All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 6, Issue 14-15 – Page 3
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(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue). Robert Sazaki has...
(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue). Robert Sazaki has resigned as president of LaCrosse Footwear, reportedly for personal reasons. The former Nike official had joined the U.S. company as executive vice president last December after its takeover by the Japanese distributor of the brand, ABC-Mart. Yasushi Akaogi, a Japanese ...
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(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Columbia Sportswear has...
(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Columbia Sportswear has appointed Russ Hopcus senior vice president in charge of North American sales, effective July 29. In this newly created position, Hopcus will report directly to Tim Boyle, president and chief executive. Hopcus, 54, will be responsible for sales in both the ...
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(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Ladislav Masek, former...
(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Ladislav Masek, former Eastern Europe sales manager at Mammut, switched to the same job at Icebreaker at the start of July. He takes over from Branislav Adamec, who left to become general manager for the Czech Republic and Slovakia at Salewa. Adamec already ...
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(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Lars-Ola Brolinson has...
(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) 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 ...
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(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Sea to Summit,...
(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Sea to Summit, the Aussie brand of accessories and sleeping bags, opened its own subsidiary in Germany on July 1. It is the brand's second subsidiary outside Australia, as Sea to Summit established an office in China last year, from where it also ...
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(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) The Dutch subsidiary...
(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) The Dutch subsidiary of Fjällräven, the Swedish outdoor brand, is taking over from the start of next year the distribution of the Primus brand in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. Primus is part of the Fenix Outdoor Group, which also owns Fjällräven. Primus ...
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(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Jack Wolfskin has...
(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Jack Wolfskin has opened a subsidiary in the Russian market, taking over the staff of its former distributor in Saint Petersburg, Peter Sport. The German outdoor brand already has three stores in the second-largest Russian city and will open another in Moscow before the ...
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(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Coming back to...
(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Coming back to Paris from the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen on the A4 highway, we found an interesting Décathlon corner in a Total gas station, opened less than one month ago at Saint Privat near Metz. On 20 square meters, it doesn't show ...
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(Already published in the Asia issue) Haglöfs is opening...
(Already published in the Asia issue) Haglöfs is opening its first outlet store in Norway, using the Vestby village near Oslo. It already opened a full-price store in the Norwegian capital four months ago.
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(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Polartec expects to...
(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Polartec expects to increase its global sales by about 10 percent in 2013, mostly due to rising turnover in Europe and Latin America. Polartec works together with local brands in Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Brazil. Sales in Latin America are expected to increase ...
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(Already published in the Asia issue) Wenger will halt...
(Already published in the Asia issue) Wenger will halt the production of Swiss army knives at the end of this year. Victorinox, owner of the brand since 2005, will integrate 60 percent of Wenger's models and keep Wenger's production base in Delémont in Switzerland for its own use. Shareholders ...
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(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Keen has commissioned...
(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Keen has commissioned the design of ‘green graffiti' in front of Globetrotter stores in downtown Hamburg and Cologne. Water, a high-pressure cleaner and different patterns have been used to create a long-lasting work of art on the pavement in German city centers, by ...
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(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) The Russian Outdoor...
(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) The Russian Outdoor Group (ROG), which brings together some of the leading companies in this market, is organizing for the first time a specialist trade fair for retail buyers at the Sokolniki park in Moscow on July 24-26. The ROG reports that 21 ...
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(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Sympatex and Vaude...
(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Sympatex and Vaude will support the Trail of Change expedition led by a geomorphologist, Hannes Künkel. In August, he and his team, called Third Pole, will go to the Hymalajay to climb one of the mountains that reach above 8,000 meters. There, the group of scientists ...
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(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) All Sport, the...
(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) All Sport, the Austrian brand of premium outdoor apparel, has started to sell its products in the Netherlands and in the Flemish part of Belgium through a Dutch agency, Sollie Brands, which also sells Yep Yep, Rehall and Poivre-Blanc in the Netherlands. In ...
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Weather affects Jarden’s outdoor operations
Traditionally, the second quarter is seasonally weak also for Jarden Corporation's Outdoor Solutions segment. This division, which comprises 21 different sports brands including Coleman, Ex Officio, K2, Marmot, Rawlings, Shakespeare and Zoot, booked a 6.1 percent decline to $741.1 million for the period, as the wet and cold weather in ...
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The North Face adjusts its strategy for China
The U.S. brand made a statement at the eighth edition of the Asia Outdoor show that ended in Nanjing last Saturday. The North Face showed with a massive booth there to attract independent retailers attending the show. Jacob Lee Uhland, general manager of TNF Asia since the beginning of last ...
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Amer raises sales by 7%
Despite the cold and wet spring, which dampened enthusiasm for tennis and cycling, the Amer Sports group enjoyed rising sales in nearly all categories as well as a small improvement in its earnings. The Finnish owner of Wilson, Salomon, Atomic and other brands saw its sales grow by 7 percent ...
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Dominik König, a 24-year-old active biker and triathlet, has been...
Dominik König, a 24-year-old active biker and triathlet, has been placed in charge of trade marketing for Ortlieb
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Positive vibes from the 20th OutDoor show
(Already published in Asia Outdoor issue). The OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen went better than expected, considering the difficult market situation in Europe during the first half of this year. In terms of daily attendance at the fair, the number of trade visitors was down slightly to 21,465 from 21,730 a ...
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