All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 8, Issue 9-10
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Rebound in retail sales for Peak Performance
Robust retail sales enabled Peak Performance to deliver a sales increase of 2.5 percent to 284.6 million Danish kroner (€38.1m-$43.2m) in the quarter until the end of March, amounting to an increase of 3.6 percent in constant currencies. The Swedish ski, outdoor, golf and fashion brand's retail sales soared by ...
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Red Wing Shoes is one of the recipients of the...
Red Wing Shoes is one of the recipients of the Manufacturing Executive 2015 Manufacturing Leadership 100 Award (ML 100), in the Supply Chain Leadership category. ML winners and their technology partners will be honored at a gala in Carlsbad, California, on June 4, at the conclusion of the 11th annual ...
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New solutions for outdoor products at Techtextil
Outlast presented the second generation of its PCM acrylic fiber at the Techtextil trade show in Frankfurt, on May 4-7. Using a new production process, the company said it gets the Outlast acrylic fiber to perform four times better than the existing version. In particular, the spinning and dyeing properties ...
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Sergio Morales, who recently left as a regional sales manager...
Sergio Morales, who recently left as a regional sales manager for Polartec, has joined Noble Biomaterials to help boost European sales of its anti-microbial solution, X-Static
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Vaude a “leader” in labor standards
Vaude announces that it has reached “leader” status as a member of the Fair Wear Foundation (FWF), reaching a score of 83 percent in its 2014 Brand Performance Check. The German company says it is carrying out 96 percent of its production in facilities that have been monitored in accordance ...
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Jarden reports lower outdoor sales
Sales declined by 8.7 percent to $624.9 million in the Outdoor Solutions segment of Jarden Corp., due for the most part to a drop of nearly 8 percent in the value of the euro and other major currencies against the dollar. Another reason was a delay in shipments of fishing ...
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Strong growth for Thule
Thule Group reported vastly improved results for the first quarter of 2015. Sales increased by 27.1 percent to 1.37 billion Swedish kronor (€145.6m-$163.1m). They went at a lower rate of 11.5 percent in local currencies, with lower growth in North America than in Europe and the rest of the world. ...
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Oekotex has launched a new product label, Made in Green,...
Oekotex has launched a new product label, Made in Green, to tell users that textiles are not only tested for harmful substances but also sustainably produced, in accordance with its guidelines. The label can be awarded to any type of textile product in the world at any stage of the ...
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A tough quarter for Garmin
Garmin is delivering improved versions of its Virb action camera in the second quarter, with enhanced mobile applications, to help counter the competition from GoPro. Introduced last year, Garmin's Virb has failed to make a significant dent in the market until now, helping to depress its sales in the outdoor ...
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Gabel takes the helm at Merrell
Wolverine Worldwide announced last week that Gene McCarthy, who has been president of the Merrell brand since August 2013, has left the company. His functions are being taken over by Jim Gabel, president of the company's Performance Group, which also includes Chaco and Saucony. Gabel came to Wolverine about a ...
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The industry responds to the Nepal earthquakes
Many sports and outdoor companies have committed donations to the relief efforts organized by several organizations for the survivors of the devastating earthquake that struck Nepal on Apr. 25, causing more than 8,000 deaths and depriving the remaining population of houses, food and water. Some isolated villages were particularly affected. ...
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George Fisher's project to use drones to deliver sandwiches to...
George Fisher's project to use drones to deliver sandwiches to customers hiking in England's Lake District was an April Fool's Day hoax. The high-end British retailer in Keswick is aiming high with its premium positioning, but not as high as this. However, Crocs did use drones to catch the customers' ...
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The European Outdoor Group has opened online registration for delegates...
The European Outdoor Group has opened online registration for delegates to the next European Outdoor Summit, due to take place in Sheffield, England, on Oct. 13-15. Speeches will be given by Lord Sebastian Coe, the famous British athlete who led London's successful bid for the 2012 Olympic Games, and by ...
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Lafuma confirms that its investors are eligible for the fiscal...
Lafuma confirms that its investors are eligible for the fiscal benefits that accrue to those who own shares in small and medium-sized companies in France
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Soaring European sales for Columbia
Columbia Sportswear's sales soared by 22 percent to $47.8 million in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for the first quarter of this year, marking a return to expansion in this regional market. It contributed to an ample increase in sales and record income for the entire group, as ...
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Keen has hired Nikolai Christensen as vice president of product,...
Keen has hired Nikolai Christensen as vice president of product, Cesar Geronimo as development director, and Manon Belley as design director. Christensen was most recently at Ecco, where he also worked on product management. Geronimo is an industrial engineer and has worked for more than 16 years at Wolverine Worldwide. ...
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Keen has hired Chris Heffernan, a seasoned executive in the...
Keen has hired Chris Heffernan, a seasoned executive in the footwear industry, as general manager of Keen Utility. Heffernan previously spent three years at Honeywell International, as general manager of safety footwear and vice president of global product. He also worked for seven years at Timberland as global brand manager ...
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China is definitely on the radar of the outdoor industry....
China is definitely on the radar of the outdoor industry. In spite of the new competition from Ispo Shanghai, more than 450 exhibitors had already registered for the 10th Asia Outdoor fair in Nanjing by the end of April, or about 20 percent more than at the same time one ...
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Crocs has eliminated the positions of chief operating officer and...
Crocs has eliminated the positions of chief operating officer and senior vice president of the supply chain in connection with the departure of its COO, Scott Crutchfield. The company has appointed Phil Blake to the new position of senior VP of global sourcing and promoted Dennis Sheldon to VP of ...
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The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals Group (ZDHC) says in...
The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals Group (ZDHC) says in its annual report that “tangible process” is being made in leading the textile industry to improved environmental responsibility. The group has conducted 25 pilot audits in eight countries, and some of its member brands have started to implement its ...
