All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 11, Issue 19 – Page 2
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Garmin is opening its first Spanish standalone store in Barcelona,...
Garmin is opening its first Spanish standalone store in Barcelona, CMD Sport reports. The company already had a shop-in-shop in El Corte Inglés at Portal de l'Àngel in the same city and is reportedly in talks to open more of them. The standalone store is situated in the shopping center ...
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The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) of the U.S. has named...
The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) of the U.S. has named David Weinstein as state and local policy director to promote outdoor recreation interests with state and local governments
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As reported in our previous issue, Knut Are Høgberg has been...
As reported in our previous issue, Knut Are Høgberg has been appointed to take over as new chief executive at Odlo. After his appointment, the Swiss outdoor brand presented a new executive management team consisting of him along with Adrian Schürmann, chief finance officer and Barbara Hösli, chief people officer. The ...
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Mokhtar Benbouazza has been appointed as marketing director at Jack...
Mokhtar Benbouazza has been appointed as marketing director at Jack Wolfskin, after marketing assignments with other employers including S. Oliver and Universal Music Group. The appointment comes after the departure of Jan Erik van Dijk, who had been director of global brand marketing since August 2015. The German outdoor company ...
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The annual European Outdoor Film Tour, which claims to be...
The annual European Outdoor Film Tour, which claims to be the biggest film festival of its kind, will kick off at BMW World in Munich on Oct. 9, followed by more than 400 events in 18 countries. The program consists of eight films with a total running time of about ...
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Sports Direct International (SDI) announced just before its shareholders' assembly...
Sports Direct International (SDI) announced just before its shareholders' assembly last week that its chairman, Keith Hellawell, would retire and not stand for re-election. The same applied for Simon Bentley, senior independent director. Three proxy advisers had previously urged SDI shareholders to vote against Hellawell, who has been in place ...
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Canada Goose has announced that it will open a new...
Canada Goose has announced that it will open a new factory in Winnipeg, its third manufacturing facility in the capital of the Canadian province of Manitoba and the seventh wholly-owned factory for the company, adding to three in Toronto and one in Boisbriand, Quebec. It will be the brand's largest ...
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Patagonia has announced that its whole wetsuit product line is...
Patagonia has announced that its whole wetsuit product line is now Fair Trade Certified. The company helped Sheico, the multinational manufacturer of sportswear products that supplies most of the wetsuits on the market, obtain Fair Trade Certification, thereby making it easier for other brands to join in. This development follows ...
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Deuter, Katadyn and Leki were among the latest brands that...
Deuter, Katadyn and Leki were among the latest brands that asked Moosejaw to take their products out of its new American online shop hosted by Walmart.com. They apparently cite strong pressure from specialty retailers to withdraw their support for the new site because American consumers associate Walmart with discounting. Other ...
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Chinese investors show interest for Amer Sports
Confirming media speculation, Amer Sports announced a week ago that it has received a non-binding preliminary indication of interest from a consortium comprising Anta Sports Products and an Asian private equity firm, FountainVest Partners, in view of acquiring its entire share capital for €40.00 a share in cash. That would ...
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Amer Sports cycling division under strategic review
The cycling division of the Amer Sports group, which includes the Mavic and Enve brands, has been placed under strategic review, the company said last week as part of an update about its transformation and its assets.The Finnish group behind Salomon, Arc'teryx, Atomic, Wilson and many other brands told analysts ...
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Adidas will stop working with a distributor for the French...
Adidas will stop working with a distributor for the French market, XXL, for its Five Ten brand as of next Jan. 1. The distribution of the American outdoor brand will be handled by the Terrex team of Adidas' French subsidiary. According to sport-guide.com, the integration process is taking place in ...
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Decathlon is under pressure from activists to eliminate the sale...
Decathlon is under pressure from activists to eliminate the sale of hunting products in its French stores. More than 38,000 people signed a petition to this effect after the French government backed the requests of the French Hunters' Federation (FNC), which boasts 1.2 million members. Its support was said to ...
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GSM Outdoors has acquired New Archery products, a company founded...
GSM Outdoors has acquired New Archery products, a company founded in 1971, from BRS Outdoor Sports Holdings. Founded in 2000 and based in Grand Prairie, Texas, GSM already owns many other brands including Bullseye, NAP, Stealth Cam, Walker's, Hunting Made Easy, Shooting Made Easier, Cyclops, American Hunter and Western Rivers. ...
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Fjällräven has been working together with Acne Studios to create...
Fjällräven has been working together with Acne Studios to create and market an exclusive range of urban outdoor products launched by the two parties earlier this month. The Swedish Acne Studios said it was the first time Fjällräven allowed another brand to pay homage to classic pieces such as the ...
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The North Face is about to open its first lifestyle-oriented...
The North Face is about to open its first lifestyle-oriented store in Spain, located in the central Calle Carmen of Madrid. While developing the fashion retail channel in Spain, as in other countries in Europe, TNF is about to complete a clean-up of the distribution in the country, leaving discounters ...
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Gregory grows by 6.8%
Gregory Mountain Products continues to grow faster than High Sierra, a less technical and more lifestyle-oriented brand of backpacks which, like Gregory, belongs to the Samsonite Group, the world's largest travel luggage company.In its financial report for the six months ended June 30, Samsonite says that Gregory's sales increased by ...
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Francisco Morales, co-founder and president of 5.11, will replace Tom...
Francisco Morales, co-founder and president of 5.11, will replace Tom Davin as chief executive of the company, which belongs to Compass Diversified. Davin will continue in an advisory role. Morales, a former president of Royal Robbins, started 5.11 in 2003.
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The outdoor shoe market rose by 5.0% in 2017
The global outdoor footwear market accelerated slightly on the wholesale level in 2017. According to an annual survey conducted by The Outdoor Industry Compass among the major brands, their footwear revenues rose last year by 5.0 percent to $4.9 billion in terms of U.S. dollars. That was a little better ...
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