All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 6, Issue 17-18 – Page 3
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Authentic Brands Group (ABG) has completed the acquisition of Spyder...
Authentic Brands Group (ABG) has completed the acquisition of Spyder Active Sports, the snow-wear brand from Boulder, Colorado, for an undisclosed price, from the private equity firm Apax Partners, which had bought the brand in 2004 for about $100 million. In connection with the acquisition, ABG and LF USA, the ...
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Strong growth and new managers for Inov-8
With sales expected to rise to the equivalent of more than $30 million this year, up from $20 million in 2012, Inov-8 has become one of the fastest-growing outdoor brands. Much of the growth is due to its concentration on sports activities that are gaining ground strongly, such as trail ...
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A group of 53 people including Steve Rendle, president of...
A group of 53 people including Steve Rendle, president of VF Corporation's Outdoor Coalition for the Americas, went on a four-day, 380-mile bicycle journey starting at SmartWool's headquarters in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, on July 26 and ending up in Park City, Utah just before joining the neighboring Outdoor Retailer Show ...
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Karstadt will set up 50 Timberland shop-in-shops of up to...
Karstadt will set up 50 Timberland shop-in-shops of up to 40 square meters in its department stores throughout Germany, offering either shoes or clothing or both. The first such area has already opened in Karstadt's store in Essen, where the retailer has its head office. Another one is due to ...
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With the beginning of 2014, Optimus, the Swedish stove brand...
With the beginning of 2014, Optimus, the Swedish stove brand owned by the Swiss Katadyn group, will be distributed by Robijns B.V., in the Benelux countries. The move will bundle the distribution of all Katadyn-owned brands - Katadyn for water purification, Trek'n Eat for outdoor nutrition and Optimus - in ...
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Sales of outdoor shoes fell by 2.4% in 2012
Unseasonable weather conditions and the poor economy in Europe last year led to a drop of 2.4 percent to $3.9 billion in terms of dollars in the global market for brand outdoor footwear at the wholesale level. As the dollar appreciated on average by 8.2 percent against the euro, sales ...
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Expanding on their collaboration for the production of 100 percent...
Expanding on their collaboration for the production of 100 percent recyclable sandals made with PLUSfoam material, Patagonia Footwear and PLUS Compound Technologies have now launched incentive programs to encourage consumers to recycle their used PLUSfoam flip flops. In view of the end of the summer season, Patagonia is offering consumers ...
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Chaco raised over $7,000 at the fourth edition of its...
Chaco raised over $7,000 at the fourth edition of its annual flip sale, which took place at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market trade show, in August. All proceeds were donated to the Conservation Alliance, a group of outdoor industry companies that fund community-based campaigns to protect North America's threatened wild ...
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