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Any Exciting Items For The Outdoor Fair?
In cooperation with Messe Friedrichshafen, iF is organizing the sixth OutDoor Industry Awards for the most innovative products. Applications will be accepted until June 10. The jury will make its choice on June 28-29, and the results will be presented in a ceremony at the OutDoor show on July 14, ...
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The Åre Summit Gave Major Perspectives On The Future Of Outdoor Retailing
The Scandinavian Outdoor Summit organized by the Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG) in Åre last week turned into a packed and thought-provoking event, with nearly 300 industry people from 15 countries in attendance and an impressive line-up of speakers – including the chiefs of the two largest outdoor retailing groups in ...
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Berghaus Greets Russia With Love
After its vast rollout in various Far East countries over the past two years, the British outdoor brand is eyeing now the Russian market. Berghaus has appointed LVB as its exclusive wholesaler to market the brand through existing retail customers and own single-brand stores.LVB is one of the two wholesale ...
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Mammut Is Up, But Faces Currency Problems
At first sight, the increase in turnover of Mammut Sports Group for 2010 looks quite moderate: MSG grew by 2.8 percent to 221.2 million Swiss francs (€168.8m-$241.4m). Talking to this publication, Rolf Schmid, the group’s chief executive, went into details to explain the small increase. The sale of the Toko ...
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Woolrich Wants A New Global Brand Strategy
Founded back in 1830, this well-known American brand of outdoor clothing has a great heritage, but its image has not been consistent around the world lately. Woolrich, which takes its name from the town where it is based in Pennsylvania, has decided to commission Jager di Paola Kemp Design (JKD), ...
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Black Diamond Chooses Patagonia Vet To Lead Gregory
Bill Kulczycki, president and chief executive of Filson apparel and luggage, has been chosen to be the new general manager and vice president of Gregory Mountain Products. Before joining Filson, he was with Patagonia for 28 years in roles such as vice president for product development, sales & marketing, international, ...
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Steripen Begins Direct Presence In Europe
Hydro-Photon, the American company that sells the portable SteriPEN water purification system, set up a European office in the Netherlands last month to directly cover parts of the French and German markets, where it has not yet achieved a satisfactory level of penetration. Coupled with a third-party logistics center in ...
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Car Dealerships Sell Coleman In China
Kevin Zong, the new 32-year-old distributor of Coleman in China, has found an interesting and effective means of selling camping tents and other products of the American brand in the country, and he is willing to use it for other brands of outdoor products that may want to jump on ...
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Brazilian Outdoor And Running Shows Come Together
Held at different dates over the past three years, the two big consumer-oriented trade shows are going to be held simultaneously on Aug. 11-14 in the centrally located Ibirapuera park of São Paulo, where many locals stroll, run, bike and skate. Each featuring some 250 brands or exhibitors, they will ...
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Eu Removes Shoe Anti-dumping Duties At Last
The European Commission has finally confirmed that its anti-dumping duties on leather shoes from China and Vietnam will not be renewed after March 31, posting a notice in its official journal. Without requesting an import registration or licensing scheme, the Commission also confirmed the establishment of a surveillance system, which ...
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Chinese Outdoor Market Shows Impressive Growth
According to COCA, the China Outdoor Commerce Alliance, retail sales of outdoor products increased by 47 percent in 2010, going from 4,850 million renminbi (€530.5m-$737.6m) in 2009 to RMB 7,130 million (€780m-$1,048m) last year. Presented at the recent Ispo China fair in Beijing, COCA's annual figures indicate growth of ?only? ...
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Globetrotter Opens Long-awaited Munich Store
On March 5, Globetrotter opened its store in Munich at last. Thomas Lipke, the managing director along with Andreas Bartmann, admitted that it was a 12-year journey to find the right location. In the end, the Hamburg-based chain set up at Isartor in a highly competitive retail environment. The ...
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Ricochet Takes Lowe Alpine On Its Shoulders In France
Lowe Alpine France is to be wound up by the end of June and most of its activities transferred to Ricochet Access, a French distribution company selling Ziener gloves and apparel, and Dynamic skis. As part of the change, the majority of this firm's shares were taken over by Valérie ...
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Tnf's Family Is In Very Good Shape
VF Corporation continued to enjoy robust growth in its outdoor and action sports unit during the fourth quarter of last year, as it splurged on marketing for The North Face and Vans. And the group is apparently trying to expand even faster in the outdoor market, since it was reported ...
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Vf Wants $5 Billion More In Annual Revenues By 2015
Expanding on the objectives already laid out for The North Face last December (see vol. 3-27+28 of The Compass dated last Dec. 20), managers of the global apparel giant have laid out a more comprehensive strategic growth plan for the whole group that would take its overall annual revenues to ...
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The Black Diamond Glows At A Double Digit Growth Rate
Reporting on its latest financial results, Black Diamond said its sales went up by 13.6 percent on a comparable basis in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31 to $34.2 million, with increases in North America, Europe and other parts of the world. For the full 2010 financial year, comparable pro ...
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Garmin's Outdoor/Fitness Profitability Slips
Garmin's outdoor and fitness division registered a 15 percent rise in sales to $170.6 million in the fourth quarter but profitability declined as the gross margin slipped to 66.0 percent from 68.8 percent and the operating margin narrowed to 47.8 percent from 53.6 percent. In the full year ...
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Sanfo Plans Many New Stores, Goes Into Wholesale
China's leading specialty outdoor retail chain opened nine new stores and closed one in 2010, building up to a network of 26 Sanfo stores in eight cities. With a net selling surface averaging 500 square meters, the size of the stores varies from 200 to 1,000 square meters. The ...
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China's Northland Makes Good Progress With Lowa And Leki
Northland China, the partner of the Austrian brand of the same name, reports promising results from the introduction of Leki to the Chinese market. Northland offers the hiking poles of the German brand, but not its ski poles. During the upcoming summer season, Leki will be carried by 40 ...
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Black Diamond Names Its Chinese Partner Distributor Of The Year
Shenzhen Himalaya Trading Company, an interesting Chinese company that also distributes Vasque and other foreign outdoor brands, has been elected by Black Diamond Equipment as its best independent distributor in the world for 2010, when its sales in China grew by 82 percent overall, with progress in every product category. ...
