All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 10, Issue 13-14
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Opinel launches successfully in the U.S.
Opinel continues its slow but clever expansion into the modern era by successfully making inroads into the U.S. The French company, the makers of an iconic “peasant” folding knife since 1890, reported that its one-year-old U.S. venture has already become profitable, following successful tie-ups with L.L. Bean and a young, ...
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A positive and slightly more international OutDoor show
The earlier dates of the European OutDoor show, which took place in Friedrichshafen on June 18-21, did not cause the big decline in attendance that some suppliers had feared. At 21,412, the total number of daily visits to the show was only slightly lower than at the July 2016 edition, ...
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Helly Hansen reorganizes in the U.S. market
Helly Hansen has appointed Waypoint Outdoor as its master sales representative across the U.S. market, for both its sportswear and workwear wholesale activities. The Norwegian sailing and outdoor brand says the new business model is to accelerate its U.S. business after a clean-up in the last two years, with a ...
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Jack Wolfskin lauded for fully recycled jacket
Jack Wolfskin claims to have come up with the first waterproof outdoor jackets using fully recycled materials. The range, which will be launched at retail in the spring of 2018, combines a shell fabric and the Texapore Ecosphere membrane, which are both made from recycled polyester. The trimmings, zippers and ...
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News briefs
Maier Sports reported at the OutDoor show held in Friedrichshafen...
Maier Sports reported at the OutDoor show held in Friedrichshafen last week that its summer 2018 collection of pants will be totally PFC-free. It comprises 25 different sizes for women and 36 different sizes for men, available in 21 different styles and 12 different colors. About 60 percent of the ...
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Some growth in Europe for outdoor, except for footwear
Preliminary figures collected by the European Outdoor Group among more than 100 brands for its annual State of the Trade research project indicate that the European outdoor market grew last year at the wholesale level by 3.4 percent in volume and by 3 percent in value to €5.47 billion. That ...
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Mark Held is going to leave the EOG
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) formally announced at the OutDoor show that Mark Held has decided to step down as its secretary general as soon as his successor is found. We understand that he would like to leave in one or two years – possibly by the middle of next ...
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News briefs
Sport Partner reports that Not Just Some Wear, a Dutch...
Sport Partner reports that Not Just Some Wear, a Dutch distribution company, has added three brands to its portfolio of sports and outdoor products: The winter sports assortment of Scott Sports, Dolomite's outdoor footwear, and functional ski and mountain sports apparel by Powderhorn. Not Just Some Wear, which already sells ...
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GSI Outdoors has parted ways with its German distributor, Ventus...
GSI Outdoors has parted ways with its German distributor, Ventus Sports. The U.S. company, which started in 1985 with a truckload of enamelware from Mexico, has grown to be a producer of high-quality camping cookware. The distribution in Germany will be directly handled by the company's European sales consultant, Andreas ...
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Leatherman started to sell its products directly in Italy in...
Leatherman started to sell its products directly in Italy in January, setting up its own sales office with four employees in Montichiari. Before it worked in the market with Cantale, an Italian distributor. Leatherman also sells its products directly in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It achieved global sales of more ...
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Keen Footwear demonstrated its new robotic technology for the manufacture...
Keen Footwear demonstrated its new robotic technology for the manufacture of its Uneek shoe at the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen. The labor- and time-saving technology will be soon applied to a new shape. Meanwhile, the company is working on a customization project that may see the light in about three ...
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Deuter introduced a new corporate design at the OutDoor show...
Deuter introduced a new corporate design at the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen, where the company also presented a new look for its booth. The German brand has kept the shape of its former logo, but has changed the colors and added new prints and slogans. Deuter's Futura series of ...
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Conzzeta, the owner of Mammut Sports Group, said its performance...
Conzzeta, the owner of Mammut Sports Group, said its performance for 2017 should be stronger than anticipated in March, projecting a sales increase of 15 to 20 percent and a jump of 40 percent in operating result for the first half of the year. The group says that the robust ...
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Will the OutDoor show stay on Lake Constance?
Messe Friedrichshafen invested €5.5 million in a new, badly needed air cooling system that pleased exhibitors and visitors at the OutDoor show. It also made some creative additions to its format, which were praised by the European Outdoor Group (EOG). It's not sure, however, whether the leading European outdoor show ...
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Short stops
Italy's Climbing Technology is launching Click Up+, a new and...
Italy's Climbing Technology is launching Click Up+, a new and more ergonomic system protected by a new patent
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China’s outdoor market could resume double-digit growth
More urban outdoor products, light-weight gear and the rise of outdoor tourism were some of the trends in evidence at the Asia Outdoor fair held in Nanjing last week, which saw a nearly stable number of visitors and growing interest in its side program. While the fair continues to focus ...
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Naturkompaniet, the Swedish outdoor retail chain owned by Fenix Outdoor...
Naturkompaniet, the Swedish outdoor retail chain owned by Fenix Outdoor International, has launched a campaign aimed at getting customers to help keep the outdoors clean. The campaign, which is running under the title “Please, leave nothing but footprints,” wants people to take their waste with them when they are in ...
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Kamik markets Canadian-made shoes
Kamik has started to adjust its marketing material to put more emphasis on its Canadian identity and production. The adjustment, which is part of an effort to widen the brand's appeal in Europe, will become more apparent next year. The move comes after the appointment of Cristiana Bija in the ...
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Canada Goose has opened its fifth factory, the first one...
Canada Goose has opened its fifth factory, the first one in Quebec, as part of its commitment to Canadian manufacturing. The 95,000-square-foot facility, which is located in Boisbriand, has already created more than 125 jobs and is expected to create 325 more by the end of 2018. The company has ...
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German buying groups want more joint buying
In an effort to become a more vertically integrated system supplier, Sport 2000 Germany is striving to determine a standard range of products that would represent up to 70 percent of the offer in the affiliated stores and that would be centrally ordered at better conditions. More in detail, 25 ...
