All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 8, Issue 3-4 – Page 3

  • Article

    Columbia ended 2014 strongly

    16 February 2015

    Columbia Sportswear's sales jumped by 27 percent in the fourth quarter of 2014 to $677.0 million, generating a 57 percent higher operating profit, equal to 12.1 percent of sales, and a 51 percent higher net income of $55.6 million. On an adjusted basis, the operating margin reached 13.0 percent, up ...

  • Article

    Attendance grows by 2.7% at Ispo Munich

    16 February 2015

    As usual, Messe München put out its Final Report on the last day of the Ispo Munich show, announcing that close to 80,000 industry professionals from more than 100 countries had visited the fair - meaning 80,000 daily passes through the turnstiles. The figure indicated a certain stability as compared ...

  • News briefs

    Deckers Brands' share price tumbled by 19.7 percent after the...

    16 February 2015

    Deckers Brands' share price tumbled by 19.7 percent after the company published lower than expected financial results for the third quarter ended Dec. 31 and reduced its own expectations for the full financial year. The stronger dollar and soft sales of Classic Ugg styles in October and November were cited ...

  • News briefs

    Starting with autumn/winter 2015-16, Montane, the U.K. higher-end supplier of...

    16 February 2015

    Starting with autumn/winter 2015-16, Montane, the U.K. higher-end supplier of mountaineering apparel, will market products featuring Gore-Tex and Windstopper products. Montane's managing director Jake Doxat announced this strategic decision at Ispo in Munich last week. Though not a huge outdoor company, Montane has a wide reach and sells its gear ...

  • News briefs

    The Mammut Sports Group is celebrating the 150th anniversary of...

    16 February 2015

    The Mammut Sports Group is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the first ascent of the Matterhorn with a special Matterhorn collection of T-shirts, technical jackets, shoes and backpacks. Items from the collection will be raffled from March 2 among the participants in a virtual contest on the mammut.ch/matterhorn microsite for ...