All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 8, Issue 12-13
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Rendle rises up the ranks at VF
Steve Rendle has been promoted to the position of president and chief operating officer of VF Corporation, overseeing all the “coalitions” of the big American group and its global supply chain. He is also joining VF's board of directors. Rendle, 55, will report to Eric Wiseman, who remains chairman and ...
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Puma sells Tretorn
As part of its strategy to focus on its most important assets, Puma has agreed to sell the industrial property rights of the Tretorn Group to the Authentic Brands Group (ABG). Tretorn managers are acquiring an operating license from ABG to run Tretorn's business in Scandinavian and other European countries. ...
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Pentland reports higher sales and profits
Pentland Group's pre-tax earnings jumped by 92 percent to £164 million (€230.5m-$257.8m) in 2014 on 14 percent higher revenues of £2.2 billion (€3.1bn-$3.5bn). Operating income before amortization of intangible assets and exceptional items increased by 30 percent to £160 million (€224.9m-$251.4m). Net cash at year-end nearly doubled to £202 million ...
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Topher Gaylord has resigned as president of Mountain Hardwear, the...
Topher Gaylord has resigned as president of Mountain Hardwear, the mountaineering brand owned by the Columbia Sportswear group. A dedicated ultra runner, Gaylord took the helm in 2010, after several years as an executive at The North Face and other parts of VF Corp. Scott Kerslake, the chief executive of ...
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Keen has forged a new partnership with The Wilderness Society...
Keen has forged a new partnership with The Wilderness Society and 21st Century Conservation Service Corps through “Project Build,” a program that supports the work of America's conservation corps to protect public lands in the country. Project Build will help support 18 service corps in vital conservation areas across the ...
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Ternua Group expands its management
The Spain-based Ternua Group, which merged with Lorpen a year ago, has boosted its top management and its export department, hiring an experienced manager in order to accelerate its international development. The group wants to raise its export ratio from 30 to 50 percent of total sales by 2018. It ...
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Prana targets Europe
Prana has picked the European market as the priority for its foreign expansion, after the takeover of the Californian yoga and outdoor brand by the Columbia Sportswear group last year and the enlargement of its international sales team earlier this year. They will start to explore the market more thoroughly ...
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Hydro Flask moves into Europe
The fast-growing American brand of stainless steel beverage and food containers, which is showing at the OutDoor fair in Friedrichshafen for the first time this week, has hired its first European sales agents in Germany and the U.K., supporting them with a logistics company in Rotterdam. The company plans to ...
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Eoca wants to fund an entire new project
At the upcoming OutDoor Show in Friedrichshafen, the European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) will hold its usual fundraiser at its stand to raise money for future projects. The organization, an initiative from the European outdoor industry to help protect wild areas, said figures for each show have been increasing annually. ...
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Eurojersey, the Italian maker of warp-knit fabrics, has entered a...
Eurojersey, the Italian maker of warp-knit fabrics, has entered a three-year partnership with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Italia to protect the Mediterranean Sea, with particular emphasis on the protection of the loggerhead turtle. As part of the project, the Italian company has launched special versions of its Sensitive fabric as ...
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New report segments the English outdoor market
There is no single outdoor market and no single type of outdoor consumer. These are some of the conclusions of a comprehensive market research report on “Getting Active Outdoors,” conducted in the U.K. by Sport England, a governmental agency for the promotion of sports participation, in partnership with Britain's Outdoor ...
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Dus will run Tecnica
Antonio Dus, the seasoned Italian manager who left a few weeks ago as chief executive of Vibram, has been chosen to be the new CEO of Tecnica Group, starting next Sept. 14. He will also have a seat on the company's board of directors along with two other new directors ...
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Scandinalp, a subsidiary of Loisiralp, will distribute the tents and...
Scandinalp, a subsidiary of Loisiralp, will distribute the tents and sleeping bags of Helsport in France. It is already the French distributor for Silva and Exel.
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Victor Evtukhov, the Russian state secretary and deputy minister of...
Victor Evtukhov, the Russian state secretary and deputy minister of Industry and Trade, is to attend the OutDoor fair this year in support of the Russian outdoor industry. The ministry says it has initiated the Russian Outdoor Village, a stand with 14 Russian companies, organized in conjunction with the Russian ...
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Hi-Tec Sports USA supported the National Trails Day on June...
Hi-Tec Sports USA supported the National Trails Day on June 6. The event, which began 23 years ago, is organized in every state across the U.S. and includes hikes, biking and horseback rides, paddling trips, birdwatching, geocaching, gear demonstrations, stewardship projects and more. National Trails Day 2015 also served as ...
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Hudy Sport, a leading Czech outdoor retailer with stores and...
Hudy Sport, a leading Czech outdoor retailer with stores and franchises in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, joined the European Outdoor Group (EOG) earlier this month. Hudy has become part of a growing number of retail members at the association, since it decided to open up last year. The 14 ...
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Lowa confirms its leadership
Lowa managed to increase its sales to €163 million in 2014, up from €152 million in the previous year. These figures are for consolidated turnover, which includes the German headquarters, the subsidiaries in Switzerland and the U.S. as well as the distribution of other brands belonging to the Tecnica Group, ...
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Jack Wolfskin completes its management team
Two more executives have been appointed at Jack Wolfskin, completing the changes in management at the German outdoor company under the leadership of Melody Harris-Jensbach, its chief executive since November. Imen Wong was appointed vice president of product development from the start of July. She joined from Esprit Europe Service, ...
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Vista Outdoor is not looking for a specific company size...
Vista Outdoor is not looking for a specific company size in its “aggressive” pursuit of acquisitions in the outdoor space. The company's management told investors at a recent conference that, while a $200 million takeover may require less work than a $50 million deal, Vista may add more value to ...
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Rab and Montane have incorporated into their collections a new...
Rab and Montane have incorporated into their collections a new high-performance, waterproof breathable fabric by Pertex called Shield AP, a lighter-weight version of its existing Shield+. Rab has reengineered its Flashpoint jacket for men and women with the new fabric, while Montane has used Shield+ in its Minimus 777 jackets ...
