All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 6, Issue 10-11 – Page 2
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Compass Diversified Holdings, which owns Camelbak and other brands, is...
Compass Diversified Holdings, which owns Camelbak and other brands, is proposing to float one of its subsidiaries, Fox Factory, on the stock exchange. Specializing in the development, production and sale of high-performance suspension systems for mountain bikes and many other types of vehicles, it had a pre-tax income of $22.4 ...
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Columbia and Sorel, the footwear brand owned by the Columbia...
Columbia and Sorel, the footwear brand owned by the Columbia Sportswear group, have merged the distribution of the respective product lines in Austria. Paul Freysoldt, previously responsible for all key accounts and independent retailers of Columbia in the eastern part of Austria, will now also take care of Sorel's distribution ...
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Odlo opens up to new categories and fibers to boost sales
Last year, Odlo International, the Swiss-based marketer of functional sportswear, lifted its sales by 2 percent to reach a total of 146 million Swiss francs (€118.0m-$153.8m) in turnover. Jonas Ottosson, the man at the top of Peak Performance for more than two decades and chief executive of Odlo since last ...
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New distribution structure for Black Diamond in Europe
The U.S. marketer of climbing, outdoor and snow sports gear has appointed a couple of new agencies and employed sales representatives in various European markets. For France, the team has been expanded with Clément Chantelot and Caroline Eckert as sales reps and a new agent, Mélanie Brouase. Olav Nietzer, the ...
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Better prospects for outdoor in Europe
An online survey conducted by us among sporting goods brands, manufacturers, distributors, agents and retailers with the blessing of the European Outdoor Group shows that sales of outdoor products have been generally pretty bad at retail in Europe thus far into the current spring/summer season. Nevertheless, the market seems to ...
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Timo Schmidt-Eisenhart has been promoted to the new positionof Timberland's...
Timo Schmidt-Eisenhart has been promoted to the new positionof Timberland's president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The promotion follows the announced retirement of Richard O'Rourke, a Timberland veteran based in the U.K. who has been acting lately as senior vice president of international operations, in charge of ...
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X-Bionic has been honored for the fifth consecutive time as...
X-Bionic has been honored for the fifth consecutive time as the “most innovative brand” at the Plus X Awards in Cologne, Germany, an international innovation prize celebrating the most innovative brands in 23 categories including technology, sports and lifestyle. This is the tenth year of the awards. The Swiss high-tech ...
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Friedrichshafen reshuffles management to become more global
Stefan Reisinger, project manager of Friedrichshafen's OutDoor and Eurobike shows for nearly ten years, will assume a new position at Messe Friedrichshafen effective Dec. 1. In the future, the 39-year-old will be responsible for enhancing the company's efforts at the international level. The new position is described as business unit ...
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Lars-Ola Brolinson has become the new chief executive of Primus,...
Lars-Ola Brolinson has become the new chief executive of Primus, replacing Andreas Jakabffy who is leaving the company. Brolinson has been with Fenix Outdoor, parent company of Primus, for more than ten years in various positions. He started with the Swedish group in 2002 as marketing director for Fjällräven. At ...
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Sara Chandler has become one of the directors of STAG,...
Sara Chandler has become one of the directors of STAG, the British buying group led by her husband Ricky Chandler, whom she married in September 2011, and by Ward Robertson. The former Sara Coyle joined STAG in March 2010 as marketing manager. Reporting to Ricky and Ward, she will be ...
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Tim Bartels, former vice president of sales at Keen...
Tim Bartels, former vice president of sales at Keen Footwear, is now vice president of global footwear sales at Columbia Sportswear
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Wild Roses goes bankrupt
Wild Roses, the Swiss brand of women-specific outdoor products, has gone into insolvency. The reasons are not quite clear, but it seems that NKD, a big German chain of low-cost apparel stores that took over the license for the brand one year ago, felt that it was not part of ...
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Ortlieb, the German manufacturer of waterproof bags and packs, will...
Ortlieb, the German manufacturer of waterproof bags and packs, will no longer be distributed by Sport & Outdoor in Austria. The cooperation between Ortlieb and its Austrian distribution partner will come to an end on December 31 this year. Sport & Outdoor wants to focus on its own retail activities ...
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Johnson Outdoors has hired Ken Avery as the new brand...
Johnson Outdoors has hired Ken Avery as the new brand manager for Jetboil, the group's outdoor cooking brand. Avery previously worked as brand manager for Vittoria Industries, the manufacturer of bicycle tires. Prior to that, he worked on product development for Maxxis International, also a tire brand. As a professional ...
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At the beginning of July, Lukas Binder assumed the position...
At the beginning of July, Lukas Binder assumed the position of commercial manager in Germany and Austria for the Wild Country brand , which has belonged to the Oberalp group since 2012. Binder is a professional climber and was member of the expedition squad of the DAV, the German Alpine ...
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The Oeko-Tex Association has presented its first sustainability awards to...
The Oeko-Tex Association has presented its first sustainability awards to companies in the textile industry. They were granted to five companies in five different categories. In particular, YKK got the award for quality management and Lenzing got it for product innovation. Other recipients were Sun Hing Industries Holding of Hong ...
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Eagle Creek has assigned Mathias Kahle to the position of...
Eagle Creek has assigned Mathias Kahle to the position of sales director for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Previously, he was working as sales representative for Eagle Creek in Northern and Eastern Germany. He will report directly to Oliver Messing, executive managing director of Eagle Creek Europe.
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Icebreaker has appointed Rob Fyfe as its new executive chairman...
Icebreaker has appointed Rob Fyfe as its new executive chairman to replace Noel Todd, who is stepping down after 18 years. Fyfe will assume the new role at the outdoor clothing brand in September, after serving on the company's board for 12 months. Fyfe led Air New Zealand as chief ...
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Martin Berendsen, a well-known Dutch industry veteran, is appointed by...
Martin Berendsen, a well-known Dutch industry veteran, is appointed by Hi-Tec Sports as president of its Magnum brand. He ran Reebok's operations in the Netherlands for many years in the 1990s before moving to the U.S. to run the local Dr. Martens business. After various stations, he ran the European ...
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PrimaLoft has appointed David Newey as global manager of partnership...
PrimaLoft has appointed David Newey as global manager of partnership marketing, responsible for developing marketing programs with North American and Asia brand partners. He previously worked for Valspar Corporation, a manufacturer of coatings, and for Polarmax.
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