News Briefs – Page 476
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Aku is participating in the Mountain Academy 2, a program...
Aku is participating in the Mountain Academy 2, a program initiated by Mountain Hardwear to support young climbers to become mountain guides. The Italian company is supplying four of its trekking models, made in Italy, for the first stage of the program, which stated in the Vercors mountains on May ...
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Victoria Eskdale, a student from Manchester Metropolitan University, has been...
Victoria Eskdale, a student from Manchester Metropolitan University, has been awarded with the Innov_ex Design Award put out by the conference in Lancaster of the same name and supported by the British Outdoor Industries Association. She was granted £500 (€558-$824) for her work on a “Second Skin Highly Tactile Glove.”
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Gord Bailey, the president of Garmont North America, has left...
Gord Bailey, the president of Garmont North America, has left the company after 15 years. After overseeing Garmont Ski and Hike, Bridgedale socks and Life-Link backcountry equipment, he has decided to explore other opportunities in outdoor and ski. Joshua Gibbs, national sales director, will now be in charge of all ...
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Garmont is changing its distribution for outdoor footwear in Australia....
Garmont is changing its distribution for outdoor footwear in Australia. Effective immediately, the new distributor is Lifestyle Industries Group which also takes care of Keen down under. The company replaces Sitro Group Australia.
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Erik Hammerschlag is returning to his old stomping grounds at...
Erik Hammerschlag is returning to his old stomping grounds at Osprey Packs after a nine-year stint away with Mountain Hardwear. The former Osprey chief executive will be coming back on board as product line manager, working with the design team to come up with successful new products. He first joined ...
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Primus, the brand of accessories such as stoves and lamps...
Primus, the brand of accessories such as stoves and lamps within the Fenix Outdoor group, has appointed Eric Svartström head of product management. The 34-year-old has been with the Swedish company for six years as product developer and replaces Niklas Lagström, who left the company at his own request.
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Pascal Meere has been appointed country manager for Oase Outdoors,...
Pascal Meere has been appointed country manager for Oase Outdoors, the Danish camping equipment company, for the Benelux countries. He previously worked as an agent for the same company, which sells the Outwell, Easy Camp and Robens brands. Oase Outdoors explained that it saw larger potential for the three brands ...
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After a lengthy legal quarrel between ABS, the specialty brand...
After a lengthy legal quarrel between ABS, the specialty brand for avalanche rescue systems, and its competitor, Lawinenball (avalanche ball), the latter is no longer. An Austrian court sentenced Lawinenball to publish that its statements on the competitor were wrong. The Innsbruck-based court ruled also that Lawinenball’s founder, Herbert Fournier, ...
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The U.S. district court of Delaware has dismissed a claim...
The U.S. district court of Delaware has dismissed a claim by Jetboil against Primus and its Swedish parent company, Fenix Outdoor. After Primus launched its EtaSolo camping stove in the U.S. at the Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City last August, working through Fenix’s newly acquired Brunton Outdoor Group, ...
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reports the voluntary recall...
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reports the voluntary recall of 15,500 Photon carabiners and Photon and Mach Express quickdraws supplied by Camp USA and sold in U.S. stores in February and March 2011. While noting that no related accidents have been reported, the agency said there was a risk ...
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As previously reported, Gert Boyle, the 87-year-old chairwoman of Columbia...
As previously reported, Gert Boyle, the 87-year-old chairwoman of Columbia Sportswear, was attacked last November by three thieves who blocked her in her bedroom, tying her hands behind her back and stuffing her mouth with a necktie, although she managed to prevent the burglary by setting off an alarm. One ...
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GoLite, the U.S. brand positioned as a lightweight brand without...
GoLite, the U.S. brand positioned as a lightweight brand without compromise, has decided to team up with Gore-Tex starting with the fall/winter collection 2011-12. In some products GoLite will use Gore’s light materials including Pro Shell, Paclite and Windstopper.
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Messe München, the organizer of Ispo Beijing, formerly known as...
Messe München, the organizer of Ispo Beijing, formerly known as Ispo China, has decided to run the next edition of the show over four days rather three as it was the custom over the past years. The organizers said they were making this move in response to requests from exhibitors ...
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Performance Days, the road show designed for buyers in the...
Performance Days, the road show designed for buyers in the fibers & fabrics business, expects to have more than 1,000 visitors during the events in Annecy and Munich, to be held on May 12-13 and 16-17 respectively. At the last event in November last year, the organizers recorded a gain ...
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Italy’s Assosport is sponsoring a consumer-oriented exhibition of outdoor products...
Italy’s Assosport is sponsoring a consumer-oriented exhibition of outdoor products and their demonstration, with the help of the Italian Army, in a new section of the big Rimini Wellness fair in the eponymous Italian sea resort on May 12-15. The companies participating in the initiative include Cober, Crispi, Gabel, Garmont, ...
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The first Outdoor Week will be held in the BMC,...
The first Outdoor Week will be held in the BMC, the permanent trademart of Barcelona, for trade visitors and consumers on June 7-9, with the support of Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association. It will be completely free for exhibitors and visitors, and it will feature programs on specific ...
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Ecco has reported an increase of 21.2 percent in its...
Ecco has reported an increase of 21.2 percent in its revenues for the past year to 6,111.1 million Danish crowns (€819.5m-$1,164.3m). The operating margin before amortization (Ebitda) grew to 16.3 percent from 15.2 percent in 2009, and the margin before interest and tax (Ebit) went up to 10.7 percent from ...
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After eight economically unstable years, Dale of Norway experienced positive...
After eight economically unstable years, Dale of Norway experienced positive turnover growth in 2010. The operating profit of the group was 6.9 million Norwegian kroner (€73.7m-$104.0m), about 11.5 million NOK more than in 2009. The turnover was 91.2 million NOK (€11.6m-$16.3m), of which two-thirds came from outside Norway. Continued growth ...
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Bertel O. Steen says its Viking Fottøy subsidiary turned around...
Bertel O. Steen says its Viking Fottøy subsidiary turned around to a profit of 26 million Norwegian kroner (€3.3m-$4.7m) last year from a loss of 22 million NOK in 2009. The turnover reached 340 million NOK (€43.1-$60.9m), of which almost 30 percent was represented by sales to sports retailers. The ...
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After going through a couple of rough years due to...
After going through a couple of rough years due to the international financial crisis, Tecnica Group made a strong rebound in 2010, with sales increases for most of the brands in its large portfolio. According to preliminary figures, the group’s total revenues rose to about €378 million in 2010 from ...
