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ArticleOutdoor activities essential to well-being, new study reveals
New research released by the European Outdoor Group (EOG) reveals that the appeal of outdoor activities has been boosted by enforced Covid-19 restrictions. In a survey of consumers in the U.K., France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Poland and Sweden, 70 percent of the respondents said that they are looking forward to ...
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ArticleWGSN sees three major consumer groups emerging from the crisis
The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated societal changes and is forcing industries worldwide to adapt to the resulting changes in consumption. Thus, WGSN has set out to predict what consumers will be looking for in the next couple of years. In its annual Future Consumer white paper, the trend forecasting company ...
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ArticleIspo measures the pandemic’s effects on sports retail
Ispo has released the results of a survey it launched on April 9 to determine the effects of the pandemic on European sports and outdoor retailers. Among other interesting points, the survey indicated that Covid-19 began to strike their businesses early, that many resorted to home deliveries and the internet ...
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ArticleThe 2018/19 ski season was this millennium’s best
The numbers for the 2019/20 snow sports season are not in yet, but it was not good apparently, partly because it was cut short by the coronavirus epidemic. However, the 2018/19 season was the best in 20 years or more in terms of visits to the ski resorts, according to ...
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News briefsSwiss online trade records +38% in March
The Swiss business blog carpathia.ch reports that, according to data from GfK’s online sales monitor in cooperation with Swiss Post and the Association of Swiss Mail Order Companies (VSV), Swiss online retail in March 2020 was 38.3 percent up on the same month in 2019, not least because of the ...
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ArticlePolish outdoor market on the way back to the “new normal”
The effects of the coronavirus pandemic are striking almost every business segment around the world. The Polish outdoor industry and retail is no exception. The commitment to social isolation imposed by the Polish government in mid-March with a total ban on travel and recreation in public areas (including parks and ...
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IFH predicts 10-year decline in German retail outlets; March ifo index plummets
(SGI+) The German Institute for Trade Research (IFH), based in Cologne, recently published a report, titled “Trade Scenario 2030,” predicting another large-scale reduction of stores in Germany over the next 10 years. By 2030, according to the IFH, the number of German retail companies will decrease again by up to ...
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ArticleThe outdoor market looks a little brighter
A preliminary survey conducted by the European Outdoor Group (EOG) among its members indicates that the European outdoor industry apparently fared better last year than in 2018, when its deliveries to the trade fell by an estimated one percent to €5.81 billion.
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Italian producers exported 9.5 percent more sport shoes in 2019
In the first nine months of 2019, Italian producers exported 11.8 million pairs of sports shoes, 9.5 percent more than in the corresponding period of 2018, and outdoor footwear was probably the biggest category, judging from the strength of the outdoor industry cluster around Montebelluna. Exports of the items reached ...
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The ski market is apparently growing in the long term
Manufacturers’ deliveries of skis, boots and bindings to the trade grew for the third year in a row during the winter 2018/19 season, according to an annual study recently released by the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi). Some analysts expect the trend to continue to be positive ...
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Spain’s mountaineering market consolidates
Spain’s market for mountaineering products was once again marked by consolidation in 2019. The big players got stronger, while the small players diminished in number, although there were fewer store closings than in previous years. Among the victims were Anayet Vertical, of Zaragoza, and MMallorca and Trekoon, both in Palma ...
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A Pinterest 100 report has revealed that customers will emphasize...
A Pinterest 100 report has revealed that customers will emphasize environmentally friendly products and ’90s designs in 2020. The report compared search queries on its platform from August 2017 to July 2018 with queries from August 2018 to July 2019 and from the data predicts the 100 trends that should ...
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The South Korean market is down by 5%
The takeover of Eider by K2, one of the major local brands of outdoor clothing, is seen as a sign of consolidation in a major market for outdoor products – estimated to be the second-biggest in the world a few years ago – that has continued to decline this year. ...
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Lowa and others comment on the Chinese outdoor market
Matthias Preussel, sales director for the Asia-Pacific region at Lowa, discussed the challenges and opportunities of marketing an outdoor brand in China during a “Market Introduction Seminar for China” that was held in Munich on the third day of the OutDoor by Ispo show early last month.
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The European outdoor market is flat
The latest State of Trade report by the European Outdoor Group (EOG) indicates that the outdoor market declined by 1 percent in value and by 0.5 percent in volume in 2018 in terms of the sell-in to the trade in the 23 European countries covered by its annual study, resulting ...
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The Polish outdoor market is worth €250 million
At this year's OutDoor by Ispo trade show, the Polish Outdoor Group set up the first official Polish Outdoor Village. Various Polish outdoor brands, including Comodo, Fjord Nansen, Lesovik, Milo, Pajak and Stampol-F, presented their latest product innovations in this section of the show, which was evidently inspired by the ...
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NPD says footwear is the fastest category in Europe
It will be interesting to see what the European Outdoor Group will have to say for the European market for footwear, apparel and equipment at the new OutDoor by Ispo show in Munich this coming Sunday. Like our survey, its study is based on the brands' sales to the trade.According ...
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Hardly any stock market growth in outdoor
The stock market capitalization of the publicly listed companies involved in the outdoor sports sector inched up by 2.4 percent to $59.8 billion in 2016. It had risen by 9.8 percent in 2015, partly aided by a doubling in the value of Jarden Corp. prior to its merger with Newell ...
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EOG reports small, yet widespread outdoor market growth
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) estimates that the European outdoor market reached about €4.8 billion in wholesale value last year, which was an increase of 1.2 percent in euros and 1.4 percent in volume. Retail sales are estimated to have reached about €10.2 billion, based on the results of its ...
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Lafuma turns around
The Lafuma Group reported a quantum improvement in the financial year ended Dec. 31, posting a net profit of €2,270,000 for the period against a net loss of €69,196,000 in the comparable 12-month period through December 2013. It booked ordinary operating earnings of €3,039,000 versus an operating loss of €4,233,000. ...
