All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 7, Issue 7-8
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VF reshuffles its management
VF Corporation has made several changes to the management structure of its Outdoor & Action Sports Coalition in Europe and the U.S. to cope with its growing size, and possibly to accommodate new acquisitions.In Europe, it announced a few days ago the appointment of Mariano Alonso, a former executive ...
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Patagonia invests in sustainable textile processing
Patagonia has announced a strategic investment in CO2Nexus, a start-up that has developed a method of processing textiles and garments using liquid carbon dioxide in place of water. The investment is made through the $20 Million Change fund, Patagonia's venture capital investment arm, launched in 2013 to help ...
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Kathmandu introduces international shipping
Kathmandu Holdings, the outdoor retailer based in New Zealand, has launched an international shipping facility to service orders from end users anywhere around the world, capitalizing on a database of 13,000 customers - mostly tourists - who have become members of its Summit Club by shopping at any of its ...
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GoMotion, the U.S.-based maker of wearable lighting systems for runners...
GoMotion, the U.S.-based maker of wearable lighting systems for runners and hikers, has signed up with Ragnar Events for both the Ragnar Road Relay Series and Ragnar Trail Relays as the exclusive “Wearable Lighting” national supplier for the 2014 season. Based in Utah, Ragnar Events is the largest overnight running ...
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Timberland reports progress toward sustainability goals
Timberland has released its 2013 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report, presenting data on its commitment to reduce its impact on the environment while keeping the sustainability of its supply chain under control and contributing to the well-being of communities worldwide. The brand first started reporting annual data on its CSR ...
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SOG looks for a new secretary general
Martin Kössler, 48, has left as the part-time general secretary of the Scandinavian Outdoor Group along with another part-timer, Jonas Hellentin, who has been acting as communications manager of the association. Kössler will continue to support the SOG and its president, David Ekelund, through his own consulting firm, HuginBiz, managing ...
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For the sixth year running, Keen Footwear is supporting the...
For the sixth year running, Keen Footwear is supporting the non-profit organization “Respect the mountains” in the organization of the “Envirotrek Clean Up Series” as a main sponsor. Envirotrek is a grassroots event series that takes place in the summer after the winter snow melts. Local companies and associations as ...
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The five members of Vibram's Trailrunning Team will participate in...
The five members of Vibram's Trailrunning Team will participate in Transvulcania, the ultramarathon being staged in the Canary Islands on May 10
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Patagonia moves into fly fishing
Patagonia has just launched apparel, gear and a marketing campaign to promote fly fishing. The company s founder and owner, Yvon Chouinard, a keen fisherman himself, has also written a book on the subject, “Simple Fly Fishing: Techniques for Tenkara and Rod Reel,” a sort of back-to-basics manifesto ...
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Moncler has opened its first Russian store in Moscow...
Moncler has opened its first Russian store in Moscow
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Grisport has opened its first German store in Solingen. The...
Grisport has opened its first German store in Solingen. The Italian producer of hiking and trekking shoes already has 18 stores in Western Europe, Eastern Europe and China. They reached a turnover of €130 million in 2013, up from €109 million in the previous year, thanks to a 16 percent ...
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An Italian newspaper and a German magazine gave a few...
An Italian newspaper and a German magazine gave a few figures for the Salewa-Oberalp group's performance in 2013, but they were not accurate. A top executive of the company tells us that its sales rose by 8 percent last year, reaching €194 million, and similar growth is expected for 2014. ...
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Merrell and Europe outperform at Wolverine
Wolverine Worldwide reported yesterday a 2.8 percent drop in its revenues to $627.6 million for the first quarter of its financial year, ended on March 22. However, the management told financial analysts that Merrell grew by a “very strong” double digit during the period, and that the group's overall sales ...
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High Sierra starts up in Europe
Samsonite International, the big luggage specialist that took over this American brand of backpacks two years ago for $108 million, is beginning its introduction in the European market. It plans to expand High Sierra's online sales operations from the U.S. to Europe in a few weeks' time, and while it ...
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XXL enters Finland
EQT, the Scandinavian equity fund that acquired a controlling stake of 70 percent in XXL Sport Villmark in 2010, is said to be considering cashing out of the Norwegian sporting goods retail chain, which has successfully expanded to Sweden under its ownership, with excellent results. It is ...
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The sports equipment market slows down
The global branded sports hardware market grew by only 2.9 percent in dollar terms last year at the wholesale level, reaching $67.3 billion, breaking a three-year-old acceleration, according to an annual survey of major players by Sporting Goods Intelligence. The sports equipment market had risen by 6.6 percent in ...
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+Dion Taylor has resigned as European general manager of Icebreaker,...
+Dion Taylor has resigned as European general manager of Icebreaker, apparently because of health and family reasons. The New Zealand-based company declined to comment by the time of going to press but said it has appointed a new chief marketing officer, Louise Kuegler. The 42-year-old Kiwi takes the place of ...
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Deckers is optimistic
Deckers Outdoor Corporation is predicting increases of 13.0 percent in sales and 13.5 percent in net earnings for the current financial year, which began on April 1 and will end in March, 2015. Deckers has changed its financial year-end from Dec. 31 to March 31 and is switching its stock ...
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Décathlon’s growth slows down
Oxylane, the French group that owns Décathlon and a few other minor sports retail operations, has reported a 6.1 percent increase in its total revenues to €7.4 billion, slightly below the previous year's growth of 7.2 percent, although it opened more new stores than in the previous year. On ...
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Craghoppers has produced a documentary entitled “Hope,” which highlights the...
Craghoppers has produced a documentary entitled “Hope,” which highlights the plight of the mountain gorillas in Rwanda. The 15-minute film, directed by award-winning filmmaker Pete McBride and narrated by Sir David Attenborough, takes a look back to 1967, when Dian Fossey began her work in the region. Dian Fossey was ...
