All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 4, Issue 25-26 – Page 4

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    Outnet acquires Get Out

    5 December 2011

    Outnet, a Swedish online retailer specializing in outdoor products, has acquired all the shares in Get Out, another strongly recognized online retailer based in Sweden that focuses on outdoor equipment. Their joint annual turnover should reach more than 70 million Swedish kronor (€7.6m-$10.2m) this year, with nearly SEK 50 million ...

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    Compass Diversifed (CODI), which acquired Camelbak last August, has already...

    5 December 2011

    Compass Diversifed (CODI), which acquired Camelbak last August, has already raised some money. It has now filed the documents for a secondary offering of 9,075,000 shares that should raise an additional $300 million. Shareholders cashing out include CCI Magyar Holdings, whose stake in CODI would then be reduced from 16.4 ...

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    Fjällräven concentrates its Austrian key account management under the responsibility...

    5 December 2011

    Fjällräven concentrates its Austrian key account management under the responsibility of Gerhard Liebl. He continues to be the Swedish brand's sales representative in the western part of the country while Hannes Kocher remains in the field for the eastern regions.

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    Ispo says that its Beijing show already enjoys a 36...

    5 December 2011

    Ispo says that its Beijing show already enjoys a 36 percent increase in numbers of exhibitors and net surface alike. Directly or through their Chinese distributors, new exhibitors from the outdoor business will premier at Ispo Beijing, including Deuter, Vaude, Eagle Creek, Five Ten, Icebreaker, Salomon and X-Bionic. Meanwhile, Ispo ...

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    Columbia Sportswear is recalling rechargeable batteries that came with 220...

    5 December 2011

    Columbia Sportswear is recalling rechargeable batteries that came with 220 of its Omni-Heat jackets because of the risk of them overheating. The defective batteries were sold with three styles of jackets between July and September: the Electric Wader Widgeon, Electric Big Game and Gale Warning Interchange styles. When the problem ...

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    The OutDoor show will stay at Lake Constance beyond 2013

    5 December 2011

    Messe Friedrichshafen has won a pitch that did not happen. The five-year deal between the European Outdoor Group (EOG) and the trade show operator will be extended through a “rolling contract” that is automatically renewed in the absence of any major complaints - the way EOG has dealt with Ispo ...

  • News briefs

    The EM Lyon business school has formally launched a 16-month...

    5 December 2011

    The EM Lyon business school has formally launched a 16-month international master's of science program in sports and outdoor industry management, intended for students from all over the world, which will be conducted in English at three locations from September 2012. Organized in partnership with the Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV), ...

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    Mammut has opened its 11th brand store in Germany, located...

    5 December 2011

    Mammut has opened its 11th brand store in Germany, located in downtown Frankfurt. The 240-square-meter location is directly run by the company itself following its simple philosophy: Mammut prefers to have stores run through franchisees, but takes business into its own hands when the company fails to find an appropriate ...