All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 6, Issue 16 – Page 2
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Outdoor Sports Valley, the trade association based in Annecy, France,...
Outdoor Sports Valley, the trade association based in Annecy, France, is teaming up with the European surf industry association (EuroSima) and a couple of design and engineering schools in the organization of a new ‘Design Summer Camp.' It will expose design, product development and marketing students and professionals in the ...
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Allied Feather & Down, a company based in Los Angeles...
Allied Feather & Down, a company based in Los Angeles that describes itself as the largest supplier of down for the outdoor industry, has developed a new antimicrobial treatment, called Allied Refined Down, to protect apparel and equipment used in rough environmental conditions, including camping, hunting and fishing, against the ...
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Big Agnes, the U.S. brand of tents, sleeping bags and...
Big Agnes, the U.S. brand of tents, sleeping bags and other outdoor equipment, has announced various management appointments to meet the demands of its recent fast growth. The new position of the chief financial officer has been filled by Greg Fritz. Linda Curzon is the first customer service manager in ...
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Earlier this year, Kailas, the second-largest Chinese outdoor brand after...
Earlier this year, Kailas, the second-largest Chinese outdoor brand after Toread, launched a secondary brand named Udjat. The aim is to attract customers who go for more fashionable and less technical apparel and footwear in lower price ranges rather than for the Kailas brand. According to Kenneth Chen, the manager ...
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Adidas has decided that the proprietary Stealth Rubber soles of...
Adidas has decided that the proprietary Stealth Rubber soles of Five Ten will only be used in Adidas and Five Ten products in the future. The technology is featured in a range of Adidas outdoor shoes that has been presented to the trade for the spring/summer 2014 season. In the ...
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Compass Diversified hunts for new acquisitions
The successful listing of Fox Factory on the Nasdaq stock exchange at the end of last week is encouraging the management of its 7-year-old parent company, Compass Diversified Holdings Inc. (CODI), to look for other acquisition opportunities. Compass bought a large majority stake in Camelbak Products two years ago for ...
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Stormberg is accused of shady franchising policies
Since the start of 2013, five Stormberg franchises in Norway have closed their doors or declared bankruptcy. According to an article published by Dagens Næringsliv (DN), the leading Norwegian financial newspaper, at least one of the franchisees is accusing the Norwegian outdoor apparel company of a deliberate strategy to use ...
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ABS, the German marketer of avalanche rescue balls, has picked...
ABS, the German marketer of avalanche rescue balls, has picked The Mountain Lab as its new partner in charge of distribution for North America. The Mountain Lab will also assume responsibilities for customer relationships and brand management in the region. ABS' own subsidiary in Langley, Canada will continue to take ...
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Keen Footwear's new president, Mike Abbott, who had joined the...
Keen Footwear's new president, Mike Abbott, who had joined the company as its president at the beginning of July, has already left the company. The former chief executive officer of Specialized Bicycles and Burton Snowboards was going to fill a void left by the departure one year ago of James ...
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The Oberalp/Salewa Group is projecting an 8 percent improvement to...
The Oberalp/Salewa Group is projecting an 8 percent improvement to €194 million in this year's turnover, with increases of between 3 and 5 percent for Salewa and more than 10 percent for Dynafit. The revenues of the Italian company, which owns or represents several other brands, rose by 3 percent ...
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Inov-8 will act as the footwear sponsor for the Royal...
Inov-8 will act as the footwear sponsor for the Royal Parks Foundation Ultra race in London next Oct. 6. The event, which is taking place for the second year in a row, is expected to attract some 700 runners who will follow a 50-kilometer route across five royal parks in ...
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Mammut grows by 7.7%
Revenues increased by 9.2 percent to 100.3 million Swiss francs (€80.7m- $107.0m) in the first half ended June 30 for the Sporting Goods business unit of the Swiss Conzzeta Group, consisting essentially of the Mammut Sports Group. The growth rate amounted to 7.7 percent on a currency-neutral basis and without ...
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Johnson’ earnings jump by over 50% on stable sales, outdoor is up
Johnson Outdoors reported net income of $13.7 million in the third quarter ended June 28, 2013, a 52 percent increase over the same quarter last year, reflecting changes in foreign tax valuation allowances that significantly reduced the company's effective tax rate year-on-year. Net sales in the quarter increased slightly to ...
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Nick Cienski, a 47-year-old mountaineer and an award-winning designer for...
Nick Cienski, a 47-year-old mountaineer and an award-winning designer for Under Armour, plans to set a new record by climbing to the summit of the 14 tallest mountains in the world in only 24 months. He will be aided by large teams of sherpas and by helicopters that will fly ...
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Adidas Outdoor recorded a 25 percent sales increase in the...
Adidas Outdoor recorded a 25 percent sales increase in the second quarter, according to a presentation of company results made by Adidas Group last week. Earlier, company officials confirmed reports that Adidas Outdoor grew by 20 percent in 2012 to around €350 million and said it still projects a turnover ...
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At a party celebrating the 20th anniversary of the OutDoor...
At a party celebrating the 20th anniversary of the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen last month, John Jansen, managing director of Keen Europe and president of the European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA), publicly expressed a wish that the European Outdoor Group (EOG) should open itself up to outdoor retailers. He has been ...
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Gerber Legendary Knives has announced the recall of about 2,900...
Gerber Legendary Knives has announced the recall of about 2,900 Gerber Uppercut Fixed Blade Knife and Sheath Sets in the U.S., warning that the rigid plastic sheath that holds them doesn't fasten them securely inside, posing a laceration risk. The company said that one consumer was reported to have suffered ...
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