All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 11, Issue 7-8 – Page 3
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Craft Sportswear and Spartan have announced a global multi-year...
Craft Sportswear and Spartan have announced a global multi-year partnership, which makes Craft the official performance apparel and footwear of the Spartan Race, the world's largest obstacle race and endurance brand. The agreement will see the two brands developing the first high-performance technical apparel for Obstacle Course Racing (OCR), ...
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The European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) has announced the three...
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) has announced the three projects that were shortlisted for funding, based on the vote of the association's members and public vote. The three projects include Plastic management in the Gulf of Honduras, ECO Relief Lesvos in Greece, and Kozara protection and restoration in Bosnia ...
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The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Foundation has announced...
The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Foundation has announced that bluesign has joined as a Level 3 ZDHC Accepted Certifier for conformance to the ZDHC Manufacturing Restricted Substances List (MRSL). The “bluefinder,” a catalogue of chemical products operated by bluesign, will now be recognized as an accepted certification standard ...
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Andrew Denton, the dynamic chief executive of the Outdoor Industries...
Andrew Denton, the dynamic chief executive of the Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) of the U.K., has been voted to join the membership council of ukactive, a non-profit, fitness-oriented organization with more than 3,000 members interested in promoting an active lifestyle. He will represent the outdoor recreation sector, advising the main ...
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For the fifth consecutive year, Stormberg is ranked among the...
For the fifth consecutive year, Stormberg is ranked among the top three sustainable businesses in Norway. The ranking is based on the Sustainable Brand Index, which is the largest Nordic brand study on sustainability, based on consumer assessment of 225 Norwegian businesses. Stormberg came in third place, increasing its score ...
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Amer Sports is buying Peak Performance
Peak Performance is to be acquired for about €255 million by the Amer Sports group, complementing the apparel offerings of Arc'teryx and Salomon with those of a more urban and women-oriented brand that has plenty of room to expand in international markets.The Swedish brand of ski, outdoor, golf and fashion ...
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Amer Sports cuts back on footwear distribution
Sales of outdoor footwear declined at the Amer Sports group in the first quarter, as the owner of the Salomon brand continued to clean up the distribution, in an effort to reduce promotional sales.Footwear sales were down by 9 percent to €141.1 million for the three months, which was a ...
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Columbia Sportswear has also announced the appointment of Snow Burns...
Columbia Sportswear has also announced the appointment of Snow Burns as global vice president of marketing for Mountain Hardwear, with the task of redefining the way in which such an outdoor brand should connect with consumers in the new digital age. Burns spent ten years in Silicon Valley, running the ...
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Moroder Alpine, which became the Italian distributor of Red Chili...
Moroder Alpine, which became the Italian distributor of Red Chili in January, is taking over the distribution of Edelrid as well, starting in June. In turn, Edelrid's former Italian distributor, Panorama Diffusion, has agreed to become the exclusive importer of Gentic, the brand of sustainable climbing apparel owned by Skylotec.
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Vaude has announced that all the textiles it has used...
Vaude has announced that all the textiles it has used in its spring/summer 2018 collection, its most recent collection, are 100 percent polyfluorocarbons (PFCs) free. The German outdoor specialist has also said that a block toward the total elimination of PFCs has been finding PFC-free alternatives for waterproof zips in ...
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GoPro's depressed share price took a jump after reports that...
GoPro's depressed share price took a jump after reports that a Chinese rival, Xiaomi, may make an offer for the company. Xiaomi, a big Chinese company that makes smartphones, mobile devices, laptops and other consumer electronics, is a minority shareholder of Yi Technology, which makes action cameras that are much ...
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Fenix adjusts wholesale distribution
Fenix Outdoor International has tightened the distribution of its brands in some markets, leading to the end of a partnership with Intersport in Sweden. But the owner of Fjällräven, Hanwag, Brunton, Primus and Tierra said that buoyant demand at the start of this year more than made up for these ...
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Adidas Outdoor has been growing at a double-digit rate so...
Adidas Outdoor has been growing at a double-digit rate so far this year in the U.S. market, according to a report in SGB last week, centering round the office taken over by Adidas Outdoor USA in Golden, Colorado. The four employees who work there are part of Agron Inc., which ...
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Physical activity is declining in Europe
Nearly one in two Europeans are not doing any physical exercise, and the proportion has increased gradually in recent years, a new survey released by the European Commission has found. The Eurobarometer survey 2017 interviewed some 28,031 citizens from different social and demographic categories, face-to-face at home and in ...
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VF Corp. has completed the acquisition of Icebreaker, which...
VF Corp. has completed the acquisition of Icebreaker, which had sales of about $220 million last year. It plans to combine the brand with Smartwool to create a global distribution footprint in the nature fiber market. The plan for the market positioning of the brand has yet to be worked ...
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Inov-8 has announced the launch of a new downhill...
Inov-8 has announced the launch of a new downhill running race down the Streif, the legendary ski slope on the Hahnenkamm mountain in Kitzbühel, Austria, widely considered as the world's toughest ski slope. The Streif features blind drops, high speed jumps, curves, and steep slopes with a gradient of up ...
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Rocky Brands is off to a strong start in 2018
After returning to profitability in 2017, following heavy losses in 2016, Rocky Brands' profits rocketed in the first quarter of this year. Net income jumped by 117.3 percent from the year-ago quarter to $3.3 million.The group's sales declined by 2.7 percent to $61.4 million, but this included approximately $1.9 million ...
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Amer Sports has restated its 2017 results based on new...
Amer Sports has restated its 2017 results based on new IFRS accounting rules. Revenues were increased by €24.1 million to €2,709.3 million, with increases of €3.8 million for Outdoor, €5.8 million for Ball Sports and €14.5 million for Fitness. Net income for the year was adjusted down by €0.4 million ...
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The Mammut Sports Group raised its sales by 18.4 percent...
The Mammut Sports Group raised its sales by 18.4 percent to 70.6 million Swiss francs (€59.0m-$71.3m) for the first quarter, as reported by Conzzeta group under its sporting goods segment. Conzzeta as a whole saw its sales jump by 43.5 percent to CHF 430.6 million (€359.8m-$438.4m) for the three months, amounting to ...
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The catalog of exhibitors at the June 17-20 OutDoor show...
The catalog of exhibitors at the June 17-20 OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen is not out yet, but we hear that some important players will not be there
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