All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 12, Issue 23-24 – Page 5
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Also in Brussels, the Federation of the European Sporting Goods...
Also in Brussels, the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) is holding a conference on Dec. 5 about digitalization and omnichannel retailing in the industry, with the participation of high-level representatives of European institutions. One of the moderators will be Jochen Schäfer, the well-known attorney specializing in the ...
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Texon has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, which already has...
Texon has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, which already has more than 240 members, including brands, retailers, manufacturers and associations. As a member, Texon will be able to access the coalition's Higg Index and to contribute data to it. The company supplies technical fabrics, consumables and a variety of other ...
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Deportes Alaska, a well-known ski and mountaineering shop in Madrid,...
Deportes Alaska, a well-known ski and mountaineering shop in Madrid, has moved to new premises. In tripling its area to 430 square meters, the shop has gained a storefront 12 meters wide on Calle Cristóbal Bordiú and, at last, a parking lot. The old shop had been tight for years ...
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Lowa says it has signed a new long-term agreement...
Lowa says it has signed a new long-term agreement with its Chinese partner, BC Sports China in Nanjing, to consolidate and accelerate the strategic internationalization of the brand. Lowa has been present in China since 2005. Thanks to its distribution partner, BC Sports, Lowa has been able to build up ...
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Toray, the Japanese fiber group, has signed an agreement with...
Toray, the Japanese fiber group, has signed an agreement with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to promote the use of personal protective equipment and clothing in the fight against infectious diseases in Africa, such as Ebola. More specifically, the deal will support a JICA project in the Republic of ...
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The Cloud Nine agency has received a Swedish Design Prize...
The Cloud Nine agency has received a Swedish Design Prize in the e-commerce category for the web store that it has developed for Houdini Sportswear
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After a successful pilot project last year with three...
After a successful pilot project last year with three pop-up stores in major Canadian shopping malls, Manitobah Mukluks, the indigenous shoe brand from Winnipeg, Manitoba, is launching an aggressive retail expansion in Canada, raising the number of stores to 18. Manitobah Mukluks was founded in 2008 by Sean McCormick, an ...
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Hi-Tec Sport South Africa will welcome Gary de Vogel as...
Hi-Tec Sport South Africa will welcome Gary de Vogel as its new chief executive in December. The current CEO, Mickey Mallet, will depart to pursue new property-development projects. Mallet has worked for High-Tec for 28 years, holding the CEO position for 15 years. De Vogel has a strong financial background, ...
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China tariffs affect Thule
The additional 15 percent duties imposed by the U.S. in July on a variety of products coming from China have led several U.S. retailers to reduce their inventories and to some extent resulted in higher prices that have impacted consumer spending, said the Thule Group to explain a 2.0 percent ...
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Adidas Outdoor opened its first pop-up store in New York...
Adidas Outdoor opened its first pop-up store in New York City earlier this month, located at 273 Lafayette, to present its MyShelter commuter jacket
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Volcom will be adding a branded line of eyewear and...
Volcom will be adding a branded line of eyewear and snow goggles to its product range next year. Electric Visual Evolution, which is also based in Southern California, will design, develop, produce and distribute the new line. Both companies were the property of Kering when the luxury group owned Puma. ...
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Ciesse Piumini's parent company, Sport Fashion Service, has been acquired...
Ciesse Piumini's parent company, Sport Fashion Service, has been acquired by Mittel, an Italian investment bank, which now owns 90 percent of the Italian down clothing specialist. Ciesse, which was the property of Fila for a while, was a direct competitor of Moncler in its early days, but it didn't ...
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Nicky Spinks, the Inov-8 brand ambassador, and her running...
Nicky Spinks, the Inov-8 brand ambassador, and her running partner, Stephanie Case, were the women who endured the longest at this year's Barkley Marathons. For the second year in a row, no one finished the race. Indeed, since its inaugural edition in 1986, only 15 runners – all of them ...
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Vista Outdoor reported an organic sales decline of 7 percent...
Vista Outdoor reported an organic sales decline of 7 percent in its Outdoor Products segment, excluding Bollé and other divested eyewear brands. The division's total sales were off by 14 percent to $234 million, but the adjusted gross margin was up by 3.97 percentage points to 26 percent. The remaining ...
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The global production of organic cotton surged by 56 percent...
The global production of organic cotton surged by 56 percent from 2016/17 to 2017/18, as shown in the Textile Exchange's “2019 Organic Cotton Market Report.” This marks the highest levels seen in eight years. India, China and Kyrgyzstan were the biggest contributors. The production of organic cotton fiber globally reached ...
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Formosa Taffeta will acquire a 50 percent stake in...
Formosa Taffeta will acquire a 50 percent stake in Schoeller Textil in March of next year, after receiving the approval of its board of directors. The companies have been partners in the Hong Kong-based joint-venture Schoeller FTC for 18 years. According to the Taipei Times, Formosa plans to invest up ...
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The South Korean market is down by 5%
The takeover of Eider by K2, one of the major local brands of outdoor clothing, is seen as a sign of consolidation in a major market for outdoor products – estimated to be the second-biggest in the world a few years ago – that has continued to decline this year. ...
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Hohenstein is launching a new 4D body scanner that will...
Hohenstein is launching a new 4D body scanner that will be used in a series of research projects throughout the apparel industry. While 3D ultrasound scanning shows three-dimensional images, 4D ultrasound can update the image continuously, making it a real-time, three-dimensional moving image. Scanning in 4D shows body shape and ...
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At Ispo Munich in January 2020, Gore will present three...
At Ispo Munich in January 2020, Gore will present three variations of waterproof/breathable fabrics in its Gore-Tex Pro category, initially introduced in 2007. Called “Gore-Tex Pro most rugged technology,” “Gore-Tex Pro stretch technology” and “Gore-Tex Pro most breathable technology,” each will be optimized for a different use, enabling manufacturers to ...
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Lenzing's revenues for the first nine months of 2019 declined...
Lenzing's revenues for the first nine months of 2019 declined by 1.1 percent to €1.62 billion as compared to the same period last year. Revenues were negatively impacted by the low prices of standard viscose, which registered a historic low in the third quarter, coupled with sluggish demand due to ...
