All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 7, Issue 17-18
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Nikwax has named Rick Meade as the new president of...
Nikwax has named Rick Meade as the new president of Nikwax North America, effective immediately. He joins Nikwax after a 15-year career with Recreational Equipment (REI). Most recently, he served at REI as director of merchandising management, leading teams in the Camping and Climb, Snowsports and Watersports businesses. Meade will ...
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Lafuma’s sales shrink as it targets more profits
The Lafuma Group wants to focus its three main outdoor brands - Lafuma, Eider and Millet - on different segments of the broad outdoor market. Lafuma is going to develop mostly in the urban outdoor and sports lifestyle market, particularly through its physical and online stores. The more expensive ...
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MGM, which took over Kayland from Novation in the past...
MGM, which took over Kayland from Novation in the past year, has developed five styles of soft-heel shoes specifically for the English market. The company has decided to upgrade the Kayland brand, using only Gore-Tex membranes and Vibram outsoles, and to produce the whole collection in Italy or Romania. Some ...
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Ignite to be sold to Newell Rubbermaid
Ignite Holdings, a Chicago-based maker of reusable water bottles and travel mugs sold under the Contigo and Avex brands, will be acquired by Newell Rubbermaid for $308 million. The purchase price is subject to customary working capital adjustments. Ignite is currently owned by North Castle Partners, a private-equity firm based ...
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The Outdoor Retailer Summer Market later this week will host...
The Outdoor Retailer Summer Market later this week will host a “Made in America Showcase,” featuring 30 products by American manufacturers, in the upper concourse near the East Entrance of the Salt Palace Convention Center. The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) has taken this initiative together with the organizers of the ...
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Jarden posts some growth in outdoor
For the second quarter ended June 30, Jarden Corporation, owners of Coleman, K2, Marker, Shakespeare, Völkl and many other sports and outdoor brands, reported a marginal sales increase in its Outdoor Solution segment to $754.9 million from $741.1 million in the same period of a year ago. Particular strength was ...
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While getting out of footwear, Patagonia is launching trousers and...
While getting out of footwear, Patagonia is launching trousers and backpacks specifically designed for rock climbers for the spring/summer 2015 season
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Meindl, the German footwear manufacturer, has a new set-up for...
Meindl, the German footwear manufacturer, has a new set-up for the distribution of its range in China. Kailas, one of the leading domestic outdoor brands in the country, will continue to take care of Meindl s technical hiking, trekking and mountaineering lines. Under the helm of Kailas, Meindl s functional ...
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Fraspens to float
Fraspens, a Chinese outdoor brand, is hoping to raise about £4 million (€5.01m-$6.73m) on the AIM stock exchange in London, to finance its expansion into more Chinese provinces and invest in marketing. The company describes itself as the seventh-largest outdoor brand in China, with sales equivalent to £39 million (€48.88m-$65.61m) ...
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Generation shift at Five Seasons
Changes are afoot at Five Seasons, the Swedish outdoor brand, after the 31-year-old Erik Johansson took over from his father Gunnar Johansson as chief executive of the family-owned company earlier this year. For the past six years, he has been active in the financial markets in Switzerland and now has ...
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Sanfo eyes running for future growth
Sanfo, one of the leading specialty outdoor retailers in China along with Tutwo, has decided to turn to running specialty retailing as this category has been showing interesting developments, starting from virtually nothing a few years ago. Sanfo is determined to equip its existing shops with specialty running corners. On ...
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Globetrotter returns paw-branded e-commerce to Jack Wolfskin
Effective end of August, Globetrotter Ausrüstung, Germany's leading outdoor specialty chain, will no longer be in charge of Jack Wolfskin's internet shop. For nearly a decade, the retailer has been handling the brand's e-commerce business in connection with the fulfillment, returns and service of the orders. Jack Wolfskin described the ...
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Keen Footwear describes its new Uneek lifestyle sandal as a...
Keen Footwear describes its new Uneek lifestyle sandal as a revolution that questions conventional shoemaking. It uses two cords to adjust the upper to the foot. First presented at the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen last month, where it got an award, the new product has been under development for two ...
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Schoeller is introducing new cooling fabrics. Micro-coating on the reverse...
Schoeller is introducing new cooling fabrics. Micro-coating on the reverse of its new Cool Fabrics evens out body temperature, producing a micro-climate that positively affects comfort and performance.
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The Korean market continues to soften
South Korea remains the second-largest market for outdoor products after the U.S., due to a combination of active outdoor participation and outdoor-oriented lifestyle fashion, but it is not growing as rapidly as before. According to Dong Chil Kwon, president of Treksta and chairman of the Korean Footwear Industries Association, the ...
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The North Face is making a commitment to use only...
The North Face is making a commitment to use only polyester made from recycled fibers by 2016. Its Denali jacket is already a step in that direction for TNF, whose apparel is 80 percent made with polyester. As part of its sustainability drive, TNF is expanding its clothing take-back program ...
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Europe and footwear lift Columbia
A rebound in European sales helped Columbia Sportswear to post a 15.6 percent increase in total revenues to $324.2 million for the second quarter ended June 30. For the whole Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, they were up by 39.1 percent to $72.9 million in the quarter, with ...
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High Sierra has contracted Sabrina Lutz, the European kite-surfing champion,...
High Sierra has contracted Sabrina Lutz, the European kite-surfing champion, as an ambassador for the brand specializing in backpacks
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The introduction of Cardio GPS sports watches led TomTom...
The introduction of Cardio GPS sports watches led TomTom to more than double its revenues from sports products in the second quarter. It helped its Consumer Division to record only a small decline to €169 million from €172 million, in spite of a 17.4 percent drop in automotive hardware to ...
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Salomon has developed a capsule collection of vintage-style products in...
Salomon has developed a capsule collection of vintage-style products in high-quality materials for spring/summer 2015 with Topo Designs, an American company based in Colorado that makes its backpacks in the U.S. The line consists of the Rover Pack, a backpack and a shoe, called Instinct Pro.
