All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 8, Issue 7-8 – Page 2
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Shoes and clothing pull Mammut
The brand chart that we have just published for the global sports equipment in SGI Europe, our sister publication for the broader sporting goods market, shows that this segment grew by only 2.5 percent in the past year. Led by Shimano, Jarden, the Adidas Group and Amer Sports, it to ...
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Management changes, new campaign at Polartec
Eric Yung, who has been with Polartec for eight years, acting most recently as European sales director, will add responsibility for customer service following the departure of Juan Carlos Gonzalez, the former director of international sales, at the beginning of April. Yung will continue to work out of Polartec Europe's ...
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News briefs
Members of BVA, the German federation of fishing equipment wholesalers...
Members of BVA, the German federation of fishing equipment wholesalers and manufacturers, have resolved to dissolve the organisation, after failing to agree on its future. The main reason for the decision is the dwindling number of exhibitors and visitors at its trade and consumer shows, Anspo and Anspomeile, which were ...
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Ellis Brigham Mountain Sports, the British chain of outdoor stores,...
Ellis Brigham Mountain Sports, the British chain of outdoor stores, successfully participated in the “This Girl Can” campaign launched by Sport England, which reported about in our last issue. The retailer offered 48 free climbing and ice-climbing initiation sessions to girls aged over six years at its Milton Keynes, Manchester ...
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Double-digit growth for Decathlon, driven by the BRICs
The world's largest integrated sporting goods retailer accelerated its growth in 2014, posting a sales increase of 10.6 percent to €8.2 billion. Much of the growth was generated by the opening of a record number of stores, especially in emerging markets, and the development of e-commerce. Decathlon was also able ...
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Tim Pointer, global human resources director at Pentland Brands, has...
Tim Pointer, global human resources director at Pentland Brands, has left the company to set up his own management consultancy, Starboard Thinking
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Deckers Brands has launched a multi-brand e-commerce platform in Singapore...
Deckers Brands has launched a multi-brand e-commerce platform in Singapore and Australia, to be followed by openings in Hong Kong at the end of this month, and Malaysia and South Korea before the end of June. The company plans to launch it in New Zealand and Taiwan in 2016 and ...
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The U.S. subsidiary of Icebug, the Swedish traction footwear brand,...
The U.S. subsidiary of Icebug, the Swedish traction footwear brand, is opening an official North American test center at a permanent obstacle course facility, the Shale Hill Adventure Farm in Benson, Vermont. It includes expansive training and race courses along with a newly-opened Icebug retail concept shop, enabling consumers to ...
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The French Post Office has become the majority shareholder of...
The French Post Office has become the majority shareholder of Expé, a French chain of eight outdoor stores with an annual turnover of around €8 million, according to sport-guide.com. XAnge, an investment fund operated by the French Post Office had first acquired a 49 percent stake in the chain in ...
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Moonfeet, a young company in Barcelona, has taken on the...
Moonfeet, a young company in Barcelona, has taken on the distribution of Hanwag shoes in Spain. It already distributes the organic clothing of ABK Climbing, a French company based in Grenoble.
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Nemo says its Tango Solo sleeping bag has been selected...
Nemo says its Tango Solo sleeping bag has been selected by Outside magazine as one of the 14 products that have obtained its Gear of the Year award for 2015
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News briefs
Wolffepack, the revolutionary backpack that can be repositioned from back...
Wolffepack, the revolutionary backpack that can be repositioned from back to front by just pulling a cord, appears to have attracted a lot of attention at Ispo in Munich last February. It was Wolffepack's first ever appearance at a trade show, and is said to have resulted in more than ...
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Ispo Munich discloses new attendance figures
Messe München has shared with us more details about the flow of visitors at the last edition of the Ispo Munich trade show, which took place on Feb. 5-8. As previously reported, total attendance grew by 2.7 percent to more than 83,000 daily passes through the turnstiles, with increases of ...
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Columbia Sportswear is asking shareholders to elect Malia Wesson, former...
Columbia Sportswear is asking shareholders to elect Malia Wesson, former president of the U.S. Bank of Oregon, to a full term on its board of directors, which would be expanded to 11 members
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Vincent Wauters, who has been the general manager of Arc'teryx...
Vincent Wauters, who has been the general manager of Arc'teryx since 2012, has been made president of Amer Sports' apparel business. He will again become a member of the group's executive board, and he will continue to run the Canadian-based brand. In connection with Wauters' appointment, Andy Towne will leave ...
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Jack Wolfskin has appointed a new retail director, Stefan Kopp,...
Jack Wolfskin has appointed a new retail director, Stefan Kopp, replacing Philipp Prechtl after two years of service. Kopp has led Marc O'Polo's retail operations for several years. He previously worked at Gerry Weber and Esprit, a company where Melody Harris-Jensbach, the new chief executive of Jack Wolfskin, occupied a ...
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Peak Performance, the Swedish ski, outdoor and golf apparel brand,...
Peak Performance, the Swedish ski, outdoor and golf apparel brand, has launched a special website featuring 14 virtual pop-up “Magic Hour Shops” in 11 countries, where consumers are invited to click on their mobile devices to obtain some of its products for free - at certain conditions. They have to ...
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Messe Friedrichshafen is inviting any manufacturers, designers, developers, importers, sales...
Messe Friedrichshafen is inviting any manufacturers, designers, developers, importers, sales organizations or dealers to submit their new products for the 10th OutDoor Industry Award before June 16. Anyone can take part, regardless of whether they will exhibit at the OutDoor trade show running from July 15 to 18. The awards ...
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Eoca, the European Outdoor Conservation Association, has announced two new...
Eoca, the European Outdoor Conservation Association, has announced two new members: Zamberlan, the Italian brand of mountain boots, and the Kendal Mountain Festival, which was declared “Tourism Event of the Year” by VisitBritain in 2014. Their affiliation takes the total number of Eoca's members up to 126.
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Patagonia has announced an investment in Beyond Surface Technologies (BST),...
Patagonia has announced an investment in Beyond Surface Technologies (BST), a chemical company that uses sustainable technologies, based on natural substances, to produce high-performance textile treatments. The investment, the details of which have not been disclosed, has been made by Patagonia through its $20 Million & Change venture fund, created ...
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