News Briefs – Page 534
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Vaude received a certificate for Eco-Management and Audit Scheme, EMAS,...
Vaude received a certificate for Eco-Management and Audit Scheme, EMAS, introduced by the European Union. EMAS requires that not only the products, but also the entire company be monitored to check its fitness in terms of environmental performance. Antje von Dewitz, the company’s future managing director, stated that independent environmental ...
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IFMA, the cycle show of Cologne, will be held in...
IFMA, the cycle show of Cologne, will be held in 2008 for the last time. The organizer, Koelnmesse, intends to integrate the offer of bicycles into the motorbike show Intermot as of 2010. Cologne’s move leaves Friedrichshafen to be the only place in Germany to host a dedicated international bicycle ...
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As it has done in Italy and may do in...
As it has done in Italy and may do in other European countries, Nike is handing over the distribution of its outdoor brand ACG to an external distributor in the German-speaking countries. From the OutDoor show on, the company Vista Sport will distribute Nike ACG in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. ...
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Cornel Grämiger, managing director of Schöffel Schweiz, will leave the...
Cornel Grämiger, managing director of Schöffel Schweiz, will leave the Swiss subsidiary of the ski and outerwear brand by the end of this year. Grämiger told THE COMPASS that he was going to look for a new challenge now that Schöffel’s business in Switzerland is doing fine. Leaving when things ...
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Outlyne, a young Swiss brand of outdoor apparel, is moving...
Outlyne, a young Swiss brand of outdoor apparel, is moving abroad. The new label is exhibiting at the OutDoor show for the first time in the third year of its existence and is conquering foreign markets. In a first step, Outlyne heads into neighboring Italy, Austria and Germany as well ...
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Deuter has hired Alexia Scheuring as designer for its women’s...
Deuter has hired Alexia Scheuring as designer for its women’s collection of backpacks, called SL-Line. She joins the team of product managers of Steve Buffinton, Thomas Hilger, and Miguel Tiblas. At the OutDoor show, Deuter will focus on, besides the SL-Line, the new, extended travel range with duffels, trolleys and ...
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Johnson Outdoors has shuffled around some senior managers in an...
Johnson Outdoors has shuffled around some senior managers in an attempt to improve product development and marketing. Mark Hrubant will be the brand director for Eureka! tents, replacing Linda Grebe, who is moving up to be the director of Johnson’s Silva and Tech4o brands. Hrubant, who will be in charge ...
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The Lafuma Group reports a stable turnover of €170.3 million...
The Lafuma Group reports a stable turnover of €170.3 million for the nine months ended June 30, with a 1.4 percent increase in terms of constant currencies and without any impact yet from the acquisition of Eider. Oxbow was the only brand that recorded an increase, rising by 7.7 percent ...
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Columbia Sportswear Company is working worldwide to prevent counterfeiting of...
Columbia Sportswear Company is working worldwide to prevent counterfeiting of its brands and products. In May, it got a preliminary injunction against a group of retailers, manufacturers and franchisees in India that were selling several counterfeit Columbia brands. Over the winter the company managed to prevent the sale of fake ...
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STAG, the British buying group for sporting goods retailers, has...
STAG, the British buying group for sporting goods retailers, has signed a new agreement with Hi-Tec, based on new terms, for its Magnum brand of outdoor, uniform and safety boots. About 80 retailers who specialize in outdoor products or have large outdoor sections in their stores are member of STAG, ...
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Nike ACG, which is estimated to generate sales of about...
Nike ACG, which is estimated to generate sales of about €130 million a year in Europe at the wholesale level, is going to work more and more through specialized outdoor distributors and agents in several European countries. It began to do so four years ago in Italy, using such agents ...
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Salewa, the Italian outdoor brand, is expanding in Asia. The...
Salewa, the Italian outdoor brand, is expanding in Asia. The Bolzano-based company has inked a deal with the Japanese importer Caravan Company of Tokyo. Caravan was founded in 1954 and currently distributes the climbing shoes of Five.Ten and the poles of Leki in Japan. The distribution of Salewa in Nippon ...
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Bruno Cercley, chief executive at Coleman for the Europe, Middle...
Bruno Cercley, chief executive at Coleman for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, abruptly resigned from this position in June. He apparently left to work on a special project for Jarden Corporation, which owns Coleman. Clive Parker, Coleman’s European vice president for finance and administration, is temporarily taking over ...
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Mike Stöhr, the sales manager of Peak Performance in Germany,...
Mike Stöhr, the sales manager of Peak Performance in Germany, has been promoted to the rank of country manager. Stöhr reports strong increases in the country, though he did not mention absolute figures. He told The Compass that the increase is mainly due to wider distribution outside specialty sports retailers, ...
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Garmin will present new software called Deutschland Digital 25 at...
Garmin will present new software called Deutschland Digital 25 at the OutDoor show. The new program from the specialty provider of GPS solutions covers all of Germany with digital maps in the 1:25,000-centimeter scale, based on maps provided by the Landesvermessungsämter, the regional German offices for land surveying that are ...
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Jack Wolfskin has won this year’s “Retail Awards” for best...
Jack Wolfskin has won this year’s “Retail Awards” for best performance from ECE, the large German-based international operator of shopping centers, which has some 10,000 tenants in 97 malls all over Europe. A six-member jury chose Jack Wolfskin but ECE officials could not explain why, except for the fact that ...
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The Scandinavian Outdoor Group, the export organization of Nordic outdoor...
The Scandinavian Outdoor Group, the export organization of Nordic outdoor companies, has two new members. Sweden’s Didriksons was founded in 1913 and supplies fishermen and outdoor enthusiasts with protective clothing. Houdini is a specialist for first and second layers. The group also recently awarded its Scandinavian Outdoor Awards. A jury ...
