All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 13, Issue 3-4 – Page 6
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ArticleSustainable innovations from Ispo Munich 2020
For the 50th birthday of Ispo Munich, the sports fair claimed to be more sustainable than ever before. More and more brands are looking for solutions for more sustainable products and more sustainable consumption. This time, recycling was one of the core issues of sustainable innovation. While recycled polyester ...
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The Calida Group continues to slim down the Lafuma Group
The Calida Group continues to slim down the Lafuma Group , focusing it on the Lafuma and Millet brands. It reports that Rainbow , a company founded by Emmanuel Debruères and Jean-Christophe Chetail , has offered to acquire Oxbow from Lafuma, adding that Debruères and ...
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ArticleUvex partners with fall sensor startup, increases turnover in 2018/19
(SGI+) The German helmet and eyewear specialist Uvex is starting to distribute the eponymous sensor system of Tocsen , a start-up in Freiburg, Germany. Tocsen consists of a fall sensor and app to detect when a helmet wearer crashes. It checks the state of the fallen skier, snowboarder ...
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Columbia’s sales growth is softening
The management of Columbia Sportswear is projecting an increase of 4.5 to 6.0 percent in its total sales this year, with an operating margin of 12.6 to 12.8 percent.
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Montura makes North American debut
Montura , the Italian outdoor apparel brand, will make its debut in the North American market via the Outdoor Retailer trade show in Denver, on June 23-25. Montura will be introduced in the U.S. and Canada by M.T. Imports . The initial focus will be on the outdoor winter ...
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Burton opens new store in Verbier
Burton is opening a new 218-square-meter store in Verbier, Switzerland, which will combine retail space with a showroom for Western Switzerland, a booking desk for the local Independent Snowboard School and a test-ride center. This is the first time the company will be directly operating a shop at ...
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BenQ launches new membrane technology for apparel
(SGI) BenQ Materials Corporation , a Taiwanese company specializing in materials science, has launched a new nanoporous waterproof/breathable membrane technology for high-performance sports apparel which, it claims, provides both environmental sustainability and more benefits than other, more popular membranes. The key component of the new Xpore membrane is ...
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ArticleJohnson Outdoors’ profits up 83%
(SGI) Johnson Outdoors recorded strong gains in revenues and profits in all its divisions except Watercrafts for its first fiscal quarter, ended on Dec. 27, 2019. The company’s net income jumped by a staggering 83 percent from the year-ago period to $6.4 million.
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Bergans fights for the seasons (Video)
Bergans of Norway and WWF Norway delivered a letter to the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment in mid-January asking the Minister to help get the seasons – the actual seasons of the year – onto the UNESCO World Heritage List . The initiative originated with Bergans, which ...
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Mammut partners with Powdr
Mammut is entering a long-term partnership with Powdr , an American ski resort operator. The partnership makes the Swiss sports brand the official uniform and clothing supplier for more than 8,000 mountain professionals working at 10 of the Powdr mountain resorts in the U.S. The partnership starts with the ...
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News briefsOutDry’s inventors present new membrane
Columbia Sportswear acquired OutDry Technologies 10 years ago and decided at the time to restrict the membrane to products under its own brands, such as Columbia and Mountain Hardwear . This compelled OutDry’s more than 50 external customers to look for alternatives. OutDry’s inventor, Matteo Morlacchi , and ...
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Ispo Munich 2020 in numbers
Messe München reports that about 80,000 people from 120 countries passed through the turnstiles on a daily basis at the latest edition of the Ispo Munich trade show. This figure is down from 80,200 a year ago. The number of visitors from Germany was down to 30 percent ...
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Tim Boyle named chairman of Columbia
At its meeting of Jan. 24, the board of directors of Columbia Sportswear appointed as its chairman the company’s long-standing president and chief executive, Tim Boyle, who is now 70 years old. He takes the place on the board that was previously occupied by his “tough mother,” Gert Boyle, who ...
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New chief executive for Haglöfs
(SGI) The Swedish outdoor company Haglöfs has not had a chief executive since November 2019, when Carsten Unbehaun left to become the new CEO of Asics EMEA. The vacancy has finally been filled by its global sales director, Fredrik Ohlsson . In his new role, Ohlsson ...
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Spanish association Afydad holds summit at Ispo
The Spanish sporting goods industry association, Afydad , held a ”summit” on Jan. 28 in Munich during Ispo Munich, where it drew high-level representatives from six Spanish sporting goods retail groups, with some 1,200 points of sale between them.
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News briefsPorsche Design Elan Amphibio receives German Design Award
The “ Porsche Design Elan Amphibio ” ski model received the coveted German Design Award on Feb. 7 in the Forum at Messe Frankfurt . Marc Hasenstein , managing director of Elan Central Europe , accepted the prize in the Excellent Product Design category. Elan is celebrating its 75th ...
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VF lowers its outlook
(SGI) In releasing its results for its third quarter ended on Dec. 28 on Thursday, VF Corporation said its business so far this year has performed at the high end of its group’s long-term growth objectives, but the management admitted that it will not be able to meet the targets ...
