All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 10, Issue 12
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Lundhags thrives under Swix’ ownership
Lundhags, the Swedish outdoor brand purchased by the Swix Sport group five years ago, has more than doubled its sales in the interval, boding well for the Norwegian group's acquisition of Helsport. The turnover reported by Lundhags increased by 16.5 percent to about 233 million Swedish kroner (€23.9m-$26.6m) last year. ...
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Schoeller Textil is teaming up with Lubrizol on a warp-knitted...
Schoeller Textil is teaming up with Lubrizol on a warp-knitted material made with a new elastomeric fiber from Lubrizol. The innovative material will be presented at the OutDoor exhibition in Friedrichshafen on June 18-21. According to Schoeller, the fabrics using Labrizol's X4zol-J elastomeric fiber are suited for outdoor activities such ...
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Vibram is introducing a new Vibram Litebase technology which, it...
Vibram is introducing a new Vibram Litebase technology which, it says, reduces by up to 30 percent the weight of the outsole without affecting the properties of Vibram's normal soles. The new technology will be tested on a shoe with Vibram's Megagrip compound by the members of the Trailrunning Team ...
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Hoka One One has signed up a triathlete, Kirsten Kasper,...
Hoka One One has signed up a triathlete, Kirsten Kasper, and an ultrarunner, Tim Frederiks, for endorsement contracts. Meanwhile, Deckers Brands continues to develop the presence of Hoka One One in the road running segment. The brand, which started off in trail running, will be the official sponsor of the ...
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Singing Rock gets increased investments
Singing Rock is anticipating a sales rise of about 10 percent this year, as a change in ownership two years ago is leading to multi-faceted investments in staff and marketing. The Czech specialist in climbing equipment already raised its turnover by about 4 percent to nearly €8.6 million in 2016. ...
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La Sportiva is opening its fourth mono-brand store and the...
La Sportiva is opening its fourth mono-brand store and the first one outside the domestic Italian market. Calling it a “cult location,” it has chosen the Pyrenean village of Rodellar in the Spanish province of Huesca for its new store. The town has become a famous shopping destination for climbers. ...
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Swix expands in outdoor with Helsport
Swix Sport is continuing to build up its multi-brand Scandinavian outdoor group. It is complementing the offering of its Lundhags and Ulvang brands with the acquisition of all the shares in Helsport, a leading Norwegian supplier of outdoor tents, sleeping bags and backpacks, from Stein Hellikesen at an undisclosed price. ...
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The European Outdoor Group will present the results of a...
The European Outdoor Group will present the results of a comprehensive study of the role of its OutDoor show to the association's members tomorrow, asking them to make a decision on the next stage to be taken on this important project. The EOG declined to say anything about the results ...
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With online registration for the European Outdoor Summit in Treviso...
With online registration for the European Outdoor Summit in Treviso now open, the European Outdoor Group has announced the first keynote speakers at the conference, due to be held in the Italian city of Treviso on Oct. 4-5 and revolving around the theme of “It all starts with the consumer.” ...
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Ferrino has presented the new edition of Greatest Italian Treks,...
Ferrino has presented the new edition of Greatest Italian Treks, a project for sustainable tourism, which is meant to take outdoor enthusiasts to beautiful and often unknown trekking sites across Italy. After Sardinia in 2016 and Piedmont in 2017, in 2018 the initiative will take place in the Aeolian Islands, ...
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Cutbacks and investments pay off at Helly Hansen
Helly Hansen is anticipating increased gains in sales and profits this year, after it restructured its product offering and cleaned up its distribution to target more specialist retailers. Orders for the Norwegian sailing and winter sports brand's autumn/winter range are up at a double-digit rate, led by stronger demand in ...
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Tecnica launches its customization technology
We discussed Salomon's new footwear customization system, called Me:sh, in our last issue. Tecnica is now launching its own customization technology for trekking shoes, called Forge. As Tecnica's officials point out, their process is carried out more rapidly and even closer to the final customer – in the retailer's own ...
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Tecnica Group gears up for a capital increase
The Zanatta family, which controls the Tecnica Group, has signed a letter of intent to allow Italmobiliare to acquire a minority stake of around 40 percent in Italy's leading supplier of outdoor shoes and ski equipment for a total investment of about €60 million. The investment, which will be primarily ...
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Dalema group buys Wenaas Nordic
Wenaas Nordic, a large-scale distribution company specializing in sports and outdoor brands, has been acquired by the Dalema group, another Norwegian company that already owns a wide variety of industrial and trading operations in various sectors including the sports market, where it wants to expand further through this takeover. Wenaas ...
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Thomas Brock, former country manager for the Mammut Sports Group...
Thomas Brock, former country manager for the Mammut Sports Group in Switzerland, started at the beginning of June as country manager for Germany and Austria at Genfoot Marketing Europe. Genfoot is the Canadian footwear company that owns the Kamik brand, and Genfoot Marketing Europe sells Kamik and Aku in Germany ...
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Black Diamond has filed a so-called shelf registration statement with...
Black Diamond has filed a so-called shelf registration statement with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission, announcing its intention to offer shares, warrants or other types of securities worth up to $200,000 in connection with the acquisition of new assets. That would include the sale of up to 7.5 ...
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Bernat Clarella, the former Spanish country manager for Millet and...
Bernat Clarella, the former Spanish country manager for Millet and the new country manager for Edelrid and Red Chili in Spain and Andorra (see our previous issue), will have a second job as sales coordinator of Garmont in the same territory and in Portugal. He will work in conjunction with ...
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Canada Goose told investors at the recent Baird Global Consumer,...
Canada Goose told investors at the recent Baird Global Consumer, Technology Services Conference that it is planning to have no more than 20 physical stores in place by 2020 because its business is still largely seasonal, but as previously reported, it is investing heavily in e-commerce, particularly now ...
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Icebug and Silva are inviting attendees at the OutDoor show...
Icebug and Silva are inviting attendees at the OutDoor show to a charity run during the first evening of the fair, with the proceeds going to fund a German organization called Outdoor Against Cancer. The starting point will be the new Running Center in Hall B4 at 6 PM on ...
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Columbia Sportswear has appointed Jim Swanson as its senior vice...
Columbia Sportswear has appointed Jim Swanson as its senior vice president and chief financial officer from the start of July. He takes over from Tom Cusick, who will become executive vice president and chief operating officer. Swanson has been the outdoor group's vice president of finance for the past two ...
