All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 12, Issue 23-24 – Page 3
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Jake Burton Carpenter, the founder of Burton Snowboards and one...
Jake Burton Carpenter, the founder of Burton Snowboards and one of the true snowboarding pioneers, died on Nov. 20 at the age of 65 of complications from a relapse of testicular cancer. Jake was instrumental in making snowboarding a major sports activity, an important business and an Olympic discipline. He ...
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Regatta, the British outdoor clothing specialist, saw its turnover increase...
Regatta, the British outdoor clothing specialist, saw its turnover increase from £183.3 million to £198.2 million (€231.3m-$254.7m) for the year to Jan. 31. The net profit soared to £17 million (€19.8m-$21.8m) from £11.1 million a year earlier.
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Good results for Wolverine’s main brands
Wolverine Worldwide's three biggest brands – Merrell, Sperry and Saucony – posted a combined 11.5 percent increase in constant currencies during the third quarter ended on Sept. 28. Revenues rose by only 2.8 percent to $574.3 million across the group's entire portfolio of 12 footwear brands, with growth of ...
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BP Petrochemicals is testing a new technology to enable circularity...
BP Petrochemicals is testing a new technology to enable circularity for unrecyclable PET plastic waste that can also be used to recycle plastic into polyester for clothing, according to the company. The BP Infinia technology involves converting complex PET plastic waste back to monomer feedstocks through chemical depolymerization. The technology ...
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Canada Goose has teamed up with a Boston-based streetwear label,...
Canada Goose has teamed up with a Boston-based streetwear label, Concepts, to create a limited-edition winter capsule collection that reflects the ongoing 1990s trend. The collection includes the lightweight, reversible Legacy Jacket in three color variations: Heritage, Bold and 1996. Concepts has been collaborating with the Canadian outdoor apparel brand ...
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Bonvita restructures
In an effort to reduce complexity and increase its focus, Bonvita has undergone some organizational changes in the past year. The Danish company is the distributor of Merrell shoes in Denmark and Wolverine boots in the Nordic countries. It also own two local brands of men's comfort shoes, Ambré and ...
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Black Diamond drives Clarus’ results
Clarus Corp., the parent company of Black Diamond and other brands, had mixed results in the third quarter, with net income dropping by 14.3 percent to $3.5 million on 8.0 percent higher sales of $60.2 million. The gross margin was down by 1.6 percentage points to 34.1 percent, ...
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Lenzing and Dupont Biomaterials have teamed up on a new...
Lenzing and Dupont Biomaterials have teamed up on a new sustainable fabric collection, made predominantly of fibers derived from natural materials. The collaboration blends Tencel Lyocell and Tencel Modal fibers from Lenzing with Dupont Sorona fibers, to give soft garments greater resilience in stretch, recovery and dimensional stability. Sorona is ...
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Last month, The North Face launched its biggest-ever marketing campaign...
Last month, The North Face launched its biggest-ever marketing campaign across all channels and media to support the introduction of its new Futurelight technology around the world, including Europe. It has created test events for media, retailers and consumers in many countries. In the U.K., the biggest market for the ...
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Craghoppers, best known for its Kiwi walking gear range,...
Craghoppers, best known for its Kiwi walking gear range, has announced that 70 percent of its autumn/winter 2020 products will be made from recycled materials. This is a significant increase for the British outdoor clothing manufacturer, up from 12 percent for autumn/winter 2019. The autumn/winter 2020 range will be featured ...
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Canada Goose benefits from earlier shipments
Canada Goose Holdings saw revenues for its second fiscal quarter ended on Sept. 29 jump by 27.7 percent from the year-ago quarter to 294.0 million Canadian dollars (€201.1m-$222.4m), or by 28.3 percent on a constant currency basis. However, it said that part of the growth was due to orders for ...
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Ternua has begun to use a system developed by Photoslurp...
Ternua has begun to use a system developed by Photoslurp to harvest user-generated content (UGC) from its customers' social-media accounts and incorporate it into its e-commerce site, according to CMDsport. In the words of Eulogi Bordas, Photoslurp's chief executive, “online selling has become more complex, and brands need to go ...
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Hoka One One has been named the presenting sponsor of...
Hoka One One has been named the presenting sponsor of the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run, the world's oldest 100-mile trail race
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Columbia’s “tough mother” has passed away
Gertrude “Gert” Boyle died on Nov. 3 at the age of 95. This iconic figure of the international outdoor industry, who has been often referred to, in effective advertising and elsewhere, as “one tough mother,” was the chairwoman of Columbia Sportswear.With her death, the company's chairmanship will pass temporarily ...
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Camp's historic president, Orazio Codega, has passed away at the...
Camp's historic president, Orazio Codega, has passed away at the age of 80. Codega joined the Italian outdoor company in 1959, when he was 20 years old, and led it for more than 40 years, from the 1960s until 2004. Codega was a pioneer in the industry as he decided ...
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Jack Wolfskin was awarded “leader” status for the fifth consecutive...
Jack Wolfskin was awarded “leader” status for the fifth consecutive time at the Fair Wear Foundation's Brand Performance Check 2019. The company received a benchmark score of 76 percent after an evaluation period. The company, which has been a member of FWF since 2010, notes that it reviews 99 percent ...
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This month, taking charge of the Austrian market, Osprey Europe...
This month, taking charge of the Austrian market, Osprey Europe appointed Andreas Grasl to the newly created position of sales manager for Austria. He reports directly to Luke Barton, Osprey's head of sales. Grasl was previously event manager at Dynafit, a member of Merrell's sales team and head of sales ...
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Keen has worked with the attendees of the Grassroots Outdoor...
Keen has worked with the attendees of the Grassroots Outdoor Alliance (GOA) Grassroots Connect Tradeshow to assemble more than 1,000 toiletry kits, to be donated to homeless populations in Denver, in collaboration with the Denver Rescue Mission (DRM) and the Denver Health Paramedic Division (DHPD)
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The stand for the European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) will...
The stand for the European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) will be just as big at Ispo Munich, on Jan. 26-29, as it was at this past summer's OutDoor by Ispo. Eoca will also be running the Conservation Fundraiser, and is therefore calling for product donations of any kind. Interested parties ...
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The Microfibre Consortium (TMC) has approved the criteria of a...
The Microfibre Consortium (TMC) has approved the criteria of a test method for microfiber shredding and released it to its members. Developed by the University of Leeds, it is described as the first thoroughly tested, validated and internationally aligned method for measuring the loss of microfiber material from textiles. Its ...
