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Vibram will be an official partner this year for the...
Vibram will be an official partner this year for the Megavalanche, a series of five downhill and endure mountain bike races organized by UCC Sport Event. The series will start with the Transvésubienne, an all-mountain endure race near Nice, France on May 12-14. It will continue the Maxiavalanche in Andorra ...
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Sportamore, the Swedish online sports retailer, raised its sales by...
Sportamore, the Swedish online sports retailer, raised its sales by 18.1 percent to 173.5 million Swedish kronor (€18.0m-$19.6m) and more than doubled its adjusted operating profit (Ebitda) to SEK 3.4 million (€0.35m-$0.38m) for the first quarter. The company points out that this occurred while the Swedish market was under considerable ...
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Strong growth for Thule
Thule Group reported a 20 percent increase in net income to 203 million Swedish kronor (€21.0m-$22.9m) for the first quarter of 2017 on a 15.9 percent sales increase to SEK 1,599 million (€165.7m-$180.6m). Currency-adjusted, the quarterly sales rose by 12.3 percent and led to an improvement in the underlying operating ...
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Hervé Maneint, senior product manager at the Scott Sports Group...
Hervé Maneint, senior product manager at the Scott Sports Group for skis and ski boots, died a few days ago at the age of 56 in the area of Chamonix, hit by a falling rock while on a ski tour in the company of three other people, including two mountain ...
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Ledlenser, the German supplier of headlamps and rechargeable lights that...
Ledlenser, the German supplier of headlamps and rechargeable lights that is looking at opportunities in sports and outdoor sectors for its new headlamps and flashlights, has appointed Inge Heinsius as vice president of product and marketing, based at the company's head office in Solingen. She will report directly to Thomas ...
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Generally good prospects for next month’s OutDoor show
Big and small brands are remaining loyal to the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen, although it is being staged about one month earlier than usual, running from Sunday June 18 to Wednesday June 21. In fact, the total number of exhibitors who have booked space at the fair has risen by ...
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Garmin will be the main sponsor of the Great Tuna...
Garmin will be the main sponsor of the Great Tuna Race this year. The sports fishing contest is described as the most important satellite-based fish tracking program in Europe. It will take place at different locations off the Spanish coast on May 20-21 and Sept. 2-3.
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Merrell is gaining momentum
Wolverine Worldwide reported better-than-expected sales and profits for the first quarter ended April 1, due in part to an accelerated program of store closures and the liquidation of $20 million worth of related inventories. Besides 104 underperforming stores shut down during the quarter, an additional 76 stores were closed in ...
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HeiQ is launching the Fresh NKU, a new product in...
HeiQ is launching the Fresh NKU, a new product in its odor control HeiQ Fresh Tech technology family. According to the Swiss company, the Fresh NKU can eliminate odors such as the plastic smell generated by its monomeric components, the smell from bacterial sweat or that of body hormones from ...
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KL Outdoor is merging with GSC Technologies to form a...
KL Outdoor is merging with GSC Technologies to form a single, vertically integrated manufacturing company that is being described as the world's largest supplier of kayaks. The merger of the two North American firms, whose details were not disclosed, is being funded by New Water Capital, an investment company in ...
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Sport-Achat, the French sporting goods fair in Lyon, will have...
Sport-Achat, the French sporting goods fair in Lyon, will have a dedicated section for water sports at its new session in Nantes next Sept. 18 and 19. Its regular Sept. 11-12 edition in Lyon will focus more on the outdoor segment, complemented by a simultaneous Bikexpo fair.
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Organized by the Management Forum Starnberg, the first European Ingredient...
Organized by the Management Forum Starnberg, the first European Ingredient Branding Summit will be held in Munich on Nov. 8 to 9, 2017. The speakers will include Christian Langer from W.L. Gore Associates and Manuel Dürmoser from Recco.
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The North Face thrives in Europe
The North Face has been thriving in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in the first quarter, leading to sales growth of 19 percent in constant currencies. But its owner, VF Corporation, was impacted by sluggish sales for Timberland and its jeans brands in a weak U.S. market. The ...
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Emerald Exposition Events, which owns Outdoor Retailer, Surf Expo, Interbike...
Emerald Exposition Events, which owns Outdoor Retailer, Surf Expo, Interbike and many other trade shows in the U.S., closed with a share price of $21.01 on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, giving it a market capitalization of $1.49 billion. The company and some of its shareholders started offering 15.5 ...
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Volatility in down prices
Prices for natural down have gone up recently, due to various factors. While admitting that it is always possible that prices may decline after booking, Allied Feathers Down is recommending earlier planning for down usage to promote greater pricing stability and a fixed price guarantee for the entire ...
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Double-digit growth for Johnson Outdoors
Johnson Outdoors reported sales of $149.8 million for the fiscal second quarter ended March 31, which represented a 12 percent increase versus the same quarter a year ago. However, sales in the camping segment registered a 2 percent decrease to $11.4 million, which the company attributed to the restructuring of ...
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Due to a technical glitch, we didn't publish the information...
Due to a technical glitch, we didn't publish the information about the death of Royal Robbins in our last issue. The famous American mountain climber, who founded the outdoor clothing firm that bears his name together with his wife Liz in 1968, passed away in March at the age of ...
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Deckers explores a possible sale
Bowing to pressure from some of its shareholders, the board of directors of Deckers Brands announced that it was exploring strategic alternatives, including a possible sale of the company. It has retained Moelis Company as financial advisor and a legal counsel to assist in the process. The announcement ...
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Oboz Footwear has hired Dawson Westenskow to work as its...
Oboz Footwear has hired Dawson Westenskow to work as its product line manager, helping to establish the company's vision, strategies and seasonal and longterm product concepts as part of a five-person product creation team. He worked for the Thule Group's bags division prior to joining REI in August 2015 as ...
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OSV offers a new course for the outdoor industry
Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV), the French trade association that brings together companies in the outdoor sports industry, is setting up a new specialized course in partnership with the Savoie-Mont-Blanc University and the Institut Universitaire de Technologie (IUT) of Annecy. It plans to launch a bachelor-level course in Sports Design ...
