All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 13, Issue 21-22
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PDF NewsletterThe Outdoor Industry Compass: Vol 13 - No 21+22
Columbia posts lower sales and earnings | Mixed results for Fenix | Goldwin’s profits dwindle | Jack Wolfskin’s owner Callaway up on golf momentum | Black Diamond sales improve but remain below last year | A glimpse into next year’s Ispo shows | Changing of the guard at Rossignol | Black Friday, and how the industry deals with it in times of Covid-19 | Craft’s parent can feel the pandemic, recovers a bit in Q3 | Gregory dropped by 13% in Q3, in group that fell by 65% | Canada Goose posts unexpected profit | Hoka One One helps Deckers Brands grow in Q2 | Canadian Tire’s retail business grows in Q3, Helly Hansen recovers | GoPro’s DTC approach drives profits | Wolverine’s revenues decline but exceed expectations | Outdoor, marine and fitness drive record Q3 for Garmin | Unifi reports improved demand in Q1 as recycled fibers find favor | Yeti sees strong Q3 | Arc’teryx opens first Icon Store with flexible DTC services | Columbia restructures senior leadership to support omni-channel, digital plans | Canada Goose wants to keep the planet cold and the people warm
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News briefsPatagonia hires Beth Thoren as environmental action & initiative director
Source: Patagonia Beth Thoren, new Environmental Action Initiatives Director, EMEA Patagonia is strengthening its mission “We’re in business to save our home planet” with the hire of Beth Thoren as environmental action and initiative director, EMEA. With her extensive previous ...
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ArticleGoldwin’s profits dwindle
Goldwin ’s revenues dropped by 16 percent in the second quarter to ¥19,358 million (€157.4m-$182.5m), while net income tumbled by 59 percent from the year-ago period to ¥915 million (€7.4m-$8.6m). The company’s gross margin fell by 1.4 percentage points to 50.6 percent. The company said that the impact of ...
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ArticleBlack Friday, and how our industry deals with it in times of Covid-19
While in many consumer goods sectors, it seems that people still don’t think about how our planet suffers from fast, cheap, and unsustainable shopping, some members of the outdoor industry have tried to resist the sell-out madness for quite some time now. In the home country of Black Friday ...
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f.re.e 2021 postponed to April
The German travel and leisure consumer show f.re.e 2021 , originally scheduled for Feb. 24-28 in Munich, has been postponed to April 21-25. Croatia will be the partner country. As usual, the Munich Car Days will be held parallel to the show, which has been renamed f.re.e special ...
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ArticleCanada Goose wants to keep the planet cold and the people warm
After unveiling its Sustainable Impact Strategy in April and building on these core values and outlining its vision for the future, Canada Goose has now presented a new digital platform called Humanature that unites the brand’s sustainability and values-based initiatives and represents the ...
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Sally McCoy joins Sea To Summit’s global leadership team
Australian company Sea to Summit has appointed Sally McCoy to the newly created position of executive chair. McCoy is an experience veteran of the global outdoor industry having served as chief executive of CamelBak , president of Sierra Designs , and vice president at ...
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Carla Murphy will be Adidas Outdoor’s new GM
Adidas has appointed Carla Murphy as general manager of its Adidas Outdoor business unit, starting on Dec. 14. She will assume one of the two roles of Tim Janaway , who has been with the group for more than 20 years, serving most recently as general manager ...
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ArticleArc’teryx opens first Icon Store with flexible DTC services
Arc’teryx has launched a new retail store concept called The Icon Store . The first store was opened in Walnut Creek, California, on Nov. 12 with 77 square meters of floor space, inspired “by wood-frame backcountry huts.” The compact store is designed to streamline the shopping experience by showcasing ...
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News briefsWe aRe SpinDye closes last link for circular textile production
The Swedish fashion tech company We aRe SpinDye® ’s aim is to make the dyeing process of clothes completely environmentally friendly. After introducing a unique and extremely resource-efficient dyeing process, first applied by the Swedish outdoor brand Fjällräven in 2017, the company is now closing the last link for ...
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News briefsMountain Hardwear with more new distribution partners across Europe
In addition to Edgar Tremmel Marketing as Mountain Hardwear ’s new exclusive distributor for Germany and Austria, the U.S. mountain sports brand has signed three other distribution partners for other important European markets. MnO International is based in Stockholm, Sweden and will oversee distribution for the ...
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News briefsTreksta expands in Europe, especially in the casual footwear trade
With Improve Business Scandinavia being the Scandinavian representative for Treksta since 2014, the South Korean footwear company earlier this year engaged Improve Business Europe AB as European distributor for all countries except Portugal, France and Spain. The company has already signed agents for its hunting category and ...
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News briefsKlarna explores the future of shopping
Klarna has launched a new initiative called the Future Shopping Lab , a research project that examines how different aspects of shopping and retail experiences might look like in the future. In its first project, the Swedish-based global shopping service is exploring the future of the postal mailbox, “transforming ...
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ArticleOdlo successfully pursues its sustainability goals
Swiss performance sportswear brand Odlo has published its sustainability report for the 2019/2020 financial year, in which the brand has achieved significant improvements in terms of product, environmental and social responsibility. Despite the effects of the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic, the brand has made significant progress and demonstrated its long-term ...
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Registration open for Outdoor Retailer Winter Online
Registration is now open for Outdoor Retailer Winter Online . Outdoor Retailer’s new digital marketplace and online experience will connect the outdoor and snowsport industries this winter as the place to discover new brands and products, learn from experts, and network with the community. Winter Online will be accessible ...
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Zeal Optics plants trees for every eyewear product sold
U.S. eyewear brand Zeal Optics celebrates its fifth annual “ Buy A Zeal, Plant A Tree ” campaign, applicable site-wide on zealoptics.com and throughout more than 1,000 retailers globally. In partnership with the National Forest Foundation (NFF) and 1% For The Planet , the brand will ...
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Generation change at the top of Sport Schuster
Flori Schuster , the 65-year-old main partner in the iconic Munich sports retailer, will be retiring from the management of Sporthaus Schuster on March 31, 2021, after running the family-owned company since 1984. Rainer Angstl , who has been working alongside Schuster since 2003 as managing director, will remain head ...
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News briefsNixon releases watch made from reclaimed ocean plastics
The California-based watch and accessory brand Nixon has introduced the High Tide , a new tide watch tailored to the needs of surfers and made from upcycled ocean plastics. The High Tide, which is at the top of Nixon’s tide watch collection, follows Nixon’s redesigned H2O Yeah! recycled-ocean-plastics ...
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News briefsDPS and POW offer limited edition backcountry touring ski
U.S. ski brand DPS has joined forces with the environmental NGO Protect Our Winters (POW) to create a limited number of the new DPS Pagoda Tour 106 C2 backcountry ski featuring the POW logo. The ski comes with a factory Phantom -treated permanent waxless ...
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News briefsB-Corps Cotopaxi and MiiR collaborate to tackle single use plastics
U.S. outdoor brands Cotopaxi and MiiR have partnered to not only address the disposable plastics crisis, but also to reinvent corporate expectations of “collaboration before competition”. The brands, both B-Corp certified, have joined forces to launch a new line of water bottles called the Cotopaxi x MiiR ...
