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Addnature opens an original hybrid store
Addnature, the Swedish online and offline retailer of outdoor products acquired by the German-based Internetstores group in 2013, on April 1 opened a special type of physical store in central Stockholm, offering products found on its website as well as on that of Bikester, the company's online shop for bicycles.Located ...
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Wolverine reports mixed results
Wolverine Worldwide reported overall declines in revenues of 7.1 percent to $751.2 million for the fourth quarter and 2.5 percent to $2.69 billion for the full financial year ended Jan. 2. On an underlying basis - before currency conversions, retail store closures and the phase-out of Patagonia footwear - the ...
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Samsonite merges with Tumi
While continuing to look for opportunities in the outdoor market, Samsonite International is reinforcing its position as the leading global travel lifestyle company through a merger agreement with Tumi, which addresses business travelers mainly. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of this year.The deal offered to ...
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Lafuma makes some progress
The Lafuma Group has confirmed its turnaround by reporting a small net profit of €2,406,000 in the past year, up by 8.9 percent from the profit of the previous year. As expected, its strategic realignment led to a 5.3 percent increase in its total revenues to €162.8 million. All the ...
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L-Fashion launches new strategic initiatives
Brand extensions are the name of the game in the flattish market conditions of today. The Finnish-based L-Fashion Group, which suffered from a tough market situation in its domestic market and in Russia last year, is coming out with the first lines of shoes under its Luhta and Icepeak brand ...
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Luxov and other new partners for the IFSC
The International Federation of Sports Climbing is about to announce a list of six companies that have agreed to be its sponsors for this year's indoor climbing competitions, which will start with the Climbing World Cup at Meiringen in Switzerland on Apr. 15-16. The IFSC previously had only two sponsors ...
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Helen of Troy gobbles up Hydro Flask
The outdoor sports market continues to be an appetizing target for acquisitions, and its hydration segment is particularly juicy at the moment. After the takeover of Cool Gear by Igloo Products, of Camelbak by the new Vista Outdoor group and of Sigg Switzerland by a Chinese maker of vacuum bottles ...
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Michelin Technical Soles expands sports partnerships
JV International (JVI), the new company that is handling the design, development and manufacture of high-performance Michelin branded soles, is expanding its collaboration with the Oberalp group and with Ride Snowboards and is working with two additional sports brands – Hi-Tec Sports and Kodiak – for the autumn/winter 2016/17 season.As ...
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Hilly socks expand internationally
The Hilly brand of technical running socks has been launched in the North American market this year, as part of an international sales drive for the U.K. brand. Its distribution is handled by the North American sales force for Bridgedale, the brand of outdoor and winter sports socks belonging to ...
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Moncler posts double-digit sales and profit growth
Moncler posted consolidated sales of €880.4 million for the year ended Dec. 31, 2015, up by 27 percent, or by 19 percent at constant exchange rates, despite a slowdown in the last few months of the year due to an unusually mild winter in the U.S. and a drop in ...
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VF disappoints investors
The usually buoyant Outdoor & Action Sports coalition of VF Corp. suffered a 3 percent drop to $2.1 billion in its sales during the fourth quarter ended Jan. 2, largely due to the warm weather conditions that also hurt Wolverine Worldwide, Deckers Brands and other companies with the exception of ...
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Eoca calls for public vote on funding
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca), of which we are members, is calling on all our readers to help choose three conservation projects that are worth receiving its funding. They can vote for one project in the Outdoor category and one in the Nature category between March 1 and 15. ...
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Patagonia releases new book for eco-activists
Patagonia has released a new handbook for environmental activists across the globe entitled “Tools for Grassroots Activists: Best Practices for Success in the Environmental Movement.” The book, co-authored by the company's founder and owner, Yvon Chouinard, is a collection of tips and essays from its biennial Tools Conference, with contributions from ...
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Vista Outdoor buys Bell, Giro, Blackburn
Treading along on its acquisition path, Vista Outdoor has struck an agreement for the purchase of BRG Sports' Action Sports division, which mainly comprises the Bell, Giro, C-Preme and Blackburn brands of helmets and other accessories for cycling, snow and power sports. The deal is subject to regulatory approvals. It ...
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Gibbon adjusts management
ID Sports, the owner of the Gibbon Slacklines brand, has adjusted its management due to the leave of Jan Käding, one of the two brothers who established the brand in 2007 and led its international sales. The company says he has left the company in Stuttgart to take a sabbatical ...
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Greenpeace acts forcibly in Italy
Greenpeace activists “attacked” The North Face store in Milan's Galleria San Carlo on Feb. 18, to protest against the brand's use of hazardous chemicals in clothing and accessories. The activists launched red confetti, symbolizing poly-fluorinated compounds (PFCs), inside the store and in front of it. A recent report compiled by ...
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Weyco posts lower revenues, with Bogs down by 22%
Weyco Group reported sales of $87.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2015, down from $95.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2014. The big problem was a sudden 22 percent drop for Bogs in North America, after many seasons of strong growth for this brand of outdoor boots, due ...
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Outdoor Sports Valley launches new start-up incubator
Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV) is launching an incubator dedicated to specifically help entrepreneurs in the outdoor sports industry, a first in Europe according to the association. The Annecy Base Camp, managed directly by OSV, will be located in the Glaisins business park, an area that overlooks the basin of Lake ...
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Haglöfs remakes range and marketing
Haglöfs, the Swedish outdoor brand, has changed its pay-off and altered its offering as part of wider strategic changes started last year. While Haglöfs had been sold for many years as “Outstanding Outdoor Equipment,” the brand has switched its payoff to “Beat the Elements,” which will be launched at retail ...
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Vista Outdoor grows strongly
Vista Outdoor reported a 17 percent sales increase to $593 million for its third quarter, ended Jan. 3, generating net income of $43.2 million against a loss of $11.2 million in the same period a year ago, and thus beating analysts' expectations. The gross margin improved by 1.82 percentage points ...
