Latest News & Analysis – Page 195
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Eoca announces new members and €25,000 for conservation projects
Three new members have signed up with the European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca): Tentsile, a U.K producer of treehouses; Singtex, a Taiwanese high-tech, functional textile manufacturer; and Pajak, a Polish manufacturer of down-insulated gear.Eoca has also announced that it raised more than €25,000 for conservation projects in connection with the ...
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Bumper year for Europe’s outdoor market
The European outdoor industry enjoyed a bumper year in 2017 with a sales increase of 7.2 percent to €5.86 billion at wholesale level, based on the State of Trade report published by the European Outdoor Group (EOG) at the OutDoor fair last month.The report found that vendors' deliveries to the ...
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Tepid growth for China’s outdoor market
The Chinese outdoor market suffered another year of tepid growth, as the performance part of the market was estimated by the China Outdoor Association (COA) to have expanded by just 3.2 percent to 19.03 billion yuan renminbi (€2.4bn-$2.9bn) in 2017.The market's performance was outlined at the OutDoor fair by Steve Huang, ...
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Ispo outlines its new outdoor format
The new OutDoor by Ispo fair, which will be held for the first time in Munich from June 30 to July 3, 2019, will occupy nine halls on the east side of Messe München's fairgrounds. It will be divided into three sections for different types of exhibitors, and it will ...
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…and what about outdoor in Friedrichshafen?
Messe Friedrichshafen, which has been organizing the annual OutDoor show on Lake Constance for one-quarter of a century, is not giving up on the outdoor sector. As previously reported, it plans to organize a new outdoor show from next summer, at still unspecified dates. Under a gentleman's agreement with Messe ...
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A new Italian trade show on Lake Garda
Called Outdoor Business Days, the new Italian B2B show will be held in a brand-new 2,000-square-meter convention center at Riva del Garda on July 15 and 16, featuring more than 60 brands. Ispo has just agreed to act as a sponsor, while The North Face has taken on the role ...
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Mountain Warehouse sells a minority stake
Inflexion Private Equity Partners has acquired a stake of 20 percent in Mountain Warehouse for about £45 million (€51m-$59m), which values the fast-growing British outdoor retailer at about £310 million (€350m-$410m).Mountain Warehouse will continue to be run by Mark Neale, its founder and majority shareholder. Established in 1997, the retailer ...
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Hudy Sport's owner takes control of Direct Alpine
Jindrich Hudecek, the owner of Hudy Sport, the Czech outdoor retailer, has raised his stake in Direct Alpine from 50 percent to 90 percent. This leaves just 10 percent in the hands of Radek Nová?ek, the Czech outdoor and winter sports brand's founder.Ji?í Doubrava, a former engineer in the car ...
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Sport 2000 launches the specialist Absolute retail brand
Sport 2000 Europe has created the Absolute retail brand for affiliated retailers that want to adopt a harmonized specialist concept. The buying group envisages several iterations of the retail brand in various categories, from Absolute Teamsport to Absolute Run, Absolute Fitness and Absolute Outdoor.The move follows the launch of Sport ...
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Kathmandu ahead of expectations
Shares in Kathmandu soared after the New Zealandese outdoor retailer issued a profit upgrade late last month, due to the strong start of the second half of its fiscal year, which runs until the end of July.The retailer said that its sales in the 47 weeks from the start of ...
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The Luhta Group buys into Dachstein
The L-Fashion Group is acquiring a stake of 49 percent in Dachstein, the venerable Austrian brand of outdoor shoes, through Luhta Sportswear Company. The Finnish group's chief executive, Vesa Luhtanen, described the move to us as a strategic investment intended to turn it into a key partner for its clients ...
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Outdoor synergies in the Rossignol Group
Raidlight-Vertical, the French outdoor company that the Rossignol Group bought in 2016, launched a highly technical trail running shoe for the spring/summer 2019 season based on a cooperation with the Italian R&D office of Lange in Montebelluna, one of the ski boot brands of the group. The new shoe, which ...
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New owners for Nomad
The Nomad Company has been acquired by Nederlands Merkgoed Capital, an investment firm that intends to form a group of sports and outdoor brands. Nomad was divested by the Kooijmans family, which started the Dutch outdoor brand in 1978. Owned by three investors who held leading marketing functions at groups ...
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Columbia keeps OutDry to itself
Columbia Sportswear, which acquired OutDry Technologies eight years ago, quietly decided to take no more orders for the waterproof-breathable membrane placed by any of its 50-plus external clients after May 15. The company will continue to use the special lamination technology only for the products of its own brands, including ...
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Top management changes at VF
Kath Smith, the seasoned executive who replaced Arne Arens as vice president and general manager for The North Face in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in March of last year, has informed us that she plans to leave the company and retire at the end of this month. ...
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Icebreaker widens its urban adventure target
The rapid development of an apparel range for urban consumers is one of the potential advantages to be drawn by Icebreaker from its acquisition by VF Corporation, which provides the New Zealand merino brand with access to a wealth of consumer insights.Icebreaker has built up a business reaching a turnover ...
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Mammut moves ahead with digitalization
The Mammut Sports Group is starting to implement its digitalization with customized products and a smartphone app to be launched early next year, along with an updated concept for the brand and its product assortment.The Swiss outdoor company went through a wide-ranging clean-up in the last two years, mostly implemented ...
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Walltopia reaches new heights
The decision made by the Walltopia Group last September to hike its product prices by 15 percent has had no discernable impact on the company's growth, the management says. The Bulgarian manufacturer of artificial climbing structures says it is still growing at a strong and steady pace, as it rides ...
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Strong results for Pentland
Pentland Group has reported a 14 percent increase to £376 million (€424.2m-$493.4m) in its operating profit before amortization of intangibles and extraordinary items for the year ended Dec. 31. The net value of its assets went up by 22 percent to £1,276 million (€1,439.6m-$1,674.3m).Total group revenues rose by 25 percent to ...
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Canada Goose posts a revenue increase of nearly 50%
Canada Goose reported a revenue increase of 46.4 percent to C$591.2 million (€384.6m-$447.1m) for its fiscal year ended on March 31, as compared to fiscal 2017. On a constant-currency basis, the revenues increased by 47.7 percent. The company said the performance in fiscal 2018 was exceptional across all growth strategies ...
