All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 6, Issue 21-22
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New MD for Trekmates under new ownership
Mark Billing has been appointed as the new managing director of Trekmates, the British brand of outdoor and adventure travel accessories and clothing that fell under the control of Bollin Group last July. He previously ran True Brands Ltd., which markets True Utility branded pocket tools, and he has a ...
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McTrek projects solid growth, opens its largest store
McTrek, the price-oriented specialty chain, has opened its largest store so far in Cologne. The net selling surface is 800 square meters, added to which are some 600 square meters as an exhibition space for tents and camping gear. The 28th store is located in the former shop of Blackfoot, ...
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Globetrotter opens its own lodge
Globetrotter Ausrüstung, the Hamburg-based retailer, has opened a Globetrotter Lodge in Hüttener Berge, a nature park in the north of Germany. The hotel has conference and training facilities attached and offers outdoor programs, training courses and workshops along with accommodation. Also, the lodge offers organized tours in the surrounding area and ...
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SportScheck, Germany's largest sporting goods retailer, has opened its new...
SportScheck, Germany's largest sporting goods retailer, has opened its new high-tech flagship store in Munich on a net sales surface of 10,200 square meters. The store employs a staff of 250 people and offers some 30,000 different products under 530 brands, arranged by sports category and led by outdoor, running ...
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Patagonia reports further progress in sustainability
The outdoor industry's pioneer of the sustainability concept has announced a new milestone in its efforts, claiming that it is going to be the first apparel manufacturer of its size that will be capable to trace down the entire supply chain for its entire collection of down-insulated products, starting with ...
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New plans for Fesi
The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) is moving into a higher gear following the unanimous election of Bruno Alves as president by a newly elected 15-member board of directors during the annual general assembly of the organization in Prague last month.The fact that he was unanimously elected ...
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Keen launches fan-based grants program
Keen is launching “The Keen Effect,” a fan-activated grants program created to support responsible outdoor participation. The American outdoor company, best known for its footwear but also now branching out into outdoor clothing, asks fans and customers to nominate community organizations that promote responsible outdoor participation.Organizations around the world are ...
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VF reinvests extra profits in marketing
The American conglomerate has done it before. While reporting better-than-expected results for the third quarter, VF Corp. announced that it had decided to reinvest a further $40 million in marketing during the second half of this year. It has already allocated $10 million to the third quarter. The balance will ...
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A successful first Euro-pean Outdoor Summit
The first European Outdoor Summit (EOS), held in Stockholm last Oct. 16-18, went better than expected. It pulled a total of 321 delegates from 21 different countries, creating seating problems during some of the sessions because the venue can normally accommodate a maximum of 300 persons, but then some of ...
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A jury has elected Sympatex Technologies' Moisture Tech Volterra polyester-polyamide...
A jury has elected Sympatex Technologies' Moisture Tech Volterra polyester-polyamide compound to get the 2013 Performance Award at the Munich Performance Days, the sports textiles show due to be held on Nov. 19-21 in the Bavarian capital. It picked Sympatex' four-layer footwear laminate among more than 600 submissions. The product ...
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Jack Wolfskin expands in Eastern Europe
Jack Wolfskin is continuing to explore partnerships in Eastern Europe, teaming up with three retailers who will open Jack Wolfskin shop-in-shops in their stores: Mountex in Hungary, Sport Depot in Bulgaria and Sport Virus in Romania.Separately, a Jack Wolfskin franchised store was opened in August in Kiev, the capital of ...
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Salewa and Dynafit join the Fair Wear Foundation
Oberalp has announced that it has become a member of the Fair Wear Foundation (FWF) through its brands Salewa and Dynafit. The Fair Wear Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization that works with companies and factories to improve labor conditions for garment workers all over the world. FWF's 80 member ...
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Snow Factory has taken on the exclusive distribution in Spain...
Snow Factory has taken on the exclusive distribution in Spain of the sports nutrition products of Multipower in the multi-sport, triathlon, outdoor and ski retail channels. Sales and marketing will be handled by Daniel Rosal, who took care of Speedo in Spain between 1998 and 2008. He is the son ...
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Responding to strong demand from the sports and outdoor industry,...
Responding to strong demand from the sports and outdoor industry, the Ispo fair in Munich has decided to enlarge its Ispo Inspire exhibition area next year to show what individual companies and brands are doing in the area of sustainability and corporate social responsibility. The space dedicated to this exhibit ...
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Deckers expands Teva’s lifestyle range
Jeff Bua, the new president of Teva, is repositioning this brand of sports sandals in the Originals category to capitalize on its heritage and better penetrate the casual footwear segment all year ‘round. It plans to introduce a new line of Teva canvas shoes next year that will stay warm ...
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Crocs improves in Europe
In the third quarter ended Sept. 30, Crocs registered revenues of $288.5 million, down slightly from revenues of $295.6 million in the third quarter of 2012. On a constant-currency basis, revenues increased by 0.9 percent for the quarter. The Colorado-based footwear company saw strong performance in the Asia-Pacific region and ...
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Strong growth for Costa
Sales grew by 26.3 percent to $24.6 million in the third quarter ended Sept. 28 at Costa Inc., the company that owns the Costa and Native brands of sunglasses and that is being taken over by Essilor International (see the previous article in this issue). They rose by 24.1 percent ...
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Correction: In the last issue of this publication we misspelled...
Correction: In the last issue of this publication we misspelled the name of the member of the executive board of Black Yak and the new president of Nau. His name is Jun Suk Kang. We apologize for the mistake.
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Napapijri, the Italian sportswear label owned by VF Corp., is...
Napapijri, the Italian sportswear label owned by VF Corp., is making a comeback into the U.S. market through an agreement with Moosejaw Mountaineering to be its exclusive online retailer in the country. Napapijri had left the market in 2009 after closing down its U.S. stores to concentrate on Europe. Moosejaw ...
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Lafuma continues its downward movement
As anticipated, the Lafuma Group ended its financial year on Sept. 30 with a major sales decline, although the 15.9 percent drop reported for the first six months of the year was followed by a slightly smaller drop of 11.1 percent in the second half. For the full year, the ...
