Latest News & Analysis – Page 245
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The Lifestraw sells more widely, does good in Africa
WaterNlife, the Danish company that took on distribution of the unique LifeStraw water purification system in Europe and some other parts of the world a year ago, has already placed the product in hundreds of European stores, including those of big chains such as Globetrotter in Germany, Naturkompaniet in Sweden, ...
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Jury selects fewer OutDoor Industry Awards
A panel of six experts has selected the winners of this year's OutDoor Industry Awards, tightening the standards used to evaluate the degree of innovation and the quality of the design. The number of competing products submitted by the exhibitors increased by 45 to 361, as compared to last year. ...
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And1, Avia, Nevados fall into Sequential’s lap
Following a business model similar to that of Iconix Group, which owns Umbro, Danskin, Starter and many other brands, Sequential Brands has become one of the largest pure-play licensing companies in the world with its acquisition of Galaxy Brand Holdings, whose 15-plus brands generate annual retail sales of around $700 ...
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GoPro, Alibaba shake the stock market
GoPro went through one of the most successful public offering on the Nasdaq stock exchange in recent times. The shares were priced at $24, at the high end of a previously set range of $21-24, valuing the young U.S. action camera company at $2.96 billion. However, the stock closed 30 ...
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Samsonite acquires Gregory
We have already reported on the development of another American brand of backpacks, High Sierra, under the ownership of Samsonite International. The international luggage giant, which has been based and publicly quoted in Hong Kong since 2010, has now signed a definitive agreement to purchase Gregory Mountain Products, a more ...
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Victorinox brings travel gear in-house
Victorinox, the parent company of Swiss Army Knives, is taking over full responsibility for travel gear from TRG Accessories, a U.S.-based luggage company that has held the license for this product line since 1999. Officials of the Swiss company indicated that the line has been very successful. It includes some ...
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Industry veteran becomes Stanley’s business leader
Pacific Market International, the company that bought Stanley in 2002, has recently taken several important initiatives to build this American premium brand of stainless bottles, coolers, lunch boxes and other food and beverage solutions - in the U.S. and internationally.About two years ago, it turned Stanley into a stand-alone strategic ...
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Berghaus integrates Brasher
Pentland Brands has decided to stop treating Brasher Boots as a distinct business unit. The British label of leather outdoor footwear, which is not well known outside its domestic market, will be more fully integrated into the operations of its bigger sister brand, Berghaus, and its product range, starting with ...
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Barry Bown leaves JD
JD Sports Fashion has announced that its long-time chief executive, Barry Bown, is stepping down from its board with immediate effect, after 30 years with the company. He will remain a consultant to JD.While praising his “significant contribution to the growth and development” of the company, a public statement by ...
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Wolverine brings in executives from Adidas and Pentland
Wolverine Worldwide has announced three important new executive appointments including that of James D. Zwiers as president of its International Group, which it created three years ago to accelerate its global growth. While Zwiers is a company insider, the two other new executives come from important foreign groups.Zwiers has held ...
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Global sports apparel rose by 1.8% in 2013
The growth of the market softened from the rates of 8.1 percent and 2.6 percent recorded in 2011 and 2012, respectively, according to the annual study of the sports apparel sector conducted by Sporting Goods Intelligence. The major sporting goods companies raised their apparel revenues by only 1.8 percent to ...
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New fashion-oriented stores for Woolrich
Woolrich has restructured its contracts with WP Lavori in Corso, a long-time partner based in Italy. Putting to an end a project announced three years ago for the joint development of an international line of technical outdoor garments, which would have involved a German-based design agency, the existing Woolrich outdoor ...
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EuroNordicWalk Vercors beats a previous world record
The second edition of EuroNordicWalk Vercors, an increasingly well-established European Nordic Walking festival that took place on June 18-22 in the French Prealps, gathered nearly 1,900 walkers, 800 more than the previous record. According to Guinness World Records, the record for people Nordic Walking simultaneously for a minimum of 3 ...
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Outdoor brands to work toward a single down standard
New research by the European Outdoor Group (EOG) suggests that outdoor clothing brands use between 1,410 and 1,630 tons of goose or duck down annually, that equates to less than one per cent of total global production, estimated to be at least 270,000 tons. The EOG's secretary general, Mark Held, ...
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The latest from Eoca and the Outdoor Foundation
The European Conservation Alliance (Eoca) will launch a new type of membership at next month's OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen. It is creating a new category of “Sustaining Member” to pay for the administrative and other operating costs of Eoca, which have been funded until now by the OutDoor fair through ...
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FGO’s election reflects the internationalization of the market
BSI, the federation of German sporting goods manufacturers, held its annual general meeting in Nuremberg on May 9. The agenda included the regular election of board members for the association itself and for its specialty committees. The most interesting part of the process was probably the election for the presidency ...
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Register to attend the next EOS near Munich !
The organizers of the second European Outdoor Summit have opened registration on its website for the event, which will take place in the panoramic lake resort of Tegernsee near Munich in a shorter version than before - from Oct. 15 at noon to 2 PM on Oct. 16. Early bird ...
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An improved OutDoor show is on the agenda
Messe Friedrichshafen has opened online registrations for the 21st session of the OutDoor fair, scheduled for July 10-13, which will feature a number of improvements in the back office and on the show floor.The biggest visible changes will take place in Hall A2. Called the Hall of Visions, it will ...
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Asia Outdoor will have a Running Village
Asics, Odlo, Salomon, X-Bionic and Skins will be among the international brands that will present their products in a new “Running Village” at the ninth edition of the Asia Outdoor trade show in Nanjing on July 23-26. The new initiative will be accompanied by various running-related events.Aside from a “Night ...
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AS Adventure grew by 7.3% in 2013
We already reported in the last issue about a review of strategic options that may lead to a new change of ownership of A.S. Adventure, Europe's largest outdoor retailing group. Lion Capital currently has a stake of more than 80 percent in this company, based in Hoboken, Belgium. The two ...
