News Briefs – Page 311
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Entre-Prises, a French manufacturer of holds that has been developing...
Entre-Prises, a French manufacturer of holds that has been developing customized sport climbing solutions, won this year's French OutDoor Award for its new 3D climbing structure, Monkey Space. This innovative training system, made at the company's own production site in Spain, consists of a self-standing, modular structure, available in four sizes, with various ...
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The Italian Outdoor Group has selected Ronco Alpinismo as the...
The Italian Outdoor Group has selected Ronco Alpinismo as the winner of this year's “Historic Outdoor Shop” award. Located in Turin, the store is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.
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Naturkompaniet, the Swedish outdoor retail chain owned by Fenix Outdoor...
Naturkompaniet, the Swedish outdoor retail chain owned by Fenix Outdoor International, has launched a campaign aimed at getting customers to help keep the outdoors clean. The campaign, which is running under the title “Please, leave nothing but footprints,” wants people to take their waste with them when they are in ...
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Deuter introduced a new corporate design at the OutDoor show...
Deuter introduced a new corporate design at the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen, where the company also presented a new look for its booth. The German brand has kept the shape of its former logo, but has changed the colors and added new prints and slogans. Deuter's Futura series of backpacks ...
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Assosport is launching a Facebook contest for outdoor retailers on...
Assosport is launching a Facebook contest for outdoor retailers on the occasion of the European Outdoor Summit, which will be held in Treviso, Italy on Oct. 4-5. The initiative is organized in partnership with Outdoor Magazine and the Italian Outdoor Group (IOG). In order to participate in the contest, retailers ...
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At the July 2016 OutDoor show, the European Outdoor Conservation...
At the July 2016 OutDoor show, the European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) had set a goal to plant or regenerate two million trees. At the recent edition of the fair, Eoca announced that it had received commitments for funding the plantation or regeneration of a total of 1,200,957 trees in ...
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Maier Sports reported at the OutDoor show held in Friedrichshafen...
Maier Sports reported at the OutDoor show held in Friedrichshafen last week that its summer 2018 collection of pants will be totally PFC-free. It comprises 25 different sizes for women and 36 different sizes for men, available in 21 different styles and 12 different colors. About 60 percent of the ...
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Vaude announced that its summer 2018 apparel collection will be...
Vaude announced that its summer 2018 apparel collection will be completely PFC-free, thereby meeting the requirements set in the Vaude Greenpeace Detox Commitment. The trekking and rain jackets are made with the Ceplex Green membrane, 100 percent PTFE and PFC-free. The collection is made by up to 25 percent recyclable ...
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Black Diamond has filed a so-called shelf registration statement with...
Black Diamond has filed a so-called shelf registration statement with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, announcing its intention to offer shares, warrants or other types of securities worth up to $200,000 in connection with the acquisition of new assets. That would include the sale of up to 7.5 million ...
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American Outdoor Brands, the company previously called Smith & Wesson,...
American Outdoor Brands, the company previously called Smith & Wesson, has decided to set up a new logistics and customer service center, located at a new distribution center in the Columbia area of Boone County, Missouri, as it gets ready to implement a plan to acquire some outdoor brands. The ...
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Sports Direct International has completed the acquisition of Bob's Stores...
Sports Direct International has completed the acquisition of Bob's Stores and Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) in the U.S. The British sporting goods retailer is expected to enter U.S. retailing with 51 stores, of which 21 are EMS and 30 are Bob's. Sports Direct paid $101 million in cash for the ...
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Columbia Sportswear has appointed Jim Swanson as its senior vice...
Columbia Sportswear has appointed Jim Swanson as its senior vice president and chief financial officer from the start of July. He takes over from Tom Cusick, who will become executive vice president and chief operating officer. Swanson has been the outdoor group's vice president of finance for the past two ...
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Blaise Agresti, who has been global sales director at Petzl...
Blaise Agresti, who has been global sales director at Petzl for the last two years, is leaving the company at the end of August. The decision was taken in agreement with the company, as Agresti decided to focus on a promising start-up project. A French mountain guide and former commander ...
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Jonathan Petty has been appointed to the position of head...
Jonathan Petty has been appointed to the position of head of marketing at Osprey, starting on June 26 and replacing François Esmenjaud, who left the company after one year. Petty has worked previously as brand manager at Montane since March 2015, responsible for product management and strategic planning. Petty spent ...
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Thomas Brock, former country manager for the Mammut Sports Group...
Thomas Brock, former country manager for the Mammut Sports Group in Switzerland, started at the beginning of June as country manager for Germany and Austria at Genfoot Marketing Europe. Genfoot is the Canadian footwear company that owns the Kamik brand, and Genfoot Marketing Europe sells Kamik and Aku in Germany ...
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Confluence Outdoor has appointed Greg Cattrano as vice president of...
Confluence Outdoor has appointed Greg Cattrano as vice president of sales, replacing Shelly Moore. He worked for 15 years for Warrior Sports and for Brine Lacrosse, which are owned by New Balance, rising from the position of sales rep to that of general manager.
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Shawn Neville has been appointed chief executive of Boa Technology,...
Shawn Neville has been appointed chief executive of Boa Technology, a company that works with more than 300 firms with its own closure system. The seasoned executive was most recently chief executive and chairman of an American shoe company, Aerosoles. Among other stations, he previously ran Reebok International's operations in ...
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Bernat Clarella, the former Spanish country manager for Millet and...
Bernat Clarella, the former Spanish country manager for Millet and the new country manager for Edelrid and Red Chili in Spain and Andorra (see our previous issue), will have a second job as sales coordinator of Garmont in the same territory and in Portugal. He will work in conjunction with ...
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ABC Distribution will again be the Italian distributor of Inov-8,...
ABC Distribution will again be the Italian distributor of Inov-8, the British brand of trail running shoes owned by Descente, starting with the spring/summer 2018 season. ABC, which now also sells the backpacks of Ultimate Direction, had taken on the Italian distribution for Hoka One One at the start of ...
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La Sportiva is opening its fourth mono-brand store and the...
La Sportiva is opening its fourth mono-brand store and the first one outside the domestic Italian market. Calling it a “cult location,” it has chosen the Pyrenean village of Rodellar in the Spanish province of Huesca for its new store. The town has become a famous shopping destination for climbers.
