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    Bergfreunde revenue grows by 12%, more investments in environmental protection

    2024-03-27T16:30:00Z

    Consumers’ reduced willingness to spend was once again reflected in a significant drop in total sales in German e-commerce in 2023. According to the German E-Commerce and Distance Selling Trade Association (bevh), overall gross sales of goods fell 11.8 percent to €79.7 billion. Despite this difficult environment, the sales trend ...

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    Ethicamper: New 'fair' online store for outdoor enthusiasts and campers

    2024-03-12T18:31:00Z

    Elisa Fuchs and Patrick Lenzbauer from Graz, Austria, have launched a sustainable, German-language online store for outdoor enthusiasts, called Ethicamper. Environmentally friendly materials, produced as locally as possible and in a resource-saving manner: “Ethicamper offers a carefully selected range of products and solutions for a better future,” ...

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    Bergzeit supports POW with €12,000 from returned products sale

    2024-03-02T12:27:00Z

    With its second-hand store “Bergzeit RE-USE,” started in 2022, the mountain sports specialist from southern Germany wants to contribute to significantly increasing the product life cycle of clothing and equipment. “In a joint campaign with Protect Our Winters, we called on mountaineers in winter to sell their used mountain sports ...

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    Odlo migrates online business to Scayle

    2024-03-01T16:49:00Z

    Sportswear brand Odlo has chosen Scayle’s enterprise commerce platform to future-proof its online business. The launch of Odlo’s new online presence is planned for early 2025. The move to Scayle will provide the Swiss-based functional apparel manufacturer with a flexible and expandable e-commerce platform optimized for B2C brands and retailers. ...

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    RVRC’s Q2 sales, net increase double-digits

    2024-01-31T11:14:00Z

    Swedish DTC outdoor company Revolution Race (RVRC), bolstered by double-digit sales increases in both the DACH and the Rest of the World regions, achieved double-digit sales, Ebit and net income increase for its Q2 ended Dec. 31. RVRC realized a 36 percent year-over-year gain in operating profit (Ebit) to 143 ...

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    Internetstores at risk

    2024-01-26T09:08:00Z

    The website Exciting Commerce reported that no investor has been found for Internetstores GmbH, a former subsidiary of the online sporting goods retailer Signa Sports United (SSU), which is also insolvent. Internetstores includes more than 32 web stores for bicycles, bicycle accessories, sporting and outdoor products, including Addnature, Bikester, Brügelmann, ...

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    Campsider raises €2.5 million

    2024-01-20T08:22:00Z

    Campsider, a French e-marketplace that sells second-hand outdoor and sporting goods, has secured €2.1 million in seed funding. The round was led by Founders Future, with Inovexus, Machame, Fair Equity and several business angel investors, including Christian George, the founder of Vestiaire Collective, and Xavier Le Guen, VP of Winter ...

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    Bergfreunde takeover finalized

    2024-01-04T06:49:00Z

    As previously reported, the French sporting goods manufacturer and retailer Decathlon S.E. signed a purchase agreement in late November with the US outdoor retailer Backcountry to acquire the German mountain sports, climbing and outdoor e-commerce retailer Bergfreunde GmbH. It has now been officially announced that the transaction was completed and ...

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    The Rise of the Intelligent User: Are brands keeping up?

    2023-12-21T10:22:00Z

    Our columnist Charles Ross looks back on the past year and takes a closer look at the new generation of consumers, with whom he can relate as a former gear nerd himself, but whose modern consumer universe looks a little different than it used to.

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    Insolvent WiggleCRC’s new business model focuses on the UK

    2023-12-06T14:58:00Z

    In the wake of the insolvency of Signa Holding, the British subsidiary WiggleCRC of Signa Sports United (SSU) also had to file for insolvency on Oct. 24. The appointed administrators Anthony John Wright and Alastair Rex Massey of London-based management and restructuring consultancy FRP Advisory have now announced a new ...

