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New leadership for the European Outdoor Group
John Jansen, who runs Keen Footwear's European operations, was voted in as the new president of the European Outdoor Group (EOG) at an extraordinary meeting of the association yesterday, taking the place of Rolf Schmid, president of the Mammut Sports Group. The EOG, which owns the OutDoor fair in Friedrichshafen, ...
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Osprey upgrades European logistics
Osprey Packs wants to deliver its products more rapidly around Europe with the opening of a warehouse in the Netherlands. The company's European distribution is currently handled from an office and warehouse in the U.K. While Osprey is building an expanded office near the current location in Poole, in the ...
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EOG reports small, yet widespread outdoor market growth
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) estimates that the European outdoor market reached about €4.8 billion in wholesale value last year, which was an increase of 1.2 percent in euros and 1.4 percent in volume. Retail sales are estimated to have reached about €10.2 billion, based on the results of its ...
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New leadership for Eoca
John Jansen, the European director of Keen Footwear who has become the new president of the European Outdoor Group (EOG) has now been succeeded at the helm of the European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca), which he led for the last three years with excellent results in terms of membership and funding.The new ...
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Sales and profits drop in Jarden’s outdoor segment
For the second quarter ended June 30, Jarden Corp. reported sales of $2.01 billion, up from $1.98 billion for the same period in 2014. Organically, sales grew by 7.0 percent or $138 million. The company said its results were in line with its expectations.Jarden's Outdoor Solutions segment, however, saw sales ...
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SDI sales rise driven by U.K. stores
Sports Direct International (SDI), the leading British sports retailer and supplier among other properties, which owns the Karrimor brand and Field & Trek, lifted its sales by 4.7 percent to £2,832.6 million (€4,067.6m-$4,424.4m) for the full fiscal year ended April 26, in spite of a weak winter sports season in ...
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Lafuma ‘s sales decline, but net results improve
The Lafuma Group registered a 6.3 percent sales decline in the first half of 2015, down to €80.1 million. The company booked an operating loss of €293,000 for the period against a profit of €1,306,000 in the first six months of 2014, attributing it to the lower turnover, investments in ...
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Crocs is not yet out of the woods
Crocs' new focus on fewer products, fewer stores and fewer geographical markets is not expected to bear its best fruits until the first half of 2016. Gregg Ribatt, the company's new chief executive, sees the business continuing to stabilize around the globe, and sales declined by 8 percent in the ...
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Columbia posts record sales and raises full-year outlook
Columbia Sportswear reported a sales increase of 17 percent to $380.2 million in the second quarter. On an organic basis, excluding the acquisition of Prana and foreign currency impacts, the turnover went up by 11 percent in the quarter, which is the company's smallest one in terms of revenues, historically ...
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Osprey’s founder is Celebrity of the Year
Mike Pfotenhauer, the remarkably talented and relentless designer behind Osprey Packs, was named Outdoor Celebrity of the Year 2015 at the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen last month. Beginning with a single sewing machine in 1974, he built up one of the most influential brands of backpacks and continues to design ...
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A Korean group buys Wild Roses
Gregor Furrer & Partners has sold the global rights to the Wild Roses brand of women's outdoor products at an undisclosed price to its Korean licensee, Fashion Group Hyungji, which has been marketing it successfully through a network of 120 mono-brand stores in its domestic market, offering a full line ...
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Vista Outdoor buys a SUP brand and Camelbak
Moving very quickly with its intended strategy to expand in the outdoor and recreation sector, Vista Outdoor announced the takeover of Jimmy Styks, a small marketer of stand-up paddle (SUP) boards and related accessories, and - just a few days later - of Camelbak Products, the leading supplier of hydration ...
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Revo partners with Bono
Revo, the American brand of sunglasses, is launching a program aimed at collecting $10 million to improve access to eye screening and vision correction for more than five million people in disadvantaged communities around the world. For every pair purchased by consumers, it will donate $10 to the Brien Holden ...
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Targeting outdoor athletics, TNF regionalizes EMEA
The North Face turned up at the OutDoor fair with an adjusted range, launching the Mountain Athletics line into European wholesale accounts and displaying a much narrower and upgraded Summit Series.Already on the market in North America, the Mountain Athletics range provides apparel and footwear for people who train for ...
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Amer posts higher sales and margins
Amer Sports reported sales of €461.1 million for the second quarter, representing increases of 23 percent in euros and 9 percent increase in local currencies. The currency-neutral sales increase was driven by double-digit growth in outdoor. Europe was the weakest region. Excluding the acquisition of Louisville Slugger, an American baseball brand ...
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Alchemy brings its full range to Europe
Alchemy Equipment, an urban apparel brand from New Zealand with the functionality of technical outdoor garments, has come up with a summer range for the northern hemisphere, which should support its move into European markets.Frank Spiewack, a seasoned outdoor executive who built up European sales for Macpac Wilderness Equipment and ...
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The strong dollar affects Deckers
The parent company of Ugg, Teva, Sanuk and other brands reported increased net losses of $47.3 million for its first quarter, ended June 30, as compared to $37.0 million in the same period a year ago. At 40.5 percent, the gross margin was 0.5 percentage points lower than a year ...
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VF posts higher revenues in Outdoor & Action Sports
VF Corp. saw consolidated revenues increase by 4.7 percent in the second quarter, or by 10 percent on a currency-neutral basis, reaching €2,513.9 million. The growth was especially driven by its Outdoor & Action Sports coalition, whose sales jumped by 16 percent on a currency-neutral basis, with double-digit increases for ...
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Wolverine accelerates
Wolverine Worldwide's consolidated revenues grew by 2.7 percent to $630.1 million for the second quarter ended June 20, with a 4.9 percent increase on a currency-neutral basis. They actually went up by 6.9 percent without including the discontinued line of Patagonia footwear and sales at the corporate stores that have ...
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Asia Outdoor to be held one month earlier in 2016
The organizers of the Asia Outdoor show in Nanjing celebrated its 10th anniversary on July 23-26, reporting an increase in the number of trade visitors to 19,002 from 17,298 in the previous year. The Compass team was a little surprised that there was an actual rise in the number of ...
