All General Outdoor articles – Page 147
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News briefsHelly Hansen’s Q3 sales growth paced by North America, Sport Chek with some category softness
Helly Hansen, the Norwegian ski and outdoor brand owned by Canadian Tire, generated an 8.4 percent sales increase to C$170.9 million (€130.0m) against C$157.6 million for the three months ended Sept. 30. Helly Hansen’s nine-month sales are up 21.7 percent to C$480.1 million (€365.2m) from C$394.5 million with growth across ...
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ArticleOutdoor Retailer Snow Show to feature new on-snow summit
Outdoor Retailer (OR) will host its first-ever on-mountain winter experience and industry day in January alongside the Outdoor Retailer Snow Show in Salt Lake City, Utah. “The Summit by OR” will take place on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, at Brighton Resort and Solitude Nordic & Snowshoe Center and will feature ...
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News briefsLeyes returns to Cocona Labs as COO
Cocona Labs, the Boulder, Colorado-based inventor of temperature-regulating 37.5® Technology, has brought Christopher Leyes back on board as chief operations officer. Leyes returns to the company after most recently serving as director of operations at Pangea Organics. Leyes was one of Cocona Inc.’s first employees, serving as VP of finance ...
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ArticleSolo Brands lowers revenue forecasts in response to “unpredictable demand”
Solo Brands has lowered its full-year revenue guidance in response to increasingly unpredictable consumer demand amid a tougher economic outlook going into the holiday season. The owner of four lifestyle brands has managed to narrow losses in the third quarter as it reported a 47 percent increase in sales to ...
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News briefsKMD Brands appoints new director
KMD Brands Limited, the New Zealand-based global outdoor, lifestyle and sports company that includes the Kathmandu, Rip Curl and Oboz brands, has completed the process to appoint another non-executive director to its board, Zion Armstrong, effective Dec. 1, 2022. Armstrong has had a highly successful career in the global sportswear ...
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News briefsAlpkit meets funding target in less than eight minutes, plans new product categories
At the end of October, British outdoor and cycling brand Alpkit invited its customers to become shareholders in the company. The investment campaign was open for just eight minutes when the company reached its target of £750,000 (around €855,000). In less than an hour, Alpkit had raised £1.6m (€1.83m) from ...
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News briefsInfinite Fiber announces progress in building commercial-scale fiber factory in Finnland
Infinited Fiber Company, textile technology specialist from Finland, has announced that the construction of its first commercial-scale Infinna textile fiber factory in Kemi, Finland, has progressed according to plan since the announcement of the factory site in June 2022. The company is increasing its focus on scaling the production volume ...
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News briefsMillet headed for 20% growth in Europe
Millet Mountain Group is growing at a 20-percent clip year-on-year in Europe, according to its sales director for the continent’s southern half, Hervé-Sergio Locatelli. If projections hold, Locatelli has told CMDsport, the group will break its record for annual sales on the continent. France remains the top market, but ...
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ArticleRVRC experiences improving trends in September
RevolutionRace (RVRC), the Swedish outdoor DTC company, which installed Paul Fischbein as its permanent CEO Oct. 7 following the mid-August resignation of founder and former CEO Pernilla Nyrensten, reported a 31 percent drop in first quarter operating income to 49.8 million Swedish kronor (€4.7m) from SEK 72.7 million. Net profit ...
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News briefsInov-8 opens first showroom outside the UK
U.K.-based running, hiking and fitness brand Inov-8 has opened the doors to its first showroom in mainland Europe in Annecy, France. Manu Fedon, Inov-8 sales manager for France, said: “The showroom will be a basecamp for all customers, media contacts, friends and family living within the heart of the French ...
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ArticleVisitor registration open for Slide & OTS Winter
Visitor registration is now open for the U.K. trade show Slide & OTS Winter, which returns to Telford International Centre from Jan. 10-12, 2023. To facilitate access to the show, trade visitors can easily pre-register online on the website. With even more exhibition space this year, a total ...
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News briefsKathmandu launches in Europe and the UK
Following an appearance at Paris Fashion Week in late March and a collaboration with renowned Paris retailer Leclaireur to launch its FW 2022 collection, Kathmandu, the New Zealand-based outdoor apparel and gear brand, has now launched country-specific online stores in the U.K., France and Germany, in addition to supplying select ...
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ArticleCanada Goose opens two new permanent stores in the U.S.
Source: Canada Goose Las Vegas Snow Room Canada Goose continues its retail expansion in the U.S. with the announcement of two new permanent locations in Las Vegas and Denver, as well as two pop-up stores in Aspen and Detroit. The Canadian brand will open its doors at ...
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ArticleVista Outdoor shares take hit after guidance lowered
Jason Vanderbrink, president of Vista Outdoor’s sporting products division, told analysts, “We are bullish on the outdoor industry despite near-term macroeconomic conditions that have eroded consumer confidence and pressured performance across the (U.S.) economy. We always understood that the elevated purchase patterns of the last two-and-a-half years would normalize.” ...
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ArticleOeko-Tex rebrands, launches new certification for Responsible Business
Starting in November 2022, Oeko-Tex is offering a new certification addressing due diligence requirements. With the introduction of the new Oeko-Tex Responsible Business certification, the company aims to support brands, brand groups, retailers and traders in the textile and leather industry in meeting the challenges of implementing human rights and ...
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News briefsNew Schöffel-Lowa shop-in-store opened in Backnang, Germany
Thomas Grabert, who runs the Intersport Grabert store (that operated as Intersport Hettich until 2017) in the German town of Backnang, has renovated and newly opened the 1,000-sqm store. Part of the space is now a 120-sqm Schöffel-Lowa shop-in-store – the 37th in Europe. Grabert also runs a Schöffel-Lowa brand ...
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News briefsYKK to introduce narrower watertight zipper for outdoor apparel
With a new watertight zipper that will be introduced at the coming ISPO Munich trade show, Japanese company YKK targets the outdoor apparel market. According to company information, the Aqualock zipper is a completely watertight new solution that is narrower, more lightweight and more flexible than the current Aquaseal zipper ...
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News briefsCraghoppers launches capsule collection with fibers made from carbon emissions
Going to market in Fall 2023, U.K. company Craghoppers is introducing its first capsule collection of four styles featuring a blended material made from recycled polyester and fibers converted from CO2 industrial waste. The fleece fabric, which has been developed with technology company Lanzatech, contains 30 percent of fibers made ...
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News briefsEddie Bauer Korea collabs with sneaker brand for outdoor-inspired collection
Eddie Bauer’s Korean partner CJ ENM is collaborating with local sneaker brand Mother Ground for its latest collection, which is released this November. The collection includes outerwear, sneakers and accessories inspired by Mother Ground’s chief designer’s journey to Karakoram Pass, the highest point on the ancient Silk Road. Eddie ...
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News briefsSchoeller Textil undergoes rebranding and defines brand strategy
The Swiss textile manufacturer Schoeller Textil AG has reworked its logo and brand claim. With a modern corporate design and the new claim “Textile Intelligence,” the company wants to embody the guiding principle of the development and successful implementation of innovation and intelligent textile technologies. In a company statement, the ...