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    Eider makes online comeback in Europe

    2023-12-02T08:37:00Z

    Eider, the Annecy-based brand specializing in climbing and snow sports apparel, is back on the European market but only via e-commerce sites. Eider’s products are now available on Snowleader, an online retailer of outdoor and snow sports products based in the Savoy region of France, and Eider’s own webshop. Founded ...

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    Bergfreunde changes ownership

    2023-11-27T15:35:00Z

    Bergfreunde GmbH, the German online specialist retailer for mountain sports, climbing and outdoor equipment, has a new strategic partner: French sporting goods manufacturer and retailer Decathlon is acquiring the German company from US outdoor retailer Backcountry. The purchase agreement was signed on Nov. 24, 2023. The completion of the transaction ...

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    Watch now: Becoming a super winner in sports – driving profitable online growth

    2023-11-25T11:32:00Z

    Discover what McKinsey’s extensive meta-analysis has found to be the most important factors for a successful business. In part three of our EDM Expert Talks with McKinsey & Co. it’s all about digital growth.

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    Kask launches new website, goes multi-channel

    2023-11-09T13:40:00Z

    On Nov. 8, Italian manufacturer Kask launched its new website with a new interface design and many new functions, including the brand’s first online store. The new website is available in five languages (Italian, English, French, Spanish and German) and is divided into sections for cycling, winter sports and equestrian ...

  • EarthDNA - Footwear Collective
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    Footwear brands launch collective to drive the transition to a circular economy

    2023-11-08T18:23:00Z

    Athletic and outdoor footwear brands Brooks Running, New Balance, On, Vibram, Crocs and Ecco, along with US lifestyle brand Reformation and US retailer Target, have partnered with EarthDNA to launch The Footwear Collective (TFC), a non-profit initiative dedicated to uniting the global footwear industry to accelerate the ...

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    Revolution Race’s Q1 net rises 36% on strong sales growth

    2023-11-08T18:16:00Z

    Fueled by 44 percent growth in its Rest of World region, the Swedish DTC outdoor company Revolution Race (RVRC) generated 24 percent revenue growth to 342 Swedish kroner (€29.2m) for its first quarter ended Sep. 30. Adjusted Ebit, excluding SEK 12 million in costs related to an incentive program, improved ...

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    Signa: Benko steps down, hands over chairmanship

    2023-11-08T16:07:00Z

    As the company announced on Nov. 8, 2023, Austrian real estate investor René Benko has stepped down as Chairman of the Advisory Board of Signa Holding and handed over the chairmanship to Arndt Geiwitz. The German restructuring specialist is also taking over the chairmanship of Signa’s shareholders’ committee, as reported ...

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    ThredUp reports 21% sales increase in Q3

    2023-11-08T13:27:00Z

    California-based online resale platform ThredUp Inc. reported a 21 percent year-over-year increase in revenue for its third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2023, reaching $82.0 million. Adjusted Ebitda loss was $3.6 million, or negative 4.4 percent of revenue, compared to $11 million, or negative 16.2 percent of revenue, in Q3 of ...

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    VSSÖ: Austria’s outdoor market remains stable

    2023-11-07T08:46:00Z

    Despite the economic challenges in the 2022/2023 season, the Austrian outdoor industry was able to maintain its sales at a high level according to the latest market figures published by ARGE Outdoor (the specialized interest group of the Austrian outdoor sporting goods industry, which was founded in January 2023 and ...

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    SSU: What has happened so far – and what may still come

    2023-11-07T07:10:00Z

    In a joint statement, the two insolvency administrators appointed, Dr. Christian Gerloff from the Munich law firm Gerloff-Liebler Rechtsanwälte and Stefan Meyer from Ulm-based Pluta Rechtsanwalts GmbH, point out that the operational business of the two insolvent Signa Sports United (SSU) spin-offs Tennis-Point GmbH and Internetstores GmbH (alias Internetstores Group, ...