All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 11, Issue 5-6 – Page 2
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Smartwool has opened a store in the Canadian mountain resort...
Smartwool has opened a store in the Canadian mountain resort of Banff. It is its first store in Canada, and it also offers a selection of Timberland shoes.
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Dakine has just launched a major global marketing campaign through...
Dakine has just launched a major global marketing campaign through the social media and other channels under a rather captivating tagline, “Fear the Known.” It calls on consumers to be more adventurous, breaking free from their daily routine to seek new experiences with the product solutions offered by Dakine for ...
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Kathmandu buys Oboz
Kathmandu, the New Zealand outdoor brand and retailer, has agreed to take over Oboz Footwear, the U.S. outdoor footwear brand, for $60.0 million in cash and an earn-out of up to $15 million, as a means to expand its footwear and international sales.Established in Bozeman, Montana in 2007, Oboz is ...
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Fenix is buying Royal Robbins
Fenix Outdoor International is acquiring Royal Robbins, the American brand of travel and outdoor garments, to complement an apparel offering that is led by the Fjällräven brand. The acquisition will be consolidated in the second quarter.The seller is Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co (BRS), a private equity firm from New ...
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Rocky Brands returns to profitability
After recording heavy losses in 2016, Rocky Brands's profits improved significantly in the fourth quarter and the full year. Net income came in at $4.4 million, as compared to a net loss of $634,249 for the year-ago quarter.The latest quarter included an after-tax charge of $1.6 million associated with the ...
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YKK will remain a presenting sponsor of the Ispo Brandnew...
YKK will remain a presenting sponsor of the Ispo Brandnew section until 2021
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Masters, the Italian brand of poles, has hired a...
Masters, the Italian brand of poles, has hired a new brand director, Giovanni Girardi, who comes from the cycling sector, where he worked as commercial director for Selle San Marco
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Katadyn's new collapsible drink bottle with a filter, Be Free,...
Katadyn's new collapsible drink bottle with a filter, Be Free, has been selected a the overall “Product of the Year” in the recent U.K. Outdoor Industry Awards
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Outdoor sales boost Garmin’s results
Driven by its outdoor segment and its Fenix line of watches featuring Garmin Elevate wrist heart-rate technology, Garmin's sales for the 13-week fourth quarter ended Dec. 30 went up by 3 percent to $888 million from the year-ago quarter, which had 14 weeks. For the full financial year, the company's ...
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Bogs' struggles continue
Bogs did not manage to reverse its fortunes during the latest quarter, after several months of decline. The brand's revenues for the three months ended Dec. 31 fell by 10 percent from the year-ago quarter. The management said that the fourth quarter looked very promising during the early November cold ...
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Patagonia has launched the Blue Heart campaign, a website and...
Patagonia has launched the Blue Heart campaign, a website and petition urging international banks to stop investing in the destruction of Europe's last wild rivers. The name of the campaign refers to the Balkan rivers, an area known as the Blue Heart of Europe. The campaign raises awareness on more ...
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Bergans rethinks its business structure
“Breathe Fresh Air” is the tagline adopted by Bergans as part of the Norwegian company's efforts to push its brand in international markets with a more focused range and marketing approach.Bergans previously attempted to export the Norwegian concept of “Ekstrem Turglede,” encapsulating the joy of moving freely in the outdoors. ...
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Entre-Prises has been selected as the official supplier of...
Entre-Prises has been selected as the official supplier of the bouldering, lead and speed climbing walls for this year's Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires
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CMP has become the title and technical sponsor of Venice...
CMP has become the title and technical sponsor of Venice Night Trail. CMP, part of F.lli Campagnolo Group, is a maker of high-performance garments for a wide range of sporting activities ranging from skiing to trekking, from biking to mountaineering. The CMP Venice Night Trail is scheduled for Saturday, Apr. ...
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Keen has named Tim Bartels as vice president of sales...
Keen has named Tim Bartels as vice president of sales for the outdoor, lifestyle and kids categories. He already worked for Keen as vice president of sales for two years from 2006 to 2008, after spending six years with Nike and four years with DC Shoes. Bartels subsequently moved to ...
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Buff has opened a store in Barcelona's central Plaza de...
Buff has opened a store in Barcelona's central Plaza de Catalunya in cooperation with Havaianas. The Brazilian brand of rubber sandals will use it only during the summer months.
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Steve Murray goes back to VF Corporation
Shortly after announcing the acquisition of Altra, VF Corp. said that Steve Murray is returning to the group in the new position of vice president in charge of strategic projects. One of his tasks will be to develop the footwear product strategy of The North Face and to support the ...
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Ortlieb case on search engines goes back to lower courts
Ortlieb Sportartikel has suffered a setback in its legal battle with online platforms about their search engine merchandise practices, as the German Federal Court of Justice sent a case about the interchangeability of brands back to the lower courts. According to the company, they had previously ruled clearly in favor ...
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La Sportiva has received the RadicalGreen prize, a national award...
La Sportiva has received the RadicalGreen prize, a national award honoring Italian companies that work to develop sustainable products and processes. Trento, where La Sportiva is based, each year hosts the Green Week, an event under the patronage of the Autonomous Province of Trento, in collaboration with the European Commission. ...
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Heimplanet is partnering with The German Roamers, and association of...
Heimplanet is partnering with The German Roamers, and association of 14 landscape photographers, for a collective photo exhibition that started at its Hamburg store on March 16
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