All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 10, Issue 20-21
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Schwan-Stabilo‘s outdoor unit outperforms
The outdoor division of Schwan-Stabilo posted an overall increase of 4.5 percent to €164.2 million in the past financial year, ended in June. Noting that the German outdoor market grew by an estimated 3 percent, the management said that all its outdoor brands – Deuter, Ortovox, Maier Sport and Gonso ...
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“For a Plastic-Free Sea” is the project in the Nature...
“For a Plastic-Free Sea” is the project in the Nature category that has won the right to obtain a grant of up to €30,000 from the European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) through a public vote. Presented by Ternua and Surfers Against Sewage (SAS), it is intended to fund a program ...
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Kant, one of the most respected sports retailers in Russia,...
Kant, one of the most respected sports retailers in Russia, will soon have its own branded shop-in-shops in one or more Decathlon stores in Moscow and elsewhere in the country, measuring between 600 and 1,000 square meters. This is a first for both retailers. Kant is one of the major ...
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Lowa has received a prize for its reliability and the...
Lowa has received a prize for its reliability and the saleable quality of its shoes from a German footwear trade magazine, Schuhkurier, following a survey of its readers
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Patagonia is reportedly working to raise the proportion of its...
Patagonia is reportedly working to raise the proportion of its range that has Fair Trade certification from 38% to 50% within a year
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TNF and Timberland grow outside the U.S.
VF Corporation, reported a 3 percent decline in the global sales of The North Face during the third quarter ended Sept. 30. The management attributed this mainly to a shift in the timing of orders, indicating that the brand's total sales were actually up by 3 percent on a ...
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IC Group weighs potential sale of Peak Performance
IC Group, the Danish owner of Peak Performance, is evaluating a potential sale of part or all of the Swedish sports apparel brand, after structural improvements in its business and results in the last years. IC Group says it has engaged Rothschild, the investment bank, as it started a strategic ...
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GoPro returns to profitability
Following many quarters of financial losses, GoPro experienced a reversal of fortune, posting a net income of $15 million for the third quarter - a sharp improvement from the net loss of $104 million of the year-ago period – as revenues soared by 37 percent to $330 million. The company ...
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Garmin raises outlook following strong outdoor sales
Garmin recorded better-than expected results for the third quarter, driven by its outdoor segment, prompting the company to raise its full-year guidance. Sales rose by 2.9 percent from the year-ago quarter to $743.1 million, above Wall Street's average estimate of $721.2 million. The company said it experienced particularly strong demand ...
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Hydro Flask loses steam
Hydro Flask continues to make progress in overseas markets, particularly in Northern Europe, while building up its distribution in the Asia-Pacific region. However, its parent company, Helen of Troy, reported a strong deceleration in the growth of the American beverage bottle brand in its domestic U.S. market during the second ...
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For the first time, the Pentland Group has won the...
For the first time, the Pentland Group has won the Best UK Family Business of Excellence award from Ernst Young as part of its 2017 Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. Founded in 1932, Pentland is a third-generation family-owned company that employs 28,000 people across 20 countries. It has ...
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Odlo has kept its leader status at the Fair Wear...
Odlo has kept its leader status at the Fair Wear Foundation for the third year in a row
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Lolë is testing its first European pop-up store in the...
Lolë is testing its first European pop-up store in the Labege shopping center of Toulouse and in a couple of other medium-sized French cities, Reims and Pau
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Faradei, a Russian supplier of sports equipment and footwear, has...
Faradei, a Russian supplier of sports equipment and footwear, has expanded its product range by adding an Arctic line, consisting of footwear that can withstand extremely cold temperatures, down to -60 degrees centigrade. For Faradei, which generates about 60 percent of its revenues from contracts with the Russian Army, the ...
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A stimulating EOS in Treviso
Organized by the European Outdoor Group (EOG) in collaboration with Assosport and the Italian Outdoor Group (IOG), the European Outdoor Summit (EOS) attracted 270 delegates in Treviso on Oct. 4 and 5. The EOS will take place next year in the Swedish city of Malmö, which is easily reachable from ...
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The European Network for Outdoor Sports (ENOS) held a very...
The European Network for Outdoor Sports (ENOS) held a very active 4th edition of its Nature and Sports Euro'Meet convention in the Catalonyan mountain resort of La Seu d'Urgell . A range of European experts and stakeholders from national, regional and local authorities, European and National federations, universities, practitioners and ...
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Moncler has enlarged its flagship store in Milan, which now...
Moncler has enlarged its flagship store in Milan, which now covers 800 square meters on two floors, one for women's wear and the other for men's wear, making it the brand's largest mono-brand store in the world. It had been first opened in 2013 at a prestigious location: 1, via ...
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Sport Partner reports that Regatta is opening its first Dutch...
Sport Partner reports that Regatta is opening its first Dutch branded store in Amersfoort, in the center of the Netherlands, to sell the Regatta and Dare2Be brands
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Wolverine quantifies its gains from divestitures
Like other companies involved in the outdoor sector, Wolverine Worldwide is trying to maximize margins instead of sales to cope with what it calls “the new normal” of slow growth in the outdoor sector. Announcing the completion of the portfolio management initiatives it had planned for the current financial year, ...
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Naturzone Outdoor Equipment has taken over the distribution in Switzerland...
Naturzone Outdoor Equipment has taken over the distribution in Switzerland for Klean Kanteen from Katadyn, starting on Nov. 1. Naturzone also distributes brands such as Aku, Light My Fire, Lundhags, Opinel, Sealskinz and Stanley.
