All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 4, Issue 19-20 – Page 3

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    Amer Sports' board of directors has decided to start repurchasing...

    16 August 2011

    Amer Sports' board of directors has decided to start repurchasing up to 3 million shares between Aug. 23 of this year and June 30, 2012

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    Lowe Alpine goes back to Colorado

    16 August 2011

    Another outdoor brand is leaving the East Coast of the U.S. By next November, the U.S. operations of Lowe Alpine should again be based in Colorado, where the brand was founded back in 1967. Equip Outdoor Technologies, the parent company of Rab that recently acquired Lowe Alpine from Asolo, is ...

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    Alistair Phillips, the British journalist who recently left as editor...

    16 August 2011

    Alistair Phillips, the British journalist who recently left as editor of the OCC Outdoor and OCC Sport magazines in the U.K., has set up his own public relations agency, Spindrift, offering web building, press releases and other communication services on a project basis to sports and outdoor companies

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    Ahead of its IPO, Sanfo is in an excellent shape

    16 August 2011

    Sanfo, the leading specialty retailer in the Chinese outdoor business, made progress in the first half of 2011, and no one doubts that the chain can make it successfully to the Chinese stock exchange in 2012 or 2013. In any case, its founder and president, Heng Zhang, kept the promises ...

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    Trezeta gets a new German agent

    16 August 2011

    The German subsidiary of Genfoot, owner of Kamik, had dropped the distribution in the German-speaking countries of Trezeta, the Italian brand of outdoor shoes, after its owners decided to take a 50 percent stake In Aku. The distribution of Trezeta in Germany, Austria and Switzerland has now been taken over ...

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    After a difficult start to the year and a slow...

    16 August 2011

    After a difficult start to the year and a slow and dry Easter period, the Regatta Group is reporting a strong recovery with an 18 percent sales increase in the first half of the year and double-digit growth for each of its three brands. Regatta is up by 18 percent, ...

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    After good results from its partnership as official sponsor of...

    16 August 2011

    After good results from its partnership as official sponsor of ÖSV, the Austrian ski federation, Schöffel has sealed another deal with ÖOC, the same country's Olympic committee

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    launch of updated product lines and the acquisition of TriTronics,...

    16 August 2011

    launch of updated product lines and the acquisition of TriTronics, a leading supplier of dog training equipment. The fitness segment's revenues increased by 25 percent to $78 million, with strong results for the high-end Forerunner 610 and Edge 800 lines, and operating income of $24.7 million. Across the group, revenues ...

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    Sea to Summit, the Aussie brand of accessories, presented its...

    16 August 2011

    Sea to Summit, the Aussie brand of accessories, presented its own sleeping bags at the Asia Outdoor show in Nanjing. The brand has already marketed sleeping bags in Australia, but offers them now to the international markets. Sea to Summit has been exploring the Chinese market by showing at the ...

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    Lafuma’s sales growth accelerates

    16 August 2011

    +The Lafuma Group's sales expanded faster in its third quarter ended June 30, driven by a 10.6 percent rise in revenues from outside France. The momentum is expected to continue in the fourth quarter and in the first quarter of the company's 2012 fiscal year, owing to a significant increase ...

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    Point6 moves output from China to the U.S.

    16 August 2011

    Point6, the American company founded by former executives of SmartWool three years ago, has announced that it is moving all the production of its merino wool socks from China to the U.S., triggering positive reactions from U.S. retailers. SmartWool and some other American producers of socks make some or all ...

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    Outdoor Research gears up for Phase 3

    16 August 2011

    Dan Nordstrom, president and chief executive of Outdoor Research, has announced yet another reorganization of the management to help sustain the strong growth of this company in all the segments of its product range. He will act from now on as CEO, focusing on strategy and other matters. Alex Kutches, ...

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    Bradshaw Taylor takes on Timbuk2 for Northern Europe

    16 August 2011

    Bradshaw Taylor is a big distributor of foreign outdoor brands, based in the U.K., that already covers a large part of the European market. For example, it has a contract with Royal Robbins for all of Europe, and it distributes Icebreaker not only in the U.K. and Ireland, but also ...

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    Mammut has begun to celebrate its 150th anniversary, which officially...

    16 August 2011

    Mammut has begun to celebrate its 150th anniversary, which officially takes place next year. It started its tour around the globe, comprising the ascent to 150 summits worldwide, on Aug. 3 at Jungfrau in Switzerland, which was climbed for the very first time exactly 200 years before. The team included ...

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    After 15 years of close partnership, Primus has picked its...

    16 August 2011

    After 15 years of close partnership, Primus has picked its Russian distributor, Petro-Primus, represented by Juri Myznikov, general manager, and Anton Bytrov, sales manager, as “Distributor of the Year 2010”

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    Effective Aug. 1, Findos Investor has acquired Maier Sports, the...

    16 August 2011

    Effective Aug. 1, Findos Investor has acquired Maier Sports, the German brand of outdoor and snow wear, along with Gonso, the company's bike wear brand. Maier Sports was owned by the Maier family, led by Gerhard Maier as managing partner, who will seek retirement probably at the beginning of next ...

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    Garmin's outdoor segment posted a sales increase of only 1...

    16 August 2011

    Garmin's outdoor segment posted a sales increase of only 1 percent to $81.0 million in the second quarter ended June 25, generating operating income of $35.7 million. However, the management is projecting a higher growth rate for the third quarter following the

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    The third quarter that ended July 1 was flat for...

    16 August 2011

    The third quarter that ended July 1 was flat for Johnson Outdoors, the U.S. company that markets the Eureka! brand of tents and which was the owner of Jack Wolfskin for quite a while in the now distant past. Sales were down by 1 percent and reached $122.5 million.Operating profit ...

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    Sales of PrimaLoft products increased by 6.1 percent to $8,941,000...

    16 August 2011

    Sales of PrimaLoft products increased by 6.1 percent to $8,941,000 in the three months ended June 30, says its parent company, Albany International, whose total revenues inched up by 2.0 percent to $244.0 million. Operating income rose to $3,165,000 at PrimaLoft from $2,926,000 in the year-ago period, but it fell ...

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    Barrabés has inaugurated a store of 1,000 square meters in...

    16 August 2011

    Barrabés has inaugurated a store of 1,000 square meters in Zaragoza, where it also has one of its main offices. Divided into three sections, it is the largest physical store of this major Spanish outdoor retailer, although its virtual store is expected to continue to have the highest turnover. Barrabès ...