All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 12, Issue 19-20
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More on VF’s Outdoor segment
All in all, VF's Outdoor segment is expected to grow at an average annual level of 7 to 8 percent, representing 41 percent of VF's sales by 2024, compared with 46 percent for the “Active” segment, led by Vans, and 13 percent for the Work segment, led by Dickies.Summing up ...
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Hi-Tec’s parent reduces its losses
Apex Global Brands, the American licensing firm previously called Cherokee Global Brands, reported a net loss from continuing operations of $1,267,000 for the second quarter ended on Aug. 3, down sharply from a loss of $9,053,000 for the year-ago period that stemmed in part from restructuring charges of $5.3 million, ...
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News briefs
Patagonia has hired Marty Pomphrey to serve as general manager...
Patagonia has hired Marty Pomphrey to serve as general manager of Patagonia Japan. He will be reporting to John Collins, vice president of global sales. Pomphrey is replacing Takasuki Tsujii, who has stepped down after 10 years. Tsujii has been with Patagonia for 20 years in all, working his way ...
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Ternua, one of the founding members of the It's Great...
Ternua, one of the founding members of the It's Great Out There Coalition, organized an event last month where it arranged for a group of ten young people on the margins of the education system to participate in a three-day program of kayaking, canyoning, cycling, via ferrata and sleeping under ...
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VF unveils new strategic plan and financial outlook
VF Corporation held a meeting on Sept. 25 with investors and analysts in Beaver Creek, Colorado, to provide an update to the company’s strategic growth plan. It used the opportunity to introduce a new corporate logo for the first time in 21 years, accompanied by a telling new tagline: “Purpose ...
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News briefs
La Sportiva is expanding its retail presence in Spain with...
La Sportiva is expanding its retail presence in Spain with the opening of a new franchised mono-brand store at Siurana, in the region of Catalonia. Nested in the Tarragona mountains, Siurana is a major attraction for climbers thanks to its vertical walls, slabs and steep overhangs, and grades varying from ...
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Marty Pomfry, a former executive of Nike and Fossil, has...
Marty Pomfry, a former executive of Nike and Fossil, has been appointed by Patagonia as general manager of its Japanese subsidiary
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News briefs
As an indication of its penetration of the European market,...
As an indication of its penetration of the European market, Tentree has to date planted nearly 30 million trees as part of its goal to plant one billion trees by 2030 through the sale of its products. The Canadian producer of sustainable outdoor apparel has been planting ten trees for ...
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The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) is...
The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) is backing the European #BeActive campaign, which promotes sport and exercise for healthier living. As part of the campaign, the European Week of Sport (EWoS), which ran from Sept. 23 to 30, saw the organization of thousands of events across Europe, ...
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Eastpak has joined forces with Neighborhood, the Japanese streetwear label,...
Eastpak has joined forces with Neighborhood, the Japanese streetwear label, founded by Shinsuke Takizawa in 1994, on a range of padded bags. The collaboration has resulted in four items made of nylon and satin, inspired by Neighborhood's military/biker streetwear style. Each item features co-branded graphics as well as Neighborhood's slogan, ...
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Lifestraw, the Dutch-based producer of water filters and purifiers that...
Lifestraw, the Dutch-based producer of water filters and purifiers that recently joined the Conservation Alliance in the U.S., has appointed Try Trimmer as national sales manager, based in Seattle, for the North American market. Lifestraw says he is bringing ten years of experience in wholesale, retail and key account management. ...
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Polygiene, the Swedish developer and supplier of Stays Fresh and...
Polygiene, the Swedish developer and supplier of Stays Fresh and Odor Crunch technology, has announced new agreements with Vtinon, a Korean producer of socks, and with Osklen, a sustainable Brazilian sportswear brand owned by the Alpargatas group. It has previously announced Tommy Sport as a client. The Swedish company's financial ...
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A new deal for Dakine in Europe
The brand's best distributor in Europe, Bucher + Walt of Switzerland, has acquired Dakine Europe, the subsidiary of the American brand based in Annecy. Branching out of its national territory for the first time, it will be responsible for about one-third of Dakine's total turnover, estimated at nearly $100 million ...
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Kathmandu takes over Rip Curl
Nearly doubling in size, Kathmandu Holdings of New Zealand announced a binding agreement for the acquisition of Rip Curl. Contributing to the consolidation of the action sports market, which took a big step in the spring of last year with the merger between Billabong's and Quiksilver's brands into Boardriders, the ...
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Improving Kathmandu sees other synergies with Rip Curl
Investors have responded positively to the news on Oct. 1 of Rip Curl's takeover, raising Kathmandu Holdings stock market capitalization by 5 percent to more than 830 million New Zealand dollars (€472.3m-$521.1m) after a temporary suspension of trading. Like the much bigger VF Corporation, Kathmandu now has one leg ...
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Eoca invites the public to vote for conservation projects
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) will be granting €180,000 to conservation projects this autumn and, as before, it is calling on everyone to help choose projects to receive the funds. This year, the organization received 70 funding applications, and they were discussed this summer with Eoca's scientific adviser. The ...
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News briefs
Four more companies – LEDX of Sweden, Helle of Norway...
Four more companies – LEDX of Sweden, Helle of Norway and Uphill Sport and Svala of Finland – have become members of the Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG). All of them have their own production facilities. LEDX has been supplying headlights for night-time orienteering since 2010. Helle is a third-generation family ...
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News briefs
Garmont is committed to the defense of the rhino through...
Garmont is committed to the defense of the rhino through a dedicated project, called Save the Rhino, in collaboration with the Global Conservation Corps (GCC). Few rhinos survive in the wild, and they are under constant threat from poachers. Representatives from Garmont and the GCC will be debating the issue ...
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CMDSport reports the recent closure of a couple of outdoor...
CMDSport reports the recent closure of a couple of outdoor retail stores on the island of Mallorca. One of them is Trekoon, which opened its online store in 2009, followed by a physical store in Palma de Mallorca last year. The presence of four Decathlon stores on the island is ...
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Vaude joined the Fridays For Future global climate strike on...
Vaude joined the Fridays For Future global climate strike on Sept. 20, with around 70 employees from the outdoor company taking to the streets in Friedrichshafen, Germany. To make their way to the demonstration, Vaude employees used e-cars, e-bikes and bicycles. Vaude's headquarters in Tettnang on Lake Constance has been ...
