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New top executives for Patagonia Europe
Patagonia has strengthened its European team, hiring new top-level managers for its new European office in Amsterdam and in key markets. These and other investments in marketing and sustainability are meant to make the Patagonia brand “more relevant” in a region that still represents only about 10 percent of its ...
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Textile Exchange has released an updated version of its Responsible Down Standard
Textile Exchange, a non-profit organization dedicated to the expansion of sustainability across the global textile value chain, has announced the release of the latest version of its Responsible Down Standard (RDS). Officially launched in January 2014, the RDS is a third-party certification animal welfare and traceability standard for down and ...
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Crocs and George Fisher use drones
While Amazon is testing the use of helicopter drones to transport books rapidly to customers in the U.S., Crocs used a commercially available type of drone last month to transport shoes at a pop-up store in Tokyo, and George Fisher, the leading outdoor retailer in the English Lake District, is ...
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Two multi-brand companies get together in the U.S.
Exxel Outdoors, a company based in Boulder, Colorado, has taken over American Recreation, the multi-brand company that owns the Kelly, Sierra Designs, Slumberjack and Wezel brands of outdoor products, among others. Exxel, which is known for its U.S.-made sleeping bags, Colorado, is said to be considering manufacturing some of American ...
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The Vaude group expands further in clothing
Edelrid, the climbing equipment brand bought by Vaude in 2006, has acquired the assets and the brand name of Monkee, a small seven-year-old German brand of technical climbing apparel that uses sustainable materials. It will only rehire one or two of Monkee's employees. The company's office in Nuremberg will be ...
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Shoes and clothing pull Mammut
The brand chart that we have just published for the global sports equipment in SGI Europe, our sister publication for the broader sporting goods market, shows that this segment grew by only 2.5 percent in the past year. Led by Shimano, Jarden, the Adidas Group and Amer Sports, it to ...
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Management changes, new campaign at Polartec
Eric Yung, who has been with Polartec for eight years, acting most recently as European sales director, will add responsibility for customer service following the departure of Juan Carlos Gonzalez, the former director of international sales, at the beginning of April. Yung will continue to work out of Polartec Europe's ...
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Double-digit growth for Decathlon, driven by the BRICs
The world's largest integrated sporting goods retailer accelerated its growth in 2014, posting a sales increase of 10.6 percent to €8.2 billion. Much of the growth was generated by the opening of a record number of stores, especially in emerging markets, and the development of e-commerce. Decathlon was also able ...
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Ispo Munich discloses new attendance figures
Messe München has shared with us more details about the flow of visitors at the last edition of the Ispo Munich trade show, which took place on Feb. 5-8. As previously reported, total attendance grew by 2.7 percent to more than 83,000 daily passes through the turnstiles, with increases of ...
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Sympatex is a partner of the current Everest4K expedition
Sympatex Technologies is supporting Everest4K, the expedition on Mount Everest that began on April 6, during which Hannes Künkel and Nils Peuse, directors of Göttingen-based creative agency Third Pole and Himalayan experts, will produce a multimedia film and photo production with 4K images in ultra-high resolution. Sympatex had previously been ...
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JD sees no profits from outdoor until 2016/17
The management of JD Sports Fashion is cautiously predicting that its growing outdoor retail segment may not achieve profitability until the 2016/17 financial year. The U.K.-based group, which is performing much better in the generalist sporting goods sector, is still in the process of rationalizing the business, improving the operation ...
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Rewoolution is set for a revolution
Successori Reda, the Italian manufacturer of higher-end fabrics and marketer of the Rewoolution brand of functional sports apparel in merino wool and other products, was able to present impressive figures at Ispo Munich. The company's total sales went up in 2014 by 15 percent and reached a total of €80 ...
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Fjällräven drives higher sales at Fenix
Robust sales for the Fjällräven brand enabled the Fenix Outdoor International group to deliver ample sales and profit gains last year, in spite of the warm weather in the last quarter. It marked the end of a year in which the Swedish group acquired another dimension, ending up with a ...
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Gregory’s purchase helps Samsonite to diversify
Last July's acquisition of Gregory Mountain Products from Black Diamond and its earlier takeover of High Sierra helped Samsonite to record a 25.1 percent currency-neutral increase in the revenues of its casual product category last year. In terms of dollars, the segment grew by 22.4 percent to $252.1 million.Gregory contributed ...
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Decline in outdoor sales at Fiskars
Focusing on the Gerber brand, sales of outdoor products declined by 8 percent to €114.2 million at Fiskars last year, despite a rise of 3 percent in the last quarter. Sales in constant currencies were down by 2 percent in the quarter and by 7 percent in constant currencies. The ...
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Columbia rejigs top management
Columbia Sportswear has announced a reorganization of its top management, describing it as a move to drive continued profitable growth. The group expects the company's sales to expand at double-digit rates for apparel in constant currencies this year, compared with $1.7 billion in 2014, while footwear sales are predicted to ...
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British government to support outdoor recreation
The Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) of the U.K. held a successful annual meeting and convention earlier this week in the middle of the Lake District. Helen Grant, the U.K. minister for sport and tourism, who was born in the region, agreed to attend the meeting but could not make any ...
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Bottles lift Camelbak sales
Camelbak, the American company specializing in hydration packs, lifted its sales by 6.3 percent to $148.7 million last year. The increase was driven by more sales of bottles and gloves, while sales of hydration systems slightly declined.This drop in sales of hydration systems was reportedly attributed to the company having ...
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Tecnica gets the blessing of its lenders
The Tecnica Group announced the successful completion of a new financing agreement with a pool of banks that have supported the company over the past years. The company will benefit from a new credit line of €175 million, including €110 million for its seasonal working capital requirements and a new ...
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Black Diamond strengthens its commercial department
Black Diamond has announced that Heath Christensen and Tor Brown are returning to the company in new roles as director of sales for North America and mountain line category director, respectively. Matt Burbach will also join the company as senior retail marketing manager and Glenn Ritter has been internally promoted ...
