All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 15, Issue 8+9 – Page 10
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News briefsRoyal Robbins restructures U.S. marketing team
U.S. outdoor lifestyle apparel brand Royal Robbins, part of Fenix Outdoor since 2018, announces Gareth Martins as the brand’s new director of marketing. He will lead overall strategy and marketing for Royal Robbins in North America. Martins spent 7 years at Osprey Packs, followed by 5 years at the Outdoor ...
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News briefsItalian outdoor market posted 27% increase in 2021, exceeding European average
In Italy, sales of outdoor products (sell-in) increased by 27 percent in 2021 compared to 2020. The increase in Europe in the same period was 18.7 percent, based on European Outdoor Group (EOG) data. Growth in Italy is primarily driven by technical gear and footwear. More specifically, Italy has emerged ...
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ArticleElevate Outdoor Collective reorganizes global sales structure
Elevate Outdoor Collective (EOC), formerly K2 Sports, which includes the K2 Ski, K2 Snowboarding, Völkl, Marker, Dalbello, Line, Ride, BCA, Tubbs Snowshoes, Atlas Snowshoes, Madshus and K2 Skates brands, has announced a fundamental change to its global sales structure designed to support the growth of the independent brands. The change, ...
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News briefsEurobike debuts in Frankfurt with 1,500 exhibitors
From July 13 to 17, the Eurobike 2022 trade show (premiering in Frankfurt, Germany) offers a 140,000 sqm platform for the European bike business. More than 1,500 exhibiting companies from 57 countries present their bike and future mobility product to the trade and public. Some product innovations were introduced during ...
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News briefsPoler Stuff appoints two VPs
U.S. outdoor and lifestyle brand Poler Stuff has named its first vice presidents, Kharma Vella as VP of product & marketing and MJ Ko as VP of sales & operations. Four other Poler team members were also promoted, including Kyle Richner to director of sales & operations, Noah Moncrieff to ...
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News briefsColumbia Sportswear Company appoints former Nike DTC president to board
Columbia Sportswear Company announced that its board of directors has appointed Christiana Smith Shi as a director and member of the audit committee, effective July 8, 2022. Shi is a principal at Lovejoy Advisors, a consulting firm she founded in 2016 that focuses on digital transformation for consumer and retail ...
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News briefsKathmandu parent updates guidance
KMD Brands, formerly Kathmandu Holdings, is now forecasting total annual sales of NZ$955 to NZ$965 million (€580.7m to €586.8m) for the 12 months ending July 31 after a record performance during a winter promotional period for its Kathmandu retail operation. FY22 Ebitda, excluding one-off, non-cash items, including government subsidies, is ...
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News briefsMystery Ranch teams with Hyosung on launch of new sustainable pack collection
Source: Mystery Ranch Mystery Ranch Coulee 50 Montana-based backpack specialist Mystery Ranch has teamed with Hyosung, a global fiber manufacturer and value chain solutions provider, in the development of their new sustainable Coulee Series made with Hyosung’s GRS-certified, 100 percent recycled Mipan® regen robic high-tenacity nylon. “We’ve ...
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News briefsGlobetrotter exhibited upcycling collection to be sold on second-hand platform
The collection of unique upcycling pieces, created and tailored by Globetrotter employee Christiane Gawlik, a trained fashion designer who works in the repair workshop at the retailer’s Hanover store, is currently on display in an exhibition at the retailer’s Berlin flagship. The eleven pieces for men and women are made ...
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News briefsSympatex hires business development manager
Source: Sympatex Ulf Jenson Ulf Jenson has joined the Sympatex customer team as the company’s new business development manager. Over the past six years, he served as managing director, business development director and vendor manager for the German e-commerce retailers Jakkaro GmbH and Merkkur GmbH, where he ...
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News briefsSQlab with new distribution partner in Switzerland
Source: SQlab SQlab founder and CEO Tobias Hild (left) and Sideshore owner and CEO Philipp Knecht. Last year’s acquisition of ergonomic bicycle product specialist SQlab GmbH by Boards & More GmbH (aka B&M Group, parent company of water and cycling brands Duotone, Fanatic and Ion) has now ...
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News briefsJack Wolfskin teams up with Schoeller Textil for new shell materials
Source: Jack Wolfskin/Schoeller The flagship of Jack Wolfskin’s S23 Discovery Wilderness collection is the Diskovera Jacket, a 3-layer jacket, with Texapore Ecosphere Pro Schoeller 3L technology. German brand Jack Wolfskin and the Swiss fabrics manufacturer Schoeller Textil have joined forces to jointly develop new shell materials for ...
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News briefsMerrell’s product incubator launches new trail running shoe collection
Merrell Test Lab (MTL), the brand’s product incubator where most technical and category disruptive innovations are conceived, has released a new elite trail running shoe collection. The new product line, debuting with the MTL Long Sky 2 and MTL MQM, has been engineered to guarantee trail-specific protection even in the ...
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News briefsVanpowers completes crowdfunding campaign for City Vanture road e-bike
Vanpowers Bike has announced that it has ended the crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for its City Vanture, the world’s first electric bicycle using an assembled frame, according to the company. The Outdoor Industry Compass reported about it in May. The company raised nearly three times the project’s goal. The e-bike ...
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News briefsevo to build second campus with retail, hotel and more in California
Source: Evo Lake Tahoe (California) Seattle-based outdoor retail and adventure brand evo has announced plans to build a new campus in Tahoe City, Calif. The new campus will be centrally located on the shores of North Lake Tahoe. Like Campus Salt Lake, Campus Tahoe City will be ...
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ArticleTextile Exchange releases reports on Sustainable Cotton and Recycled Polyester challenges
Textile Exchange, a U.S.-based networking platform for the textile industry, has released its reports on the Sustainable Cotton challenge and Recycled Polyester challenge, two of the platform’s fiber challenges that are set up to replace conventional materials by lower impact solutions. The organization believes that this, coupled with investment in ...
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ArticlePyua boosts DTC business with e-com specialist Gute Marken
Gute Marken Online GmbH will further boost the e-commerce business of German outdoor brand Pyua, specializing in sustainability and circular economy. The Pyua online store and the marketplace business will be managed by Munich-based Gute Marken starting in fall 2022. Pyua is thus primarily pursuing growth targets and intends to ...
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News briefsPOC and Autoliv work on a bike helmet with integrated airbag
Given the growing number of e-bikers and the higher speed at which they travel, helmet company POC and mobility Swedish safety specialist Autoliv have teamed up to launch a new bicycle helmet concept. In a preliminary study that examined initial concepts using advanced simulation tools, the new helmet models, which ...
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Short stops
Short Stops Week 28, 2022
CORPORATE AND M&A +++ Industrial thread manufacturer Coats has acquired Texon, the specialist footwear materials developer that supplies the global footwear market with structural components like insoles, heel counters and other materials (more in SGI Europe) +++ JDH Capital Company of Houston, Texas, announced the acquisition of Oregon-based Pure Archery ...
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ArticleHelen of Troy’s outdoor business shows resilience in Q1
Outdoor-related products, including the recently acquired backpack manufacturer Osprey Packs, led sales gains in the Home & Outdoor segment of El Paso, Texas-based consumer goods group Helen of Troy in the first quarter ended May 31. Sales gains for the segment came despite a decline in the company’s overall top ...
