All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 6, Issue 21-22 – Page 4

  • Article

    Essilor acquires Costa

    8 November 2013

    Based in France, Essilor International is the world's largest manufacturer of ophthalmic lenses, and it has been investing strongly in sun lenses lately, as reported in one of our sister publications, Eyewear Intelligence. Based in Lincoln, Rhode Island, Costa Inc. is the marketer of Costa and Native sunglasses, which are ...

  • Article

    Rocky Brands acquires Creative Recreation, while profits fall

    8 November 2013

    Rocky Brands has signed a definitive purchase agreement with Kommonwealth to acquire certain assets including the Creative Recreation trademark, a footwear brand based in California, best known for its popular crossover between athletic sneakers and dress shoes. The acquisition, for a total purchase price of around $11 million, will be ...

  • News briefs

    Poc Sweden, the helmet specialist acquired by Black Diamond last...

    8 November 2013

    Poc Sweden, the helmet specialist acquired by Black Diamond last year, is investing more in its eyewear line, which was first presented at the Mido eyewear show in Milan last year. It has hired a new global marketing director for its eyewear business unit, Jonas Söderqvist, replacing Sarah Laurell in ...

  • News briefs

    Black Diamond Inc. has promoted Aaron Kuehne to the position...

    8 November 2013

    Black Diamond Inc. has promoted Aaron Kuehne to the position of chief financial officer, after an extensive external search for a possible alternative candidate for the post. He had already served as interim CFO and principal accounting officer since last March 15 following the departure of Robert Peay after 16 ...

  • News briefs

    Amer Sports has issued a bond worth 750 million Swedish...

    8 November 2013

    Amer Sports has issued a bond worth 750 million Swedish kronor (€85.4m-$115.4m) to institutional investors, with a floating rate and a loan period of five years. It will use the bond for the repayment of loans and general corporate purposes. Nordea Markets acted as the sole book-runner for the bond, ...

  • News briefs

    Point6, the U.S.-based maker of merino wool socks, sponsored the...

    8 November 2013

    Point6, the U.S.-based maker of merino wool socks, sponsored the second edition of the Pedal the Plains tour, the annual three-day bike ride across south eastern Colorado, which was held this year on Sept. 20-22. The event is organized, among others, by the Colorado Tourism Office and The Denver Post. ...

  • News briefs

    Osprey Europe has adopted the iVendix B2B e-commerce platform of...

    8 November 2013

    Osprey Europe has adopted the iVendix B2B e-commerce platform of CenterStone Technologies. CenterStone's B2B e-commerce platform allows customer to check out Osprey's products online and order them at any time, seven-days-a-week. They can check stock availability for orders or reorders and monitor the status of orders already placed. CenterStone's multi-language ...

  • News briefs

    Dare 2b, the British mountain sports brand, reports on a...

    8 November 2013

    Dare 2b, the British mountain sports brand, reports on a new partnership with Moore Large, which claims to be the U.K.'s largest distributor of bicycles, parts and accessories. It will distribute Dare 2b's new range of cycling apparel to bike dealers in the U.K. and Ireland from next February, complementing ...

  • News briefs

    Timbuk2 opened on Oct. 31 its first store outside the...

    8 November 2013

    Timbuk2 opened on Oct. 31 its first store outside the U.S. in Singapore through Primer-Uniglobe Singapore, a member of the Primer Group of companies. The store is also the first one to offer an “in-store customization experience” for its products outside the U.S., and the company says this is the ...

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    Amer also reports that a total of 19,109 shares granted...

    8 November 2013

    Amer also reports that a total of 19,109 shares granted as share-based incentives were returned to Amer Sports on Nov. 7 in accordance with the terms of an incentive plan as the employment of their holders came to an end. Amer holds now a total of 982,587 shares of its ...