All Legal & Institutional articles – Page 35
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The Outdoor Industry Association has formally begun the search process...
The Outdoor Industry Association has formally begun the search process for the successor of Frank Hugelmeyer, who resigned from the position of president and chief executive of the American association last September, after 15 years in the post. The OIA has hired The Forest Group to help in the recruitment ...
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Gerber Legendary Blades, a division of Fiskars Brands, has agreed...
Gerber Legendary Blades, a division of Fiskars Brands, has agreed to pay a $2.6 million fine and abide by a permanent injunction to settle a case involving the Gerber Gator Combo Axe. Fiskars and CPSC jointly announced the recall of the product in 2011, but in a complaint filed on ...
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The National Advertising Division (NAD) in the U.S. has recommended that...
The National Advertising Division (NAD) in the U.S. has recommended that Sawyer Products discontinue certain claims for the company's point-of-use water filter products. The claims included: 1 Million Gallons Guaranteed; Cartridge Life: 1,000,000 gallons; Tested and Verified by the United Nations; and The Sawyer Hollow Filter Membrane filter is the only ...
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Following the European Outdoor Group's (EOG) announcement earlier this year that...
Following the European Outdoor Group's (EOG) announcement earlier this year that the federation would also welcome retailers as members, the first retail chains have now joined the association. They are SportScheck, Transa, the big Swiss outdoor retailer, Sport 2000 and STMI, the buying group comprising Go Sport, Hervis, SportXX, Forum Sport, Twinner ...
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Two part-time general secretaries - Sara Wänseth and Rolf Hilleberg...
Two part-time general secretaries - Sara Wänseth and Rolf Hilleberg - are taking the place of Martin Kössler at the head of the Scandinavian Outdoor Group, following a favorable vote by its general assembly. They are both members of SOG's board of directors. They are both around 40 years old ...
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The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) is...
The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) is going to ask the European Union and the member governments to help fund national programs to encourage youth to practice sports along the lines of “Dote in Movimento,”a project that has been successfully led by the Italian sporting goods industry ...
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Investors who bought shares in GoPro after it went public...
Investors who bought shares in GoPro after it went public in June are questioning the release by J.P. Morgan of 5.82 million shares from a lock-up restriction. The shares have been gifted by the action camera maker's founders, Nicholas and Jill Woodmann, to a charitable foundation with effect from Oct. ...
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Pentland Brands welcomed the British Prime Minister, David Cameron,...
Pentland Brands welcomed the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, and Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, to its global headquarters in London on July 25. The visit by the Conservative and Liberal Democrat party leaders was part of an exercise to see examples of flourishing British businesses. Pentland is a third-generation ...
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The Outdoor Industries Association (OIA), the British trade organization, has...
The Outdoor Industries Association (OIA), the British trade organization, has won a lottery award from Sport England that will enable it to fund a new market research project. The aim is to provide a better understanding of the outdoor physical activity market. The initial phase of the project will be ...
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Alfa Sko, the Norwegian footwear supplier, has returned to the...
Alfa Sko, the Norwegian footwear supplier, has returned to the Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG) as a development member. The application was approved by the group's board during a meeting at the OutDoor fair in Friedrichshafen. Alfa is a major market player in Norway and it wants to deploy more efforts ...
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The Grassroots Outdoor Alliance of the U.S. has lost its...
The Grassroots Outdoor Alliance of the U.S. has lost its leader, Roanne Miller, who has resigned. The number of participating retailers has nearly doubled to 50 in the five years that she has run the organization. With her, the organization has raised more than $800,000 for local environmental and social ...
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BSI, the German federation of sporting goods manufacturers, has abruptly...
BSI, the German federation of sporting goods manufacturers, has abruptly ousted its managing director, Adalbert von der Osten who has served for eight years in the job, with effect from June 30. The official explanation for the decision by the board was differing positions on the development of the federation. ...
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Polartec reported on July 4 that it filed a patent...
Polartec reported on July 4 that it filed a patent infringement complaint with the German District Court in Düsseldorf against Pontetorto and its German sales agency, Christian Weichert Internationale Textilvertretungen. In the suit, Polartec is demanding compensatory damages and an injunction to prevent the sale of the infringing products. At ...
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Insect Shield Repellent Technology, ExOfficio and Sunshell Manufacturing have formed...
Insect Shield Repellent Technology, ExOfficio and Sunshell Manufacturing have formed a partnership to provide insect protective uniforms to the staff of World Concern and Medical Teams International working in malaria-risk areas across the globe. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
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Vibram USA, the producer of FiveFingers running shoes, has moved...
Vibram USA, the producer of FiveFingers running shoes, has moved to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that it overstated the shoes' health benefits. The company has offered to pay a total of $3.75 million to people who bought the shoes and said it would stop making claims in its commercials ...
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An American court of appeals has ruled that Teva sandals...
An American court of appeals has ruled that Teva sandals are slip-on shoes that cannot be classified as sports footwear under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule. Confirming a ruling already given in 2008, the finding means that its sandals are subject to an import duty of 37.5 percent in the U.S. ...
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In the U.S., Coleman is recalling some 100 Northstar Liquid...
In the U.S., Coleman is recalling some 100 Northstar Liquid Fuel Lanterns due to a faulty gas feed tube that can release too much fuel, creating fire and burn hazards when it leaks from the bottom. The product recall concerns model number 2000B750 with date codes 10 13 or 11 ...
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The Outdoor Industry Association of the U.S. (OIA) is teaming...
The Outdoor Industry Association of the U.S. (OIA) is teaming up with Egg Strategy, which has been chosen among more than 20 candidates to develop a new segmentation of consumer types for the outdoor industry. The research will be both quantitative and qualitative. It is intended to identify and quantify ...
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The European Parliament has approved a new set of...
The European Parliament has approved a new set of proposals on consumer safety and protection that include the obligation to put a label of origin on shoes and on all other kinds of products sold within the European Union except foods and drugs. The Federation of the European Sporting ...
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The new All-Party Commission on Physical Activity of the British...
The new All-Party Commission on Physical Activity of the British government has released a report which estimates at £20 billion (€24.27bn-$33.61bn) the annual cost to the country of the lack physical exercise by its population. It calculates that about 37,000 deaths could be avoided each year if people were physically more ...
