All Article articles – Page 177
-
Article
German Sport 2000 expands its speciality retail network
By the end of June the German section of Sport 2000 had increased the number of affiliated retailers by 83 above the number a year ago. The group had won 107 new members, lost 24 and currently has a total of 888 companies running 1,184 stores.A major boost came from ...
-
Article
Thule performed well in Q2
The Thule Group reported a 78.9 percent jump in net income to 254 million Swedish kronor (€26.8m-$29.4m) for the second quarter ended June 30. Sales increased by 20 percent to SEK 1.70 billion (€179.4m-$197.0m), and they were up by 6.4 percent on a currency-neutral basis. However, the gross margin declined ...
-
Article
Rendle rises up the ranks at VF
Steve Rendle has been promoted to the position of president and chief operating officer of VF Corporation, overseeing all the “coalitions” of the big American group and its global supply chain. He is also joining VF's board of directors. Rendle, 55, will report to Eric Wiseman, who remains chairman and ...
-
Article
Puma sells Tretorn
As part of its strategy to focus on its most important assets, Puma has agreed to sell the industrial property rights of the Tretorn Group to the Authentic Brands Group (ABG). Tretorn managers are acquiring an operating license from ABG to run Tretorn's business in Scandinavian and other European countries. ...
-
Article
Pentland reports higher sales and profits
Pentland Group's pre-tax earnings jumped by 92 percent to £164 million (€230.5m-$257.8m) in 2014 on 14 percent higher revenues of £2.2 billion (€3.1bn-$3.5bn). Operating income before amortization of intangible assets and exceptional items increased by 30 percent to £160 million (€224.9m-$251.4m).Net cash at year-end nearly doubled to £202 million (€283.9m-$317.4m), ...
-
Article
Ternua Group expands its management
The Spain-based Ternua Group, which merged with Lorpen a year ago, has boosted its top management and its export department, hiring an experienced manager in order to accelerate its international development.The group wants to raise its export ratio from 30 to 50 percent of total sales by 2018. It reached ...
-
Article
Prana targets Europe
Prana has picked the European market as the priority for its foreign expansion, after the takeover of the Californian yoga and outdoor brand by the Columbia Sportswear group last year and the enlargement of its international sales team earlier this year. They will start to explore the market more thoroughly with ...
-
Article
Hydro Flask moves into Europe
The fast-growing American brand of stainless steel beverage and food containers, which is showing at the OutDoor fair in Friedrichshafen for the first time this week, has hired its first European sales agents in Germany and the U.K., supporting them with a logistics company in Rotterdam. The company plans to ...
-
Article
Eoca wants to fund an entire new project
At the upcoming OutDoor Show in Friedrichshafen, the European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) will hold its usual fundraiser at its stand to raise money for future projects. The organization, an initiative from the European outdoor industry to help protect wild areas, said figures for each show have been increasing annually. ...
-
Article
New report segments the English outdoor market
There is no single outdoor market and no single type of outdoor consumer. These are some of the conclusions of a comprehensive market research report on “Getting Active Outdoors,” conducted in the U.K. by Sport England, a governmental agency for the promotion of sports participation, in partnership with Britain's Outdoor ...
-
Article
Dus will run Tecnica
Antonio Dus, the seasoned Italian manager who left a few weeks ago as chief executive of Vibram, has been chosen to be the new CEO of Tecnica Group, starting next Sept. 14. He will also have a seat on the company's board of directors along with two other new directors ...
-
Article
Lowa confirms its leadership
Lowa managed to increase its sales to €163 million in 2014, up from €152 million in the previous year. These figures are for consolidated turnover, which includes the German headquarters, the subsidiaries in Switzerland and the U.S. as well as the distribution of other brands belonging to the Tecnica Group, ...
-
Article
Jack Wolfskin completes its management team
Two more executives have been appointed at Jack Wolfskin, completing the changes in management at the German outdoor company under the leadership of Melody Harris-Jensbach, its chief executive since November.Imen Wong was appointed vice president of product development from the start of July. She joined from Esprit Europe Service, where ...
-
Article
Ispo Shanghai’s premiere reflects a changing market
The Ispo Shanghai show celebrated a relatively successful premiere on July 2-4, welcoming a total of nearly 19,000 visitors. The fair was bigger than originally planned, with 354 exhibitors offering 473 brands to retailers in the Asia-Pacific region in general and in China in particular.Many visitors appreciated the variety of ...
-
Article
New CEO for Odlo
Christophe Bézu, who earned his stripes in the sports industry as a gutsy international executive at the Adidas Group, is taking over from Jonas Ottosson as chief executive at Odlo. The Frenchman started leading the Swiss-based underwear specialist at the end of last month, as part of a wider reshuffle ...
-
Article
Schwan-Stabilo buys Maier Sports Group
Maier Sports Group, the German snow sports and outdoor apparel brand, is to be taken over by Schwan-Stabilo, the German group that is already the owner of Deuter and Ortovox, for an undisclosed price.Martin Riebel, chief executive at Deuter and Schwan-Stabilo Outdoor, said that Maier Sports neatly complemented the group's ...
-
Article
Leki enlarges its executive board
The German maker of poles and gloves has reshuffled its management, effective July 1. Leki, which has been run by Waltraud Lenhart since the tragic death of her husband Klaus Lenhart in an air crash in April 2012, has promoted a couple of seasoned managers who have been working for ...
-
Article
The battle of the Basks is “resolved”
Bask, the Russian outdoor brand, has been split between two groups of owners since the start of a dispute in 2009. But Vladimir Bodganov, who established Bask in 1992 with his brother Sergey and other investors, says they have retrieved all assets related to the brand.The split occurred when a ...
-
Article
Investment firm buys Backcountry
Backcountry.com, a leading U.S. online outdoor retailer, has been acquired by TSG Consumer Partners, an investment firm from San Francisco specializing in the branded consumer market. The deal was sealed with the previous owner, the former Liberty Interactive Corporation, at an undisclosed price.TSG said it would help the online outdoor ...
-
Article
Haglöfs appoints global sales director
Haglöfs has reinforced its management with the appointment of Fredrik Ohlsson to the new function of global sales director from the second week of August. Ohlsson has a track record in the outdoor business as managing director and business unit director for Thule Trailers, among several other international sales and ...
