All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 9, Issue 24-25 – Page 2
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JD Sports Fashion is buying Go Outdoors
JD Sports Fashion says it has paid about £112.3 million (€134.5m-$142.6m) to acquire the entire issued share capital of Go Outdoors, a British outdoor retailer with 58 large-scale stores, forming the largest outdoor retail group in the country with strongly complementary concepts. JD is assuming net debt of about £16 million ...
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Using a technology developed by Carvico, Buff is introducing Tech...
Using a technology developed by Carvico, Buff is introducing Tech Fleece in its bandanas and hats for protection against the wind and the cold
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Columbia Sportswear has hired Faith Briggs and Mark Chase as...
Columbia Sportswear has hired Faith Briggs and Mark Chase as the brand's new directors of toughness. During the next nine months, the two directors will be travelling around the globe to test Columbia's gear in tough conditions. They will be documenting their journey on columbia.com/testedtough and across the brand's social ...
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Strategic rethink for some European brands in tough U.S. market
Montane, the British outdoor apparel brand, has obtained a distribution agreement with Neskowin Outdoor for the North American market, replacing a partnership with a smaller distributor, Sport Hansa, which specializes in outdoor equipment.The deal should enable Montane to considerably expand its business in North America, at a time when several ...
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Bradshaw Taylor, the U.K.-based distributor of Royal Robbins and Sherpa...
Bradshaw Taylor, the U.K.-based distributor of Royal Robbins and Sherpa Adventure Gear, has signed up a Swedish agency, TGA Scandinavia, to represent these brands in the Scandinavian countries, Finland, Greenland and Iceland. The agency is run by Michael Frantzen, a 54-year-old industry veteran who has worked in the past for ...
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Moncler has opened its seventh boutique in Hong Kong, located...
Moncler has opened its seventh boutique in Hong Kong, located at Pacific Place
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Lower sales logged for its Bogs and Nunn Bush brands...
Lower sales logged for its Bogs and Nunn Bush brands caused Weyco Group's revenues to dip by 13.0 percent in the third quarter to $79.1 million. This came after three consecutive quarters of weak results for this brand of boots, following many seasons of strong growth. The company blamed a ...
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Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV) and other bodies are taking a...
Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV) and other bodies are taking a total of 38 French companies to next February's Ispo Munich show, with 20 of them showing in the Camp de Base area in Hall A6, where one of the sponsors, Sporaltec, will attribute the French Outdoor Award to one of ...
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Boa Technology, the company known for its unique closure system,...
Boa Technology, the company known for its unique closure system, has broken ground in the Denver area for the construction of a new 140,000-square-foot office building. Targeting LEED Silver certification, it will have one of the largest private green roofs in the city. The building will house the Boa Fit ...
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China will overtake the U.S. to become the world's biggest...
China will overtake the U.S. to become the world's biggest retail market in 2016, with estimated total sales of $4.886 trillion, compared with $4.823 trillion for the U.S., according to Emarketer. The New York-based research firm added that China will remain the world's largest retail e-commerce market, with sales forecast ...
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Lestra, a French manufacturer of bedding and high-performance sleeping bags,...
Lestra, a French manufacturer of bedding and high-performance sleeping bags, is launching its second line of outdoor clothing in natural wool this winter, using biodegradable materials, under the Lestra Outdoor label. It has been developed with the help of a specialized technical design studio, Jonathan & Fletcher, that has also ...
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Thule got the Europe Design Award in Milan a few...
Thule got the Europe Design Award in Milan a few days ago for its Urban Glide sport stroller. In the first edition of the contest, the other prizes went to Alessi for an espresso machine, Ducati for its XDiavel bicycle and Escofet for a bicycle rack. The Design Europe Awards ...
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A couple of Austrian start-ups have won the Ispo Brandnew...
A couple of Austrian start-ups have won the Ispo Brandnew Awards for 2017 by developing innovative outdoor products. One of them is Startraveller Equipment, the company that launched earlier this year the Flying Tent, a multifunctional pop-up tent that opens up in only seven seconds and that can also be ...
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The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) of the U.S. has promoted...
The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) of the U.S. has promoted Alex Bolan to vice president of government affairs
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Arc'teryx is opening its first French flagship in Chamonix, the...
Arc'teryx is opening its first French flagship in Chamonix, the famous skiing resort in the Haute-Savoie department. The store will be operated in partnership with Jean-François Coquoz, a local retailer. The 100-square-meter store is located at 306 rue Paccard, in the center of the French town. The move is part ...
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Keen has appointed Jens Christian Meier as executive vice president...
Keen has appointed Jens Christian Meier as executive vice president in charge of its global value chain, a newly-created role. Meier will drive all aspects of the global value supply chain, from raw materials to the delivery of finished products. He brings Keen more than 35 years of experience in ...
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Guido Schwarz has been appointed as sales manager for Germany...
Guido Schwarz has been appointed as sales manager for Germany at Katadyn, the Swiss group specializing in water filtering systems and related products for the outdoor market, from the start of September. Schwarz is to supervise sales of Katadyn, Optimus, Trek'n'Eat in Germany, and distribution of Klean Kanteen in the ...
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Herbert Lindenmaier has been appointed as area sales manager at...
Herbert Lindenmaier has been appointed as area sales manager at Primaloft, taking care of the company's sales and marketing strategy in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and reporting to Stefan Brandt, Primaloft's European sales manager. He will work out of the company's European headquarters in Taufkirchen near Munich. For the past eight ...
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GoPro has announced a reorganization program that will involve the...
GoPro has announced a reorganization program that will involve the elimination of about 200 jobs, or 15 percent of its staff, and the closing of its entertainment division, in a bid to reduce operating expenses by $650 million and return to profitability in 2017. The entertainment division was supposed to ...
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Columbia Sportswear has announced a new collaboration with Lucasfilm for...
Columbia Sportswear has announced a new collaboration with Lucasfilm for the release of a limited-edition Star Wars jacket collection. This is the first time the outdoor brand has released a movie merchandise. The three jackets in the collection are inspired by “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” the new Star ...
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