All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 9, Issue 19-20 – Page 2
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More and more sports and fashion brands are launching a...
More and more sports and fashion brands are launching a new line of “outdoor” clothing. It's now the turn of Joma, the leading Spanish producer of football boots, which has already diversified into other sports such as tennis and running. Listing some basic technical functions, Joma says its outdoor garments ...
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Matt, a Spanish brand of gloves, headbands, caps, hats, scarves...
Matt, a Spanish brand of gloves, headbands, caps, hats, scarves and other accessories for winter and outdoor sports, has been acquired by Excens, a Spanish group involved in sports and logistics. Synergies are expected with two of its brands, TRS Motorcyles and Hebolution Parts (or just Hebo), which stand for ...
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“Make your life unforgettable,” is the pay-off of a brand...
“Make your life unforgettable,” is the pay-off of a brand campaign launched by Jack Wolfskin. It includes a TV commercial that will run in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the U.K., from September to December. The campaign runs across print, online and retail channels, with spectacular images shot in Norway, Iceland ...
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New boss for Silva
Tomorrow Richard Jägrud, 44, is starting as the new chief executive of Silva Group AB, the Swedish supplier of compasses and headlamps, taking the place being left vacant by Patrik Elfwing, who announced his resignation in the spring. Jägrud comes from another Swedish outdoor company, Haglöfs Scandinavia, where he acted ...
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Calzados Boreal has unveiled plans to double the surface of...
Calzados Boreal has unveiled plans to double the surface of its manufacturing plant at Villena to 7,000 square meters and to quadruple its capacity, but we could not determine the reasons for the expansion. The Spanish producer of outdoor shoes is investing about €3 million on the project, reportedly without ...
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Penguin Books is releasing a revised and expanded edition of...
Penguin Books is releasing a revised and expanded edition of Yvon Chouinard's memoir. The first edition of Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman, by the founder of Patagonia was first published ten years ago. The new edition features around 40 percent new material as well as a ...
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Bumper results for Blacks’ and Millets’ owner
JD Sports Fashion, the owner of Blacks, Millets and other chains of outdoor stores in the U.K., delivered bumper results for the 26 weeks to July 30, with a 20 percent hike in sales to £970.6 million (€1,127.2m-$1,259.4m) and profit before tax and one-off items soaring by 66 percent to £77.4 ...
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New boss for Black Diamond
John C. Walbrecht has left as brand president of Mountain Hardwear, the struggling subsidiary of Columbia Sportswear, to become president of Black Diamond, a subsidiary of Black Diamond Equipment. He will assume the new function on Oct. 3, taking the place of Mark Ritchie.Bryan Timm, president of Columbia Sportswear, will ...
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The first flagship store of Bergans of Norway recently opened...
The first flagship store of Bergans of Norway recently opened its doors, covering 800 square meters on two floors at a strategically location near Oslo's City Hall. It displays the entire product range of the Norwegian company - both hardware and softgoods. The store is meant to portray Bergans as ...
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Hoka One One has enlisted two Olympic triathlon champions, Ben...
Hoka One One has enlisted two Olympic triathlon champions, Ben Kanute and Katie Zaferes, for its team of sponsored athletes. Pursuing further its diversification into road running, the brand has also signed up as the official footwear partner for the 46th edition of the BMW Dallas Marathon, which will be ...
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Woolrich has restructured its distribution in Germany and Austria. Woolrich...
Woolrich has restructured its distribution in Germany and Austria. Woolrich Europe, which was created at the beginning of the year as a spin-off from its Italian licensee, WP Lavori in Corso, has established a subsidiary in Germany to take care of the distribution in the two countries. In spite of ...
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Radici Group and Herno have teamed up to assess the...
Radici Group and Herno have teamed up to assess the environmental impact of a jacket, and have found that the environmental impact of an Italian one is much lower than that of a similar China-made jacket. Radici, headquartered in Bergamo, is a maker of chemical, synthetic fibers. The two companies ...
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Mike Ashley becomes SDI chief executive
Mike Ashley is tightening his grip on the management of Sports Direct International (SDI), the embattled British sports retailer, taking over as chief executive after the resignation of Dave Forsey last week.Forsey's departure comes after several months of intense pressure on SDI, the owner of Karrimor and Gelert as well ...
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The Norwegian police has chosen Arc'teryx as a new supplier...
The Norwegian police has chosen Arc'teryx as a new supplier of uniform jackets. The garments come from Arc'teryx LEAF, a division of the company that is specialized in clothing for police and military. Garments from nine different vendors were tested for three years by the Norwegian police before the choice ...
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Canada Goose has appointed Lee Turlington to the new position...
Canada Goose has appointed Lee Turlington to the new position of chief product officer and Kevin Spreekmeester to the new position of chief brand officer. Turlington, who worked previously in leading roles for Nike, Patagonia, The North Face and Fila, had been a consultant of Canada Goose over the last ...
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Engineers at Stanford University have announced the development of a...
Engineers at Stanford University have announced the development of a plastic-derived textile, which is said to cool the skin more efficiently than is possible with the natural or synthetic fabrics in clothes that we wear today. Describing their work in Science, the researchers of the Californian university said the new ...
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Houdini Sportswear has announced that the complete Houdini Planetary Boundaries...
Houdini Sportswear has announced that the complete Houdini Planetary Boundaries Assessment will be published in September. The company is currently in the process of analyzing the data, while more data is being collected in partnership with its supplier partners. The ongoing analysis is supposed to go into the holistic footprints ...
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Amer Sports raises organic sales targets
A Salomon running store in the center of Shanghai was used as an example of diversification when the Amer Sports group raised its target for organic growth last month. The Finnish group aims to reach sales of €3.5 billion without acquisitions in 2020, with at least mid-single digit annual organic ...
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Focusing on specialty outdoor retailers, Millet already has a strong...
Focusing on specialty outdoor retailers, Millet already has a strong presence on the Spanish market. Following its repositioning, Lafuma, the less technical and more lifestyle-oriented brand that belongs to the same group, is re-entering the country through corners in some of the department stores of El Corte Inglés, offering many ...
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Helly Hansen has joined the Conservation Alliance in the U.S....
Helly Hansen has joined the Conservation Alliance in the U.S.
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