All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 10, Issue 4-5 – Page 4

  • News briefs

    The Scandinavian Outdoor Group named Devold, which also got an...

    2017-03-02T00:00:00Z

    The Scandinavian Outdoor Group named Devold, which also got an Ispo Gold Award, as the overall winner of the SOG Awards for the autumn/winter 2017/18 season at Ispo. Picture Organic, which uses mostly recycled materials in its technical garments, mostly used in skiwear, came out as the winner of ...

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    The OutDoor fair in Friedrichshafen invites all manufacturers, designers, developers,...

    2017-03-02T00:00:00Z

    The OutDoor fair in Friedrichshafen invites all manufacturers, designers, developers, importers, start-ups, sales organizations and dealers to enter new products by May 8 for participation in its annual OutDoor Industry Awards

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    A former showroom manager for Lululemon Athletica, Alena Diduch has...

    2017-03-02T00:00:00Z

    A former showroom manager for Lululemon Athletica, Alena Diduch has been appointed as brand manager for Prana in Germany at Flashline C&Y. This German-based company distributes Prana, the Californian yoga and outdoor brand acquired by Columbia Sportswear in 2014, in Germany and Austria. Diduch is taking over from Wolfgang Rösch, ...

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    Andrew Rees, who became president of Crocs two years ago,...

    2017-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Andrew Rees, who became president of Crocs two years ago, will replace Gregg Ribatt as chief executive on June 1. Among other management changes, Ann Chan, senior vice president and general manager for Europe, will move to the U.S. as SVP and GM for the Americas. The current SVP for ...

  • Article

    Haglöfs prepares to expand after cuts

    2017-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Haglöfs took a hit in sales but roughly trebled its operating profit last year, as the Swedish outdoor brand owned by Asics cut out unprofitable distribution and adjusted its branding to start expanding again this year. That is the company's situation as described by Peter Fabrin, the company's chief executive, ...

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    After working in executive positions at Ortlieb for the past...

    2017-03-02T00:00:00Z

    After working in executive positions at Ortlieb for the past 25 years, Wolfgang Paulus will leave the German company, which specializes in the supply of bicycle panniers and backpacks, at the end of June. The 60-year-old manager worked as sales and marketing director before he shared the management of Ortlieb ...

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    Decathlon has several other new markets on the radar, after...

    2017-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Decathlon has several other new markets on the radar, after an anniversary year in which it entered five of them and opened many new stores, helping to lift its total sales above €10 billion in connection with its 40th birthday. This year, it's going to be the turn of Austria ...

  • Article

    Strategic decisions affect TNF’s sales

    2017-03-02T00:00:00Z

    The North Face ended the year with a relatively weak quarter, partly due to a strategic decision to ship fewer products to off-price channels in the Americas. The outdoor brand's sales were down by 7 percent for the three months, as its turnover tumbled at a low double-digit rate in ...

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    Dachstein, the Austrian brand of outdoor footwear, has added new...

    2017-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Dachstein, the Austrian brand of outdoor footwear, has added new colors and a low-cut version of its pioneering knitted Super Leggera DDS outdoor shoe, which earned an OutDoor Industry Award in 2015. The knitted outdoor shoes are waterproof and breathable and give the user a feeling that he or she ...

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    Odlo shifts its focus to the sports market and key accounts

    2017-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Odlo is returning to expansion this year after a strategic shift toward the sports market and direct partnerships with several large-scale sports and outdoor retailers.Christophe Bézu, the former Adidas and Esprit manager who became Odlo's chief executive in 2015, said that the Swiss-based base layer specialist saw its turnover shrink ...

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    After an absence of about four years from the Canadian...

    2017-03-02T00:00:00Z

    After an absence of about four years from the Canadian market, Garmont is re-entering it with the current spring-summer season through a general agent, Stephen Bergeron, who is setting up a nationwide network of sub-agents, while handling key accounts directly. Bergeron, who previously worked for Trangoworld, La Sportiva, Kayland and ...

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    Moncler's gross margin hit a pretty high level of 75.7...

    2017-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Moncler's gross margin hit a pretty high level of 75.7 percent last year, 1.3 percentage points better than in 2015, thanks in part to a strong contribution from its directly managed stores, whose number grew from 173 to 190 in the course of the year. Retail sales rose by 23 ...

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    Rab and Lowe Alpine, which has just celebrated its 50th...

    2017-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Rab and Lowe Alpine, which has just celebrated its 50th anniversary, have a new distributor for the Italian market, 7to7. Based in Lombardy, 7to7 is the new name of Fashion Victims, the company that brought out its own brand of outdoor apparel, Rock Experience, in 2012. After moving a Lowe ...

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    Garmin’s outdoor segment gains 46%

    2017-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Garmin posted strong earnings and revenues for the fourth quarter that beat analysts' forecasts, largely driven by sales of wearable devices. Total sales rose by 10.0 percent to $861 million, beating the consensus estimate of $792.9 million reported by Thomson Reuters, with outdoor, fitness, marine and aviation collectively jumping by ...

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    Salomon has opened a new brand store of 250 square...

    2017-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Salomon has opened a new brand store of 250 square meters in the French winter resort of Chamonix, based on a new design developed by Retail 3d. It has already been applied to a Salomon store in Whistler, Canada, one in Serravalle, Italy, and two others in Shanghai. The same ...

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    Crocs announced plans to close down about 25 percent of...

    2017-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Crocs announced plans to close down about 25 percent of its 558 stores around the world in the next two years, while promoting Adam Michael to the position of senior vice president of global e-commerce. This and the changes outlined in the management section of this issue were announced while ...

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    Canada Goose seeks a $2 bn valuation in IPO

    2017-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Trying to replicate the commercial and financial success of Moncler, the Canadian brand of down-filled outerwear has filed applications to go public on the stock exchanges of New York and Toronto. While the pricing has yet to be determined, Canada Goose Holdings indicates that it considers its worth at around ...

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    Vaude has opened a new €2 million production facility at...

    2017-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Vaude has opened a new €2 million production facility at its company headquarters in Tettnang, in southern Germany. The blond wood façade of the Vaude Manufaktur building is meant to immediately suggest the role that sustainability plays in the facility, which has been designed to offer energy-efficient solutions and healthy ...