All General Outdoor articles – Page 15
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News briefsNew CEO and CFO at Freudenberg Performance Materials
Freudenberg Performance Materials has named a new CEO and CFO, who will take on the roles from Jan. 1, 2024. Dr. Andreas Raps will succeed Dr. Frank Heislitz as Chief Executive Officer, and Marco Altherr will take over from Thomas Herr as Chief Financial Officer. Source: Freudenberg ...
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News briefsSamsonite posts double-digit sales gains across all brands in Q3
Samsonite, attributing its gains to normalized growth in European and North American travel and the early stages of recovery in China, reported double-digit sales growth across all its brands in Q3 ended Sep. 30. The Other segment, which includes Gregory Mountain Products, High Sierra and other brands, generated 10.3 percent ...
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ArticleSchöffel Country comes to continental Europe
With Schöffel Country, a “new” brand that stands for classic British country style with a passion for country life, the traditional form of hunting in the UK and a fascination for fly fishing, is entering the European mainland. Schöffel Country is authentically British, even though the name appears familiar. It ...
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ArticleMore candidates for the French Outdoor Awards 2024
The French Outdoor Awards (FOA) have unveiled the ten product innovations that have been selected in the second phase of the final selection process for the awards ceremony in January 2024. In total, the jury can now choose between 22 outdoor products that have been designed or developed in France ...
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ArticleView from the European Outdoor Group - ISPO incoming
This is always a really important time of year for the European Outdoor Group (EOG) and our members. At a day-to-day business level, the winter season is underway, and how that proceeds has great significance for businesses in our sector. Meanwhile, brands and retailers are also putting a big focus ...
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ArticleIndigenous footwear company Manitobah restructures management team
Manitobah, an Indigenous-rooted footwear brand known for its Manitobah mukluks and founded in Winnipeg, Canada, in 1997 by Sean McCormick, has appointed a new senior management. Carolyn MacNaughton will assume the CEO role, Tom Hildrum will step into the position of CFO, and Mike Wodtke has transitioned from Chief Digital ...
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News briefsRevelyst hires digital content consultant for Foresight Sports
Source: Revelyst Andrew Stalbow Revelyst, a Vista Outdoor company, announced that Andrew Stalbow will initially join San Diego-based golf brand Foresight Sports as a digital content and gaming consultant. Stalbow’s consulting role went into effect Nov. 3. Stalbow was previously CEO of Seriously, a company he co-founded ...
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ArticleBleed enters provisional insolvency
In a letter to his loyal customers and in a German-language video (below), Michael Spitzbarth, owner of the sustainable outdoor brand Bleed, explains that his company, which he founded 15 years ago, has had to file for provisional insolvency despite all attempts to avoid this situation. “The sum of many ...
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News briefsThis Black Friday, Naturkompaniet opens second-hand departments in four stores
Swedish outdoor retail chain Naturkompaniet is starting to open second-hand departments for a wide range of used products from different brands. Naturkompaniet has 36 stores throughout Sweden, and four of them will offer high-quality second-hand outdoor clothing and equipment from Nov. 24, 2023. The first stores to introduce the concept ...
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ArticleNorrøna opens new headquarters in Lysaker
Norrøna, the Norwegian family-owned outdoor apparel and adventure travel company, unveiled its brand new global headquarters in Lysaker, Norway, on Nov. 8. The brand welcomed a host of international guests to the opening of the 3,000-sqm building, which includes Norrøna’s largest and most immersive store to date, a flexible, modern ...
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ArticleFootwear brands launch collective to drive the transition to a circular economy
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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News briefsNew Wave's operating profit dips despite 5% sales growth
New Wave Group reported a 10.9 percent decline in Q3 net profit to 270.9 million Swedish kroner (€23.2m) from SEK 304.0m for the three months ended Sep. 30. Period operating profit declined by 4.2 percent to SEK 381.1 million (€32.6m) despite 5 percent revenue growth to SEK 2.34 billion (€199.8m) ...
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ArticleThredUp reports 21% sales increase in Q3
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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ArticleSOG gains importance after the pandemic: “What we do generates interest”
Source: SOG David Nordblad In the wake of the pandemic, David Nordblad started in the role of Secretary General for the Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG). Since then, he has been occupied with various responsibilities, and he notes a sustained interest in joining the organization. In fact, SOG ...
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News briefsSolo Brands reiterates FY guidances; Q3 net bolstered by tax benefit
Solo Brands, helped by a nearly $6.2 million tax benefit, reported net income of $4.1 million versus a loss of $2.2 million in Q3 ended Sep. 30. The operating loss for the period improved by 60 percent to a loss of $1,325,000 versus $3,285,000 in the year-ago period. A mix ...
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ArticlePolartec announces Apex Award winners 2023
Polartec has announced the winners of the Polartec Apex Awards 2023. The annual design award recognizes brands and designers that embody Polartec’s Made To Go Beyond ethos. The winning garments – selected from hundreds of entries that improve the lives of those who wear them – embody ...
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News briefsPrimaLoft has a new president
Source: PrimaLoft Anne Cavassa, PrimaLoft President New York-based PrimaLoft, Inc. announced the appointment of Anne Cavassa as the company’s new President. Cavassa joins CEO Mike Joyce in a strategic move that reinforces PrimaLoft’s commitment to growth, innovation and sustainability. Cavassa most recently served as President of Saucony ...
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ArticleVSSÖ: Austria’s outdoor market remains stable
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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ArticleSSU: What has happened so far – and what may still come
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, ...
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News briefsThe Microfibre Consortium partners with James Heal on first public demonstration of fiber fragmentation test
The Microfibre Consortium (TMC) has teamed up with James Heal, the British specialist in the design and manufacture of precision testing solutions and support services within the global textile industry, to hold the first public demonstration of a test method for fiber fragmentation from fabric. The event took place during ...
