All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 10, Issue 17&18 – Page 2
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Canada Goose's employees surprisingly found in their mailboxes a letter...
Canada Goose's employees surprisingly found in their mailboxes a letter from Pamela Anderson, the star of Baywatch, on Sept. 5. Anderson, who is an animal rights activist and a supporter of Peta (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), reportedly urged the employees of the outdoor apparel company to use ...
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Organic sales slump for Vista's outdoor brands
Organic sales of the Vista Outdoor group's outdoor products were down by 6.5 percent for the first quarter to July 2, but the turnover of the outdoor division was up by 0.9 percent to $290 million due to the acquisition of Camp Chef. The supplier of cooking utensils added $21 ...
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Blue Ice launches its U.S. business
Blue Ice, a French-based company specializing in mountaineering equipment, has opened an office in Salt Lake City with backing from several former Black Diamond employees who are developing Blue Ice's hard goods range.The office is headed by Bill Belcourt, head of research and development at Black Diamond until November 2015 ...
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Clarus, the holding company previously registered as Black Diamond, has...
Clarus, the holding company previously registered as Black Diamond, has finally made an acquisition, paying $79 million for a highly profitable U.S. firm, Sierra Bullets, whose proprietary manufacturing process is said to give it the tightest tolerances in the ammunition market. The purchase price is equal to 6.3 times the ...
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Bergans is strengthening its international sales force. The new international...
Bergans is strengthening its international sales force. The new international focus includes the appointment of John-Olav Evans as international strategic account manager. In this new position, he will be responsible for serving and developing relations with Bergans' distributors and key strategic clients in the international market. Another new recruit is ...
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McTrek Outdoor Sports has become the main sponsor for the...
McTrek Outdoor Sports has become the main sponsor for the Spessart 50 and Bergische 50 adventure hikes. The value-driven German outdoor retailer has signed onto the two events as part of its contribution to the It's Great Out There initiative, a coalition set up by the European Outdoor Group (EOG) ...
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Wolverine beats forecasts, raises outlook
Wolverine Worldwide has reported net income of $20.7 million for the 13 weeks to July 1 as compared to $24.0 million in the 12 weeks ended on June 16 last year. The extra week, added through a change in the financial calendar, helped the group to improve total revenues by ...
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Eddie Bauer, the U.S. leisure and outdoor brand is reportedly...
Eddie Bauer, the U.S. leisure and outdoor brand is reportedly opening a shop-in-shop at Globetrotter in Cologne, marking its return to stationary retailing in Germany. The brand has been absent from this retail channel since the acquisition of Eddie Bauer Deutschland by Eddie Bauer America in 2014. Although Eddie Bauer ...
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Sales of the Gregory brand of backpacks were up by...
Sales of the Gregory brand of backpacks were up by 21.6 percent to $26.5 million for the first half of this year, amounting to an increase of 21.9 percent in constant currencies, with double-digit sales growth in Europe and Asia. The rise was reported by Samsonite, the owner of Gregory ...
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Heiner Oberrauch, president of the Oberalp Group, has been awarded...
Heiner Oberrauch, president of the Oberalp Group, has been awarded one of the highest honors by the Austrian government. Wolfgang Spadinger, consul general of Austria in Bolzano, pinned the Great Order of Merit to Oberrauch's jacket at the end of August in a ceremony held in the city, where the ...
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Fenix Outdoor heads into promising autumn
Fenix Outdoor International raised its sales across retail and brand operations in the second quarter, and it anticipates a growing turnover in the third quarter after promising autumn sales of its brands.The formally Swiss but Swedish-based group reported a sales rise of 5.2 percent to €117.7 million for the second ...
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Atomic and Salomon quit Ispo
Atomic and Salomon, two brands that jointly claim a share of 35 percent in the difficult alpine ski equipment market, have decided not to exhibit at the next Ispo Munich show, scheduled for Jan. 28-31. Armada, a ski brand recently acquired by the same group, will not show there either, ...
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The Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) in the U.K. has decided...
The Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) in the U.K. has decided to cancel the Outdoors Future Camp that was due to be held in Sheffield in partnership with Ispo Academy on Sept. 5-6, due to an insufficient number of bookings. Andrew Denton, chief executive of the OIA, said that the organizers ...
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Archroma, a global company specializing in color and specialty chemicals,...
Archroma, a global company specializing in color and specialty chemicals, has announced the acquisition of an additional 26 percent stake in M. Dohmen, an international group specializing in the production of textile dyes and chemicals. The two companies will now operate as partners in serving the textile market, making the ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Stewart Whitney as vice president and...
Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Stewart Whitney as vice president and managing director of its Asia-Pacific division. He comes from Timberland, where he led its Asia-Pacific business for six years before becoming president of the brand in 2014. He left Timberland in July of last year, when he was replaced by ...
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Schöffel has appointed Karoline Rettig as head of marketing. The...
Schöffel has appointed Karoline Rettig as head of marketing. The 46-year-old replaces Wolfgang Helmberger. Rettig has been with Amer Sports since 2006. At Amer, she was initially in charge of marketing for the cycling division in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Afterwards she was promoted to GTM (Go to Market) trade ...
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Anouk Kooijmans takes Nomad’s leadership
Anouk Kooijmans has become chief executive of The Nomad Company, the Dutch outdoor company founded by her late father, which has been stabilized and upgraded in the last two years under the leadership of Peter Korver, a high-profile manager in the European sports and outdoor industry.Anouk Kooijmans is the daughter ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has announced that it is partnering with the...
Wolverine Worldwide has announced that it is partnering with the American Red Cross, the Two Ten Footwear Foundation and the United Way to help victims of Harvey, the hurricane that made landfall in the U.S. at the end of August. The firm said it will contribute more than $2.6 million ...
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American Outdoor Brands has weak sales
The parent company of Smith & Wesson reported a net loss of $2.16 million for the first quarter ended July 31 against a net profit of $35.2 million in the year-ago period as it continued to suffer from a downturn in the U.S. market for firearms. Heavy promotions and lower ...
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Oberalp is restructuring Salewa's sales and marketing teams after promoting...
Oberalp is restructuring Salewa's sales and marketing teams after promoting one staff member and attracting an external hire. Mark Landenberger is now responsible for Salewa's sales and marketing for the entire Austrian, German and Swiss region. Martin Stolzenberger has also joined as a key account manager. Landenberger has been in ...
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