All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 11, Issue 11-12 – Page 3

  • Article

    Black Diamond is bullish about the climbing market

    2018-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Clarus Corporation, the parent company of Black Diamond Equipment, Pieps and Sierra Bullets, is aiming to take advantage of the explosive growth of the climbing market to build up its strong position in the sector and to expand its offerings to lifestyle apparel and footwear. Once a niche sport, indoor ...

  • Article

    A.S. Adventure grows by 7.8%, boosts digital

    2018-06-15T00:00:00Z

    The A.S. Adventure Group recorded total sales of €535.3 million in 2017 in the seven European countries in which it operates, with a 7.8 percent increase in local currencies and strong growth on a comparable store basis of 6.6 percent in Belgium and Luxembourg and 9.0 percent in the Netherlands, ...

  • News briefs

    Descente reported a slightly improved net profit of 5.77 billion...

    2018-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Descente reported a slightly improved net profit of 5.77 billion yen (€44.5m-$52.4m) for the financial year ended March 31 on 7.3 percent higher net sales of ¥141.1 billion (€1.1bn-$1.3bn). The operating margin rose by 0.4 percentage points to 6.9 percent. Sales increased in all the segments and virtually all the regions, ...

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    Globeride's net income surged by 80 percent to 4.26 billion...

    2018-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Globeride's net income surged by 80 percent to 4.26 billion yen (€32.9m-$38.7m) in the year ended March 31 as the parent company of Daiwa Seiko raised its sales by 8 percent to ¥85.8 billion (€662.2m-$779.7m). Excluding one-time items, net earnings rose by 14 percent to ¥2.49 billion (€19.2m-$22.6m). The gross margin ...

  • News briefs

    Ternua is launching a PFC-free textile collection for spring/summer 2019....

    2018-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Ternua is launching a PFC-free textile collection for spring/summer 2019. The brand said that the garments in the new collection have been manufactured using recycled or natural biodegradable material, organic cotton or Bluesign certified textiles. The collection includes 11 garments made with textiles recycled from fishing nets, which have been ...

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    In its 2016-2017 sustainability report, the Stadium Group showed that...

    2018-06-15T00:00:00Z

    In its 2016-2017 sustainability report, the Stadium Group showed that it saved nearly eight million liters of water and 277,000 kg of carbon dioxide by using the so-called Solution Dye technique. In addition, the Swedish-based retail group reports that PFCs have been completely phased out of Stadium's production of private ...

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    Goldwin saw its total revenues increase by 16 percent to...

    2018-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Goldwin saw its total revenues increase by 16 percent to 70.4 billion yen (€543.3m-$639.7m) in the year ended March 31, with 56 percent of them coming from its network of 140 retail stores. The gross margin improved by two percentage points to 48.4 percent. The net profit soared by 120 percent ...