All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 7, Issue 3-4 – Page 2
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Didriksons, the Swedish company specialized in rainwear and outdoor...
Didriksons, the Swedish company specialized in rainwear and outdoor garments that has its own sales subsidiary in the U.K., signed a sales cooperation with Cotswold Outdoor and Blacks, two British outdoor retail chains
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New momentum for Columbia
Columbia Sportswear reported a sales increase of only one percent to $1,685 million in 2013, but the company enjoyed a higher-than-expected sales increase of 6 percent in the fourth quarter and the management sees the growth accelerating to a rate of between 15 and 17 percent in 2014. More than ...
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Jack Wolfskin says that half of its winter collection will...
Jack Wolfskin says that half of its winter collection will be made without the use of perfluorinated and polyfluorinated compounds (PFCs) as from 2014, two years ahead of schedule. In 2013, Jack Wolfskin made a commitment, under the motto “Going the extra mile,” to completely ban harmful chemicals from the ...
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Last month's Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Lake City...
Last month's Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Lake City received about 7 percent more visitors than a year ago, according to preliminary figures, including 4 percent more buyers. They represented nearly 11 percent more stores than in January 2012. Attendance from the outside the U.S. grew by 14 percent. ...
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Frank Dassler, general counsel and chief compliance officer at the...
Frank Dassler, general counsel and chief compliance officer at the Adidas Group, was unanimously elected for a three-year term as president of the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) during the organization's annual assembly just before the recent Ispo Munich fair, as expected. Dassler was most recently the ...
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Management changes at TNF China
Simon Shih, who is considered to be one of the most experienced people in China's growing outdoor industry, has become the new general manager of The North Face in China, taking the place of Patrick Zhong who has left the company.While Zhong was previously a category sales director at Nike ...
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Woodland plans to open a chain of large-format stores to...
Woodland plans to open a chain of large-format stores to sell camping and trekking gear in India. The company will spend about Rs. 500 crore (€58.5m-$80.4m) in three years to open eight large-format stores across the country to sell rigs, ropes, poles, tents and sleeping bags, among other products. The shops ...
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Richard N. Cabela, co-founder and chairman emeritus of Cabela's, passed...
Richard N. Cabela, co-founder and chairman emeritus of Cabela's, passed away at his home in Sidney, Nebraska on Feb. 18. He was 77. Along with his wife Mary and brother Jim, he founded the American outdoor retail firm somewhat inadvertently in 1961, when he bought $45 of fishing flies in ...
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Helly Hansen rejigs European business
Helly Hansen is rebuilding its organization in Europe after several departures and the end of its distribution and licensing agreement with the Unlimited Sports Group (USG) for Germany, Austria and the Benelux countries.Harry Schedlbauer, formerly at USG, was appointed late last year as sales manager for Germany and Austria, while ...
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Pinguin, Czech outdoor brand, signed distribution contracts with Gangasinc in...
Pinguin, Czech outdoor brand, signed distribution contracts with Gangasinc in Colombia and Loustas Adventure in Greece.
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Scarpa has signed a contract with a well-known bouldering champion,...
Scarpa has signed a contract with a well-known bouldering champion, Alex Puccio
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Customers and employees of the Hohenstein Institute in Bönnigheim voted...
Customers and employees of the Hohenstein Institute in Bönnigheim voted in a competition to decide on the name for a new sweating thermal articulated manikin. The latest piece of test equipment in the Clothing Physiology department will now be called “Sherlock.” The manikin is the latest in a large family ...
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Blackyak starts in Europe from scratch
Blackyak, probably the leading outdoor brand in South Korea and the country's top specialty outdoor retailer, has decided on a new strategy which the company calls Blackyak 2.0. At Ispo Munich, where the brand had a stand to present itself internationally Jun Suk Kang, member of the executive board and ...
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Black Diamond’s diversification pays off
Black Diamond Inc. has started to “explore strategic alternatives to monetize the value of untapped markets” for its Gregory Mountain Products business through the Rothschild group, said Peter Metcalf, chief executive of the group, pointing out that this brand is a coveted lifestyle brand in Japan, Korea and other Asian ...
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Essilor International, the world's biggest supplier of ophthalmic lenses, has...
Essilor International, the world's biggest supplier of ophthalmic lenses, has announced the completion of its acquisition of Costa Inc., producer of the Costa and Native brands of sunglasses. The French company says that Costa has become the fastest-growing brand of performance sunglasses in the U.S. As a group, Costa Inc. ...
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Berg Outdoor, owned by the Portuguese Sonae Group, has signed...
Berg Outdoor, owned by the Portuguese Sonae Group, has signed several new distribution agreements in South America and Europe. Berg Outdoor appointed Javier González as the new sales manager, replacing Pedro Lopez, in June 2013. González has previously worked for Merida as sales manager and for Scott bikes and Johnson ...
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Hi-Tec Sports has been named Sports Footwear Brand of the...
Hi-Tec Sports has been named Sports Footwear Brand of the Year at the Footwear Industry Awards in the U.K., with a special “highly commended” mention
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Messe München indicates that attendance at the recent Ispo Munich...
Messe München indicates that attendance at the recent Ispo Munich show was relatively stable as compared to last year with a total of more than 80,000 daily visits. Visitors came from 110 different countries, and like last year, 66 percent were from outside Germany. Strong increases were recorded from the ...
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The “other business” segment of Asics Corporation, which consists mainly...
The “other business” segment of Asics Corporation, which consists mainly of Haglöfs, recorded a sales increase of 4.8 percent in local currencies in the first nine months of the Japanese company's financial year, ended last Dec. 31. In terms of yen, segment sales rose by 31.5 percent to ¥7.9 billion ...
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The European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) celebrated the arrival of...
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) celebrated the arrival of eight new members to the association and said it has raised more than €8,000 for conservation during the recent Ispo trade show in Munich. Kamik, Camp, Kayland, Edelrid, and Rewoolution all signed up during the fair. The other three new ...
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