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McTrek trades well on eBay
McTrek, the German online and offline outdoor retailer, is doing well with a new online shop on eBay's marketplace that went into operation in April, according to several reports in the German press. More than 7,000 items have been available so far on eBay's McTrek Shop, generating sales of more ...
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Jack Wolfskin launches new premium line in Berlin
With the outdoor sector benefiting from the growing athleisure trend, Jack Wolfskin came out with an extended spring/summer 2016 edition of its new Wolfskin Tech Lab sub-brand at the Premium fashion show, held on June 28-30 in Berlin as part of the Berlin Fashion Week. The company's new premium product ...
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Didriksons adjusts its product segmentation
Didriksons has started to segment its product line more strictly than before, dividing it into two categories – Originals and Sportswear. For the first time, the Swedish outdoor and lifestyle apparel brand presented its spring/summer 2017 Originals collection at the Panorama fashion show held on June 28-30 in Berlin.The collection ...
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High-growth Yeti is going public
This American supplier of drinkware and coolers has filed an application for listing on the New York Stock Exchange. It has not provided details on its valuation, which is believed to be high like the multiples recently paid for Camelbak and Hydro Flask, but an investment bank, Renaissance Capital, indicates ...
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Hydro Flask grows more slowly, boosts its new European staff
As we have previously reported, Hydro Flask qualified as one of the top 500 growing private companies in the U.S. last year after a 542 percent increase in three years. The American brand of stainless steel beverage and food containers, which uses double-wall insulation technology, was bought by Helen of ...
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Grand Trunk brings camping hammocks to Europe
Camping hammocks have been the fastest-growing category in the U.S. camping equipment market after coolers for the past two years. According to NPD, their sales grew by 36 percent in the 12 months ended in June 2014 and the growth rate accelerated to 57 percent in the subsequent 12-month period, ...
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Gore plans to launch a PFC-free DWR outdoor clothing range
W. L. Gore has unveiled plans to launch a range of outdoor clothing using non-PFC-based DWR (Durable Water Repellency) technologies. The technical fabric brand said its new products are aimed to be available at retail in the autumn/winter 2018 season. Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), which are frequently present in water-resistant textiles ...
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Asia Outdoor had more brands and visitors
The 11th Asia Outdoor Trade Show was attended by 705 exhibiting brands, as compared to 617 in 2015. The event was held at the Nanjing International Expo Center in Nanjing, China from June 30 to July 3. The number of visitors also increased slightly, from 19,002 in 2015 to 19,502 ...
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Outdoor industry managers analyze Brexit’s consequences
While the dust was settling on the startling vote that the British people cast against remaining in the European Union on June 23, with many issues still pending, several decision-makers in the sports and outdoor sector responded to our invitation to outline the effects that it may have on their ...
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Amer Sports releases new CSR report
Amer Sports, the mother company of Salomon, Wilson, Precor, Atomic, Arc'teryx, Suunto, and other sporting goods brands, has released its second annual corporate social responsibility (CSR) report, which sums up the company's initiatives and achievements in 2015. The group published its first CSR report in June 2015. During 2015, Amer ...
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A.S. Adventure targeting €560 turnover
The A.S. Adventure Group is targeting sales of €560 million this year after the acquisition of the Snow & Rock Group and a sharp sales increase for the outdoor retailer's continuing operations in 2015, driven by store openings as well as 4.4 percent increase in comparable store sales across the ...
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Mountain Warehouse continues to expand
Mountain Warehouse is preparing to open 40 new stores after a sales increase of 28.7 percent to £141.4 million (€179.1m-$201.6m) in 2015, which produced a 36 percent rise in pre-tax profits to £16.2 million (€20.5m-$23.1m). The British outdoor retailer, which predominantly sells private label products, saw its comparable store sales advance ...
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Rolf Schmid is leaving Mammut Sports Group
Rolf Schmid is leaving Mammut Sports Group, the Swiss outdoor company that he has transformed in the last two decades. Conzzeta, the Swiss group that controls Mammut, said that the departure had been agreed “by mutual consent” but the decision was met with some consternation in the European outdoor industry, ...
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Reinschmidt relinquishes Adidas Outdoor leadership
Rolf Reinschmidt, who has driven the Adidas brand's business in the outdoor market since 2007, has relinquished this leadership role to become an internal consultant in the Adidas brand team from the start of June.Reinschmidt will not be replaced as outdoor general manager because the division was integrated into a ...
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New Eurochief for Merrell
Rob Griffiths, 51, has been appointed by Wolverine Worldwide as the new general manager of Merrell for Europe, the Middle East Africa (EMEA). After working for Stylo Instep, Ellesse, Umbro, Bench and Esprit, Griffiths joined Wolverine at the end of 2013 as vice president and general manager of its Lifestyle ...
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New commercial leadership for Amer
Just as Intersport International Corp. announced the appointment of its future chief executive, Victor Duran, starting next Jan. 1, Amer Sports announced the promotion of Michael White to the new position of chief commercial officer. He will also have additional responsibility for the company's global Business to Consumer (B2C) and ...
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New management and record sales for Deckers
Deckers Brands announced that Dave Powers would succeed Angel Martinez as chief executive of the American group following Martinez' retirement, effective May 31, after a long career. Martinez was a co-founder of Keen. Martinez acted as CEO of Rockport, chief marketing officer of Reebok and CEO of Keen before he ...
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Newell will shed properties, do more marketing
Newell Brands indicated earlier this week a tentative plan to divest operations that are currently generating annual revenues of between $250 million and $300 million in the next two to three years. The statement added fuel to speculation that the group may be considering the disposal of Marmot Mountain and ...
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Vista plans new acquisitions
The Vista Outdoor group said it still has a “robust” program of further acquisitions ahead, despite the three purchases that were already completed in its outdoor division in the last ten months. The company bought the Camelbak hydration brand along with Jimmy Styks in the stand-up paddling market last year. ...
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Ternua goes direct in France
The Ternua Group is taking over the distribution of its Ternua and Lorpen product lines in France, its biggest market in Europe after the German-speaking countries, starting with orders for the spring/summer 2017 season. Michel Gogniat, the Spanish company's sales director for Europe and Asia, will directly supervise the network ...
