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Strong growth for Lowa
The Lowa brand of outdoor shoes raised its non-consolidated sales by 14.5 percent in 2015, rising to a level of €145.5 million for the year from the previously reported 2014 level of €127 million. The German-based company says all the product segments contributed to the growth, led by children's and ...
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Rolf Schmid is leaving Mammut Sports Group
Rolf Schmid is leaving Mammut Sports Group, the Swiss outdoor company that he has transformed in the last two decades. Conzzeta, the Swiss group that controls Mammut, said that the departure had been agreed “by mutual consent” but the decision was met with some consternation in the European outdoor industry, ...
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New Eurochief for Merrell
Rob Griffiths, 51, has been appointed by Wolverine Worldwide as the new general manager of Merrell for Europe, the Middle East Africa (EMEA). After working for Stylo Instep, Ellesse, Umbro, Bench and Esprit, Griffiths joined Wolverine at the end of 2013 as vice president and general manager of its Lifestyle ...
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Selk’bag looks for distributors
Selk'bag, a Chilean brand of wearable sleeping bags, is holding talks with potential distribution partners around Southern and Eastern Europe after the opening of its European office in Zaragoza in September.Sport Partners, which has established the brand in Europe in the last three years, continues to distribute Selk'bag in the ...
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Ternua goes direct in France
The Ternua Group is taking over the distribution of its Ternua and Lorpen product lines in France, its biggest market in Europe after the German-speaking countries, starting with orders for the spring/summer 2017 season. Michel Gogniat, the Spanish company's sales director for Europe and Asia, will directly supervise the network ...
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New management and record sales for Deckers
Deckers Brands announced that Dave Powers would succeed Angel Martinez as chief executive of the American group following Martinez' retirement, effective May 31, after a long career. Martinez was a co-founder of Keen. Martinez acted as CEO of Rockport, chief marketing officer of Reebok and CEO of Keen before he ...
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Mountain Warehouse continues to expand
Mountain Warehouse is preparing to open 40 new stores after a sales increase of 28.7 percent to £141.4 million (€179.1m-$201.6m) in 2015, which produced a 36 percent rise in pre-tax profits to £16.2 million (€20.5m-$23.1m). The British outdoor retailer, which predominantly sells private label products, saw its comparable store sales advance ...
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Peak Performance clean-up reduces sales
IC Group, the Danish parent company of Peak Performance, has downgraded its projections for sales and earnings for the full year to the end of June, due to a sudden deterioration in sales at its own stores and the accelerated clean-up of the wholesale business at Peak Performance.The IC Group's ...
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Sigg boosts its sales teams under Fregonese
Sigg Switzerland Bottles is boosting its sales team to help implement a plan, formulated by its new owners, to double its turnover in five years' time. The 108-year-old Swiss maker of drink containers was reported to be generating annual revenues of about 15 million Swiss francs (€13.9m-$15.6m) when the Riverside investment ...
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Crocs turns around in the quarter
Crocs surprised investors with better-than-expected sales and profits for the first quarter ended March 31. Its revenues increased by 6.5 percent over the corresponding period a year ago to $279.1 million. On a constant-currency basis, they gained 9.2 percent. The company said this performance was driven by the positive response ...
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Royal Robbins announces leadership appointments
Royal Robbins has appointed Nicole Chabot to director of international operations. Chabot previously served as general manager of international affairs for Timbuk2 and Mountain Hardwear. In her new role, she will work to strengthen Royal Robbins' presence in Europe and Asia.In addition, Joanne Steinbauer has joined Royal Robbins as its ...
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New commercial leadership for Amer
Just as Intersport International Corp. announced the appointment of its future chief executive, Victor Duran, starting next Jan. 1, Amer Sports announced the promotion of Michael White to the new position of chief commercial officer. He will also have additional responsibility for the company's global Business to Consumer (B2C) and ...
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Textile Exchange dismisses Peta allegations
The Textile Exchange, which administers the Responsible Down Standard (RDS) certification, said a video published by PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) showing Chinese farmers live-plucking geese for down was not shot at RDS-certified farms. RDS certification is a voluntary, global standard embraced by outdoor apparel brands and ...
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Ispo Shanghai to focus on adventure travel and running
Ispo Shanghai will take place this summer in the Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC) for the second time, on July 6-8, and the figures should exceed those of the first edition of this new summer trade show. The organizers expect nearly 400 exhibitors from more than 20 countries, which ...
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Reinschmidt relinquishes Adidas Outdoor leadership
Rolf Reinschmidt, who has driven the Adidas brand's business in the outdoor market since 2007, has relinquished this leadership role to become an internal consultant in the Adidas brand team from the start of June.Reinschmidt will not be replaced as outdoor general manager because the division was integrated into a ...
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Vista plans new acquisitions
The Vista Outdoor group said it still has a “robust” program of further acquisitions ahead, despite the three purchases that were already completed in its outdoor division in the last ten months. The company bought the Camelbak hydration brand along with Jimmy Styks in the stand-up paddling market last year. ...
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Kids join the Outdoor Academy of Sweden
Kids joined for the first time the Outdoor Academy of Sweden, an outdoor life program organized by the Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG) to familiarize retailers, tour operators and journalists with outdoor activities and Scandinavian outdoor brands in a Swedish natural environment.A total of 28 people from eight different countries participated ...
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A.S. Adventure targeting €560 turnover
The A.S. Adventure Group is targeting sales of €560 million this year after the acquisition of the Snow & Rock Group and a sharp sales increase for the outdoor retailer's continuing operations in 2015, driven by store openings as well as 4.4 percent increase in comparable store sales across the ...
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VF shows resilience
The Outdoor & Action Sports coalition of VF Corp, with brands such as The North Face, Vans and Timberland, raised its sales by 2 percent to $1.64 billion for the first quarter ended on April 2. They were up by 4 percent in constant currencies, with increases of 8 percent ...
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Johnson Outdoors reports higher profits and sales
Johnson Outdoors reported revenues of $134.2 million for the second fiscal quarter ended April 1, up by 1 percent from the same quarter a year ago. The increase was primarily driven by gains in the company's fishing and watercraft recreation businesses. Sales in the company's second fiscal quarter historically reflect ...
