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High Sierra starts up in Europe
Samsonite International, the big luggage specialist that took over this American brand of backpacks two years ago for $108 million, is beginning its introduction in the European market. It plans to expand High Sierra's online sales operations from the U.S. to Europe in a few weeks' time, and while it ...
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SOG looks for a new secretary general
Martin Kössler, 48, has left as the part-time general secretary of the Scandinavian Outdoor Group along with another part-timer, Jonas Hellentin, who has been acting as communications manager of the association. Kössler will continue to support the SOG and its president, David Ekelund, through his own consulting firm, HuginBiz, managing ...
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Brazil’s first Adventure Mall is planned for 2015
A group of Brazilian investors including Sergio Franco, founder of the Adventure Sports Fair, has launched the project of establishing a network of so-called Adventure Malls throughout Brazil where consumer can get an initiation or further training for a variety of outdoor activities, and where they can buy and test ...
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Three outdoor firms get the Queen's Award
Three outdoor-oriented companies, Inov-8, Nikwax and D30, were among the winners of this year's Queen's Award for Enterprise, which are given by the U.K. government to successful companies. Nikwax, the waterproofing specialist, got an award for sustainable development, while Inov-8 and D30 got it in the international trade category, as ...
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Regatta backs its strong growth with new initiatives
+Regatta is planning to boost its marketing expenditures by about 30 percent this year while launching a new R logo as part of a campaign developed with Saatchi & Saatchi. The investment follows another major increase in the Regatta Group's turnover, which reached the equivalent of about €200 million for ...
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Décathlon’s growth slows down
Oxylane, the French group that owns Décathlon and a few other minor sports retail operations, has reported a 6.1 percent increase in its total revenues to €7.4 billion, slightly below the previous year's growth of 7.2 percent, although it opened more new stores than in the previous year. On ...
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Peak Performance starts performing in China in lifestyle mode
At the last Ispo Beijing, Peak Performance premiered in the Chinese market with its recently appointed national distributor, YGM. Its executive director and general manager, Andrew Chan, told us that he intends to position the Swedish brand as a fashion and lifestyle label rather than a function-driven brand.This strategy ...
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The next Ispo Beijing show will take place in January
Messe München has decided to hold the next edition of the successful Ispo Beijing fair on Jan. 28-31, 2015, about three weeks earlier than before. It will thus take place shortly after the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Lake City and a few days before the next Ispo ...
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The sports equipment market slows down
The global branded sports hardware market grew by only 2.9 percent in dollar terms last year at the wholesale level, reaching $67.3 billion, breaking a three-year-old acceleration, according to an annual survey of major players by Sporting Goods Intelligence. The sports equipment market had risen by 6.6 percent in ...
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Ispo Beijing: More horsepower in the Year of the Horse
There were no signs of a depressed Chinese outdoor market at at the last edition of the Ispo Beijing show, held in the country's capital on Feb. 19-22, which was again dominated by outdoor-oriented companies. The number of trade visitors was up by 8 percent and reached some 30,000 entries. ...
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Change of the helm at Décathlon’s parent
Oxylane, the parent company of Décathlon and other minor retail chains, has decided to appoint Michel Aballea, who has been running its operations Décathlon Sports India since 2007, as its new chief executive from the beginning of 2015. He will take the place of Yves Claude, who will steer the ...
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Change of generations at Sportler
Jakob Oberrauch, 25, is the new managing director of Sportler, the big Italian chain of sporting goods stores. Together with his sister Elisabeth, who will act as his deputy, he has taken over the reins from his father Georg, who believes in giving more responsibility to young people. Georg, who ...
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AMG is open for new ventures after management buyout
AMG Group, the Scottish company that owns the Vango brand of camping products as well as the Force Ten and Lichfield brands of family camping products, is eager to obtain new distribution contracts and is interested in possible acquisitions following its management buyout, announced a few days ago. In particular, ...
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A good convention for the British OIA
The annual conference of the Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) of the U.K. ended on a strong note on March 18, attracting a record of 205 attendees, up from 150 a year ago and only around 20 in previous years. The two-day conference and the related annual general meeting of the ...
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The EOG picks Ravasio for CSR and sustainability
Pamela Ravasio, a 38-year-old Swiss national who speaks many languages and lives in the U.K., has joined the European Outdoor Group to act as corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability manager. Vanessa Knowles, who took care of this important aspect of the EOG's activities on a part-time basis along with ...
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OSV and Eurosima share services
Two big associations based in France, Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV) and the European Surf Industry Association (Eurosima), have agreed to offer all their services to the combined membership of 340 companies. The two associations have been working together from the beginning of the OSV three years ago, learning best practices ...
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Gordon Baird takes the reins of Inov-8
A 54-year-old industry veteran, Gordon Baird, became the new chief executive of Inov-8, the fast-growing brand of trail running shoes, on March 18. He was most recently the CEO of Americana, the British parent of the Bench brand, which is coming under the ownership of another equity fund (more on ...
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Haglöfs chief executive resigns
Nicolas Warchalowski, who has led Haglöfs for the last five years, resigned and left the company earlier this month. The chief executive encouraged the group's global expansion after its takeover by Asics and he said it was time to hand over to another manager for the next phase.The company said ...
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BD moves to a functional-centric model in Europe
Olav Nietzer will run the European operations of the Black Diamond Equipment brand from next June 1, acting in the new position of brand and sales director in Europe.He will gradually take over some of the functions of Christian Jaeggi, who set up the brand's European operations in Basel, Switzerland ...
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Jarden has a new management structure
Jarden Corporation, parent company of Coleman, Marmot and many other outdoor and sports brands, has announced an expansion of its executive leadership team to support the company's ongoing growth. In 2013 Jarden posted a record performance with revenues of around $8 billion, marking the achievement of the long-term financial goals ...
