All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 9, Issue 24-25
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Article
Rocky sees inventories normalizing
Rocky Brands reported sales of $73.2 million for the third quarter, which represent a 4.6 percent increase versus the comparable period last year. The company said that inventory levels, which had grown due to last year's warm winter, began to normalize in the third quarter, with orders finally picking up. ...
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New international sales structure for VF
VF Corporation announced the retirement of Karl Heinz Salzburger, the 59-year-old vice president of the group and president of VF International, at the end of this year, after 19 years with The North Face and VF. During the first quarter of 2017, Salzburger will act as special adviser to VF's ...
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News briefs
The organizers of Ispo Munich are inviting innovative and independent...
The organizers of Ispo Munich are inviting innovative and independent individuals to be part of the jury that will select the winners of the 2016 Ispo Awards. Outdoor is one of the four categories.
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Johnson Outdoors hit by sagging military tent sales
The turnover of the outdoor gear division at Johnson Outdoors slumped by 15.9 percent to $40.0 million for the full year to the end of September, but this was chiefly due to sagging sales of non-core military tents, while the U.S. group boasted unprecedented demand for the Jetboil brand. The ...
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Short stops
Reiner Gerstner, former marketing manager of the Oberalp Group, is...
Reiner Gerstner, former marketing manager of the Oberalp Group, is now doing a similar job for TQ Group, a leading electronic engineering company based in Seefeld, near Munich
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News briefs
MSR, the specialist in outdoor water filtration and purification solutions,...
MSR, the specialist in outdoor water filtration and purification solutions, has announced it has donated more than 100,000 of its Aquatabs disinfection tablets to the Haitian Health Foundation to help Haitians cope with the consequences of hurricane Matthew. The company had already donated 100 community chlorine makers, which have been ...
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News briefs
Ispo is launching a market introduction program (MIP) for Europe...
Ispo is launching a market introduction program (MIP) for Europe on Feb. 4-7, before and during the upcoming Ispo Munich. It comes after the MIP in China, which started in 2008 and is still organized twice a year at Ispo Beijing and Ispo Shanghai to help brands find distribution partners ...
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News briefs
A new study released by just-style.com estimates that the global...
A new study released by just-style.com estimates that the global outdoor performance apparel industry will grow by 20 percent to 2020. The strongest growth should take place in the expanding markets of China, India and parts of Southeast Asia. It may also grow fast in Mexico and parts of South ...
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News briefs
We reported in the last issue that Emerald Expositions, organizer...
We reported in the last issue that Emerald Expositions, organizer of the summer and winter markets of the Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City, had invited suppliers of paddlesports and other water sports equipment to exhibit at a new Summer Expo of outdoor products that would be held in ...
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Thorlo goes direct in key European markets
Thorlo is adjusting its strategy in the European market, by ending its distribution agreements and switching to agencies in Germany, Austria, France, Spain and the Benelux countries. The U.S. supplier of technical socks explains that the change makes its European sales more cost-efficient and reduces the impact of currency exchange ...
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News briefs
Sports Direct International (SDI) is working to implement a “more...
Sports Direct International (SDI) is working to implement a “more tailored approach” for its European stores. Combined with unfavorable exchange rates, these unspecified changes are expected to result in a continued weak performance from this division in the medium term, the company reports as part of its results for the ...
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Devold starts European expansion drive in Germany
Herbert Horelt, former general manager for Haglöfs in Germany, has been appointed to lead a new subsidiary for Devold of Norway in that country, as part of the strategy by the Norwegian specialist in merino underwear to double its international sales in the next few years. They made up 28 ...
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News briefs
Recco has developed a user-friendly training package for salespeople on...
Recco has developed a user-friendly training package for salespeople on the shop floor to explain its avalanche-rescue system to their customers. It consists of a quick guide, a seven-point list and four videos that describe the benefits of being searchable. The company notes that Recco reflectors are now integrated in ...
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The Higg Index to include a tool for designers
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has expanded its Higg Index to include a tool that will help designers and developers make sustainable choices in footwear and textile prototype design. The new Higg Index Design and Development Module (DDM) collects data on the different products and provides a single design score, ...
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News briefs
The U.S. Defense Department is proposing legislation to the U.S....
The U.S. Defense Department is proposing legislation to the U.S. Congress that would make it mandatory to provide athletic footwear that is 100 percent made in the U.S. to recruits for their initial training, in compliance with the Berry Amendment. New Balance can already do that. Wolverine Worldwide is adding ...
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Crocs’ gross margin improves on weaker sales
Crocs posted revenues for the third quarter that were at the low end of the range it had predicted, going down by 10.3 percent over the year-ago quarter to $245.9 million, or by 11.6 percent on a constant-currency basis. However, the gross margin topped expectations, exceeding the guidance by approximately ...
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Woolrich falls under its licensee’s control
In a rare case where a company is acquiring control on a global basis of the brand it distributes or licenses in certain territories, Italy's WP Lavori in Corso is merging its operations with those of Woolrich Inc. to form a new company, Woolrich International, in which it will have ...
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News briefs
Jack Wolfskin reportedly closed down its store on the Rue...
Jack Wolfskin reportedly closed down its store on the Rue de Rivoli in Paris, about six years after the company picked the French market as a target for investment in Europe. Sport-guide.com reports that this particular section of the popular shopping street has been under construction for several years, due ...
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News briefs
The North Face (TNF) has unveiled what it claims to...
The North Face (TNF) has unveiled what it claims to be the first outdoor apparel prototype in the world to feature synthetic spider silk. The Moon Parka is the result of a collaboration between Spiber, a Japanese biotech startup, and TNF Japan (Goldwin). The jacket is made with Omonos, Spiber's ...
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News briefs
CORRECTIONS: Like his predecessor, Steve Meineke, Casey Sheahan is the...
CORRECTIONS: Like his predecessor, Steve Meineke, Casey Sheahan is the new president of Keen Footwear, not its CEO – Bradshaw Taylor is not the European distributor of Icebreaker, but only its agent for the U.K., Denmark, Greenland and Finland.
