All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 12, Issue 11-12
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Patagonia is launching a mail-in option for its Worn Wear...
Patagonia is launching a mail-in option for its Worn Wear sustainability program in the U.S. Customers will have the opportunity to mail-in used Patagonia clothing, in exchange for credit to buy items in the brand's retail stores. The initiative is intended to make sustainable practices more accessible to customers and ...
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Lubrizol is promoting its portfolio of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) for...
Lubrizol is promoting its portfolio of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) for performance footwear applications, highlighting advantages in terms of environmental sustainability. According to Lubrizol, its innovative advanced polymers enable the development a nearly 100 percent TPU shoe that is recyclable while still meeting performance requirements. Data from the U.S. Department of ...
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Icebug insists on sustainability and profitability
“Is this the most sustainable trail running shoe in the world?” Rather than make the claim, Icebug asks the question in a press release to introduce its new Outrun RB9X model, calling on other brands to challenge the company and offering to share its knowledge in the belief that cooperation ...
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Tecnica has introduced Origin, a high-performance running shoe that the...
Tecnica has introduced Origin, a high-performance running shoe that the company has described as the first trail running shoe with a customizable fit. A small selection of 130 retailers will launch the product in mid-July in 12 European countries, North America, China and Japan, while the full retail launch at ...
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Like Polygiene of Sweden (see our previous issue), HeiQ of...
Like Polygiene of Sweden (see our previous issue), HeiQ of Switzerland is expanding its international operations. It has just announced the establishment of subsidiaries in Shanghai and Taiwan to serve clients in the region. The two operations will be led by officials who have had close to 20 years of ...
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Mountain Warehouse posts sales and profit growth
Mountain Warehouse has reported a 13 percent sales increase for the year to Feb. 24, 2019, with sales reaching £255 million (€286.0m-$323.7m). It was the 22nd consecutive year of rising sales, and it was partly due to the opening of new stores. The growth was primary driven by the international ...
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Oberalp grows steadily
Oberalp's sales rose by 5 percent in 2018 to €220 million. About 75 percent of the turnover was generated by its house brands, led by Salewa, whose revenues rose only slightly because of a major clean-up of the brand's distribution in the past three years that helped the company to ...
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Good prospects for the new trade show in Munich
The new OutDoor by Ispo show has received more acceptance from the industry than expected after Messe München won the race for holding the show against Messe Friedrichshafen at a landmark meeting of the European Outdoor Group last year. With its more central geographical location and a major activation program, ...
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Garmin is going to open its first German offline store...
Garmin is going to open its first German offline store in Munich in September
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Weekendbee.com of Finland stands out through sustainability
There is a growing trend of outdoor industry retailers differentiating themselves through their commitment to sustainability. The Finnish based e-commerce platform weekendbee.com is recent example. Launched in October of 2018, the platform carries products only from outdoor or active lifestyle brands whose mission is to make their products and operations ...
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The North Face is the new supplier of official kits...
The North Face is the new supplier of official kits for the Austrian climbing team for the next two years – and notably for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the first Games to include sport climbing as an event. The brand will be working with the athletes to develop apparel ...
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Lorpen has made a number of strides recently to extend...
Lorpen has made a number of strides recently to extend the reach of its technical socks. In the U.S., the Spanish brand has signed a marketing deal with Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI), the outdoor cooperative website based in Sumner, Washington, and has been working with the retailer Dunham's Sports. In ...
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New, sustainable e-commerce platform launched in Sweden
The topic of “Sustainability as a Competitive Advantage” will be discussed at a panel organized with the collaboration of the Outdoor Industry Compass on Tuesday July 2 between 11 and 12 AM in the Retail Lounge of the OutDoor by Ispo show. Located in Hall A4, booth 40, the Retail ...
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An early-bird rate for the EOS in Switzerland
Registration is now open for the 2019 edition of the European Outdoor Summit (EOS), to be held at the Congress Centre Kursaal of Interlaken, in Switzerland, on Sept. 26-27. This year, and for the first time, there is a special incentive to register quickly, as the EOS is offering a ...
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Moncler posts a double-digit revenue increase
Moncler saw consolidated revenues increase by 14 percent to €378.5 million in the first quarter, despite a highly challenging comparison against the first quarter of 2018, when sales grew by 19 percent. At constant exchange rates, consolidated revenues increased by 11 percent versus last year's first quarter. The growth was ...
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Helinox optimizes European distribution
Helinox, the young Korean brand of camping equipment, has signed with ProAgencies, a network of sales agents and distributors, to represent it in the U.K. with immediate effect. ProAgencies represents several brands in the outdoor sector such as Eagle Creek, Asolo and PackTowl. The Helinox business will be handled by ...
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Pentland’s CSR report focuses on UN sustainability goals
Pentland Group has released its Corporate Responsibility Review for 2018. Pentland Group is the parent company of Speedo, Ellesse, Berghaus and other brands, as well as the majority shareholder in JD Sports Fashion. Pentland Group has been a signatory to the UN Global Compact since 2001, and supports the UN ...
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VF Corp. has entered into a partnership with Tmall, the...
VF Corp. has entered into a partnership with Tmall, the Chinese B2C e-commerce platform and marketplace owned by Alibaba Group. VF is hoping to glean insights into the Chinese market in terms of buyers, growth opportunities, product design and assortment. This is not the American company's first collaboration with the ...
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Consolidation and sustainability
Under the management of Christoph Engl, who became the family-owned group's chief executive last September, the company wants to consolidate its present product portfolio before considering other acquisitions. Engl took the place of Massimo Baratto, who is now the European director of Under Armour, based in Amsterdam. Last summer, Oberalp ...
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The session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that was...
The session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that was held in Lausanne on June 25 unanimously approved the Paris 2024 proposal to include sport climbing, surfing, skateboarding and break dancing in the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in the French capital city. A final decision on their inclusion is now ...
