All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 10, Issue 10-11
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Upgrade lifts sales at Peak Performance
Peak Performance is apparently reaping the benefits of the strategic measures taken over the last two years to upgrade the ski, outdoor and golf apparel brand, with a sales increase of 13.3 percent to 299 million Danish kroner (€40.2m-$44.8m) for the quarter until the end of March, but more discounts ...
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Schöffel and Lowa will open a new joint store in...
Schöffel and Lowa will open a new joint store in Passau, Germany, this August. The store will be managed by a franchisee. Schöffel and Lowa together run 31 dual-brand stores, of which 26 are located in Germany, four in Austria and one in Italy.
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Petzl reinforces its international reach
Petzl raised its sales by more than 7 percent to €154 million last year, as it continued to expand its international reach. About 82 percent of the turnover was generated outside France, up by two percentage points compared with the previous year. The French group's international sales have been led ...
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Norrøna is launching Unstad, a range of wetsuits intended for...
Norrøna is launching Unstad, a range of wetsuits intended for arctic surfing, which will become available after the summer. The Norwegian outdoor and winter sports apparel and footwear company acknowledges that the potential of the latest range is quite small in terms of sales, but it consistently targets the more ...
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Globetrotter is stabilizing
Globetrotter's sales slightly increased in the first three months of this year. Due to improved sales in January, the German outdoor retailer's turnover moved up by 1.1 percent to €36.2 million, compared with a sales dip of 5.3 percent for the same quarter last year. The rise was barely aided ...
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Salomon invests in footwear technology and road running
Salomon is launching a new, partially automated production technology, called ME:sh, that enables it to make customized running shoes, as the French outdoor and winter sports brand strives to expand from the outdoor and trail running footwear markets to become established in the road running category as well. A play ...
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Vaude and Sympatex Technologies are launching a range of footwear...
Vaude and Sympatex Technologies are launching a range of footwear made for the first time with a Sympatex membrane that is fully recycled, free of poly-fluorinated chemicals (PFCs) and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). Consisting of hiking, trekking and cycling shoes, the range will also have lining with entirely recycled Sympatex material. Furthermore, ...
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Hydro Flask is going to present a new line of...
Hydro Flask is going to present a new line of soft coolers with special performances at the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen later this month
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Leki, the German pole specialist, has started using its expertise...
Leki, the German pole specialist, has started using its expertise in tubular structures for a line of ultralight camping tables and chairs
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Smartwool has a new European sales team
Smartwool, a brand of VF Corp., has announced a new European sales team, which will report to Genevieve Peterson, Smartwool's brand sales director for the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region. Dariusz Boniecki has joined the team as senior sales manager, while Manuela Chizzini is the new ...
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The European Outdoor Group has opened registrations for the next...
The European Outdoor Group has opened registrations for the next European Outdoor Summit (EOS), which will be held in Treviso, Italy on Oct. 4 and 5. The early bird rate of €500 per delegate will be kept until July 31. It will also cover participation in a Networking Evening on ...
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Entre-Prises has extended its partnership with the International Federation of...
Entre-Prises has extended its partnership with the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC), making the French company the official climbing wall supplier through the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo
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McTrek projects double-digit sales growth
McTrek Outdoor Sports is projecting sales of about €58.25 million this year, which would be an increase of 12 percent compared with €51.9 million in 2016. This turnover amounted to a rise of 10.4 percent last year, with two extra stores in the areas of Landshut and Augsburg, which expanded ...
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Panorama Sports Diffusion has taken on the distribution of Hydro...
Panorama Sports Diffusion has taken on the distribution of Hydro Flask in Italy. Panorama has been involved in the Italian outdoor market as an agent or as a distributor for 30 years. Its first major brands were Meindl and Vaude, and they still are. Other brands in its portfolio are ...
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Osprey has named Scott Maslen to head up its design,...
Osprey has named Scott Maslen to head up its design, development and manufacturing operations in Vietnam, replacing Chris Graham who is moving to the U.K. to become senior vice president for products. Maslan previously held similar roles for Timberland and Columbia Sportswear.
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A mega outdoor show is shaping up in Denver
Emerald Expositions, which owns Outdoor Retailer, Interbike and many other trade shows, has completed the acquisition of the SIA Snow Show from the Snow Sports Industries Association (SIA) of the U.S., reportedly for $16.7 million, following approval by the SIA's board of directors. The takeover paves the way for a ...
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Deckers’ sales top its own guidance
Deckers Brands posted revenues for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year ended March 31, 2017 that exceeded its own guidance, boosted by the strong performance of Hoka One One and by higher direct-to-consumer (DTC) sales. They dipped by 2.4 percent to $369.5 million, instead of an expected 5.0 to ...
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Oberalp has decided to show only the products of Wild...
Oberalp has decided to show only the products of Wild Country, its brand of climbing gear, at the next session of the OutDoor show, taking place in Friedrichshafen from June 18 to 21. Claiming an insufficient return on investment at previous editions, the Italian company, which also owns Salewa, Dynafit ...
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On the first two days of the OutDoor show in...
On the first two days of the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen, Gregory will organize a number of clinics for its backpacks for dealers and journalists, but they will have to pre-register at gregory@k-g-k.com.
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The latest edition of Performance Days went well, with rising...
The latest edition of Performance Days went well, with rising numbers for both exhibitors and visitors. A total of 1,520 visitors from 49 countries attended the two-day fabrics show in Munich last month, up from 1,340 visitors from 44 countries in April 2016. The number of exhibitors increased to 177 ...
