All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 5, Issue 21-22 – Page 2
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Reportedly, Northland Professional, the Austrian brand of outdoor apparel, has...
Reportedly, Northland Professional, the Austrian brand of outdoor apparel, has created the new position of a sales director in charge of Germany. The job will be done by Alois Koeberl, who worked for Levi's for some years. He will not operate from the German sales field, but from Northland's headquarters ...
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Vibram has appointed Antonio Dus for the newly created position...
Vibram has appointed Antonio Dus for the newly created position of consultant to Marco Bramani, the group's chief executive and president. The 42-year-old's job will be to improve leadership of the company as a supplier of shoe soles as well as driving innovation and quality within the company. He will ...
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Brazil: Another outdoor market with potential
The down jackets and warm underwear one might expect to sell in Russia will probably not do so well in Brazil, another large country with stupendous landscapes and an under-developed outdoor market. It was described at the EOF by Marina Franco, managing director of the Adventure Sports Fair, a fair ...
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For next year's Ispo Awards, whose winners will be announced...
For next year's Ispo Awards, whose winners will be announced at the next Ispo Munich show (Feb. 3-6, 2013), Messe München has presented an optimized and extended concept: The winners will not only be promoted at the show itself, but will be supported in subsequent publications such as Ispo's website, ...
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Good European outdoor convention in Annecy
A total of 240 delegates from many different countries took part in the third European Outdoor Forum, organized by Outdoor Sports Valley in the nice French town of Annecy earlier this month. Attendance levels were about the same as a year ago, but the general spirit appeared to have risen ...
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Strong growth for Amer’s brands in apparel
The Winter and Outdoor division of Amer Sports, which includes brands such as Arc'teryx, Salomon and Suunto, improved its operating profit by 9 percent to €80.8 million in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with €79.3 million in the same period a year ago, while its net sales increased ...
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Keen, the American outdoor footwear brand, which has been working...
Keen, the American outdoor footwear brand, which has been working with distributors throughout Europe so far, will be taking care of its own sales and marketing in the Netherlands starting from the autumn 2013 season. Hans Feenstra, who has served at Keen in different functions since 2004, will take charge ...
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SAZsport, the German trade publication, reports that Altimum, the Swiss...
SAZsport, the German trade publication, reports that Altimum, the Swiss distributor of Petzl, has been fined 470,000 Swiss francs (€388,500-$504,100) by Switzerland's antitrust authorities. They argued that Altimum tried to dictate minimum retail prices to its customers at least between 2006 and 2010. The distributor is not willing to accept ...
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In the aftermath of the death of a mountaineer in...
In the aftermath of the death of a mountaineer in August, possibly caused by quality problems with his via ferrata set, and the recall actions undertaken by various manufacturers of such products, Mammut has now decided to take four sets out of the market. The recall affects the product “Tec ...
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Stabilo’s outdoor division grows organically and through acquisition
Schwanhäusser Industrie Holding, well known for its writing products marketed under the Schwan-Stabilo brand, has posted strong growth for its outdoor division, which has been run as a subsidiary of its own since this year. The combined sales of the Deuter and Ortovox brands reached €78 million in Schwanhäusser's last ...
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Wechsel, the Berlin-based developer of tents, has been acquired by...
Wechsel, the Berlin-based developer of tents, has been acquired by Skanfriends. The tentmaker will keep its structure in place in the German capital and will now concentrate on product management under the leadership of Jörg Schulze, brand manager, and Steffen Santen, sales manager. Skanfriends has offices in Germany and Denmark ...
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Columbia is not amused about Europe
Columbia Sportswear posted a decrease of 4.0 percent in net sales to $545.0 million for its third quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with the year-ago results. About 2 percentage points of the decrease were said to be due to currency effects. In the same period, operating profit went up by ...
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Jarden’s outdoor segment slips by 7%
Jarden Corporation's Outdoor Solutions segment had sales of $657.6 million in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, down by 7.0 percent from the year-earlier period, due to declining sales for its snow sports brands in the wake of last winter's disappointing weather. The revenues for the segment fell by 8.0 ...
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Point6, the American manufacturer of merino wool socks founded by...
Point6, the American manufacturer of merino wool socks founded by two former managers of Smartwool, has joined the Conservation Alliance. The U.S. organization has contributed nearly $11.3 million to nature conservation groups throughout North America since 1989.
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Effective with the spring collection 2013, Exped, the Swiss brand...
Effective with the spring collection 2013, Exped, the Swiss brand of outdoor equipment, will split its North American distribution. While the U.S. market continues to be covered by Exped's Seattle-based subsidiary, which was founded in 2009, the Canadian distribution will be in new hands: Montreal-based In-Sports Fashion will be in ...
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The August 2013 Outdoor Retailer Summer Market and its Open...
The August 2013 Outdoor Retailer Summer Market and its Open Air Demo area will feature a focused exhibit area for fly fishing, with the related programs. Last August, the fair featured a similar area for stand-up paddles inside and outside one of its two tents.
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The “Team Vibram” is present at the 18th edition of...
The “Team Vibram” is present at the 18th edition of the Templars Festival in Millau, in the southwest of France, this weekend (Oct. 26-28). It is the oldest trail-running race in France. The team participates in the Endurance Trail, a 105-km race, and the Big Templars Race, a 72-km race.
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