moon Boot. During ...
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Lillsport and Halti have joined the Scandinavian Outdoor Group...
Lillsport and Halti have joined the Scandinavian Outdoor Group
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Wolverine Worldwide says it expects a visit this week from...
Wolverine Worldwide says it expects a visit this week from U.S. Senator Gary Peters, who is expected to make an announcement regarding new legal provisions that would require the Pentagon to source athletic shoes for U.S. military forces from domestic sources. The bill, which may be approved in September, would ...
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Columbia Sportswear has won a summary judgement in Portland federal...
Columbia Sportswear has won a summary judgement in Portland federal court regarding one of the patents covering its Omni-Heat reflective insulation technology. The Oregon judge found that the “overall visual effect” of the dot pattern used by Columbia was “nearly identical” to that of Seirus Innovative Products' range of Heatwave ...
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Sport climbing is one of the five new sports that...
Sport climbing is one of the five new sports that were approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Aug. 3 for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The 2020 Games will also include skateboarding, surfing, karate and baseball/softball. Like climbing, which has been growing in popularity in recent years, ...
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A long-standing legal dispute between Crocs and USA Dawgs is...
A long-standing legal dispute between Crocs and USA Dawgs is taking a new turn with an anti-trust lawsuit launched by the latter company against 18 founders, former and current directors of Crocs. It accuses them of conspiring to fraudulently obtain Crocs' clog patents, using them afterwards to attack competitors. It ...
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Birkenstock, which is enjoying a boom in the American shoe...
Birkenstock, which is enjoying a boom in the American shoe market, has notified Amazon that it will stop supplying it from next January. It has also asked its authorized dealers not to offer Birkenstock shoes on its marketplace. According to CNBC, Birkenstock has found it impossible to supervise the distribution ...
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The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has granted duty-free status...
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has granted duty-free status to sports bags and backpacks produced in least developed and AGOA countries. The decision arrived on June 30, on the eve of the July 1 deadline. Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a legislation that was approved by ...
