All General Outdoor articles – Page 246
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ArticleColumbia restructures senior leadership to support omni-channel, digital plans
Columbia Sportswear Company announced a series of senior leadership changes executing on transition plans, supporting the company’s omni-channel plans for growth and unlocking digital opportunities. Before Thomas Cusick, executive vice president and chief operating officer, will retire from the company after 18 years in the second half of 2021, he ...
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ArticleOutdoor, marine and fitness drive record Q3 for Garmin
Garmin has reported record third-quarter earnings of $313.4 million, thanks to robust growth in demand for its marine, fitness and outdoor products. The Swiss-based company, which also makes equipment for the aviation and automotive industries, reported net sales of $1.11 billion for the 13 weeks to Sept. 26. This compares ...
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ArticleUnifi reports improved demand in Q1 as recycled fibers find favor
Recycled and synthetic textiles maker Unifi has reported better-than-expected results in the first quarter of fiscal 2021 driven by strong performances from its Brazilian and Asian operations and noted growing demand for its Repreve recycled fiber. The company said net income for the three months to Sept. 27 was $3.4 ...
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Brav centralizes its management
The Brav Group – owner of the Swix, Toko, Lundhags, Ulvang, Helsport and Hard Rocx brands – resorted to video conferencing this spring to achieve a reorganization at the height of the Covid-19 quarantines. Leading the charge was the company’s new chief executive, Espen Falck Engelstad, who was instated with ...
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News briefsAliExpress: Demand for outdoor goods is soaring in Russia
The demand for outdoor goods, including tents and sleeping bags, has grown significantly in Russia over the past summer, according to AliExpress, an online retail platform that enables small businesses to offer products to online shoppers internationally. “During spring and summer, we have seen a soaring demand for goods ...
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ArticleSurge in healthcare sales during pandemic boosts 3M results
A surge in demand for healthcare and home improvement products has helped the consumer conglomerate 3M post better-than-expected third-quarter earnings, as hospitals stock up on protective equipment and workers forced to stay at home buy more DIY materials. Total sales rose 4.5 percent to $8.35 billion, above a consensus of ...
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ArticleIspo Munich Online to focus on digitization, health, sustainability
As reported earlier, Messe München has announced that Ispo Munich 2021, originally scheduled for Jan. 31 - Feb. 03, will be held entirely digital from Feb. 1 - 5 due to the current developments of the Covid-19 pandemic. Ispo Munich Online, the new all-digital format, will build up on the ...
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News briefsSafilo produces recycled sunglasses for The Ocean Cleanup
Safilo announced the release of the first sunglasses made for The Ocean Cleanup, a Dutch non-profit environmental organization that develops advanced technologies to extract plastic pollution from the oceans. The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses are made of injected plastic deriving from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). They are available in ...
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Eastpak partners with Vivienne Westwood on sustainable bags
Eastpak has collaborated with Vivenne Westwood on a collection of bags made from recycled ocean plastics. The collection comprises five styles, including a smaller bag, a shoulder bag, a travel trolley and two classic backpack models. The recycled PET material is used for all the parts of the bags, from ...
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News briefsBreaking News: Ispo Munich 2021 will be digital only
Messe München has announced today that Ispo Munich 2021, originally scheduled for Jan. 31 - Feb. 03, will be held entirely digital from Feb. 1 - 5. “As a digital edition,“ the ispo.com website says, “Ispo Munich Online offers the proven advantages of the trade show and enables additional benefits: ...
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Oase posts good results thanks to camping and outdoor trends
Sales progressed by 32 percent at Oase Outdoors for the third quarter, as the Danish camping equipment company benefited from the increased interest in camping and the outdoors in the wake of Covid-19. Its turnover reached 82 million Danish Kroner (€11.0m-$13.0m). On an organic basis, revenues grew by 34 percent. ...
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Rab and Lowe Alpine to open sales office in Helsinki
The British outdoor brands Rab and Lowe Alpine, both owned by Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd., will be opening their own regional office in Finland on Dec. 1. It will be managed by Heikki Tapaninen, who has worked for Rab and Lowe Alpine in the past and was sales manager at ...
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WhatsApp to add in-app purchases
Facebook will soon be adding in-app purchases and enterprise message hosting to WhatsApp. Companies will be able to use Facebook Shops – the e-commerce platform that made its debut in May and feeds into all Facebook apps – to sell products through the messaging app. Companies will also be able ...
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ArticleMoncler reports a 14% drop in Q3
The decline in Moncler’s revenues slowed down in the third quarter to a rate of 15 percent, or 14 percent in local currencies, falling to a level of €361.8 million. The management reported high and constantly improving growth in China. Without providing the details, the management said that other markets ...
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ArticleKathmandu benefits from Rip Curl and online; publishes sustainability report
It was the acquisition of Rip Curl that helped Kathmandu Holdings to raise its total sales by 48.7 percent to 801.5 million New Zealand dollars in the “transformational” financial year ended on July 30, with the action sports brand contributing sales of NZ$ 315.7 million (€178.2m-$210.6m) in the first nine ...
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ArticleClarus expects lower sales for Black Diamond
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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News briefsSchöffel Foundation uses German VAT reduction to support tree plantations
The Schöffel Foundation, founded in 2011 by Hubert and Peter Schöffel, which promotes and initiates social and ecological projects, is supporting tree planting and forest redevelopment in state forests in the German state of Bavaria. German online shoppers can donate the 3 percentage point reduction in value-added tax – one ...
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PrimaLoft’s New York lab receives ISO 17025 certification
PrimaLoft, Inc, the materials technology company headquartered in Latham, USA, with offices in Xiamen, China, has successfully passed the ISO 17025 testing process in its New York laboratory. Meeting the ISO 17025 certification standards shows that a laboratory is competent and produces valid results, which promotes confidence in its testing ...
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A new sustainability alliance of chemical groups
Seven of the world’s leading chemical companies have joined forces on a new commitment to accelerate the adoption of sustainable chemical solutions in the textile and leather industries. The initiative is called Sustainable Chemistry for the Textile Industry (SCTI), and its founding members include Archroma, CHT Group, Huntsman, Kyung-In Synthetic ...
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Anta Sports Products is back in full form
Anta Sports Products is back in full form, boosted by China’s strong economic recovery after the pandemic. In an operational update for the third quarter, it said that retail sales for the Anta brand recorded low single-digit growth compared to the same period of 2019. Fila jumped by between 20 ...
