All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 8, Issue 22-23
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Wolverine works on product pricing
To protect its international business from the strong increase in the value of the dollar, Wolverine Worldwide selectively adjusted the price of some products upwards outside the U.S. earlier this year, recognizing that this could put pressure on sales. As company officials feel that the strength of the dollar will ...
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The U.S. National Park Service (NPS) may be set for...
The U.S. National Park Service (NPS) may be set for another record year in terms of visitors. Total visits to the 370 national parks, recreation sites, monuments and the other destinations managed by the NPS grew by 5.62 percent in September to 29.8 million. For the first nine months of ...
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La Sportiva and Oberalp were selected as the two winners...
La Sportiva and Oberalp were selected as the two winners from the outdoor sector in a contest among more than 1,100 Italian companies for the management of their brand equity. Covering many other sectors as well, the “Save the Brand” contest was based on analysis of several criteria conducted by ...
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A new joint industry initiative on labor standards
A group of some of the world's biggest sports and outdoor brands, along with retailers, NGOs and industry groups, have launched the Social and Labor Convergence Project, a collaborative initiative aimed at developing a standardized methodology for social and labor performance assessment in the global apparel and footwear manufacturing sector. ...
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Hoka One One turned out as the third most prominent...
Hoka One One turned out as the third most prominent brand of running shoes in last month's Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Based on the shoe count carried out by Shoe Ranger, it was worn by 11.6 percent of the participants in the triathlon event. The top two brands ...
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Haglöfs has hired a number of key people in recent...
Haglöfs has hired a number of key people in recent weeks. The latest recruit is Robert Olsson, who has become the company's new senior designer for apparel. In the ‘90s, Olsson was one of Sweden's biggest freeride skis stars. At the peak of his career, he began designing garments for ...
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Haglöfs is launching an online store in Sweden and preparing...
Haglöfs is launching an online store in Sweden and preparing to open others across the Nordic markets and Europe. The company described the Swedish online store as part of a wider digital initiative for the company, with Europe to be covered shortly and online stores to be opened in all ...
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Moderate growth for Jarden’s outdoor unit
Jarden Corp. reported a 3.6 percent drop in sales in the third quarter to $654.5 million for its Outdoor Solutions segment, which includes Coleman, K2, Völkl, Marker, Dalbello, Marmot, Berkley, Shakespeare, Rawlings and about 15 other sporting goods brands. Organically, sales rose by 3.7 percent. The segment's earnings inched up ...
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Good progress for Thule
The Thule Group reported this week on a continued favorable trend in sales and earnings for its Outdoor Bags segment, which is getting full attention from the management due to its new strategic focus on the sport and outdoor sector. Its commuter cycling backpack won first prize last ...
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Stephen Smith will take over next February as the new...
Stephen Smith will take over next February as the new president and CEO of L.L. Bean, and he will be the first outsider in the position, replacing the retiring Chris McCormick
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The North Face has opened its newest flagship store at...
The North Face has opened its newest flagship store at 290 Regent Street in London. The 400-square-meter location features on-site lockers to allow customers to leave their belongings and “explore” London freely. Screens will show the latest adventure films. Sponsored athletes will make appearances at the store.
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Osprey expands
Osprey Europe is moving to larger premises to cope with its strong growth in the region, where its sales grew by 26 percent to more than £20 million (€27.9m-$30.4m) for the 12-period ended last July 31. Orders for spring/summer 2016 are up by 28 percent from the year-ago level. Osprey ...
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The EOS is gaining ground
With a record of 318 delegates registered for the event, the third edition of the European Outdoor Summit (EOS), held in Sheffield, England on Oct. 13-15, was described as a success. High-caliber chief executives and other managers were among the delegates, who came from 20 different European countries as well ...
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A new spotlight on women at the EOG
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) has been in discussion in the last six months with the Outdoor Industries Women's Coalition (OIWC), an American organization that seeks to promote gender diversity in the outdoor industry, to explore opportunities to expand its initiatives in Europe. Officials of the EOG indicated that nothing ...
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Uhl Günter Exclusiv will take on the distribution of Lizard...
Uhl Günter Exclusiv will take on the distribution of Lizard in Austria. The agency already handles Osprey, Scarpa, Smartwool and Skitrab.
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Steady growth for Deuter and Ortovox
The outdoor division of the Schwan-Stabilo group, comprising the Deuter and Ortovox brands, raised its sales by more than 15.2 percent to €112.2 million for the fiscal year until the end of June, compared with a rise of 13.5 percent the previous year. The division was enlarged in July with ...
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Garmin is hit by currencies
Fitness-related devices generated a sales increase of 23 percent to $143.2 million for Garmin in the third quarter, nearly making up for declines in other product categories, from outdoor to automotive and aviation, while marine sales were flat. The group's sales slipped by 4 percent to $679.7 million for the ...
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Working through its new Japanese distributor, SSK Corporation, Schöffel has...
Working through its new Japanese distributor, SSK Corporation, Schöffel has opened three stores in the cities of Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo. Two more are planned for next year. In addition to Schöffel's apparel collections, the stores carry Lowa shoes and Deuter backpacks.
