All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 4, Issue 23-24
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Odlo returns to the Norwegian market on its own
Odlo is stepping up its investments in Norway with the opening of a full-fledged sales subsidiary, along with a mono-brand store due to open in the center of Oslo next month. The Swiss-based company specializing in underwear and base layers has hired Terje Andersen , Norwegian country manager ...
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Mammut hires top personnel in Norway and for head office
Mammut Sports Group has appointed Andy Ernst as its new head of sales for the group's European division. The 37-year-old worked at Under Amour, the athletic apparel brand, as senior sales manager at its European headquarters in the Netherlands. Altogether, the Swiss native spent seven years in that country. Ernst ...
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The Spanish subsidiary of Lafuma Group is taking over...
The Spanish subsidiary of Lafuma Group is taking over the distribution of the Eider and Killy brands from Snow Factory
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Patagonia Footwear will put a stronger focus on promoting trail-running...
Patagonia Footwear will put a stronger focus on promoting trail-running by supporting extreme runner Krissy Moehl and the Ultra Running Team that bears Patagonia's name. Jointly, Patagonia and these athletes will develop a larger line of trail-running shoes. Additionally, it will increase its efforts in supporting major events such as ...
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Salewa will open its fifth “Mountainshop” in Switzerland on Nov....
Salewa will open its fifth “Mountainshop” in Switzerland on Nov. 17. The store, on a selling surface of 123 square meters, will open in Sankt Gallen following other doors of that type in Davos, Zermatt, Pontresina and Grindelwald.
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The European Outdoor Group is set to focus more on...
The European Outdoor Group is set to focus more on communication of its activities. EOG, therefore, has hired Mathias Basedow as marketing and communications associate as a fully employed staff member assisting Mark Held, the federation's secretary general, in meeting the increased the workload of the association, especially when it ...
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Mountain Equipment has sealed a sponsoring deal with the German...
Mountain Equipment has sealed a sponsoring deal with the German Alpine Club to support the six young women of the federation's expedition team
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Entre Prises, a French company that is one of the...
Entre Prises, a French company that is one of the global leaders in the manufacture of climbing walls, is to buy one Spanish counterpart, Top 30 Climbing Walls. Founded in 1992 in Asturias, in the north of Spain, this manufacturer is said to be the market leader in its home ...
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Columbia posts strong quarter; explains retail strategy
Columbia Sportswear reported a 12 percent increase in third-quarter sales to $566.8 million, with a currency-neutral gain of 9 percent. Net income went up by 29 percent to $67.5 million, due in part to lower air freight charges. The biggest growth drivers were the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) ...
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Implus' chief executive, Seth Richards, and president, Todd Vore. Financial...
Implus' chief executive, Seth Richards, and president, Todd Vore. Financial details were not publicized. Implus specializes in insoles, shoe care products, socks, sports monitors and fitness products. Its brands include Sof Sole, Sof Comfort, Airplus, Apara, Yaktrax, Sneaker Balls, Little Hotties and Perfect fitness products. In an interview in September ...
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Daniel Humbel has replaced Philipp Schnell as chief executive of...
Daniel Humbel has replaced Philipp Schnell as chief executive of Transa, Switzerland's leading specialty retailer, effective Nov. 1. The company says that differing views on the future strategy between Schnell and the supervisory board led to Schnell's departure.
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Patagonia will open its second store in Chicago in...
Patagonia will open its second store in Chicago in late November or early to mid December
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Coleman is reportedly planned to set up a “leadership center”...
Coleman is reportedly planned to set up a “leadership center” in Denver, Colorado, with 25 key executives based there
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Canada Goose was picked by Outside magazine as “Gear of...
Canada Goose was picked by Outside magazine as “Gear of the Year” for its “HyBridge Lite Jacket” designed as a hybrid product between a warm down jacket and a light softshell
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A Spanish outdoor brand, Charko, expands internationally
The Spanish company Charko, which specializes in climbing apparel and accessories for bouldering, has decided to start selling its products abroad. The company exhibited at the OutDoor trade show in Friedrichshafen this year, where it aimed to establish contacts with possible foreign distributors. In Spain, the brand is already sold ...
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Halti, the Finnish winter sports and outdoor brand, opened its...
Halti, the Finnish winter sports and outdoor brand, opened its first store in the center of Helsinki on Friday. On the Finnish capital's busiest shopping street, across from the Stockmann department store, the Halti shop covers about 120 square meters. The brand already has several shop-in-shops and its distributor in ...
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Iain Bradley is the new European business manager for performance...
Iain Bradley is the new European business manager for performance and protective fabrics of Invista's Cordura activities. His responsibilities comprise sales, marketing and business development in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for apparel in the outdoor, military and performance segment – a sector that Cordura entered just recently, ...
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Booming Ugg’s parent forms French subsidiary
Deckers Outdoor Corporation , which is the parent company of Ugg and other footwear brands such as Teva , has already taken over distribution in the U.K. and the Benelux countries. It was handling the French market from its Dutch office, but it has now decided to set up ...
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The board of VF Corporation welcomes a new director, Laura...
The board of VF Corporation welcomes a new director, Laura W. Lang, an expert in digital media who runs a billion-dollar enterprise in the sector called Digitas
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Blacks Leisure’s situation worsens
The situation worsened in the first half for Blacks Leisure Group , as sales declined and losses widened for the British outdoor and sporting goods retailer. Nevertheless, the group's new management, led by Julia Reynolds , who joined the company as chief executive on Aug. 1, sees clear potential for ...
