Latest News & Analysis – Page 257
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The Outdoor Industry Awards
The traditional Outdoor Industry Awards ceremony was held at the OutDoor trade show in Friedrichshafen yesterday, praising 52 companies for what they have done in various product categories. Among these, eleven companies have been given a ‘golden award' for special innovations. - La Sportiva won a gold award in the ...
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Polartec announces the Apex Award winners
Polartec held a celebration of its annual Apex Awards at the OutDoor show yesterday as part of a new international campaign developed by the brand. All the winners receive a Malden Trophy, named after the parent company, Malden Mills. They will also receive sales support with special hangtags, marketing materials ...
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Better prospects for outdoor in Europe
An online survey conducted by us among sporting goods brands, manufacturers, distributors, agents and retailers with the blessing of the European Outdoor Group shows that sales of outdoor products have been generally pretty bad at retail in Europe thus far into the current spring/summer season. Nevertheless, the market seems to ...
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NPD sees outdoor up 2% in Europe last year
Providing a few glimpses into its extensive market research on many aspects of the European sporting goods market, which is largely based on consumer panels in eight major countries, NPD says that retail sales of outdoor products in a very broad sense went up by 2 percent in 2012 to ...
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Stable numbers at OutDoor
In tune with the general market situation in Europe (see the articles at the start of this issue), the OutDoor show opens in Friedrichshafen for the 20th time tomorrow and will see a relatively stable number of exhibitors or a stable exhibition surface, although its capacity is by no means ...
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Friedrichshafen reshuffles management to become more global
Stefan Reisinger, project manager of Friedrichshafen's OutDoor and Eurobike shows for nearly ten years, will assume a new position at Messe Friedrichshafen effective Dec. 1. In the future, the 39-year-old will be responsible for enhancing the company's efforts at the international level. The new position is described as business unit ...
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Sports Direct rescues Gelert
Just one year ago managers at Gelert, the British camping equipment brand, were at the OutDoor fair in Friedrichshafen announcing a new dawn for the company, with fresh leadership and support from its bankers. But two weeks ago, Gelert went into receivership (a form of bankruptcy) and was rescued by ...
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Wild Roses goes bankrupt
Wild Roses, the Swiss brand of women-specific outdoor products, has gone into insolvency. The reasons are not quite clear, but it seems that NKD, a big German chain of low-cost apparel stores that took over the license for the brand one year ago, felt that it was not part of ...
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Internetstores buys Addnature
Internetstores, a German-based online retailer of bicycles and outdoor products, has signed an agreement for the acquisition of a Swedish e-tailer, Addnature, for an enterprise value of around 230 million Swedish kronor (€26.5m-$34.5m). Most of the proceeds will be reinvested into the combined company. The takeover is being financed by ...
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Structural changes and high orders for Patagonia Europe
Reporting a 20 percent increase in forward orders, Patagonia Europe has announced a new and more balanced regional split and a few more executive appointments following the arrival a year ago of Stefan Wahlén as managing director, after acting as global sales director of Peak Performance.For the financial year ended ...
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New distribution structure for Black Diamond in Europe
The U.S. marketer of climbing, outdoor and snow sports gear has appointed a couple of new agencies and employed sales representatives in various European markets. For France, the team has been expanded with Clément Chantelot and Caroline Eckert as sales reps and a new agent, Mélanie Brouase. Olav Nietzer, the ...
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Wolverine goes up in quarter, but Merrell goes down
After a relatively good first quarter, Merrell registered a decline in the second quarter ended on June 16, as compared to the same period a year ago, in spite of high double-digit growth for its new M-Connect line. However, the management of its parent company, Wolverine Worldwide, is confident that ...
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Lowa remains strong in a changing market environment
The German-based producer of outdoor shoes, which remains under the control of Italy's Tecnica Group, managed to lift its total consolidated sales slightly to €140.0 million in 2012 compared with €139.0 million in the previous year. However, the number of Lowa boots delivered worldwide was down to 1,787,929 pairs in ...
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Pentland grows by 14.2% but profits decline
Pentland Group has reported a 14.2 percent increase in total revenues to £1.76 billion (€2.06bn-$2.68bn) in 2012, with growth of 6.3 percent excluding the results of businesses acquired in the course of the year, but the British company's profitability declined.Revenues from direct sales and licensing income went up by 6.8 ...
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Odlo opens up to new categories and fibers to boost sales
Last year, Odlo International, the Swiss-based marketer of functional sportswear, lifted its sales by 2 percent to reach a total of 146 million Swiss francs (€118.0m-$153.8m) in turnover. Jonas Ottosson, the man at the top of Peak Performance for more than two decades and chief executive of Odlo since last ...
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Sympatex to launch new comfort technologies
Sympatex Technologies will unveil its new Phaseable and Moisture-tech 360° laminates, two innovative solutions to improve body comfort, at the upcoming OutDoor Fair 2013 in Friedrichshafen, on July 11-14. Phaseable is described as a new apparel technology improves body climate thanks to its three-dimensional design. The 2.5-layer laminate is designed ...
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Marmot takes on Ex Officio, defines new merchandising rules
Marmot Mountain Europe has agreed to take on the European distribution of Ex Officio, the U.S. brand of travel wear. Both companies are part of the American Jarden Corporation. New brand manager of Ex Officio for the region is Marcus Ehlig. The 33-year-old has been with Marmot as manager for ...
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British OIA enjoys a renaissance
Britain's Outdoor Industries Association (OIA), which has agreed to rename itself OIA UK to avoid any confusion with the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) of the U.S., has become bigger, more active and stopped losing money under the management of Andrew Denton.Like a sort of Santa Claus, Denton accepted the challenge ...
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VF updates its growth forecast
VF Corporation sees major growth opportunities for some of its brands, especially for The North Face, Vans and Timberland, which belong to its Outdoor & Action Sports Coalition. With sales of $1.9 billion in 2012, TNF had a share of only 8 percent in the global outdoor market, according to ...
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Lafuma reorganizes after a big loss
While reporting big losses and confirming major sales declines for the first half of its financial year, ended on March 31, the Lafuma Group announced a reorganization of its outdoor activities, involving the elimination of 78 jobs and an offer to transfer 46 other jobs from its head office at ...
