Latest News & Analysis – Page 224
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Luxov and other new partners for the IFSC
The International Federation of Sports Climbing is about to announce a list of six companies that have agreed to be its sponsors for this year's indoor climbing competitions, which will start with the Climbing World Cup at Meiringen in Switzerland on Apr. 15-16. The IFSC previously had only two sponsors ...
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Gibbon adjusts management
ID Sports, the owner of the Gibbon Slacklines brand, has adjusted its management due to the leave of Jan Käding, one of the two brothers who established the brand in 2007 and led its international sales. The company says he has left the company in Stuttgart to take a sabbatical ...
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Hilly socks expand internationally
The Hilly brand of technical running socks has been launched in the North American market this year, as part of an international sales drive for the U.K. brand. Its distribution is handled by the North American sales force for Bridgedale, the brand of outdoor and winter sports socks belonging to ...
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Michelin Technical Soles expands sports partnerships
JV International (JVI), the new company that is handling the design, development and manufacture of high-performance Michelin branded soles, is expanding its collaboration with the Oberalp group and with Ride Snowboards and is working with two additional sports brands – Hi-Tec Sports and Kodiak – for the autumn/winter 2016/17 season.As ...
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L-Fashion launches new strategic initiatives
Brand extensions are the name of the game in the flattish market conditions of today. The Finnish-based L-Fashion Group, which suffered from a tough market situation in its domestic market and in Russia last year, is coming out with the first lines of shoes under its Luhta and Icepeak brand ...
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Eoca calls for public vote on funding
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca), of which we are members, is calling on all our readers to help choose three conservation projects that are worth receiving its funding. They can vote for one project in the Outdoor category and one in the Nature category between March 1 and 15. ...
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Greenpeace acts forcibly in Italy
Greenpeace activists “attacked” The North Face store in Milan's Galleria San Carlo on Feb. 18, to protest against the brand's use of hazardous chemicals in clothing and accessories. The activists launched red confetti, symbolizing poly-fluorinated compounds (PFCs), inside the store and in front of it. A recent report compiled by ...
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Patagonia releases new book for eco-activists
Patagonia has released a new handbook for environmental activists across the globe entitled “Tools for Grassroots Activists: Best Practices for Success in the Environmental Movement.” The book, co-authored by the company's founder and owner, Yvon Chouinard, is a collection of tips and essays from its biennial Tools Conference, with contributions from ...
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Earlier dates for the OutDoor show
The European OutDoor show will take place in mid-June rather than in mid-July in 2017 and 2018, following a trend toward earlier dates fbor all kinds of apparel and footwear trade shows around the world. Along with its earlier dates, the four-day show will also start on Sunday rather than ...
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The European outdoor market looks moderately positive
Providing the first indications of the outdoor sector's performance ahead of its 2015 State of Trade report, the European Outdoor Group (EOG) reported last month that 85 percent of the 50 EOG members questioned were able to post an increase in their wholesale revenues in Europe last year. In fact, ...
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The EOG’s membership expands
The European Outdoor Group is recruiting more retailers and is about to sign up the first two or three ingredient brands. Since it opened the membership to them in 2014, the EOG has won over 17 retail members including big players like AS Adventure and Fenix Outdoor, buying groups like ...
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Mountain Warehouse may go public
Mountain Warehouse, the British outdoor retailer, has reportedly retained Rothschild, the investment bank, to explore a sale of the business and a potential stock market launch. City AM reports that the owners are eyeing a valuation in the range of £200 million (€257.7m-$290.1m) for the company, which has 228 stores ...
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Fenix Outdoor thrives, Globetrotter recovers
Fenix Outdoor International's profit improved slightly despite vastly increased sales last year, as the strong performance of the group's brands and its Swedish retail business was mitigated by the charges affecting its retail division after the acquisition of Globetrotter, the German outdoor retailer.Martin Nordin, chief executive of the formally Swiss ...
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Decathlon spreads abroad and online
Decathlon expanded its international reach last year by moving into two more countries, supporting a sales increase of 12 percent to €9.1 billion excluding tax. The French sports retailing giant reports that its comparable sales improved by 5 percent for 2015, after a rise of 6 percent the previous year.After ...
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Sigg could have Chinese owners
Sigg Switzerland, the maker of outdoor drinking bottles, is being acquired for 16.1 million Swiss francs (€14.6m-$16.5m) by Zhejiang Haers Vacuum Containers from China, according to Froriep, a Swiss law firm that advised Haers on the deal. The Riverside Company, a U.S. private equity firm that has been Sigg's owner ...
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New boss for Arc'teryx
Jon Hoerauf, global commercial leader at Arc'teryx, has been appointed as the Canadian outdoor brand's new president and general manager. Prior to Arc'teryx, Hoerauf spent 13 years at The North Face, in various functions from sales to marketing and product. He will report directly to Heikki Takala, chief executive of ...
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Keen expands executive team
Rob Langstaff, who spent the last two years supervising sales in Asia-Pacific and Latin America at Brooks Running, has been appointed vice president of international at Keen, the U.S. manufacturer of outdoor footwear. He is taking over from Morten Israelsen, who moved to England for personal reasons.Langstaff is a seasoned ...
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Robust quarter for Columbia despite warm weather
Columbia Sportswear's sales in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) declined by 15 percent to $58.2 million in the three months to the end of last year. Sales contracted by 6 percent in constant currencies, due to a fall of more than 30 percent in sales to distributors. The ...
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Columbia invests in European ranges and marketing
As part of its increased focus in European markets, Columbia has been adjusting its product range to make sure that about 20 percent of the offering is specific to European consumers. This change already began last year but the range has been more thoroughly adjusted this year.It comes after the ...
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Peak Performance sales decline on wholesale cuts
Peak Performance saw its sales decline by 4.1 percent to 562 million Danish kroner (€76.3m-$84.6m) for the six months until the end of last year, due to a clean-up in distribution that reduced its wholesale turnover, as well as weaker demand in Norway and Finland. The sales decline amounted to ...
