Latest News & Analysis – Page 293
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Ispo Confirms Its Position As The Leading Winter Trade Show
The show in Munich, which ran from Feb. 7 through 10, was a success – thanks in large part to the tremendously good snow conditions that have been prevailing lately in Central Europe and beyond. The ski and snow sports halls were crowded, to some extent due to the ...
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All New For Tnf In Its Central And Northern European Regions
The North Face’s management for the Europe/Middle East/Africa region (EMEA) has made a few major changes in structure and personnel, evidently in an effort to cope with the brand’s continuous expansion. It has created new positions for area managers that oversee the Northern European and Central European regions, following the ...
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Columbia Continues To Struggle In Europe
Columbia Sportswear returned to timid sales growth at the end of last year after several quarters of decline, but its European business continued to suffer badly, with a sales drop of 22.9 percent to $46.2 million for the quarter. The fall was even steeper in constant currencies, reaching about 28 ...
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Wolverine To Start Strong Push For Merrell
The Wolverine World Wide group is preparing a marketing blast for Merrell in the coming year, to speed up the expansion of the outdoor brand. Merrell’s performance has attenuated the Wolverine group’s sales decline this year, and managers are banking on the outdoor brand to drive its recovery this year. ...
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Hi-tec Gets Huge Boost From Outdoor Products
Surging sales of outdoor products in the West European markets drove a sales increase of about 10 percent in constant currencies for Hi-Tec last year, reaching the equivalent of about $250 million. Furthermore, the company’s earnings have rocketed, more than doubling last year on the back of far-reaching ...
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Boot Sales Power Timberland In Europe
The strong boot trend that has been prevailing in Europe in the last months has strongly benefited Timberland, which saw its sales rise by 17.1 percent to $128.4 million in Europe for the last quarter. This is equivalent to an increase of 8.3 percent in constant currencies. This European ...
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Positive Market Figures On The Eve Of Ispo
European sporting goods retailers performed better than the overall retail sector for the third year in a row in 2009, according Werner Haizmann, president of the German sporting goods retailers’ federation, VDS, and the European federation, Fedas. The improving economy, the Winter Olympic Games and the World Cup of ...
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Vaude Joins Forces With Sympatex
Vaude, the German outdoor company, has agreed to use the Sympatex technology for the brand’s waterproof and breathable apparel and footwear. The two new partners have agreed to produce jointly sustainable products which apply to the Bluesign standard for environmentally reasonable products. In fact, both companies have been certified ...
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Nike And Others Band Together For Sustainability
Nike and the American Outdoor Industry Association are among 10 organizations that have launched the GreenXchange (GX), an online community where companies can share intellectual property in an effort to come up with new sustainability business models and innovation. Nike plans to make more than 400 of its ...
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Outlyne Appoints New Ceo; Makes It Into New Markets
Outlyne, the young Swiss snow and outdoor sportswear label, has appointed a new chief executive, Riccardo Pfenninger-Fabro, who will run the company along with Rico Dürst, the co-founder and head of sales and marketing. Pfenninger-Fabro replaces Katja Berlinger, who took a maternity break. The new chief has held various ...
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Top Products Are Chosen For Ispo Awards
The jury is in, and has named the top products for this year’s Ispo awards. The main umbrella categories were European Ski, Eco Responsibility, Outdoor and Boardsports. The judges were members of the media, retail representatives and industry experts from around the world. The Eco Responsibility Awards were given ...
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The Outdoor Industry’S Market Capitalization Grew By 70.9% In 2009
The stock market capitalization of the 18 major public outdoor and outdoor-related companies trading on various stock exchanges grew at an average weighted rate of 70.9 percent in local currencies in 2009, reaching a total value of $25.8 billion and outperforming the global economy. Comparatively, the FTSE index in London ...
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After A Good Selling Season, Blacks Considers An Equity Issue
Things are turning around for Blacks Leisure after a rough year. The British retail company said that for the six weeks ended Jan. 7, comparable store sales rose by 12 percent. The outdoor division saw an increase of even 13.1 percent in comparable store sales, while the boardwear division dropped ...
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Vf Appoints New Chief For The North Face’S Emea Operations
Timo Schmidt-Eisenhart, sales director of The North Face for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region (EMEA), has been promoted to vice president and general manager of the same unit. Patrik Frisk previously had this responsibility, and he continued to hold it on an interim basis after his promotion last ...
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Vf Corporation Is Happy With Its Acquisitions
VF Corporation recently outlined its position and some of its plans for the future at the ICR Xchange conference earlier this month. It is focusing on brands that it thinks have potential for organic growth, global reach and margin expansion. The company stressed that it had a successful record of ...
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Wolverine Wants Merrell To Be A $1 Billion Brand
At the 8th Annual Consumer Conference of Cowen and Company held in New York on Jan. 11-12, the leadership of Wolverine World Wide said it is aiming to take Merrell’s annual sales up to $1 billion as it expands in apparel and accessories, increases direct sales and better penetrates existing ...
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Former Salomon And Dynastar Managers Launch A New Brand Of Outdoor Shoes
Jean-Luc Diard, the former chief executive of Salomon, and his former marketing manager, Nicolas Mermoud, have set up a new company, Hoka One One, to market a new brand of outdoor shoes called Hubbles. The first models for the next autumn/winter season are being presented at the Outdoor Retailer show ...
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Fenix Outdoor And Fjällräven Appoint New Managers
The Swedish Fenix Outdoor group has appointed Lothar Lotterer as its business coordinator in charge of the strategic integration of its brands, Fjällräven, Primus, Tierra, Hanwag and the recently acquired Brunton, as well as the Naturkompaniet retail chain and the group’s joint venture in China. The job also ...
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Nordisk And Yeti Are Set For European Expansion
Nordisk, the Danish outdoor brand, has recently appointed a couple of agencies across Europe to expand both the Nordisk brand and Yeti, its German subsidiary for sleeping bags, into new markets. Christoph Declerq of the Elements company will take care of Belgium and Luxembourg. The new agency in the ...
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Sympatex Announces Sudden Changes In Its Top Management
Morgan Stanley and Annex Capital, the shareholders of Ploucquet Holding, the owner of Sympatex Technologies, have unexpectedly replaced the two top managers of the laminate manufacturer. The company is not ready to comment the prompt departure of its managing directors, Thomas Baierlein and Udo von Reinersdorff. The new spokesman ...
