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Extending product life: an important piece in the puzzle to less environmental impact
It is becoming increasingly clear how important changing consumer behavior is to achieve reductions in the environmental impact of textile and apparel products. Many brands are now turning to the Swedish firm Polygiene® for technologies that help provide a solution.
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Calzados Bestard enjoying a record year
Calzados Bestard knew in September that it would be surpassing its record for annual sales: €5.1 million, set in 2018. By late November, with a month to go before wrapping up 2021, it had generated revenues of €6.1 million for the year. The figures come from Mats Lindholm, the Spanish ...
Schwan-Stabilo's outdoor division grows 16% in 20/21 despite lockdowns
Despite Covid-19, the German Schwan-Stabilo group achieved sales growth of 2.2 percent to €623.2 million in fiscal 2020/21 (previous year: €609.8 million). The Stabilo (writing utensils) and Outdoor subgroups, which grew significantly despite the pandemic, contributed substantially to this. For the group’s Cosmetics segment, the impact of the pandemic was ...
Private sales clubs find new ways to command customer loyalty
Private Sport Shop has experienced impressive growth to become the number one private sales club in the sports sector. It has done so by focussing on customer loyalty, recruiting wisely and spotting trends early.
How Keller Sports used events and data management to develop customer loyalty
The brand has broken new ground with app-based events that reward customers for sporting performance, not purchases
Back in black: The successful turnaround of Rotor Bike Components
Great products don’t always lead to profit, but they can with a little cohesion…and maybe Covid.
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Italian fashion label Herno acquires outdoor brand Montura
The outdoor market is becoming increasingly attractive for many companies from other segments. After Helen of Troy recently attracted attention with the acquisition of Osprey Packs, Italian luxury outerwear company Herno has now announced to buy Montura, a well-known Italian outdoor brand. For Herno, this would be the entry into ...
Helen of Troy to bolster presence in outdoor segment with acquisition of Osprey
Helen of Troy, the El Paso, Texas-based, publicly traded company that owns a variety of brands in the Beauty, Health&Home and Housewares segments, including Hydro Flask and Oxo, has announced that one of its subsidiaries has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Osprey Packs, the backpack manufacturer founded in ...
Former CEO of Private Sport Shop group to join Moustache Bikes as CEO
French e-bike supplier Moustache Bikes is strengthening its management team ahead of its tenth anniversary, launching a new development phase. On Jan. 1, 2022, Olivier Cantet, an experienced executive from the outdoor and sporting goods industry, who describes himself as a “leading French e-bike specialist,” will join the company as ...
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Outdoor Industry Compass: Vol 14 - No 23
ISPO Munich 2022 moved to November; new ISPO show schedule | Performance Days in Munich canceled due to Covid; digital show instead | Austria imposes a general lockdown, Germany approves a new infection protection act | Despite supply chain challenges, On continues to grow after IPO | Supply bottleneck slows Bike24’s third quarter | Recovering travel market provides upswing for Samsonite | Leatt with the next sales and profit record | Scandinavian Outdoor Group celebrates 20 years of partnerships | Former Timberland CEO and his son unveil new “biocircular” sustainable hiking boots | Pierer buys Felt from Rossignol, enters non-e-bike market and North America | Porsche continues to invest in e-bikes | Third annual profile outlines VF Corp’s inclusion and diversity strategy | EOCA launches fundraiser around Black Friday to raise funds for conservation projects | Fashion for Good and Apparel Impact Institute map the path to net zero in fashion | First Dynafit brand store in Munich opens with expert panel on resort ski touring trend | + EOG Partner Page
Outdoor Industry Compass: Vol 14 - No 22
Wolverine breaks even, but Q3 sales impacted by supply chain issues | Callaway Golf raises guidance, Jack Wolfskin performs better than expected | German bicycle companies develop charter for a sustainable industry | On to make running shoes from carbon waste | COP26: Fashion industry boosts climate ambitions with renewed charter | RevolutionRace nearly doubles turnover in Q1, German sales up 156% | Good first semester for stock market newcomer USWE despite delivery problems in Q2 | Black Diamond’s 20% gains help Clarus post higher Q3 sales | Less growth for Giant Group in Q3 | Canada Goose with strong momentum, improves guidance | Sports & Leisure pull Craft’s parent forward, Nordics and U.S. recover | Dorel Sports Q3 revenues slip as supply-chain constraints bite | GoPro says Christmas sales won’t be hit by supply crisis after stellar Q3 results | Inventory overload affects Rocky Brands’ Q3 | Vista Outdoor on target as Q3 earnings beat expectations | Covid-led demand for anti-microbial products powers Polygiene Q3 | Weyco sees improvement in supply situation in Q4 | Lenzing with strong operating result despite higher energy, material and logistics costs | Q3 sales at Newell Brands’ outdoor unit up 2.1% | Deckers’ Q2 sales up 16% thanks to Hoka, while margins pressured by supply chain | Polartec Apex Award winners 2021 range from startups to global giants | SBTi launches new Net-Zero corporate standard | Emerald opens debate on the future of (OR) trade shows
Outdoor Industry Compass: Vol 14 - No 21
VF maintains FY outlook despite supply chain issues limiting Q2 sales growth | Columbia lowers FY sales outlook, raises earnings forecast as Q3 sales miss | Fenix says Germany recovery underway but warns of supply-chain issues | Thule sees gains in RV products and carrier systems | Dometic Q3 sales growth gets a boost from M&A as supply chain problems persist | Shimano’s bicycle segment up 30%, raises forecast | Mips posts solid growth in Q3 despite supply chain challenges | Unifi with strong Q1 | Bike-Components joins forces with brick-and-mortar retailers | HeiQ unveils high-performance cellulose yarn derived from carbon-negative materials | Tecnica rolls out ski boot recycling project in eight countries | Kathmandu Holdings publishes 2021 sustainability report | VF releases sustainability and responsibility report “Made for Change” | Revised ISPO Awards with four judging dates per year
Outdoor Industry Compass: Vol 14 - No 20
Outdoor industry stocks declined by 6% in Q3 | The rugged outdoor footwear market fell by 5.6% in 2020 | Global bicycle stocks: Demand remains strong, but supply chain prevents further highs | Pon Holdings acquires Dorel Sports | Helen of Troy’s Hydro Flask sees Q2 sales progress, raises FY outlook | Former CEO of Private Sport Shop group to join Moustache Bikes as CEO | Vaude plans to be globally climate-neutral next year | Major investment in Portuguese bicycle production for the EU market | RevolutionRace publishes first sustainability report after IPO | E-commerce with strongest growth in Germany in Q3 since 2017 | ILO adopts first code of practice on safety and health in the supply chains | Odlo reorganizes its business structure in German-speaking countries | Bründl Sports opens new flagship store, carries Marcel Hirscher’s new ski and apparel brands | Prophete Group with management change after successful turnaround | EOG Partner Page