Latest News & Analysis – Page 196
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Hydro Flask grows nicely
Strong growth by Hydro Flask in the U.S. and abroad helped its parent company, Helen of Troy, to book a sales increase of 18.9 percent to $117.3 million for its housewares segment in the first quarter of its new financial year, ended on May 31. The segment's adjusted operating margin ...
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Vaude outperforms the outdoor market
Vaude appears to show that investments in sustainability resonate with consumers, as the brand outperformed again last year with a sales increase of 6.3 percent to about €103 million. They jumped by another 7.3 percent in the five months to June, with a jump of nearly 20 percent in winter ...
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Outdoor focus group rejects single-use plastic
Getting rid of single-use plastic in the outdoor industry is the target set by a group of European outdoor suppliers and retailers as a project intended to protect the environment, stay ahead of legislation and emphasize sustainability as an asset for outdoor companies.The participants have set a deadline in January ...
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Patagonia-supported Balkan river campaign gains momentum
Save the Blue Heart of Europe, the campaign involving Patagonia to protect the last wild rivers of Europe on the Balkan Peninsula from the threat of nearly 3,000 proposed hydropower plants, reached the European Parliament with a film screening and a debate in Brussels late last month.The event was held ...
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Product innovation at the OutDoor show
A Nordic chain saw, a hybrid mat, two types of shoes and recycled Spandex were among the eleven products that received an OutDoor Gold Award for exceptional innovation in sustainability, design or functionality at the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen last month. In total, the awards acknowledged 37 new and innovative ...
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Eco-products dominate Scandinavian awards
A floating and light-weight outdoor knife from Morakniv, made at the company's own production plant in Mora, has been picked as the overall winner of the Scandinavian Outdoor Awards for the next spring/summer season.The knife with a handle made out of cork and a serrated blade was selected out of ...
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Sea to Summit focuses on innovation
For Sea to Summit, the feisty Aussie makers of super-slim and lightweight hiking and camping gear, a focus on product innovation is paying dividends with the company reporting double-digit growth for the fifth year in succession. Without giving a specific figure for its turnover, the company's management told The Outdoor ...
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Desperation can drive inspiration
It's another way of saying that necessity is the mother of invention... Apparently, that was the case for Gleb Skorobogatov, who has been an extreme adventurer for more than 20 years, if his story is true, when he was stuck down in a cave with a knee injured from a ...
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A.S. Adventure grows by 7.8%, boosts digital
The A.S. Adventure Group recorded total sales of €535.3 million in 2017 in the seven European countries in which it operates, with a 7.8 percent increase in local currencies and strong growth on a comparable store basis of 6.6 percent in Belgium and Luxembourg and 9.0 percent in the Netherlands, ...
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Customization boosts Tecnica Outdoor
The Tecnica brand expects to see its sales of outdoor shoes rise by between 30 and 35 percent this year, thanks largely to the successful launch of Forge, the new customization process inspired from its ski boot segment that was presented at the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen one year ago. ...
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TNF launches “refurbished” apparel
The North Face has launched a pilot program to sell “refurbished” apparel, as part of its efforts to prolong the use of its products and to support the circular economy.The North Face Renewed is a range of garments sourced from returned, defective or damaged apparel, which has been inspected, cleaned ...
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Black Diamond is bullish about the climbing market
Clarus Corporation, the parent company of Black Diamond Equipment, Pieps and Sierra Bullets, is aiming to take advantage of the explosive growth of the climbing market to build up its strong position in the sector and to expand its offerings to lifestyle apparel and footwear. Once a niche sport, indoor ...
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Trespass gains traction in France and Germany
Trespass has seen its sales in France and Germany expand at triple-digit rate in the last year, as part of the Scottish-based outdoor and winter sports apparel brand's multi-faceted international expansion plans.The advances in the two countries are part of an international development strategy that has been focusing on European ...
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Fischer buys One Way Sport, Asics expands in the Nordics
Fischer Sports has acquired the trademarks, patents and other intellectual property rights of One Way Sport, a major Finnish-based producer of cross-country ski poles that diversified into many other sectors during the 14 years of its existence. Using its know-how in the use of composite materials and its international sales ...
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Eoca announces funding for nine projects
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) has unveiled the next nine projects it will be funding.“10,000 native trees for Froxán community, Spain” was nominated by Snugpak and chosen by public vote. This project will remove acacia and eucalyptus trees from 20 hectares and plant 10,000 native trees to restore natural ...
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Eoca celebrates recent achievements at OutDoor
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) has announced that its members have planted two million trees in two years. This milestone will be celebrated at the OutDoor trade show in Friedrichshafen, Germany, on June 17-20. Eoca said that the target was in fact surpassed, with the planting of 2,081,276 trees. ...
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Some brands say good-bye to Friedrichshafen
Messe Friedrichshafen put online the list of exhibitors at next month's OutDoor show a few days ago. A quick look indicates that at least a few big brands that still showed at the 2017 edition of the leading European outdoor trade show will not be there for its 25th and ...
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Canadian Tire agrees to buy Helly Hansen
Helly Hansen is to be acquired by Canadian Tire Corporation (CTC), one of its largest retail partners, in a deal valuing the Norwegian outdoor, skiing and sailing brand at nearly one billion Canadian dollars.The agreement for the acquisition comes less than six years after Helly Hansen was taken over by ...
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Mountain Warehouse expands to nine countries
Mountain Warehouse is accelerating its plans for new store openings, with a program to open another 40 doors in the current fiscal year. It opened 25 in the year to Feb. 25, ending the period with nearly 300 stores in seven countries, including 72 shops outside of the U.K.The U.K.-based ...
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Bergfreunde expands profitably
Its response to shifting consumer behaviors and the growth of the European outdoor market were described by Bergfreunde as two key factors behind a 33 percent sales increase to €66.65 million last year, spread between eleven European countries.The German-based online retailer added three websites last year, as it launched its ...
