All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 5, Issue 17-18
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Mountain Hardwear is title sponsor of “Superheroes of Stoke,” a...
Mountain Hardwear is title sponsor of “Superheroes of Stoke,” a ski film dedicated to the 20-year history of free skiing. The movie features Mountain Hardwear-sponsored athletes such as Samuel Anthamatten, Michele Parker and James Heim.
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Quarterly rises for Garmin
Garmin's revenues from its outdoor segment increased by 24 percent to $100 million in the second quarter of 2012. Those of the fitness segment increased by 5 percent to $82 million, compared against a strong performance in 2011. The company's overall sales increase amounted to 7 percent. Turnover reached $718 ...
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EOG launches a rotating European Outdoor Summit
After lending its support to the annual European Outdoor Forum (EOF) since its start in 2010, the European Outdoor Group has decided to launch a similar initiative from 2013 on, working with national associations to host it in a different European country during the month of October each year. It ...
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Outdoor Retailer ended on a strong note
According to preliminary estimates, the number of visitors increased by about 2,000 to around 27,000 at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market, which ended last Sunday in sunny Salt Lake City with good vibes and on a strong note, in spite of continued worries about the weather and inventories. An early ...
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Effective at the end of this month, Primus, the Swedish...
Effective at the end of this month, Primus, the Swedish company of stoves and accessories, will have a new marketing manager: Johan Sollenberg switches from the Scandinavian branch of Lavazza, the Italian coffee company, to the brand of Fenix Outdoor. The 32-year-old replaces Annika Öhberg, who is about to set ...
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Johnson Outdoors reports growth, except for diving
Johnson Outdoors reported a 5 percent increase in total net revenues to $128.6 million during the third fiscal quarter ended June 29, compared with the same quarter a year ago, with new products generating more than 40 percent of total sales. Currency translations had a negative 2 percent impact on ...
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Vasque has signed up a new distributor for the Korean...
Vasque has signed up a new distributor for the Korean market, Ho Corporation. The company also represents Camp, Holokai and Zamberlan in that market.
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Weakening demand from the U.S. military has reduced sales of...
Weakening demand from the U.S. military has reduced sales of Camelbak gloves, but the company still managed to lift its sales by 1.2 percent to about $44.3 million in the second quarter, due to stronger sales of bottles and hydration systems. Sales were stimulated by demand for the “Antidote” hydration ...
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Deckers invests in Hoka One One
Deckers Outdoor Corporation has announced a “strategic investment” in Hoka One One, the new and special brand of oversized trail running shoes first introduced for the autumn/winter 2010/11 season by Jean-Luc Diard, a former chief executive of Salomon, and by his former marketing manager, Nicolas Mermoud. As we have subsequently ...
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Deckers posts a higher loss, Teva declines
Deckers Outdoor Corporation, parent company of Teva, Ugg, Sanuk and other brands reported a lower loss than expected for the second quarter ended June 30. It amounted to $20.1 million, up from $7.5 million in the same period a year ago, on 13.1 percent higher overall revenues of $174.4 million. ...
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Salewa has decided to voluntarily recall two models of its...
Salewa has decided to voluntarily recall two models of its range of climbing harnesses to ensure best possible safety for its consumers. For the product “Civetta II,” Salewa is calling back all products manufactured before January 2012. The same for the harness “Vertigo 400 Alpindonna,” but only for the items ...
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The Korean market may cool down, too
The South Korean outdoor market, which has become the second-largest in the world after the U.S., is apparently showing some signs of saturation. Like other mature markets, it has been hit by the warm spell of the last winter season, although the country's economy, which is less export-oriented than the ...
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There will be a new consumer show in Dubai on...
There will be a new consumer show in Dubai on Dec. 13-15, 2012, which is called The Dubai International Outdoor Adventure Show. The exhibition follows a broader scheme of outdoor activities including scuba diving, kite surfing, cycling, fishing, hunting and other activities. The organizer, Turret Media, expects 100 ...
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Columbia posts improved quarterly results
Columbia Sportswear reported an increase in consolidated net sales of 8 percent to $290.4 million for the second quarter, and the company's seasonal loss declined by 42 percent to $7.9 million. Changes in currency exchange rates caused had a negative effect of one percentage point. Sales growth in the quarter ...
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China’s Sanfo may not be strong enough for a successful IPO
The example of Sanfo, China's leading specialty outdoor chain, highlights how overstretched the expectations from the local outdoor industry might be. The chain's figures for the current year are promising, but perhaps not powerful enough to make it successfully to the stock exchange, a plan that the owner, Heng Zhang, ...
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Rolf Schmid, the chief executive of Mammut Sports Group, will...
Rolf Schmid, the chief executive of Mammut Sports Group, will be the keynote speaker at the Ispo Dinner during the next European Outdoor Forum, due to be held in Annecy, France, on Oct. 16 and 17. He follows Paul Petzl (Petzl) and Heiner Oberrauch (Salewa), who gave their speeches in ...
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Marmot has relocated its worldwide headquarters to a new campus-style...
Marmot has relocated its worldwide headquarters to a new campus-style facility in Rohnert Park, California, after 22 years of business operations in nearby Santa Rosa. The company was originally founded in Grand Junction, Colorado, and moved to Santa Rosa in 1990, with 20 employees. Today the company has more than ...
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Icebreaker is implementing an innovative laptop and iPad-based tool called...
Icebreaker is implementing an innovative laptop and iPad-based tool called “aWorkbook” for assortment planning and selling. The new tool is already in use by 80 account managers and a couple of distributors. Currently, the new technology is applied in 12 of the 43 countries that Icebreaker serves in North America, ...
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Mammut starts business in China
Mammut Sports Group, a company that has not been active on the Chinese market so far, will open up its own subsidiary with an office in Beijing, operating by the turn of 2012 and 2013. Currently, the Swiss group is looking for personnel to get the new operations going. At ...
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For its business in China, Vaude reports stable sales at...
For its business in China, Vaude reports stable sales at €2.5 million for 2011. Jan Lorch, sales director, explains that last year was a period of transition when it switched from its own operations to Kailas, one of the country's leading brands that acts as well as licensee and distributor ...
