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OutDoor will remain a trade-only show
Plans to open up the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen to consumers for an extra day, as is already the case with the Eurobike show on Lake Constance, have been set aside. A majority of the members of the European Outdoor Group, which is sponsoring the fair, voted against the proposal ...
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Ispo launches a summer show in Shanghai
Building on the growing success of its Ispo Beijing fair, Messe München has finally announced a summer edition of its Chinese show and decided on the timing and the venue of the new event, which will be called Ispo Shanghai. After polling exhibitors and visitors and holding extensive one-on-one meetings ...
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Strong growth for Norway’s Stormberg
Stormberg of Norway grew last year at a strong rate of 31 percent, reaching a turnover of 377 million Norwegian kroner (€44.8m-$60.9), although the domestic market increased by only 3.4 percent. The net profit of the rapidly growing Norwegian outdoor clothing brand grew to NOK 29.2 million (€3.5-$4.7m), compared with ...
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Patagonia is opening new offices in Europe
Patagonia is planning to transfer some of its European operations from its present European headquarters in the French town Annecy to a new European office in Amsterdam. It also wants to open sales offices in London and Munich to be closer to its clients in two of its major European ...
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Timberland cuts off three suppliers
Timberland has decided to stop working with an apparel factory following its latest audit for corporate social responsibility. It has also dropped a licensee for good and suspended relations with another one for three months, pending the implementation of corrective measures. The audit was conducted on 60 suppliers during the ...
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German buying groups post improving outdoor sales, but jackets remain a problem
For the first six months of 2014, Intersport Germany reports an overall sales improvement of 4 percent against the first half of the previous year: Running was up by 22 percent and team sports naturally soared by 32 percent thanks to the football feast in Brazil.With an increase by 4 ...
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Lowa is back on the road to success
The German-based producer of outdoor shoes, which is still under the control of Italy's Tecnica Group, managed to increase its total consolidated sales from €140 million in 2012 to €152 million in 2013 and expects to lift its consolidated sales once again to €161 million at the end of this ...
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Jury selects fewer OutDoor Industry Awards
A panel of six experts has selected the winners of this year's OutDoor Industry Awards, tightening the standards used to evaluate the degree of innovation and the quality of the design. The number of competing products submitted by the exhibitors increased by 45 to 361, as compared to last year. ...
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GoPro, Alibaba shake the stock market
GoPro went through one of the most successful public offering on the Nasdaq stock exchange in recent times. The shares were priced at $24, at the high end of a previously set range of $21-24, valuing the young U.S. action camera company at $2.96 billion. However, the stock closed 30 ...
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The Lifestraw sells more widely, does good in Africa
WaterNlife, the Danish company that took on distribution of the unique LifeStraw water purification system in Europe and some other parts of the world a year ago, has already placed the product in hundreds of European stores, including those of big chains such as Globetrotter in Germany, Naturkompaniet in Sweden, ...
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A lot of action at Sympatex
Michael Kamm, chief executive of Sympatex Technologies, has disclosed that the refinanced company is discussing the acquisition of another firm, and that it is working on optimizing its textile manufacturing operations in Zittau to raise production levels and improve profitability in the long term.Sympatex' sales went up by about 3 ...
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Growth of 3.1% for outdoor in Europe, says the EOG
The European outdoor market expanded by 3.1 percent to €4,776 million at the wholesale level in 2013, based on the State of Trade survey compiled by the European Outdoor Group (EOG). The organization estimates that this amounts to retail sales of more than €10 billion before sales taxes. The number ...
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And1, Avia, Nevados fall into Sequential’s lap
Following a business model similar to that of Iconix Group, which owns Umbro, Danskin, Starter and many other brands, Sequential Brands has become one of the largest pure-play licensing companies in the world with its acquisition of Galaxy Brand Holdings, whose 15-plus brands generate annual retail sales of around $700 ...
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New fashion-oriented stores for Woolrich
Woolrich has restructured its contracts with WP Lavori in Corso, a long-time partner based in Italy. Putting to an end a project announced three years ago for the joint development of an international line of technical outdoor garments, which would have involved a German-based design agency, the existing Woolrich outdoor ...
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The latest from Eoca and the Outdoor Foundation
The European Conservation Alliance (Eoca) will launch a new type of membership at next month's OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen. It is creating a new category of “Sustaining Member” to pay for the administrative and other operating costs of Eoca, which have been funded until now by the OutDoor fair through ...
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Victorinox brings travel gear in-house
Victorinox, the parent company of Swiss Army Knives, is taking over full responsibility for travel gear from TRG Accessories, a U.S.-based luggage company that has held the license for this product line since 1999. Officials of the Swiss company indicated that the line has been very successful. It includes some ...
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Outdoor brands to work toward a single down standard
New research by the European Outdoor Group (EOG) suggests that outdoor clothing brands use between 1,410 and 1,630 tons of goose or duck down annually, that equates to less than one per cent of total global production, estimated to be at least 270,000 tons. The EOG's secretary general, Mark Held, ...
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Berghaus integrates Brasher
Pentland Brands has decided to stop treating Brasher Boots as a distinct business unit. The British label of leather outdoor footwear, which is not well known outside its domestic market, will be more fully integrated into the operations of its bigger sister brand, Berghaus, and its product range, starting with ...
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Industry veteran becomes Stanley’s business leader
Pacific Market International, the company that bought Stanley in 2002, has recently taken several important initiatives to build this American premium brand of stainless bottles, coolers, lunch boxes and other food and beverage solutions - in the U.S. and internationally.About two years ago, it turned Stanley into a stand-alone strategic ...
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EuroNordicWalk Vercors beats a previous world record
The second edition of EuroNordicWalk Vercors, an increasingly well-established European Nordic Walking festival that took place on June 18-22 in the French Prealps, gathered nearly 1,900 walkers, 800 more than the previous record. According to Guinness World Records, the record for people Nordic Walking simultaneously for a minimum of 3 ...
