Latest News & Analysis – Page 297
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Càrn Hikes Into Continental Europe
Càrn, a newly founded British brand of outdoor footwear, is setting sail for the Continent: Its owner, Unified Distribution, has just appointed Sarl-Abaca as its agency for France. Sarl-Abaca also takes care of Icepeak in the country. France is the fourth market that Càrn is targeting after appointing sales representatives ...
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Survey Looks Into U.K. Tent-buying Behavior
Profile Outdoors, the British market research firm, has conducted a new survey on camping behavior that found that more than half of the people surveyed in the U.K. own more than one tent, and 56 percent of people who own a tent have a large family-sized one. Given information from ...
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Camping Increased During U.S. Crisis
As the American economy was sinking last year, its citizens went camping. A new study by the Outdoor Foundation and the Coleman Company shows that car and backyard camping went up by 7.4 percent in 2008 to 33.7 million Americans over the age of 5 compared with 2007. ...
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Companies Act To Provide Safe Bottles
As questions arise in the U.S. about the use of bisphenol A (BPA), a compound used to make plastics, in the linings of reusable water bottles, the Swiss bottle manufacturer Sigg says it has spent the last two years researching the topic and invested $1 million in its factory to ...
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Oase Outdoors, a Danish outdoor equipment company specializing in camping...
Oase Outdoors, a Danish outdoor equipment company specializing in camping that has been growing by between 20 and 35 percent annually in the last three years, has appointed Pascal Meere as sales agent for the Netherlands; with a 400-square-meter showroom in Berneveld. Sport Partner, the Dutch publication, reports that Meere ...
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Starting Jan. 1, 2010, Gecko Supply will be the new...
Starting Jan. 1, 2010, Gecko Supply will be the new Swiss distributor of Ortlieb, the specialty brand for waterproof solutions. As reported in Compass 14-15, Ortlieb was about to walk away from Exped, its long-time distribution partner in Switzerland, due to an increasing overlap between Ortlieb’s and Exped’s own products. ...
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Peak Performance will open a corporate store in Münster, Westphalia,...
Peak Performance will open a corporate store in Münster, Westphalia, on Sept. 17. It is the 10th door in Germany, where some are corporate and others franchises. Currently, Peak Performance has some 70 flagship stores worldwide and supplies around 2,000 retailers in Europe, Canada and Japan.
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Hans Larsson, until now the chief executive of Craft, has...
Hans Larsson, until now the chief executive of Craft, has been promoted the head of the entire sports division of New Wave, the Danish parent of the Swedish brand. The New Wave Sports division comprises brands outside the outdoor business such as Cutter & Buck and Seger, which are the ...
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At the Eurobike show that started in Friedrichshafen yesterday, Vaude...
At the Eurobike show that started in Friedrichshafen yesterday, Vaude is celebrating the premiere of its line of cycling footwear. The collection comprises seven styles, divided among “Race,” “All Mountain” and “Trek & Trail.” The idea behind the collection is that the footwear is compatible with the usual pedal click ...
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Salewa is targeting the British Isles: The Italian group has...
Salewa is targeting the British Isles: The Italian group has just appointed Rochford Agencies as sales agency for the Salewa, Dynafit and Silvretta brands in the U.K. and the Republic of Ireland. The agency is run by Stuart Rochford, a former agent in the region for Columbia and Jack Wolfskin.
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François Le Joncour is the new director of operations for...
François Le Joncour is the new director of operations for Aigle International, and will be a member of the company’s executive committee. Le Joncour, 41, was previously the director of logistics at Chantelle, and he has also worked at Décathlon, Auchan Hungary and KPMG. Aigle International is a French clothing ...
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Wolverine World Wide has revamped management of its outdoor footwear...
Wolverine World Wide has revamped management of its outdoor footwear and apparel division, appointing Bill Dodge vice president for footwear product development for the outdoor group and Mark Sandquist president of global apparel. Dodge comes from Patagonia Footwear, where he was general manager , and has held management positions at ...
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Denstock Australia is the new distributor in its home country...
Denstock Australia is the new distributor in its home country for Hi-Tec and Magnum products. Denstock Corporation has been the distributor for the brands in New Zealand for more than 23 years. Denstock replaces Skye Group Australia in the role.
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Vibram, the footwear sole specialist, has become a formal partner...
Vibram, the footwear sole specialist, has become a formal partner of a Japanese initiative called “Let’s Start From Fuji” to encourage more people in Japan to participate in outdoor activities. The initiative calls for people to become involved in a wide range of outdoor activities this summer rather than spending ...
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Oksana Donets of Gorgany.com, a distributor of outdoor products in...
Oksana Donets of Gorgany.com, a distributor of outdoor products in the Ukraine, is newly the 50th member of the EOG Association for Conservation. This sort of action is not only taking place in Europe. Promotions held with member companies at the Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City netted almost ...
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Intersport Eybl, the big Austrian sports retailer, extends its efforts...
Intersport Eybl, the big Austrian sports retailer, extends its efforts to aggressively promote Seven Summits, its exclusive brand of outdoor goods, which was launched last year. Starting Sept. 7, Eybl is airing an ad campaign on Austrian television. At the center of the campaign is Wolfgang Fasching, a local mountaineer, ...
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Visits to national parks in the U.S. have gone up...
Visits to national parks in the U.S. have gone up in 2009 according to data from the National Park Service. For the first half of this year, there were more than 127.7 million visits, almost 4.5 million more than in the first half of 2008. For June alone, this year ...
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The British industry is preparing for the fourth edition of...
The British industry is preparing for the fourth edition of Outdoor Trade Show (OTS) to be held at Stoneleigh Park near Coventry from Sept. 28 through 30. More than 100 exhibitors will welcome more than 1,000 trade visitors who are expected at the event. Among the new exhibitors are prominent ...
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The 17 companies that belong to the Italian Outdoor Group...
The 17 companies that belong to the Italian Outdoor Group will stage a new trade show for the Italian market in the city of Trento on Sept. 20-22. The IOG, an association led by Asolo that started off in 2007 with 13 members, has been trying unsuccessfully to organize a ...
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Fenix Shows Strength In Sales And Profits
Fenix Outdoor, the holding company of brands such as Fjällräven, Hanwag, Primus and Tierra as well as of the retailing operations under the Naturkompaniet flag, reports strong figures for the first six months of 2009: The group’s overall sales were up by 19 percent and reached 537.6 million Swedish kronor ...
