All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 5, Issue 19
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This Thursday, Jack Wolfskin will open its seventh store in...
This Thursday, Jack Wolfskin will open its seventh store in the U.K. at Trinity Square in Leeds on a selling surface of 1,238 square feet. This latest opening follows existing doors in York, Birmingham and the Lake District as well as three stores in London. Jack Wolfskin's most recent store ...
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The new generation steps up at Ivanhoe
The second-generation owners of Ivanhoe, a Swedish brand of outdoor and golf apparel, have started to transfer responsibilities and ownership to the third generation of the Göthager family. Anna and Anders Göthager became the majority shareholders of Ivanhoe Support AB, a new entity that will deal with marketing, sales and ...
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Vasque has signed up as official footwear provider for the...
Vasque has signed up as official footwear provider for the legendary Mount Washington Observatory, located in the state of New Hampshire at the convergence of three major storm tracks. To celebrate the partnership, Vasque has pledged to give away five pairs of its new Snowblime insulated boots to the first ...
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For the first six month of its financial year from...
For the first six month of its financial year from January to July, Mammut Sports Group achieved an increase in net sales of 7.5 percent to 91.8 million Swiss francs (75.5m-$98.9m). On a currency-neutral basis and not counting the acquisition of the Snowpulse brand, the rate of increase was 7.6 ...
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Michael McCormick, executive vice president of global sales and...
Michael McCormick, executive vice president of global sales and marketing at Columbia Sportswear, has resigned from the company for personal reasons. Tim Boyle, the company's chief executive, will take over on an interim basis. McCormick joined Columbia in August 2006 as vice president of sales and was named to ...
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Rich program for the European Outdoor Forum
The Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV), which is organizing the European Outdoor Forum (EOF) for the third time in the nice French town of Annecy on Oct. 16-17, has put its program online, pointing out that the delegates who want to attend will get an “early bird” discount if they book ...
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Kanumesse, the Nuremberg-based meeting point of the European kayak industry,...
Kanumesse, the Nuremberg-based meeting point of the European kayak industry, has changed its name to Paddle Expo to reflect the growing interest of international trade visitors to the show. The 10th edition of the show, which runs from Sept. 18-20, is organized by industry veteran Horst Fürsattel at the venue ...
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Mountain Equipment is the new sponsor of the team of...
Mountain Equipment is the new sponsor of the team of young mountaineers of Naturfreunde Österreich (“Austrian friends of nature”). The six athletes between 22 and 25 years will be supplied by the British brand with apparel and sleeping bags.
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Under the presence of Tim Emmett, the extreme mountaineer, Mountain...
Under the presence of Tim Emmett, the extreme mountaineer, Mountain Hardwear has opened its own retail surface in the U.K. The 200 square meters are located as a shop-in-shop in the Cotswold store in Glasgow's West End Retail Park.
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Kielce Sport Lato, the summer edition of the Polish sports...
Kielce Sport Lato, the summer edition of the Polish sports and outdoor fair, has shrunk to only a dozen trade exhibitors after it was moved to October. The fair was previously a bustling event held in August, and drawing most of the leading outdoor brands and distributors in the country. ...
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Donna Fitch, the previous director of men's merchandising at Woolrich,...
Donna Fitch, the previous director of men's merchandising at Woolrich, has been promoted to vice president for merchandising. She's been with the company since January. In addition, Woolrich has hired Karuna Scheinfeld to be its new vice president for design. She was previously at W.P. Lavori, where she was the ...
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Wenger has decided to stop marketing sports sandals and other...
Wenger has decided to stop marketing sports sandals and other shoes under its own name, according to the Sport Eco magazine
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Keen held Worldwide Recess Day on Friday, when its stores,...
Keen held Worldwide Recess Day on Friday, when its stores, offices and distributors across the globe hosted common playground activities such as foursquare, hopscotch and tetherball. It's the second annual edition of the event, which is intended to get people outside to be healthier and happier.
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Sluggish sales in several European markets failed to dampen the...
Sluggish sales in several European markets failed to dampen the atmosphere at Eurobike, which again increased its number of visitors this year. The score of more than 40,000 trade visitors last year was surpassed to reach 43,700 trade visitors over three days this year, as well as another 20,500 bicycle ...
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Teva is sponsoring the Lyon Kayak, a competition involving more...
Teva is sponsoring the Lyon Kayak, a competition involving more than 500 boats on the Saône river, on Sept. 22-23
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Reportedly, Fenix Outdoor, the parent company of Fjällräven, Primus, Hanwag,...
Reportedly, Fenix Outdoor, the parent company of Fjällräven, Primus, Hanwag, Brunton and Tierra, will open its own subsidiary for Austria and Italy with headquarters in Innsbruck at the beginning of next year. The company will be run by Reinhard Schwarzenberger, formerly part of the local sales force of POC, as ...
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Garmin, the specialty company for mobile navigation, has signed a...
Garmin, the specialty company for mobile navigation, has signed a three-year agreement to be the title sponsor of Velothon, a popular bicycle competition in Berlin, starting with its third edition, scheduled for June 9, 2013. The U.S. company has been increasingly active in cycling. It has been supporting one of ...
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The Hobie Cat Company, the producer of kayaks and sailboats...
The Hobie Cat Company, the producer of kayaks and sailboats based in Oceanside, California, has acquired Hobie Cat Europe, which is based in Toulon, France. Founded by Hobie Alter in 1968, the U.S. company was acquired by Coleman in 1975. In 1989, Coleman split the operation into two parts, one ...
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Sorel is launching a global marketing campaign with the tagline...
Sorel is launching a global marketing campaign with the tagline “Get your boots dirty.” The print and internet campaign intends to combine fashion and the company's roots in the category of rugged outdoor footwear. The heroes of the marketing initiative are women with a creative and independent appeal. One of ...
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A new forum called Textrends will premier at next year's...
A new forum called Textrends will premier at next year's Ispo Munich. The idea behind the show within the show is to have a platform for designers, product managers, etc. who will get an overview of the latest trends in materials offered by suppliers to the industry for the following ...
