All Snowsports articles – Page 120
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ArticleThule sets new sustainability targets
Thule Group achieved better-than-expected results in 2020 by riding the strong global bike trend that started in June. Sales rose by 11.2 percent from the previous year to 7,828 million Swedish kronor (€777.1m-$942.7m) or 13.1 percent in constant currencies. In its annual report, the Swedish company attributed these results to ...
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News briefsMont.Black launches instantly adjustable pole
Mont.Black, a British alpine equipment start-up based in Leeds, has unveiled the ATP-01, an alpine ski and trekking pole that can be instantly adjusted at the press of a handle-mounted button. This enables the user to change the length quickly and easily without stopping to fiddle with clasps. The pole ...
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News briefsGiovanni Zoppas appointed new CEO of Tecnica Group
Giovanni Zoppas is returning to Tecnica Group as CEO and general manager, starting in May. Zoppas knows the group well as he is a member of its board of directors and worked as GM of its Nordica brand between 2003 and 2006, taking care of its reorganization after the group ...
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ArticleFila lifts Anta’s results while Amer posts losses
Anta Sports Products has released generally good results for the full year, despite the impact of the pandemic. Fueled by the continued progress of Fila’s joint venture for the Chinese market, the group’s total revenues rose by 4.7 percent to 35,512 million yuan renminbi (€4.59bn-$5.43bn), bouncing back from a difficult ...
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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 ...
