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    66° North appoints Strategy and Business Development Director

    2024-03-23T02:28:00Z

    Source: 66° North Josefine Laigaard 66° North, the Iceland-based sustainable outerwear brand, has announced the appointment of Josefine Laigaard as Strategy and Business Development Director. She will work in the brand’s new satellite head office in Copenhagen and “will play an integral role” in the company’s expansion ...

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    Snow Peak’s lofty FY24 goals will be chased as private company

    2024-03-10T15:19:00Z

    Snow Peak, the upscale Japanese camping business, which went public a decade ago, will reportedly go private through a management-led buyout with Bain Capital as a partner in a deal valued at approximately ¥50 billion (€310m). The pending transaction was first reported several weeks ago by multiple outlets, including Mergermarket ...

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    Arc’teryx helps Amer Sports grow sales in first quarter as public company

    2024-03-06T04:35:00Z

    Thirty-four days after raising $1.365 billion in an NYSE IPO, Amer Sports conducted its first earnings call as a public company yesterday. While the Arc’teryx, Salomon and Peak Performance parent delivered Q4 revenues some $20 million above expectations, the quarterly loss was wider than expected. Amre’s shares finished the trading ...

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    An open letter from Mark Held on the future of outdoor trade shows

    2024-02-29T13:07:00Z

    The European Outdoor Group (EOG) asked Mark Held, its co-founder and former President, for his take on the situation regarding trade shows as a whole. In response, Mark wrote an open letter to the industry from his own perspective.

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    Amer files registration statement with SEC for projected IPO

    2024-01-04T15:35:00Z

    Finnish Amer Sports, Inc., which includes the Arc’teryx, Salomon, Wilson, Peak Performance and Atomic brands, among others, announced on Jan. 4, 2024, that it has filed a registration statement on Form F-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock. The ...

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    Thule’s SVP Corporate Communications is leaving the company

    2024-01-03T07:56:00Z

    Fredrik Erlandsson has informed the Swedish Thule Group that he will be leaving his position as Senior Vice President Corporate Communications and Investor Relations to take over responsibility for corporate communications and investor relations at the Swedish energy technology company NIBE Industrier and become part of the Group’s Executive Board. ...

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    Article

    Devold commits to SBTi

    2023-12-23T09:56:00Z

    The Norwegian brand Devold has recently committed to setting its climate targets in line with the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi). This important commitment is the result of an internal decision to halve the company’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and reduce them to zero by 2050. The SBTi supports ...

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    Management transition at Dale of Norway and Woolland

    2023-12-22T10:24:00Z

    After a record year for Dale of Norway, Anette Juel Knudtzon is leaving the company after 6 years as CEO of Woolland AS as well as 4 years as CEO of Dale. On Feb. 1, she will take over as CEO of IsaNor Invest. According to Norsk Sportsbransjeforening, Dale of ...

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    Deuter receives Fair Wear Leader status for eleventh consecutive year

    2023-12-14T12:30:00Z

    Since 2011, the German backpack pioneer and sleeping bag expert Deuter has been a member of the Fair Wear Foundation (FWF), an independent non-profit organization that works to ensure certain social standards and appropriate working conditions in the production of textiles, and has held the FWF “Leader” status continuously since ...

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    Ecco opens first store in NYC, new President Americas

    2023-12-14T07:40:00Z

    Ecco has opened its first store in New York. The 300 sqm shop is situated at 110 Grand Street in SoHo. It features the Danish company’s full range of footwear and accessories and some special-edition pieces that will be exclusive to the Manhattan flagship. On Dec. 1, Deniz Erda became ...

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    db’s new CEO comes from Jack Wolfskin

    2023-12-09T10:12:00Z

    Source: via LinkedIn Richard Collier db (also d_b_, and formerly Douchebags) announced on LinkedIn that Richard Collier will be the new CEO of the Oslo-based travel lifestyle brand from January 2024 after resigning from the same position at German outdoor specialist Jack Wolfskin earlier this fall. “I ...

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    ​Didriksons’ returns to Paris with AI-powered store experience

    2023-12-08T08:25:00Z

    Source: Didriksons Following its French debut in 2021, Swedish jacket brand Didriksons is delighted to announce its return to Paris for a third consecutive year. Against the backdrop of the vibrant Le Marais district, Didriksons will set up its pop-up store in the iconic Heureux les Curieux. ...

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    Peak Performance opens first store in Berlin

    2023-12-07T16:23:00Z

    Source: Alex Hackel/Peak Performance Peak Performance goes Berlin Swedish outdoor brand Peak Performance is opening a new concept store in Berlin on Dec. 8, 2023. Located at Neue Schönhauser Straße 11 in Berlin Mitte (downtown), the 160-sqm store targets Berlin’s growing outdoor community and offers a curated ...

  • ISPO Munich 2023
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    ISPO Munich 2023: Back with lots of Zeitgeist (and more)

    2023-12-01T13:51:00Z

    Our editors sum up the biggest themes, most important numbers, trends and pinch points on show at ISPO Munich 2023.

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    New Blue Tomato retail store is the first in the country

    2023-12-01T13:33:00Z

    Austrian board sports and lifestyle specialist Blue Tomato has opened its first store in Belgium. The 240 sqm shop is located in the center of Antwerp, on the historic Wiegstraat. Source: Blue Tomato The new Blue Tomato store in Belgium Of the decision to open a ...

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    Peak Performance recruits Head of Retail from Adidas

    2023-11-27T15:47:00Z

    Habit.se reports that Oskar Hammar is the new Head of Retail at the Swedish brand Peak Performance, which belongs to Amer Sports. Hammar has many years of experience in the fashion industry and most recently worked as Global Retail Manager at Adidas. Before that, he spent almost three years at ...

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    Article

    Deuter parent Schwan-Stabilo confirms last year’s solid performance

    2023-11-25T15:06:00Z

    Source: Schwan-Stabilo Sebastian Schwanhäußer, Group CEO Volatile markets, war, inflation and cautious consumers once again posed considerable challenges for the Schwan-Stabilo Group with its three business areas of cosmetics, writing instruments and outdoor. Nevertheless, the previous year’s positive trend continued – partly due to this varied business ...

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    Jack Wolfskin relies on ExpeDRY hydrophobic down insulation by Allied

    2023-11-25T14:38:00Z

    Source: Jack Wolfskin Jack Wolfskin Expedition Down Jacket German outdoor brand Jack Wolfskin has announced that in its fall/winter 2024 hydrophobic down apparel line, it will replace current, chemical-intensive hydrophobic down with ExpeDRY down insulation by California-based Allied Feather + Down. ExpeDRY is well on its way ...

  • Isbjorn of Sweden has appointed Viking Europe as sales agent for Germany and Austria
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    Isbjörn appoints Viking Europe as sales agent for Germany, Austria

    2023-11-24T12:47:00Z

    Source: Isbjörn Dennie Wagner, Country Manager Germany Austria, Viking Europe Children’s outdoor clothing brand Isbjörn of Sweden has appointed Dennie Wagner and his team at Larix/Viking Europe to strengthen its sales and the brand’s reputation with German and Austrian outdoor and lifestyle retailers in Germany and Austria. ...

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    Woolrich appoints Creative Director for new Black Label

    2023-11-23T10:00:00Z

    US designer Todd Snyder, founder of the eponymous New York-based label, has been named creative director for Woolrich’s new Black Label premium collection. Andrea Cané will hold the new role of creative advisor. The initial Woolrich Black Label by Todd Snyder collection will preview at Snyder’s runway show on Jan. ...