All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 10, Issue 4-5
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Sharp sales rise at Peak Performance
Far-reaching changes implemented at Peak Performance in the last two years are apparently starting to pay off, with a sales increase of 21.9 percent to 267 million Danish kroner (€35.9m-$37.8m) for the quarter until the end of December. This amounts to a sales jump of 24.0 percent in constant currencies. ...
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Todd Spaletto, who left recently as president of The North...
Todd Spaletto, who left recently as president of The North Face after six years in the role, is joining Wolverine Worldwide to be the president of its Outdoor and Lifestyle Group, which comprises Merrell, Chaco, Cat Footwear, Hush Puppies and Sebago. Jim Zwiers, a 19-year veteran of the group who ...
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An international jury selected Scarpa's Ribelle Tech OD as “Product...
An international jury selected Scarpa's Ribelle Tech OD as “Product of the Year” in this year's Ispo Awards. Equipped with an Outdry membrane, it weighs only 580 grams and is meant for a variety of challenging outdoor pursuits including trekking, via ferrata and mountain ascents. Products by Katadyn, Ternua, Pyua, ...
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Mammut sets up an office in Hong Kong
Mammut Sports Group has opened an office with eight employees in Hong Kong to support its business in Asian countries and to develop more regional product and marketing strategies. The move was outlined at Ispo Munich by Oliver Pabst, who took over from Rolf Schmid as Mammut's chief executive in ...
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The number of outstanding shares in the Thule Group will...
The number of outstanding shares in the Thule Group will increase by 1,036,455 to 102,072,910 as a result of an exercise of warrants. All the newly subscribed shares have been sold, resulting in proceeds of about 109.6 million Swedish kronor (€11.6m-$12.2m). The warrants were held by eight senior executives of ...
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The Tecnica Group makes progress
The new and more process-oriented brand management structure put in place since last June at the Tecnica Group under the management of Antonio Dus is bearing fruits. The Italian company's operating profit (Ebitda) grew by about 15 percent last year, according to preliminary data, and sales reached a level of ...
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Go Outdoors is the new recommended outdoor retail partner for...
Go Outdoors is the new recommended outdoor retail partner for The Scout Association, the biggest mixed youth organization in the U.K. The association had previously partnered with Costwold Outdoor. To celebrate the new partnership, Go Outdoors has sponsored an activity badge, which will be part of the curriculum of the ...
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Icebreaker has a new European head of wholesale, Udo Heyder....
Icebreaker has a new European head of wholesale, Udo Heyder. He comes from VF Corp. , where he spent nine years as area manager of The North Face for Germany and Central Europe and then three years as international sales manager for Smartwool. Based at Icebreaker's European office in Munich, ...
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Eoca lists the projects for the next funding round
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) has announced the projects that have been shortlisted for its spring 2017 funding round. Twice a year the organization receives applications from conservation organizations with projects that they would like to be considered for funding, and Eoca draws up a shortlist of projects, which ...
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The North Face is putting an end to a relationship...
The North Face is putting an end to a relationship of more than three decades with CJ Agencies in the Netherlands to set up its own sales and marketing team in the country. Sport Partner reports that TNF is growing steadily in the Netherlands and the change is part of ...
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At its next edition, due to take place on June...
At its next edition, due to take place on June 18-21, the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen will add two new segments, a “running center” for trail running shoes in Hall B4 and an area for lifestyle-oriented brands of outdoor shoes, apparel and accessories in Hall A6. A “community area” will ...
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Public lands issue drives OR out of town
The states of Colorado, Montana and Oregon have all expressed interest in hosting the Outdoor Retailer show after the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) announced that it was looking for a new venue as soon as possible. The contract with Salt Lake City runs through the summer of 2018, but the ...
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Fjällräven drives Fenix Outdoor’s growth, Globetrotter improves
Globetrotter's sales slipped by about 4.3 percent to €178.3 million last year but the adjustment of its cost base led to improved returns and helped the entire Fenix Outdoor International group to more than double its net profit. Globetrotter, the leading outdoor retail chain in Germany, is one of the ...
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Treksta ramps up French distribution
Kevin Penard has been appointed as general agent for Treksta in France from the start of this year, as part of the moves being made by leading South Korean outdoor footwear brand to reinforce the distribution of its products in Europe. Treksta's distribution in France has been supervised since its ...
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Deckers performs less well than expected
Deckers Brands' net profit for the third quarter ended Dec. 31 sank by 73.9 percent from the same period a year earlier, down to $41 million, due to lower sales and extraordinary charges of $128.9 million related to a write-down of the Sanuk brand's goodwill and intangible assets, retail impairments ...
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Deuter launched a couple of new digital services for retailers...
Deuter launched a couple of new digital services for retailers last year. The company is offering them all the product descriptions for their online stores or websites. With a “Bazar Voice” program, Deuter collects all comments and evaluations made for its products online. Retailers are then able to add them ...
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VF Corp., the owner of Timberland, The North Face and...
VF Corp., the owner of Timberland, The North Face and other brands, has released its first-ever formal policy to minimize impact on forests. VF's Forest Derived Materials Policy, which was released on Feb. 27, sets guidelines for the group's purchasing preferences and its use of sustainable forest materials and products. ...
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A new, consumer-oriented Outdoor Expo is going to be staged...
A new, consumer-oriented Outdoor Expo is going to be staged in the Italian city of Modena from March 17 to 19. It will cover 15,000 square meters, taking place at the same time as the 15th edition of the Children's Tour, a fair for family vacations that is attended by ...
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Sport Press, the Italian publishing company, has launched a new...
Sport Press, the Italian publishing company, has launched a new trade magazine for wearable technologies in our sector, Sportech Magazine, accompanied by a dedicated website, a newsletter and a social network. It joins its other magazines: Point Break, Outdoor Magazine, Running Magazine, Bike4Trade and Sport4Trade.
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We aRe SpinDye, a two-year-old company from Stockholm, exhibited for...
We aRe SpinDye, a two-year-old company from Stockholm, exhibited for the first time at Ispo Munich last month, occupying a prime location left from the shrinking of a neighboring booth. The company claims to reach greater accuracy in rendering any of 1,095 colors on polyester through a unique pigment recipe ...
