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News briefsGroupe Rossignol with new mobile showroom marketing approach in Germany and Austria
Because of the many restrictions imposed by the corona pandemic, Groupe Rossignol has developed a new, flexible marketing tool for Germany and Austria: a trailer designed as a show or meeting room on wheels. Designed and converted on behalf of Groupe Rossignol, the trailer provides space for a service workshop ...
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News briefsOdlo has a new CFO
Source: Odlo Abe Yasser Effective May 1, 2021, finance specialist Abe Yasser will take over as Odlo’s CFO from Adrian Schürmann, who is leaving the company after joining in 2015. During his tenure, Schürmann helped manage Odlo’s change in ownership in May 2020. Yasser joins the Swiss ...
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Black Diamond starts using NuOrder digital platform for retailers
Beginning with the fall/winter 2021 buying season, Black Diamond is organizing all of its orders on the NuOrder digital buying platform. The B2B e-commerce platform for wholesalers hosts order forms, budget control tools, campaigns, catalog creation tools, whiteboarding and more. Black Diamond will manage its wholesale operations globally through the ...
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Active Brands appoints new CEO
Active Brands has hired Christophe Merkel to be its chairman and CEO. He is taking over from Espen Krogstad, who is retiring after eight years at the helm, having overseen an expansion of its business from Norway into other parts of Europe and North America. The company now generates just ...
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News briefsReusch commits to sustainability improvements with Taking Care program
For next winter, glove specialist Reusch is striving to further improve its overall environmental footprint with its Taking Care responsibility program. Following an audit by the German consultancy Fokus Zukunft, not only in-house measures, such as a CO2 offset for all emissions or better forecasting to avoid air freight, have ...
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ArticleConzzeta in transformation - new name, search for Mammut buyer and resignation of management team
In a further step in its ongoing strategic transformation and following the publication of declining results for the 2020 financial year, the executive board of the Swiss Conzzeta Group will step down at its upcoming annual general meeting on April 21. The board of directors will also propose to the ...
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ArticleMammut’s online sales climb, but brand is up for sale as Conzzeta is in transition
Robust online sales mitigated the impact of the pandemic on Mammut Sports Group’s results for the full year. It generated net revenue of 218.4 million Swiss Francs (€197.5m-$236.1m) in 2020, down by 16.2 percent from the previous year in constant currencies. It ended with an operating loss of CHF 24.5 ...
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News briefsPOC expands e-tail and marketing team
Source: POC Lukas Malgay Lukas Malgay has been supporting the e-tail and digital team of Swedish brand POC as online account manager Europe since March 1. For the past three and a half years, Malgay worked in sales & sales marketing for the manufacturer of cycling and ...
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ArticleNPD study evaluates impact of Covid-19 on different distribution channels
U.S. consulting group NPD has released its latest study on the impact of the pandemic on the outdoor retail market. NPD collects its point-of-sale data from more than 600,000 retail locations, including more than 1,450 specialty sporting goods stores, as well as e-commerce and mobile platforms, and maintains offices in ...
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ArticleInline skating compensates for Covid-19 impact on Tecnica results
The Tecnica Group reported a 9.8 percent drop in sales to €382 million for 2020 but said it still managed to further improve Ebitda by 10.7 percent to €55 million. The parent of brands such as Nordica, Blizzard, Tecnica, Lowa, Moon Boot and Rollerblade said its outdoor sales fell 10 ...
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News briefsProwinter 2021 goes digital
After a virtual-only edition in 2020 because of the coronavirus, Prowinter, the Italian B2B event for mountain resort operators, is going digital again this year for the same reason. Prowinter Digital 2021, organized by Fiera Bolzano/Messe Bozen, will be held on April 12. Registration for the virtual show is free ...
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News briefsSIA announces dates and pricing for U.S. consumer snowsports festivals this fall
Snowsports Industries America (SIA) has launched exhibitor pre-registration for its winter outdoor consumer shows, the Snowbound Festivals. Unlike previous consumer shows, the Snowbound Festivals are designed to be “premium, multi-sensory, immersive experiences featuring the latest products, legendary athletes, top resorts, film premieres, shopping, music, art, food, and the biggest winter ...
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ArticleBlack Diamond parent Clarus sees strong growth
Clarus Corp, the parent company of Black Diamond and Pieps, announced that revenues in the fourth quarter surged by 24 percent to $75.9 million, or by 23 percent in constant currencies. This was mostly due to the company’s ammunition division, particularly gains in the Sierra Bullets business and an additional ...
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News briefsPieps launches voluntary product recall
Austrian avalanche transceiver manufacturer Pieps, like Black Diamond part of U.S.-based Clarus Corp., has launched a “voluntary product correction” initiative to improve the product safety of its DSP series avalanche beacons. In connection with the program, the company says, “Pieps has conducted extensive evaluations of the safety and performance of ...
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News briefsOrtovox introduces waterproof PFC-free backpacks
Source: Ortovox Peak Dry (for high alpine activities) Ortovox is presenting the Dry series, a collection of weather-proof backpacks for high alpine touring, mountaineering and climbing that are also completely PFC-free, as part of its spring/summer 2021 releases. The outer material of the backpacks is a combination ...
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News briefsNew Country Manager for Haglöfs Germany
Due to increased customer demand, the Swedish outdoor brand Haglöfs recorded double-digit sales growth in Germany and Austria last year. To further drive the brand’s development in these strategic markets, Matthias Leurs was appointed country manager for Germany and Austria earlier this year. He was previously working at Brooks, The ...
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ArticleBoa helps drive strong Q4 at CODI
U.S. investment and holding company Compass Diversified (CODI) reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter net income, boosted by its acquisitions of Marucci and Boa Technology. The company said net income for the three months to Dec. 31 rose to $8.8 million from $5.4m a year earlier. Sales in the period increased to $475m, ...
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News briefsHaglöfs promotes head of sustainability to management team
Source: Haglöfs Elaine Gardiner Swedish outdoor brand Haglöfs has decided to add its head of sustainability, Elaine Gardiner, to the company’s management team, retroactive to Jan. 2021. Gardiner joined Haglöfs in early 2019 as its new head of sustainability to take the brand’s sustainability ambitions to the ...
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News briefsOsprey launches new generation of Talon and Tempest with AGAIN campaign
U.S. backpack specialist Osprey has released an open letter to the outdoor community and its retail partners to signal hope on the horizon after the tough year of 2020. With the message explore AGAIN™, the letter highlights the importance of the outdoors to physical and mental well-being. Together with Osprey ...
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Arva appoints Canadian distributor
Arva, the French family-owned manufacturer of backcountry gear, announced that starting winter 2021-22, Lanctôt, a Montréal, Québec-based family-owned distributor of sports equipment for more than 65 years, will handle distribution in Canada. For next-day shipping of all Arva products for retailers in the Rocky Mountains, Lanctôt operates a warehouse in ...
