All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 13, Issue 19-20 – Page 2
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Norspomessen is canceled
The Norwegian trade show Norspomessen Vinter 2021, which was originally scheduled to take place Jan. 10-11 at X Meeting Point on Hellerudsletta, was canceled due to uncertainties about the developments of the Covid-19 pandemic. Norspomessen hopes that this early announcement will give suppliers and retailers time to find alternative solutions ...
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A new sustainability alliance of chemical groups
Seven of the world’s leading chemical companies have joined forces on a new commitment to accelerate the adoption of sustainable chemical solutions in the textile and leather industries. The initiative is called Sustainable Chemistry for the Textile Industry (SCTI), and its founding members include Archroma, CHT Group, Huntsman, Kyung-In Synthetic ...
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The Cycle Show and London eBike Festival will be held in June 2021
The organizers of The Cycle Show and London eBike Festival have confirmed that the new dates for the combined shows will be June 25-27, 2021. The events will be held at Alexandra Palace in north London. The trade shows were expected to take place in April 2021, and have been ...
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News briefsDecember Performance Days go fully digital
Due to the current Covid-19 situation, the December 2020 edition of the Performance Days will not take place at the Messe München trade show center as initially planned, but as a fully digital event on the original dates of Dec. 09-10. Back in April 2020, Performance Days launched its first ...
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U.S. online retailer Backcountry.com introduces Buy Now, Pay Later with Klarna
Klarna, the leading global payment provider and shopping service from Sweden, has teamed up with Backcountry.com, the largest online retailer of premium outdoor sports equipment and apparel in the U.S. and owner of German online outdoor retailer Bergfreunde.de, to offer customers flexible “buy now, pay later” solutions. Backcountry.com customers can ...
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Anta Sports Products is back in full form
Anta Sports Products is back in full form, boosted by China’s strong economic recovery after the pandemic. In an operational update for the third quarter, it said that retail sales for the Anta brand recorded low single-digit growth compared to the same period of 2019. Fila jumped by between 20 ...
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News briefsMammut kicks off digital brand convention
Chief executive Oliver Pabst kicked off Mammut’s Digital Brand Convention on Monday, Oct. 19 at 1 pm CET, with a public event. The convention will continue throughout the week. Normally, the Mammut community meets in person for the convention, but due to Covid-19, it was moved online. Most of the ...
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News briefsOR Winter Market will be digital only
Outdoor Retailer (OR), the largest U.S. trade show for the outdoor industry, is launching Outdoor Retailer Winter Online, a “digital marketplace and enhanced online experience” designed to bring the winter sports and outdoor communities together online to network, learn and discover what’s new in the industry. As a result of ...
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ArticleInterview: Goldwin opens Munich flagship; expects positive business development
Clean, minimalist styling, first-rate functionality and zero-compromise performance – the new Goldwin flagship store in Munich undoubtedly reflects the core principles behind the Japanese brand that started out with knits and ski clothing. Today, Goldwin is still offering a technical and fashionable ski collection, but the main focus has changed ...
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ArticleMammut’s results beat expectations
In a business update, Conzzeta Group, the parent company of Mammut Sports Group, said revenues from the Outdoor segment, which only consists of Mammut, declined in the first nine months by 20.0 percent in reported terms to CHF 149.4 million (€139.3m-$163.2m), or by 17.5 percent in constant currencies and on ...
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Data & AnalysisOne third of Europeans have boycotted brands after scandals
According to the study “Brand Boycotters” by the international data & analytics group YouGov, 37 percent of all respondents have at some point stopped buying a brand, either permanently or temporarily, as a direct result of a scandal a brand has gone through. A total of 2,040 Germans, 1,016 Danes, ...
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GSI Outdoors joins prAna’s Responsible Packaging Movement
GSI Outdoors, a family-owned U.S. company producing outdoor cooking and dining gear founded in 1985, has joined prAna’s Responsible Packaging Movement. GSI Outdoors was early to adopt sustainability measures, and continues to investigate ways to make the business’s environmental footprint as light as possible. Over the years, the company has ...
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News briefsMountain Hardwear with new distribution partner for Germany, Austria
Edgar Tremmel Marketing, based in Ravensburg, Germany, is taking over the exclusive distribution of the American mountain sports brand Mountain Hardwear for Germany and Austria for five years with immediate effect. Mountain Hardwear was founded in California in 1993 and is wholly-owned subsidiary of Columbia Sportswear Comany and its products ...
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ArticleNew owners for 4FRNT
According to an article in SNEWS, the independent U.S. freeride and backcountry ski company 4FRNT has been taken over by a group of private entrepreneurs from former owner Jason Levinthal, who acquired the brand from former founder Matt Sterbenz in 2017. The article was written by Levinthal himself. The new ...
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News briefsLifeStraw sells out during Amazon Prime Day in U.S. and Canada
Third-party sellers on the Amazon Marketplace generated sales of more than $3.5 billion during the company’s recent Prime Day promotions on behalf of small and medium-sized businesses. This represents an increase of nearly 60 percent from last year’s promotion, outstripping the growth in Amazon’s own sales. Prime Day took place ...
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ArticleMajor fire in Fischer’s Ukrainian ski factory
Various news sources have reported that a fire broke out in a ski factory in Ukraine last week. According to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES), the roof of a large one-storey building at the JSC Tysa ski factory caught fire on Oct. 12 at 2:00 a.m. Kyiv time. ...
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ArticleU.K. threatens no-deal Brexit; talks to continue next week
Tensions on stalled Brexit trade talks intensified as Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister, said Britons should prepare for a no-deal departure if the European Union (EU) did not compromise, raising the prospect of supply chain chaos across Europe. Johnson stopped short of saying he was walking away from the ...
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Bret Snyder named president and CEO of W.L. Gore
Bret Snyder, chairman of W. L. Gore & Associates, succeeded Jason Field as president and chief executive of the company on Oct. 9. Field will be staying through December for the transition. Snyder has been chairman since 2016 and will retain his seat on the board. He is the grandson ...
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ArticleVF back to profits
After recording a loss and steep declines in revenues during its first fiscal quarter, VF Corp. bounced back in the second quarter, ended on Sept. 26, with a smaller decline in sales and a return to profits. The management said that year-to-date results have surpassed its expectations across all brands, ...
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ArticleSOG is climate positive, will focus on circular economy and turns 20 in 2021
The Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG), comprising 74 Scandinavian outdoor brands, had its Fall Networking Day at the beginning of October. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the event was held digitally, with a total of 85 participants. Sara Wänseth, who has been the general secretary of the group for six years, ...
