All Fenix Outdoor articles – Page 2

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    Fenix sees 13% sales gain in Q3 as Hanwag capitalizes on moving production to Europe

    2022-11-07T12:17:00Z

    Fenix Outdoor International reported sales of €224.2 million in the third quarter of 2022, up by 13 percent on the year earlier, when its results were less affected by the Covid-19 pandemic than in the first two quarters of 2021. The star performer in the quarter was the footwear brand ...

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    Naturkompaniet starts rental service of hiking equipment

    2022-09-07T07:26:00Z

    Naturkompaniet has introduced hiking equipment rental in all 39 Naturkompaniet stores in Sweden and Norway. The range includes tents, backpacks, stoves, outdoor kitchens and sleeping bags from leading brands such as Fjällräven, Hilleberg, Primus and Marmot. “Renting quality gear is a great way for us to give more people the ...

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    Frilufts drives Q2 growth at Fenix Outdoor as stores reopen

    2022-07-23T08:44:00Z

    Fenix Outdoor International’s sales increased by one-third in the second quarter as the company’s outdoor retail segment (Frilufts Retail Europe) in Germany (Globetrotter retail chain) rebounded due to the reopening of stores following the Covid lockdowns. The company said sales for the three months to June 30 rose 29 percent ...

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    Royal Robbins restructures U.S. marketing team

    2022-07-13T13:53:00Z

    U.S. outdoor lifestyle apparel brand Royal Robbins, part of Fenix Outdoor since 2018, announces Gareth Martins as the brand’s new director of marketing. He will lead overall strategy and marketing for Royal Robbins in North America. Martins spent 7 years at Osprey Packs, followed by 5 years at the Outdoor ...

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    Fenix Outdoor sales rise 30 percent in first quarter

    2022-04-28T14:34:00Z

    Fenix Outdoor International generated a 22 percent increase in first-quarter operating profit to €17.7 million on a 30 percent topline expansion to €165.2 million against €127.1 million. The outcome was negatively impacted by about €2 million in one-time additional transportation costs. But the strong results for the Fjällräven, Tierra, and ...

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    Naturkompaniet opens third store in Norway

    2022-04-28T13:11:00Z

    Swedish retail chain Naturkompaniet opened its third store in Norway on April 28 at AMFI Moa in Ålesund. The company, part of Frilufts Retail Europe AB, owned by Fenix Outdoor International AG, said it plans to run about ten doors in the country by the end of 2023. “Our third ...

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    Naturkompaniet re-opens expanded store in Stockholm

    2022-03-15T09:18:00Z

    Naturkompaniet has expanded its store at Kungsgatan 26 in Stockholm, which originally opened in 1993 as a Fjällräven store. The new store has an area of 436 square meters and offers the largest assortment of Fjällräven products, as well as a large workshop where customers can get help with the ...

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    Globetrotter starts sustainable action month

    2022-03-02T14:51:00Z

    German outdoor retailer Globetrotter wants to get its customers excited about sustainable outdoor experiences from March 1 to 31. Both in the stores and online, numerous campaigns, workshops and events will be held around the topic during the “sustainable action month.” In addition to workshops on topics such as climbing ...

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    Naturkompaniet to offer repair services in all 36 stores

    2022-02-25T11:26:00Z

    Swedish retailer Naturkompaniet (part of the Frilufts retail division of Fenix Outdoor) has introduced a new store concept to be installed in all its 36 stores, focusing on the care and repair of outdoor clothing and equipment. The concept includes a repair station for each store and the possibility of ...

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    Fenix reports records for Q4 thanks to sales increase and despite Omicron hit

    2022-02-10T06:58:00Z

    Fenix Outdoor International has reported record fourth-quarter earnings driven by surging sales in its Frilufts segment and the delivery of goods delayed in the previous three months from the Brands division. The company said net sales for the three months to December 31 rose by 33 percent to €196.5 million ...

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    Outdoor and bike industry stocks rose by 3.0% in Q4

    2022-01-13T11:58:00Z

    Our quarterly analysis of the outdoor stock market shows a 3.0 percent sequential increase in the average stock prices of 32 public companies primarily involved in the outdoor and bicycle sectors between Sept. 30 and Dec. 31, 2021. This came after increases for most of the same companies of 18.9 ...

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    ​Fenix Outdoor sells Brunton

    2021-11-11T11:23:00Z

    Fenix Outdoor announced that it has sold its Brunton business to David and Lauren Heerschap, two longtime employees of Brunton Outdoor Inc. in the U.S. Brunton is a manufacturer of equipment for navigation for various professional users and persons active in outdoor life, mainly in North America. The company commented ...

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    First Naturkompaniet store opens in Norway

    2021-11-04T13:23:00Z

    Naturkompaniet, part of Fenix Outdoor’s retail division, Frilufts, and previously only present in Sweden, has opened its first store in Norway in Kristiansand. Another new opening will follow in a month in Kongsberg. Earlier this year, Naturkompaniet had appointed Simon Larsen as head of retail in Norway.

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    Fenix says Germany recovery underway but warns of supply-chain issues

    2021-10-28T14:39:00Z

    Fenix Outdoor has reported a rise in third-quarter sales and earnings but warned that global supply chain issues and Covid outbreaks in some of its manufacturing locations were still posing problems. The company also said it aimed to manufacture up to 20 percent of its own products by acquiring or ...

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    Outdoor industry stocks declined by 6% in Q3

    2021-10-08T07:26:00Z

    Public companies involved in the outdoor and bike sectors saw their average share value decline by 6.0 percent between June 30 and Sept. 30 of this year, after rising by 18.9 percent during the first quarter and by 13.8 percent during the second quarter. The sector performed a little better ...

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    ​Frilufts Retail Europe acquires U.K. retailer Trekitt

    2021-08-30T07:45:00Z

    Frilufts Retail Europe AB, a subsidiary of Fenix Outdoor International AG, is expanding its European retail network and has acquired all outstanding shares of the British outdoor retailer Trekitt. To date, Frilufts already includes four retail chains operating in the outdoor sector, which generated total sales of €264 million last ...

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    New GM for the Norwegian branch of Fenix Outdoor

    2021-08-24T14:42:00Z

    Kyrre Ufert Lømo is the new general manager of Fenix Outdoor Norway AS. Lømo has more than 10 years of experience in sports marketing, multichannel business development and communications, and most recently spent 2.5 years at Columbia Sportswear as regional director for the Nordic and Baltic countries. The Norwegian subsidiary ...

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    ​Fenix Outdoor UK has a new managing director

    2021-08-20T10:37:00Z

    Fenix Outdoor UK Ltd. has announced the appointment of its new managing director for the U.K., Paul Griffiths. Griffiths brings a wealth of industry experience from working with brands such as Arc’teryx and Salomon and will join the company on Sept. 1. He replaces current country manager Will Stanton, who ...

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    Fenix’ Q2 sales up, but sluggish German performance weighs on overall result

    2021-07-25T16:30:00Z

    Fenix Outdoor International said it was still experiencing Covid pandemic-related difficulties in the second quarter with delayed re-openings of the German and Benelux markets affecting the business. The company said the impact was unexpectedly felt more in its Brands operations than the retail division as “a lot of retail customers ...

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    Outdoor company stocks continue to gain ground in Q2

    2021-07-09T08:52:00Z

    From the first quarter to the second quarter of 2021, the 32 outdoor stocks we track were up 13.82 percent. Neither the bike nor the retail companies had a major impact here, but rather a few of the large groups such as Anta Sports, Vista Outdoor and American Outdoor Brands, ...