Latest News & Analysis – Page 228
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Norrøna stops using antibacterial treatments
Norrøna has decided to eliminate the use of antibacterial treatments in its products. The Norwegian sports apparel company has been using bacteriostatic treatment with silver nitrate on some garments to prevent bacterial growth and reduce the need for washing, thereby prolonging the life of the product. The move comes after ...
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The EOS is gaining ground
With a record of 318 delegates registered for the event, the third edition of the European Outdoor Summit (EOS), held in Sheffield, England on Oct. 13-15, was described as a success. High-caliber chief executives and other managers were among the delegates, who came from 20 different European countries as well ...
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A new spotlight on women at the EOG
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) has been in discussion in the last six months with the Outdoor Industries Women's Coalition (OIWC), an American organization that seeks to promote gender diversity in the outdoor industry, to explore opportunities to expand its initiatives in Europe. Officials of the EOG indicated that nothing ...
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Sheffield rebranded the Outdoor City
Sheffield is capitalizing on its assets and long-term investments to market itself as the “Outdoor City” of the U.K.. A campaign was announced at the European Outdoor Summit (EOS) to build on Sheffield's reputation as a green and sporting city through a website, theoutdoorcity.co.uk, as part of a broader strategy.A ...
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Rocky Brands posts lower sales and profits
Rocky Brands has announced third-quarter sales of $70.0 million, down by 3.7 percent from the third quarter of 2014. While wholesale revenues decreased by 12.0 percent to $54.7 million, retail sales rose by 8.4 percent to $10.3 million. The net income fell by 42 percent to $1,803,667, due to the ...
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Eoca announces new winners for funding
Twice a year the European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) receives applications from conservation organizations with projects that they would like to be considered for funding. Voting takes place in March and October each year. Eoca draws a shortlist of projects which the public can vote for online. The shortlisted projects ...
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A new joint industry initiative on labor standards
A group of some of the world's biggest sports and outdoor brands, along with retailers, NGOs and industry groups, have launched the Social and Labor Convergence Project, a collaborative initiative aimed at developing a standardized methodology for social and labor performance assessment in the global apparel and footwear manufacturing sector.Among ...
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Black Diamond sells Poc to Investcorp
Investcorp Group, the big investment company from Bahrain, has reached an agreement with the Black Diamond group to take over Poc, the Swedish brand of snow sports and cycling gear, at a price of $65.0 million, subject to customary price adjustments. This is equivalent to nearly 1.9 times the turnover ...
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Mammut will outsource rope production
Facing sluggish sales in some of its largest markets and tough pressure on margins due to adverse exchange rate changes, Mammut Sports Group has decided to close the rope production unit at its head office in Seon, Switzerland. It will be transferred from the start of September 2016 to an ...
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Edelrid opens North American office
Edelrid, the German supplier of climbing gear, is preparing to open its own North American subsidiary in November, in Bend, Oregon, from where it will supervise sales in the U.S. and Canada. For the last three years, Edelrid's climbing gear for the outdoor market has been distributed in these two ...
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Dynafit and Salewa move into Asian markets
The Oberalp Group is building up its business in Asia, with licensing and distribution deals signed or in advanced discussions in China, South Korea and Taiwan, and with distinct approaches for the Salewa and Dynafit brands.The Italian group already invested in Japan when it established its own business in September ...
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A Korean brand moves into China and Europe
Nepa, the South Korean outdoor brand, has opened a store in the center of Chamonix in order to learn about European consumer demand and to expand outside of its own country. The store is on three floors covering about 400 square meters, in a chalet that was previously the location ...
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Big growth for CMP
CMP is the brand of sports clothing, specializing in ski and outdoor garments, launched in 2010 by Italy's Fratelli Campagnolo to make a clear statement in the market for an affordable and functional apparel line with Italian design. The idea behind the new brand name, which took the place of ...
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Norrøna wins a retail prize
Norrøna came home from the 2015 Norwegian Retail Conference with the Retailer of the Year award. While it may seem strange that a vendor wins a prize aimed at retailers, it was Norrøna Retail that got it because of the company's own retail operations. The Retailer of the Year award is ...
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Luxov opens up new routes in digital climbing
Climbing walls are joining the digitally-connected sports movement that has been building up in other sports such as running and cycling. Volx Climbing, a French supplier of climbing wall holds, has developed an interesting system to trace the preferred or available routes on the wall through a touch-screen panel, marking ...
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Cimalp sells quick-dry garments over the internet
Cimalp, which has developed a patented quick-dry polypropylene fabric coupled with Coolmax for its T-shirts and jackets, was the other company that got the French Outdoor Award at Camp de Base, the collective French exhibition at the OutDoor trade show in Friedrichshafen in July. Cimalp claims that its fabric, which ...
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Salming expands into running
Salming Sports plans to open a third Salming Run Lab in Switzerland in March, as the Swedish brand continues to diversify and to build on its particular approach to running shoes. Salming has long been known as a leading brand of equipment for floorball but a few years ago it ...
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Columbia launches new global brand campaign
Columbia Sportswear has unveiled “Tested Tough,” a new long-term global brand platform, which also marks the return to advertising of the company's 91-year-old matriarch and chairman of the board, Gert Boyle. Tested Tough is inspired by Columbia's Pacific Northwest heritage and the original “Tough Mother” campaign, which also features the ...
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Textile Exchange releases new benchmark report
A recent report by Textile Exchange (TE), a global non-profit organization that works to promote sustainable practices in the textile industry, has highlighted the good and bad news about the industry's use of organic cotton and other “preferred materials.” The benchmark report measures the progress of 57 leading textile companies ...
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Eoca asks for online votes for its conservation projects
Eoca for the second year running is holding an annual funding round, which is made possible by the growth in membership and sustaining members, and is inviting outdoor enthusiasts to help it select the projects to be funded. The organization said it will be spending a total of €280,000 this ...
