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  • LOWA-HQ in Jetzendorf, Oberbayern
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    Lowa’s 2023 financial results stable despite weaker demand

    2024-05-07T14:02:00Z

    Lowa’s production volume has been stable in the past financial year despite weaker market demand and delays due to introducing new IT systems in production. In its 100th year, the German hiking and mountaineering boot specialist, part of the Italian Tecnica Group, sold around 3.06 million pairs of shoes, roughly ...

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    New CFO at Lowa

    2024-04-23T11:45:00Z

    As of April 1, 2024, Klaus Flock is the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the German outdoor footwear specialist Lowa Sportschuhe GmbH. Flock joins Managing Director Alexander Nicolai and International Sales Manager Matthias Wanner as part of the Lowa management team. The previous commercial director, Rudi Limmer, will retire ...

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    OutDoor by ISPO 2024 with a more diverse range of exhibitors and products

    2024-04-22T07:35:00Z Sponsored by

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    ​New sales manager at Lowa Austria

    2024-04-16T08:05:00Z

    Source: Lowa Austria Bernd Fürtbauer Bernd Fürtbauer has taken over as the new Sales Manager at Lowa Austria on April 1, 2024. He has made a name for himself as a successful product range manager, central buyer, purchasing manager and category manager in previous positions, including Sport ...

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    Lowa pro athlete first woman to ski Iditarod Trail Invitational 1000

    2024-03-31T13:30:00Z

    Lowa, the German footwear brand known for over 100 years of hand-crafted European heritage, announced that its pro athlete Sunny Stroeer completed the Iditarod Trail Invitational on skis, the first female to accomplish this feat in the race’s 24-year history. Stroeer started in Anchorage, skiing 950 miles over 29 days, ...

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    ​Schöffel-Lowa opens 41st store

    2024-03-19T10:56:00Z

    A new Schöffel-Lowa store has been integrated into one of the two Intersport branches of retailer Schuh und Sport Haaf in Breisach am Rhein, a German town on the Franco-German border. The two Schuh und Sport Haaf stores, which were reopened opposite each other after renovation, offer a wide range ...

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    2024-03-11T10:54:00Z Sponsored by

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    Riethmann retires from the management of Lowa

    2024-01-19T08:32:00Z

    Source: Kerstin Rysavy Werner Riethmann After more than 30 years in management, Werner Riethmann retired from the active management of Lowa Sportschuhe GmbH at the age of 75 at the end of December 2023. However, he will remain with the Southern German hiking and mountain footwear specialist ...

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    Global outdoor footwear market grows 17.8%

    2023-11-29T07:38:00Z

    2022 outdoor footwear sales are up. 5 companies represented just over 50% of all sales. Find all the sales, growth and market share numbers here.

  • Alexander_Nicolai_CEO_LOWA
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    100 years of Lowa: Another record year and the search for new target groups

    2023-07-12T07:34:00Z

    With the company now being in its 100th year, we talk to Lowa CEO Alexander Nicolai about expanding capacity, new segments and sustainability strategies.

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    Lowa's first trail running collection available in stores

    2023-06-14T15:06:00Z

    Since June, the new All Terrain Running by Lowa (ATR) collection, which was first presented at ISPO Munich in November 2022, is available to international partners and selected retailers. The category, new to Lowa, launches with three models – Citux, Amplux and Fortux – and under the motto “Time to ...

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    Lowa’s bolsters international marketing team

    2023-05-31T10:34:00Z

    The marketing team of German outdoor footwear specialist Lowa is receiving additional support and is intensifying the company’s PR activities with David Knan and Veronika Leikam. Knan joined the international marketing department at Lowa’s Petershausen location in January 2023 and brings experience in corporate communications as an intern, volunteer and ...

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    Lowa joins Fair Wear Foundation

    2023-05-17T13:29:00Z

    As the first footwear-only manufacturer with production in Europe, Lowa has become a member of the Fair Wear Foundation at the beginning of 2023. The German outdoor footwear specialist, celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, is thereby committed to fair and responsible production processes along the entire supply chain and ...

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    Italy’s Accademia Outdoor Pro held two sessions this year

    2023-04-03T12:58:00Z

    Accademia Outdoor Pro 2023, the annual training opportunity for salespeople from specialist outdoor stores in Italy, held two sessions this year, including the usual one in Villafranca di Verona on March 20, in northern Italy, and an additional session at the Hotel Valentino in Terni on March 27, to attract ...

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    Tecnica Group reports record financial year

    2023-03-23T07:18:00Z

    According to its 2022 financial statements just published, Italy’s Tecnica Group looks back on the highest results in its history, with sales of €561 million, up 21 percent year-on-year. Adjusted Ebitda amounted to €94.5 million, up 14 percent compared to FY2021. In 2022, the company also posted a consolidated operating ...

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    Hohenstein pilots Oeko-Tex Leather Standard certification for shoes with Lowa

    2022-12-14T11:18:00Z

    Outdoor shoe brand Lowa and the testing service provider Hohenstein have piloted a new project: the Lowa model Lady Light GTX has passed the Oeko-Tex Leather Standard certification, making it the first hiking shoe of which all components complied with the required criteria of the Leather Standard RSL (Restricted Substances ...

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    VSSÖ announces foundation of new industry interest group ARGE Outdoor

    2022-12-12T13:46:00Z

    According to the association of sporting goods manufacturers and sports equipment suppliers of Austria (VSSÖ), the outdoor sector has developed into a year-round business area for the sporting goods industry and specialist sports retailers in Austria over the past two years. From September 2021 to August 2022, the Austrian outdoor ...

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    Lowa premiers new trail running category at ISPO Munich

    2022-11-25T16:21:00Z

    At ISPO Munich 2022, German shoe brand Lowa will launch its new category All Terrain Running, a compact line of trail running shoes. The shoes are developed at the Lowa headquarters in Jetzendorf in Bavaria but produced in Vietnam, as the EVA midsoles and construction cannot be manufactured in Europe ...

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    Repairs: Old knowledge and future challenges

    2022-11-07T11:21:00Z

    Regulations for the right to repair are underway. Although challenging, can these be a positive for brands, consumers, and the environment?

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    New Schöffel-Lowa shop-in-store opened in Backnang, Germany

    2022-11-04T14:29:00Z

    Thomas Grabert, who runs the Intersport Grabert store (that operated as Intersport Hettich until 2017) in the German town of Backnang, has renovated and newly opened the 1,000-sqm store. Part of the space is now a 120-sqm Schöffel-Lowa shop-in-store – the 37th in Europe. Grabert also runs a Schöffel-Lowa brand ...