Latest News & Analysis – Page 251
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EOCA looks to 2013 as a year of strong growth
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) takes stock of 2013 as the year draws to a close and says that there are reasons for pride on the part of the outdoor industry for what was achieved over the past 12 months. EOCA gained 31 new members in the course of ...
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Johnson’s net doubles
Net income grew by 90.7 percent to €19.3 million at Johnson Outdoors for the financial year ended Sept. 27, mainly due to a lower tax rate. The gross margin went up by 0.3 percentage points to 40.1 percent. The operating margin improved by 0.8 percentage points to 6.0 percent for ...
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Sales decline at Camelbak
Camelbak suffered a drop of 31.4 percent in operating income to $3.5 million in the third quarter ended Sept. 30 as sales fell by 5.5 percent to $34.7 million in the period, but the officials of the parent company, Compass Diversified (Codi), said they were still “excited” about its growth ...
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WaterNlife launches LifeStraw Go
WaterNlife, a Danish family-owned business dedicated to creating environmentally-friendly solutions, has incorporated the award-winning LifeStraw water filter into a sports bottle, called LifeStraw Go, to give users access to safe drinking water when there is no potable water source nearby. In introducing this interesting new hydration system, the Danish company ...
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Ispo launches new Open Innovation platform
Messe München International, organizer of the Ispo shows in Munich and Beijing, is launching a new, independent “Ispo Open Innovation” platform to promote innovation in the sporting goods sector. The new platform, which is described as the first initiative of this kind by a trade fair organization, calls for the ...
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Quechua launches its “mountainproof” smartphone
Confirming previous reports, Quechua, the outdoor brand of Décathlon, announced yesterday the launch of what it describes as “the first mountainproof smartphone” specifically designed for hikers, hoping to replicate the success of its quick-opening “two-seconds” tent. Company officials declined to share their sales projections, but revealed that Décathlon has already ...
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Columbia Sportswear wants to be more competitive
Columbia Sportswear will introduce new products with lower entry price levels and new technologies in Europe and the rest of the world. Noting that the purpose of this is to become more competitive and affordable, responding to consumers' demand for better value, Franco Fogliato, the newly-minted European manager of the ...
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Big losses for Lafuma
As expected, the French Lafuma Groupe has announced a big loss for the financial year ended Sept. 31. It did so just after Calida of Switzerland obtained the go-ahead for a major refinancing of the company, as reported in the previous issue of The Compass.The net loss amounted to €71.2 ...
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Sales decline at Camelbak
Camelbak suffered a drop of 31.4 percent in operating income to $3.5 million in the third quarter ended Sept. 30 as sales fell by 5.5 percent to $34.7 million in the period, but the officials of the parent company, Compass Diversified (Codi) said they were still “excited” about its growth ...
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Westcomb, a new Canadian challenger
You have almost certainly heard about Arc'teryx, the fast-growing Canadian brand of sports outerwear owned by Amer Sports. You may not have heard yet about another, younger and smaller Canadian brand, Westcomb, which is moving fast in the same direction, but you probably will - sooner or later.Like Arc'teryx, Westcomb ...
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Strong growth for Addnature
For the 2012/2013 fiscal year, Swedish outdoor online retailer Addnature has reported a sales increase of almost 40 percent to 180 million Swedish kronor (€20.2m-$27.5m). The year before, sales had increased by over 30 percent.Although Addnature has had a very steep growth curve over the past few years, the company ...
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China’s Camel gallops away with huge sales on Taobao
Taobao, a Chinese equivalent of eBay, traditionally celebrates Nov. 11 with a huge sales campaign. The results were massive: Taobao reports that the sales generated by all the retailers hosted on its internet portal that participated in the campaign were as high as 15.9 billion yuan renminbi (€1.9bn-$2.6bn). This corresponds ...
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Petzl sets up a subsidiary also in Germany
Petzl is to set up its own subsidiary for the German market at Valley bei Holzkirhcen, near near Munich, on Jan. 1. The French marketer of climbing gear will, therefore, end its long-time partnership with Krah GmbH, its current distributor in the country. Petzl has hired four sales agencies to ...
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Berghaus expands into the U.S. and Australia
Not all the key decisions have been taken yet on the staffing and the final location of the company's new operations across the Atlantic Ocean, but Berghaus is determined to conquer the U.S. market, starting with the autumn/winter 2014-15 season. For this purpose, British outdoor brand, which is owned by ...
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Functional Winter Week in Stockholm
Norrlandsgatan, one of the major shopping streets in downtown Stockholm, and the surrounding area are home to a variety of concept stores by various outdoor brands. Recently, these stores cooperated to host Functional Winter Week, a week-long event aimed at increasing brand awareness and educating consumers as well as employees ...
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Reusch rushes into the outdoor sector
Known for its highly technical ski gloves and goalkeeper gloves, Reusch is moving into the outdoor sector with its first line of outdoor-specific gloves, bringing out a series of ten functional models for the next spring/summer season. The line will be presented at next January's Ispo Munich show.To support the ...
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Gradual introduction for 37.5 in Europe
Cocona's new 37.5 trademark will first appear at retail in Europe next spring and autumn on products by Asics, Salomon, Bauer Hockey, Ride, Rip Curl and Tog24, says the American company. They will also be presented to the trade at the Ispo show in Munich in late January.Numerous other brands ...
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Oru Kayak named 2014 Ispo Brandnew overall winner
Every year, Ispo identifies the best start-ups in the sports business and recognizes them with the Ispo Brandnew award. For the 2014, the jury examined 264 entries from 31 countries and selected the Oru Kayak as the Ispo Brandnew Overall Winner. Eight additional winners and 36 finalists will be presented ...
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A successful first Euro-pean Outdoor Summit
The first European Outdoor Summit (EOS), held in Stockholm last Oct. 16-18, went better than expected. It pulled a total of 321 delegates from 21 different countries, creating seating problems during some of the sessions because the venue can normally accommodate a maximum of 300 persons, but then some of ...
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Ispo partners with EOG to attract specialist outdoor retailers
Ispo and the European Outdoor Group (EOG) have announced a new partnership that is designed to attract more specialist outdoor retailers to Ispo Munich in 2014. Outdoor retailers who have never visited the trade show in the past, or who have not visited it for at least three years, will ...
