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    Clarus raises full-year guidance after Q1 sales jump

    12 May 2021

    Clarus Corp, the parent company of Black Diamond and Pieps, raised its sales and adjusted Ebitda guidance for the full year, after posting a top line of $75.3 million in the first quarter, up by 41 percent on a reported basis and 39 percent higher at constant currencies. Excluding Barnes ...

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    Clarus hires Anthony Rivera for Black Diamond apparel

    7 May 2021

    Black Diamond has appointed Anthony Rivera as business unit director for its apparel category that was introduced in 2013. Rivera comes to Black Diamond (BD) with technical apparel expertise as the former senior manager of merchandising for Arc’teryx. In his new position, Rivera will be responsible for creating the strategic ...

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    Black Diamond starts using NuOrder digital platform for retailers

    22 March 2021

    Beginning with the fall/winter 2021 buying season, Black Diamond is organizing all of its orders on the NuOrder digital buying platform. The B2B e-commerce platform for wholesalers hosts order forms, budget control tools, campaigns, catalog creation tools, whiteboarding and more. Black Diamond will manage its wholesale operations globally through the ...

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    Black Diamond parent Clarus sees strong growth

    9 March 2021

    Clarus Corp, the parent company of Black Diamond and Pieps, announced that revenues in the fourth quarter surged by 24 percent to $75.9 million, or by 23 percent in constant currencies. This was mostly due to the company’s ammunition division, particularly gains in the Sierra Bullets business and an additional ...

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    Clarus announces preliminary Q4 and full-year 2020 results

    2 February 2021

    Clarus Corp, the parent company of Black Diamond and Pieps, said in a preliminary statement on its fourth-quarter and 2020 full-year results that revenue in the latest quarter rose 23 percent from $61.0 million to about $75.0 million. This was largely the credit of the company’s ammunition division, particularly gains ...

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    Black Diamond sales improve but remain below last year

    10 November 2020

    Clarus Corp reported third-quarter sales for Black Diamond (BD), the group’s biggest brand, that bounced back from the second quarter, when revenues were hit by store closures in Europe and America. However, BD still posted an 8 percent decline in revenues compared with the third quarter of 2019, primarily due ...

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    Clarus expects lower sales for Black Diamond

    22 October 2020

    While releasing preliminary results for the third quarter, Clarus Corp said it expects another quarter of declining sales for Black Diamond (BD), the group’s biggest brand. After recording a 47 percent drop in the second quarter, hit by store closures in Europe and America, BD will post a 10 percent ...

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    Black Diamond partners with POW and FWT

    14 October 2020

    Black Diamond Equipment announced a new partnership with Protect out Winters (POW). While it commenced with POW’s “Outdoor State” campaign in the U.S. in an effort to encourage people to vote, it is an annual partnership that will focus on climate advocacy. Additionally, Black Diamond and Pieps renewed its partnership ...

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    Clarus raises $11.5m from three top investors to bolster financial strength

    26 September 2020

    Utah-based Clarus Corporation, parent company of Black Diamond, Pieps, Sierra Bullets and Skinourishment, entered into an agreement with three of its top 10 investors - Brown Advisory, Greenhouse Funds and TT Investimentos - to sell 900,000 registered shares of the company to support future growth. The sale will be priced ...

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    ​Clarus expects Black Diamond and Sierra to grow

    10 September 2020

    In a presentation at this year’s virtual edition of the Gateway Conference in San Francisco, an annual invite-only conference that brings together the most compelling companies with the nation’s top investors and analysts, Clarus called the Covid-19 pandemic a “potential blessing” for its Black Diamond and Sierra brands, as new ...

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    Sluggish sales for Black Diamond

    11 August 2020

    A weak performance from Black Diamond, Clarus Corp’s biggest brand, pushed the group’s sales for the second quarter down by 36 percent to $30.0 million. The parent company of BD, Pieps and Sierra Bullets saw its net loss widen to $2.7 million, from $0.7 million for the same three months ...

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    Store closures end Black Diamond’s strong growth

    12 May 2020

    Store closures due to the pandemic pushed Clarus Corp.’s sales for the first quarter down by 12 percent to $53.6 million. The parent company of Black Diamond, Pieps and Sierra Bullets saw its net income tumble to $36,000, compared with $3.8 million for the three months ended on March 31, ...

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    Clarus cancels case maker takeover, replaces dividend with shares

    6 May 2020

    Clarus Corp., the American holding company of Black Diamond Equipment and other operations, said it has cancelled its planned acquisition of an American case maker, SKB, by mutual agreement with the sellers as a result of the uncertainties created by the coronavirus pandemic. Clarus would have had to pay $85 ...

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    Black Diamond closes EU headquarters due to Covid-19

    16 March 2020

    In view of the Covid-19 situation, Black Diamond has closed its EU headquarters in Tyrol, Austria, and will operate the company through home working until the end of March. The Black Diamond store in Innsbruck is closed until further notice, the webstore and the D2C customer service are still available.

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    Clarus buys a case maker, after making further progress

    12 March 2020

    Clarus Corporation, the parent company of Black Diamond, Sierra Bullets and SKINourishment, continues to make acqusitions in adjacent sectors. It has announced the takeover of SKB Corporation, a leading U.S. producer of protective cases. The purchase price of around $96 million will consist of $85 million in cash and 1,153,846 ...