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Wolverine Worldwide is setting up a new office in Spain...
Wolverine Worldwide is setting up a new office in Spain to run the distribution of Merrell, Patagonia Footwear, Cushe and Caterpillar Footwear, and to coordinate the Spanish sales activities for the 14 other brands of the group that are currently handled by distributors. It's a new business model for the ...
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MBO at Primaloft
Albany International has agreed to sell its Primaloft insulation business to a newly created company, Primaloft Inc. The deal is a management buyout orchestrated by Primaloft's senior management, led by Michael Joyce, who previously acted as president of Albany's Applied Technology Group. The transaction is worth some $38 million and ...
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Schöffel and Lowa have opened their second joint store in...
Schöffel and Lowa have opened their second joint store in Berlin and the 12th in Germany. The door, located in a shopping mall called Wilmersdorfer Arcaden, has a selling surface of 180 square meters and will be run by the franchisees Frank and Kurt Rohrmeier. Meanwhile, Schöffel has announced that ...
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Odlo, which used to rely mainly on its own membranes,...
Odlo, which used to rely mainly on its own membranes, has decided to use those of W.L. Gore starting with its spring/summer 2013 collections. The company has sealed a licensing agreement for this purpose. Odlo intends to use Gore's Windstopper technology mainly in its lines of running and bike wear. ...
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Rectifying some recent press reports, the management of Regatta Group...
Rectifying some recent press reports, the management of Regatta Group indicates that the total number of its warehouse employees in the U.K. should grow from 165 to 220 as part of a reorganization of its logistics that will see each of its three brands – Regatta, Dare2b and Craghoppers – ...
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Flat sales at Johnson
Johnson Outdoors reported essentially flat sales of $128.7 million for the second quarter of its financial year, ended March 31. The gross margin declined to 39.3 percent from 41.1 percent, but operating earnings rose by 22.4 percent to $14.0 million, thanks in part to a favorable $3.5 million settlement with ...
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Teva will be one of the sponsors of the first...
Teva will be one of the sponsors of the first European edition of Crankworx, the big international freeride mountain biking competition, which will be held in the French alpine resort of Les 2 Alpes next July 9-15. The brand will notably endorse the slopestyle Best Trick on July 13. Teva ...
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Peak Performance generated some growth in the three months ended...
Peak Performance generated some growth in the three months ended March 31, which corresponded to the third quarter in IC Companys' financial year, but without matching the double-digit increases recorded by Tiger of Sweden, Soaked in Luxury and Marlen Birger. Jackpot and Cottonfield suffered setbacks. Across the group's 11 brands, ...
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Fenix Outdoor posts good growth but profits are down
Fenix Outdoor, the parent company of brands such as Fjällräven, Hanwag, Brunton, Primus and Tierra along with own retail operations in Sweden and Finland, had a good first quarter in terms of sales, which grew by 22 percent to a total of 402.9 million Swedish kronor (€44.8m-$56.4m) as compared to ...
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Patagonia has signed up a new distributor in Poland, Raven...
Patagonia has signed up a new distributor in Poland, Raven Outdoor, in a deal arranged by Michael Plank's Sports-Contacts agency. Based in Krakow and founded seven years ago, Raven Outdoor has launched international brands such as Smartwool and Black Diamond on the Polish market. Andrea Tomasini, who has been heading ...
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Sally Grimes is stepping down as executive director of the...
Sally Grimes is stepping down as executive director of the Outdoor Industries Women's Coalition, after a decade in the leading position in this very active American organization. The coalition is working with The Forest Group to indentify her successor.
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Jack Wolfskin is going in the same direction, recently reporting...
Jack Wolfskin is going in the same direction, recently reporting that it managed to reduce its CO2 emissions by 50 percent between 2007 and 2011. Key to the success was a substantial reduction of air freight and business flights, among others. The company has invested heavily in photovoltaic devices and ...
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The Swedish Trade Federation and the newspaper Dagens Handel have...
The Swedish Trade Federation and the newspaper Dagens Handel have named Naturkompaniet “Chain of the Year.” The award, which was presented as part of the 2012 Retail Awards in Stockholm, is open to retailers from all industries. Naturkompaniet, the chain of outdoor stores owned by Fenix Outdoor, won because of ...
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McTrek is on track, but cuts its Sine roots
Yeah! AG, the holding company that owns McTrek, the discount-oriented German specialty chain, managed to increase its sales by 17 percent to €26.2 million in 2011. The growth rate did not occur on a comparable basis because the chain opened four more stores last year. Another store opened in Rosenheim, ...
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Lake Constance formally secures long-term OutDoor contract
After our reporting back in autumn, it has been no surprise that Messe Friedrichshafen would get a new assignment to host the OutDoor show beyond 2013. Contrary to earlier agreements, the contract is no longer limited to five years, but will be a “rolling” one. That means that the agreement ...
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In the last issue of this publication, we congratulated Regatta...
In the last issue of this publication, we congratulated Regatta and Aquapac International for winning the prestigious “Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2012.” We overlooked, however, that Powertraveller, the U.K. company specializing in portable power and solar charges, walked away with the award as well. In fact, Powertraveller won ...
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Lurbel, the Spanish producer of technical outdoor clothing, has signed...
Lurbel, the Spanish producer of technical outdoor clothing, has signed a distribution deal for the Chilean market with a local importer, Empresa Comercial Cabo de Hornos. The company plans to use this contact to enter the Bolivian and Peruvian markets as well.
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The North Face will sponsor a climbing event on Kalymnos,...
The North Face will sponsor a climbing event on Kalymnos, a Greek island, which will take place from Sept. 26-30
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The number of Italians who have obtained a rock climbing...
The number of Italians who have obtained a rock climbing certificate grew to 13,000 last year, but some 200,000 others practice climbing as amateurs, says Fasi, the Italian sports climbing federation, adding that these numbers are expected to increase this year by 20 and 10 percent, respectively. More than 200 ...
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The Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Lake City, Utah,...
The Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Lake City, Utah, will start next January on a Tuesday and end on a Saturday to give retailers an extra day over the weekend to spend in their own stores. Instead of running from Wednesday to Sunday, OR will run from Tuesday, Jan. ...
