All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 11, Issue 5-6
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Odlo rebuilds sports performance sales
Odlo is projecting a sales rise of about 20 percent to over 120 million Swiss francs (€104.0m-$128.0m) for the financial year ending in June, after it entirely revised its strategy last year to focus more on sports retailers and key accounts. The Swiss-based company opted to target several large markets ...
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OSV moves to new premises, possibly with a new status
While moving into new headquarters, the Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV), a French trade association that brings together companies in the outdoor and winter sports industries, is on its way to a possible change in its status. Local regional authorities have asked it to become a “cluster” in the French sense ...
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Restructuring moves lift profit at Lafuma
Restructuring measures implemented at the Millet Mountain Group caused a sales decline of 6.4 percent to €95.7 million last year, but the entity grouping together the Millet, Eider and Lafuma brands in the outdoor and snow market would have raised its sales by 0.8 percent without the impact of these ...
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Wolverine wants to grow more internationally
Wolverine Worldwide announced new initiatives to accelerate product development, boost e-commerce and drive expansion abroad, while releasing mixed results for 2017, with lower revenues but higher margins. The group's management also indicated that it may be willing to consider new acquisitions after its recent disposal of several brands including the ...
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The number of shares in the Swedish-based Thule Group has...
The number of shares in the Swedish-based Thule Group has declined by 1,135,696 to 103,208,606 following the exercise of warrants by nine individuals including the company's chief executive, Magnus Welander, and its chairman, Stefan Jacobsson
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The number of shares and votes in the Thule Group...
The number of shares and votes in the Thule Group has increased by 1,135,696 to 103,208,606 as of March 29, 2018, following the exercise of warrants by nine individuals including the company's chief executive, Magnus Welander, and its chairman, Stefan Jacobsson. Together, Welander and Jacobsson have come to own about ...
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France's Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV) is launching a new fundraiser...
France's Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV) is launching a new fundraiser to promote environmental protection and physical outdoor activity. The program, in partnership with the endowment fund of Banque Populaire Auvergne Rhône-Alpes, is called “ACT for the Outdoors.” The mission of ACT for the Outdoors is to support community projects of ...
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Petri Kokko, a former general manager of Nike Finland who...
Petri Kokko, a former general manager of Nike Finland who is now running Google's operations in Germany, has become the 7th member of Amer Sports' board of directors
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La Sportiva has opened a franchised store at Finale Ligure,...
La Sportiva has opened a franchised store at Finale Ligure, a prominent mountain climbing destination in Italy. It will be run by an important local retailer, Rock Store.
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Rab performs well, and its parent consolidates
An article in a Norwegian national financial newspaper sparked a boom in sales of Rab in that country last year. The article boasted that a company with only three employees in Oslo had managed to build such a strong business in a highly competitive outdoor market. The management declines to ...
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Gore-Tex has enlisted a Norwegian singer and composer, Sigrid, as...
Gore-Tex has enlisted a Norwegian singer and composer, Sigrid, as its new brand ambassador. It says it selected her to appeal to a younger and more urban consumer target. The 21-year-old artist, who won this year's BBC Sound Award, recently participated in the launch of the Gore-Tex Infinium range of ...
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Gregory remains on a steep climb
The Gregory brand of backpacks generated a sales increase of 17.2 percent to $51.8 million in 2017, according to its parent company, Samsonite International. Gregory's sales grew strongly in North America, Europe and Asia. As before, Gregory outperformed Samsonite's more lifestyle-oriented brand of backpacks, High Sierra, whose sales declined by ...
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Clarus returns to profitability
Clarus Corp, the holding company previously registered as Black Diamond Equipment, saw a return to profits in the fourth quarter of 2017, along with better sales and margins. This was mainly due to a strong performance in Europe and America, along with the contribution from a newly acquired company, Sierra ...
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Chullanka tweaks its retail concept under new management
Chullanka, a French outdoor retailer previously owned by Decathlon, has started updating its retail concept to focus more strongly on brands and retail animation at its four large-scale outdoor stores, after a change of shareholding and leadership last year. Chullanka's management was taken over last year by Thierry Crampes. He ...
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In cooperation with the director of the child and youth...
In cooperation with the director of the child and youth surgery of the medical center Ingolstadt, Lowa has developed a special outdoor shoe model for children. The medical aim for the creation of the “Arco GTX Mid Junior” shoe model was to develop a shoe that enables children's feet to ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has named Greg Tunney, a former chief executive...
Wolverine Worldwide has named Greg Tunney, a former chief executive of RG Barry and current president of the Two Ten Foundation, as president of its Hush Puppies brand, replacing Bill Mirecki who is moving to Asia to foster the growth of the Merrell brand in the region
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Fjällräven has decided to make a strategic change in distribution,...
Fjällräven has decided to make a strategic change in distribution, investing more in retailers classified as specialized outdoor stores, where it believes that it can offer better support. The brand will review the channels in which its products are sold, with major changes coming in Sweden, the rest of Europe ...
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As part of a new process of establishing category management,...
As part of a new process of establishing category management, Intersport International Corp. (IIC) has appointed Jessica Mair as its first global category director for the outdoor sector. One of her tasks will be to develop seasonal business plans for the international retail organization's private labels, such as McKinley, and ...
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Management reshuffle at Cascade Designs
Maurice Brenninkmeijer, who spent the last eight years building up the Outdoor Research brand in Europe, has been appointed as sales manager for central Europe at Cascade Designs, the holding company for brands including Therm-a-Rest, MSR, Platypus, SealLine and PackTowl. Brenninkmeijer is taking over from Bruno Drews, who has been ...
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Vans has launched a capsule collection of shoes in collaboration...
Vans has launched a capsule collection of shoes in collaboration with Rains, a four-year-old Danish brand of rain jackets and waterproof accessories
