All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 12, Issue 7-8 – Page 3
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Bergfreunde.de profits from channel shift
Bergfreunde.de, the German outdoor retail specialist, is planning to break the €100 million sales mark this year with an increase of between 22 to 28 percent.This sister company of Backcountry.com, which is the largest online retailer of premium outdoor sports gear and apparel in the U.S., raised its revenues by ...
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Globetrotter works with Bergans, broadens its “testival”
While Globetrotter's expansion is in full swing with the opening of smaller city stores, five of the already existing German branches are teaming up with Bergans of Norway as part of a sales and marketing campaign called “Best in Class.” The campaign is designed to bring both Norway and Norwegian ...
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Kathmandu benefits from Oboz’ takeover
Kathmandu Holdings, which acquired Oboz one year ago, said the U.S. brand of outdoor footwear reached its Ebitda earn-out target of $7.1 million in the past calendar year. It delivered a growth of nearly 39 percent in sales and 77 percent in operating profit (Ebit) on a pro forma basis ...
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X-Bionic has signed a landmark deal in China, naming Beijing...
X-Bionic has signed a landmark deal in China, naming Beijing Sanfo Outdoor Products as its exclusive strategic partner for the launch of a new X-Bionic 4.0 collection in the country's market. The two partners have also agreed to set up their own research and development center, the Nature Mimicry Research ...
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Ispo study gives insights into purchasing behaviors
A new online survey of active consumers across Europe performed by Ispo shows that they prefer to buy for the long term. The durability of a sports product is perceived as a quality feature and is an important purchasing criterion for 75 percent of the respondents, and 37 percent also ...
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Patagonia doesn’t want to be mixed up with somebody else’s beer
Patagonia has filed suit in California against AB InBev, the parent company of one of the world's largest breweries, Anheuser-Busch (A-B). AB InBev has held a U.S. trademark on “Patagonia” since 2012. Until last year, it had been selling beer under that name only in Argentina, but it recently moved ...
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Joined by others, TNF wants Earth Day to become a national holiday
The North Face (TNF) and 15 other organizations, including other brands of VF Corp., launched a global petition on Change.org to make April 22, Earth Day, an officially recognized holiday, in an effort to raise global awareness of sustainability issues. Among the organizations co-sponsoring the petition around the world were ...
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Ternua is launching a capsule collection of eco-dyed garments, based...
Ternua is launching a capsule collection of eco-dyed garments, based on its Nutcycle project, which the Spanish firm presented last year. The Nutcycle project reuses agricultural waste and applies it to garments as a natural dye, avoiding the use of artificial dyes. Besides natural dyes, the new capsule collection uses ...
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Canada Goose is opening six stores in the autumn/winter of...
Canada Goose is opening six stores in the autumn/winter of 2019: two in Europe, one in the U.S. and three in Canada. The European stores will be located in Milan's Fashion District and on the Rue Saint-Honoré in Paris. The American store, at the Mall of America in Minneapolis, will ...
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Salomon appointed George Egan, a former buyer for Backcountry.com, as...
Salomon appointed George Egan, a former buyer for Backcountry.com, as U.S. commercial director for outdoor footwear
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Ternua, the producer of mountaineering apparel headquartered in Spain's Basque...
Ternua, the producer of mountaineering apparel headquartered in Spain's Basque Country, launched its first collection of backpacks that are made to 100 percent of recycled and PFC-free materials. The range includes various types of products, from daypacks to backpacks for trekking. Recycled materials used for the backpacks include Nclon 210D ...
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Brooks Running has settled a long-standing dispute with Anta Sports...
Brooks Running has settled a long-standing dispute with Anta Sports Products over the Chinese company’s use of a chevron logo. The terms of settlement have not been disclosed. Brooks had opposed the registration by Anta of its logo in the U.S. in May 2014. For its part, Anta noted in ...
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The European Outdoor Group (EOG) has announced Quiksilver as a...
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) has announced Quiksilver as a new member of the organization. The addition of Quiksilver brings the total number of full EOG members to 104, plus 10 associate members. The EOG was founded in 2003 by 19 of the world's biggest outdoor brands, which recognized the ...
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Masters has announced Stefano Ruzza, a veteran of Italian trail...
Masters has announced Stefano Ruzza, a veteran of Italian trail running and several times winner of the Italian Ultra Trail Championship, as a new member of its team.
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Scott has announced a partnership with Campionato Italiano OCR, the...
Scott has announced a partnership with Campionato Italiano OCR, the Italian circuit of obstacle course races, which makes it the only shoe and apparel partner of the circuit for 2019.
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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 received the most votes in their respective categories at a recent public vote – the first of its two annual public online votes to help it choose which conservation projects to support. The three projects that obtained the ...
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Mountainsmith, the American brand of outdoor gear, has hired Josh...
Mountainsmith, the American brand of outdoor gear, has hired Josh Kerns as national sales manager and Jeff Popp as product line manager. Kerns will be heading up the outdoor brand's independent sales representatives in North America and oversee sales strategy. He serves in the Army National Guard and he previously ...
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Scarpa North America has hired Matt Ginley and Danny Ciavarro...
Scarpa North America has hired Matt Ginley and Danny Ciavarro for its sales team. Ginley joins as the new North American sales manager. He previously worked as an account manager at Rock and Ice Magazine. Before then, he worked as a sales rep for brands in the outdoor and climbing ...
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The takeover of Amer Sports by the Mascot Bidco consortium...
The takeover of Amer Sports by the Mascot Bidco consortium headed up by Anta Sports Products is making progress. Mascot Bidco has struck a seven-year inter-company financing agreement for €1,236 million involving a term loan of about €921 million for the refinancing of existing debts and a revolving credit facility ...
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Buff has announced Jolanda Neff as a new brand ambassador....
Buff has announced Jolanda Neff as a new brand ambassador. Buff will be the official and exclusive sponsor of the Swiss cyclist for headwear and neckwear, in- and out-of-competition. Jolanda Neff, 26, is the current MTB XCO World and European champion. As a brand ambassador, she will also evaluate Buff ...
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