Latest News & Analysis – Page 186
-
Article
Trespass hits £100 million sales milestone
Trespass saw its revenues surge in the year to June 24, 2018, exceeding for the first time in its history £100 million (€115.7m-$129.2m). The revenues of the Scottish-based outdoor clothing brand increased by 15 percent to £114.3 million (€132.3m-$147.7m), driven by Britain's changeable weather. The company said that the results ...
-
Article
Jack Wolfskin improved slightly after its takeover, targets the U.S.
Jack Wolfskin wants to return to better times after its successful takeover by the U.S. golf supplier Callaway in January. Jack Wolfskin's chief executive, Melody Harris-Jensbach, who has managed the company since 2014, confirmed in an interview with the German press agency DPA that one of its goals is to ...
-
Article
Kathmandu benefits from Oboz’ takeover
Kathmandu Holdings, which acquired Oboz one year ago, said the U.S. brand of outdoor footwear reached its Ebitda earn-out target of $7.1 million in the past calendar year. It delivered a growth of nearly 39 percent in sales and 77 percent in operating profit (Ebit) on a pro forma basis ...
-
Article
Macpac boosts Super Group’s outdoor segment
A contribution of 51.4 million Australian dollars (€32.3m-$36.2m) from its acquisition of Macpac in March 2018 helped the Australian-based Super Group to book a jump of 17 percent in the sales of its Outdoor segment to A$ 348.5 million (€219.1m-$245.7m) for the first half of its financial year ended on ...
-
Article
OutDoor by Ispo now at 950 exhibitors in nine halls, with a retail focus
In less than 60 days, from June 30 until July 3, the first OutDoor by Ispo trade show will open its doors after relocating from Friedrichshafen to Munich. After initially reserving six halls for its premiere, the organizers have extended the floor space to nine halls after registering applications from ...
-
Article
Ispo study gives insights into purchasing behaviors
A new online survey of active consumers across Europe performed by Ispo shows that they prefer to buy for the long term. The durability of a sports product is perceived as a quality feature and is an important purchasing criterion for 75 percent of the respondents, and 37 percent also ...
-
Article
Outdoor Sports Valley to get new executive director
Anne Schott, the executive director of Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV), is about to leave the French-based association, which has 409 members representing about 500 brands. The new executive director is due to start in June, and Anne Schott will stay until mid-summer to ensure a smooth transition. No choice has ...
-
Article
New study highlights the French outdoor industry’s dynamism
Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV), the French-based association that brings together companies from the outdoor sports industry, has published the results of a new report on the outdoor industry in France's Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (AURA) region, confirming the strong recent growth. The report is published every two years.The latest study, which was carried ...
-
Article
Snow and mountain tourism continued to increase in 2017/18
The snow and mountain tourism industry is facing the challenge of generating long-term growth. According to the 2019 International Report on Snow & Mountain Tourism, compiled by Laurent Vanat and released earlier this month, baby-boomers and mature enthusiasts represent the majority of participants, and due to their age, these participants ...
-
Article
Patagonia doesn’t want to be mixed up with somebody else’s beer
Patagonia has filed suit in California against AB InBev, the parent company of one of the world's largest breweries, Anheuser-Busch (A-B). AB InBev has held a U.S. trademark on “Patagonia” since 2012. Until last year, it had been selling beer under that name only in Argentina, but it recently moved ...
-
Article
Keen launches an ecological plastic boat tour
True to its motto “Better Takes Action,” Keen Footwear is launching a new, original broad-based environmental campaign in key European countries, heralding a new round of activities this year through a so-called “Better Takes Action Boat Tour.”An Amsterdam-based project partner of Keen, which goes by the name “Plastic Whale,” has ...
-
Article
Joined by others, TNF wants Earth Day to become a national holiday
The North Face (TNF) and 15 other organizations, including other brands of VF Corp., launched a global petition on Change.org to make April 22, Earth Day, an officially recognized holiday, in an effort to raise global awareness of sustainability issues. Among the organizations co-sponsoring the petition around the world were ...
-
Article
Brexit is a major concern for the sector
The next days will be decisive for the future relations between the U.K. and the European Union. The picture is evolving rapidly, with the British Parliament scheduled to try to find a consenus tomorrow on the terms of the country's withdrawal before a new deadline of April 12 set by ...
-
Article
Amer’s new investors want total board control
On March 12, the Mascot Bidco consortium that launched a bid for all of Amer Sports' shares last Dec. 20, declared that it was going ahead with the group's takeover as it had received pledges for about 94.98 percent of the voting shares, even before the deadline of March 29 ...
-
Article
Polartec is in good shape ahead of its sale
While confirming reports that their company is up for sale, officials of Polartec feel confident that it has the right products for the market, following a series of strategic moves taken in the past few years, as shown in part by the awards that it has recently won. The new ...
-
Article
Helinox speeds up its European expansion
Helinox, the Korean brand of tents and camping furniture, has made huge progress in its European expansion since it set up its own organization for the European market in 2017. The company will hold its first European sales meeting at the end of May in Antwerp, where 12 markets will ...
-
Article
Higher sales and margins for Mammut
The Mammut Sports Group benefited strongly last year, in terms of both sales and profits, from its digital transformation and the introduction of new products, which were among the pillars of a five-year business plan launched in 2016 and conducted by its new chief executive, Oliver Pabst.The Conzzeta Group's Outdoor ...
-
Article
Surf and mountain sports boost Lafuma’s results
Groupe Lafuma's turnover improved by 5.8 percent to €169.8 million in 2018, with each division contributing to the growth. The group's operating income jumped by 12.5 percent to €7.1 million.The management noted that the last year was marked by increased political and economic instability, including the Brexit discussions and the ...
-
Article
Ecco Outdoor gets international recognition
2018 was a good year for Ecco's line of outdoor shoes, with its items attracting strong attention from the sector. It won four prestigious awards. The Exostrike shoe with Dyneema bonded leather received the 2018 Ispo prize in the outdoor category for hiking and trekking shoes. Ecco also won in ...
-
Article
Altra speeds up in Europe in VF’s hands
The demand for the American brand of running shoes has been picking up strongly in Europe following its acquisition in June 2014 by VF Corp., which is integrating it with its other sales and marketing operations in the region. As before, when it was owned by Icon Health & Fitness, ...
