All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 9, Issue 15-16 – Page 2
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Online sales grab a higher share of the Chinese market
The China Outdoor Association (COA) estimates that the core Chinese outdoor retail market expanded by 5.3 percent to about 18 billion yuan renminbi (€2,418.9m-$2,694.3m) last year, marking a significant slowdown in growth compared with previous years. The core market excludes cheap private labels, the outdoor ranges of sports brands and ...
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Please contact Finn Carlsen or Charlotte Steadman at the UK Head Office, naturally in total confidence.
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Exploring the full potential of the camping brands owned by...
Exploring the full potential of the camping brands owned by Oase Outdoors is the purpose of the projected sale of 80 percent of the Danish company's shares to Ratos, said its managing director, Henrik Arens. The agreed purchase price is based on an enterprise value of about 380 million Danish ...
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Calzados Boreal, the Spanish producer of rugged outdoor footwear, launched...
Calzados Boreal, the Spanish producer of rugged outdoor footwear, launched a new brand image at the beginning of the year, which is used for its whole collection of outdoor and climbing shoes. The planned expansion of the company's head office and manufacturing site near Alicante from 4,500 to 7,500 sqm ...
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In-house shoe production has benefits
Keen Footwear, which remains very committed to sustainability, is focused on boosting its in-house shoe manufacturing and assembly capacity from around 5 percent to 40 percent of its annual volume, which currently stands above seven million pairs per year. The balance will continue to be made by subcontractors in the ...
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Brian Jung has been confirmed as the new managing director...
Brian Jung has been confirmed as the new managing director of the global business division of Black Yak, South Korea's leading outdoor brand. As we already reported, he takes the place of Jun Suk Kang, who held that position for about four years and is the son of the company's ...
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Red Chili, the German brand of climbing products, has been...
Red Chili, the German brand of climbing products, has been sold in the U.S. by Camp USA since August last year. Spicy Climbing has taken care of the distribution in the Netherlands and Belgium since May last year.
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Mammut backs more international investments
The Mammut Sports Group is preparing increased investment in its international organization and marketing, as part of a five-year strategic plan backed by Conzzeta, the Swiss company that controls the outdoor brand.While providing few specifics at a presentation in Friedrichshafen, Mammut managers said that they were budgeting over-proportional expansion in ...
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Mr Deuter gets OutDoor Honor Award
The German author Michael Pause distinctly recalls the day when he attended a conference with Bernd Kullmann, and Deuter Sport's then chief executive described the German company as the largest European supplier of backpacks. After the presentation, Pause turned to his friend and asked who was the largest global brand ...
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Dachstein, the Austrian brand of outdoor shoes, is selling in...
Dachstein, the Austrian brand of outdoor shoes, is selling in Switzerland through a sales agency, Win Collection, as of autumn/winter 2016/17. In the U.S., Dachstein signed a distribution deal with Jim Chi, which has been sales agent for Dachstein since the end of last year. In a trial phase, the ...
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Stubai, the Austrian brand of mountaineering equipment, has drawn criticism...
Stubai, the Austrian brand of mountaineering equipment, has drawn criticism for a much-contested sales agreement with a supermarket chain in South Tyrol for a period of eight weeks between June and August of this year. MPreis, which operates about 200 stores in Austria and Northern Italy, has installed a stand-up ...
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Caribee, the Australian brand of backpacks, is attempting a re-launch...
Caribee, the Australian brand of backpacks, is attempting a re-launch in the U.S. this summer, exhibiting at the Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City. The brand was already sold in the U.S. up to 2008, when its distributor went bankrupt. Caribee recently started to sell via a local distributor, ...
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Asolo goes direct in Germany and the U.K.
The German media have already reported about Asolo's takeover of the distribution of its products in Germany. It took effect last April after the Italian footwear company found an experienced manager, Herbert Buczek, to run the new operation out of the MOC permanent showroom center in Munich.Buckzek, 48, has some ...
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SpinDye: a new high-end fabric producer arrives on the market
At the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen, a new specialty company for high-end dyeing came to the market with some well-known customers. The company, SpinDye, was founded only two years ago by an interesting combination of Swedish and Taiwanese business people.George Yang, one of the shareholders, has some 40 years of ...
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Nemo Equipment has made several appointments in its product department....
Nemo Equipment has made several appointments in its product department. Zack Kamen has been named product development manager and Chris Reynolds as product line manager. Kamen comes from the industry design group of Apple Corp., where he is said to have focused on making micron-accurate prototypes for the company. Reynolds ...
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Rüdiger Fox has been appointed as the new chief executive...
Rüdiger Fox has been appointed as the new chief executive of Sympatex Technologies, taking the place of Michael Kamm, who is leaving by mutual consent after six years in the post. Like Kamm, he will also act as speaker for the management. Haiko Stüting will remain as joint managing director ...
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Maier Sports, the German snow sports and outdoor apparel brand...
Maier Sports, the German snow sports and outdoor apparel brand that has become the property of Schwan-Stabilo, the German group that owns Deuter and Ortovox, signed a distribution agreement with Hej International in June. The British distribution company, managed by Tomas Torstensson, will start selling Maier Sports' spring/summer 2017 collection. ...
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Andreas Linder, who previously worked as creative director for an...
Andreas Linder, who previously worked as creative director for an advertising agency in Germany, joined Edelrid two months ago and will act as head of marketing, replacing Anne Leidenfrost who is leaving for an extended climbing road trip
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Ortovox signed a distribution agreement with the Hong Kong Mountaineering...
Ortovox signed a distribution agreement with the Hong Kong Mountaineering Training Center, effective from July 1. For the previous 4-5 years, Funn Snow sold the brand in Hong Kong. Ortovox is also about to sign a deal with a distributor for sales in the Australian market. Sales in Ortovox' main ...
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