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Ruffwear spreads in European outdoor stores
Ruffwear's distribution has expanded to more than 300 outdoors stores around Europe, as the regional partner for the Oregon-based brand of active dog gear is supporting them to work this category, which is not dependent on the weather.The Accapi Group started distributing Ruffwear in the U.K. seven years ago, and ...
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Lafuma’s earnings rocket on lower sales
The Lafuma Group reported a net income of €4 million for the first six months of the year, compared with only €42,000 for the year-ago period. This is despite a drop of 4.9 percent in revenues to €81.4 million.As an exception, the surf division, which generates 95.0 percent of its ...
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Outdoor drives Garmin’s results
Garmin raised its full-year guidance after posting earnings for the second quarter that exceeded its expectations, rising by 6.1 percent over the year-ago quarter to $171 million. On an adjusted basis - which excludes the impact of foreign currency gains and losses and certain income tax items - profits inched ...
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More double-digit growth and high margins at Moncler
Moncler reported consolidated revenues of €407.6 million for the first half of the year, up by 17 percent at constant exchange rates and 18 percent at current exchange rates as compared to the first half of 2016. The second quarter was the 14th consecutive quarter of double-digit growth for Moncler ...
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Gore’s latest fabric technologies on display at Outdoor Retailer
WL Gore & Associates showcased the latest version of its Gore-Tex Active fabric and other recent developments from its Gore Fabrics division, including the latest weather-protective technologies for running shoes, at Outdoor Retailer, the trade show held in Salt Lake City, Utah on July 26-29.Garments using the newest version of ...
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Deckers rebounds
Deckers Brands reported a 20.3 percent increase in total sales to $209.7 million for the first quarter of its financial year through the end of June, due in part to a higher-than-expected jump of 74.2 percent to $30.7 million in the revenues of Hoka One One, thanks to good reorders ...
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DuPont unveils its new Intexar technology for connected garments
DuPont's Advanced Materials division showcased its newest smart clothing technology at the latest Outdoor Retailer (OR) Summer Market, which took place in Salt Lake City on July 26-29. The company unveiled a new technology called Intexar, which is said to enable an easy transformation of regular fabrics into connected garments.DuPont ...
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Columbia to ramp up marketing and online investments
Columbia Sportswear has embarked on a project to increase brand awareness and sales growth across its wholesale and retail business, with a focus on digital sales and infrastructure. This comes after an assessment of the outdoor group's operating model, which has already led to a substantial management reshuffle last month.Project ...
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Helinox changes European distribution
Helinox, a South Korean supplier of light-weight camping furniture, has started building a team to handle its own European sales from the start of this month, from an office in Paris and a warehouse in Rotterdam.The company is most famous in the outdoor industry for its Helinox Chair One, but ...
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TNF’s European business thrives
VF Corporation slightly raised its guidance for the full year after sizeable gains for its largest outdoor and sports brands in the second quarter. They were driven by own retail sales and international markets, with particularly buoyant demand for The North Face in Europe.The seasonally small quarter marked another shift ...
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Rocky Brands follows an upward trend
After posting a strong first quarter that marked its return to profitability, Rocky Brands is staying on an upward trend, posting a net income of $1.5 million for the second quarter of the year, compared with a loss of $1.8 million for the year-ago period. The company said the profit ...
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TNF bets on segmentation and women in Europe
The North Face (TNF) is preparing to more intensely target female consumers in Europe next year, after the integration of the former Lucy brand into the outdoor company's range. Women's products currently make up about 30 percent of TNF's sales in the region across all product categories.VF Corporation, the owner ...
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Bergans buys an expedition company
Bergans of Norway has established its own expedition company, Bergans Turglede, after the acquisition of Fram Expeditions from its two Norwegian founders, Cecilie Skog and Bjørn Sekkesæter.The new entity will be headed by Sekkesæter as general manager and tour guide. He was already in charge of the management of Fram ...
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Higher losses for BD
Black Diamond reported lower margins and higher operating losses for the second quarter as compared to a year ago, due to a number of factors, but the management remained bullish about the balance of the year, due to many new product introductions, supported by higher marketing spend.Sales went up by ...
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Outdoor apparel shines at Amer
Buoyant outdoor apparel sales fueled meager growth for the Amer Sports group in the second quarter, with unabated strong demand for Arc'teryx garments as well as double-digit growth in the turnover of Salomon's outdoor clothing.The Amer Sports group's outdoor apparel sales jumped by 21 percent to €59.2 million for the ...
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Alfa rebuilds its Swedish business
Alfa Sko is rebuilding its business in Sweden with the appointment of two former Haglöfs managers, with the target to multiply its sales ten-fold to about 50,000 pairs in the country in the next five years.The Norwegian footwear brand was previously owned by Haglöfs and it lost most of its ...
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Thule grows fast, reaching a 24% Ebit margin
The Thule Group reported a 13.3 percent increase in sales to 1,955 million Swedish kronor (€205.0m-$241.0m) for the second quarter ended June 30, up by 6.8 percent organically and by 8.6 percent in local currencies. As the first quarter had been very strong, too, the overall growth for the first ...
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The global outdoor shoe market grew by 2.9%
The global revenues from branded outdoor shoes by major vendors grew by 2.9 percent to $4.71 billion in 2016, according to an annual survey by The Outdoor Industry Compass, with increases of 2.4 percent in the U.S. and 3.5 percent in the rest of the world.The branded rugged outdoor footwear ...
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Pentland’s Ebit grows beyond 10%
The Pentland Group has reported a 21 percent increase in total revenues to £2.9 billion (€3.2bn-$3.8bn) in 2016, driven by the ongoing expansion of JD Sports Fashion, the U.K.-based sports, outdoor and fashion retailing group in which it has majority control.The group's operating profit jumped by 50 percent to £331 million ...
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Opinel launches successfully in the U.S.
Opinel continues its slow but clever expansion into the modern era by successfully making inroads into the U.S. The French company, the makers of an iconic “peasant” folding knife since 1890, reported that its one-year-old U.S. venture has already become profitable, following successful tie-ups with L.L. Bean and a young, ...
