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The North Face and Vans make up for sluggish Timberland
The Outdoor and Action Sports division at VF Corporation lifted its sales by 6 percent to $1.1 billion for the quarter ended June 29, driven by The North Face and Vans as in many previous quarters, while Timberland was in decline. The unit saw its sales rise across the U.S. as well ...
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Rewoolution expands its international sales network
(Already published in Asia Outdoor issue). Rewoolution, the Italian brand of premium outdoor apparel made of merino wool, will be selling its products in SportScheck stores in Germany from autumn/winter 2013, adding to some 250 points of sale that already carry its Italian-made products around Europe after only three ...
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Rossignol plans outdoor diversification under new ownership
The 106-year-old French ski company, which had previously made a diversification into golf as a counter-seasonal activity, said also in a public statement that it plans to use Altor Equity Partners' successful experience in the apparel sector for the deployment of its own apparel offering, which was managed for a ...
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Sports Direct seeks a stronger role in outdoor
Sports Direct International (SDI), the big British sporting goods retailer that lost out a fight for control of the Blacks and Millets outdoor retail chains to JD Sports Fashion a couple of years ago, has acquired a majority stake in Yeomans. This British chain of 70 outdoor stores sells tents ...
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The outdoor industry is developing differently
(Already published in Asia Outdoor issue). Figureheads of the industry agreed at a discussion held at the OutDoor fair in Friedrichshafen earlier this month that the market has changed beyond recognition since the show was launched two decades ago. Among other factors that transformed the business, they pointed to the ...
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Deckers loses Teva sales
Teva's sales declined by 8.4 percent to $31.2 million in the second quarter, and Ugg's sales decreased by 6.9 percent to $100.4 million, and Sanuk went up by 7.5 percent to $30.1 million. Together, the three brands had a 2.5 percent drop in second-quarter revenues to $170.1 million. The parent ...
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Columbia predicts a lower Ebit for the year
Columbia Sportswear reduced its net losses by 10 percent to $7.08 million in the second quarter, as compared to the same period a year ago, although its sales went down by 3 percent to $280.5 million, with one percentage point due to negative currency effects. The gross margin improved to ...
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Northland China looks into Lowa and outlines new strategies
B.C. Sports Group, the Chinese licensee of the Austrian outdoor brand Northland, is looking into future growth. Its general manager, Steve Huang, told The Compass at the Asia Outdoor show in Nanjing that he is set to bring the company to the stock exchange. The required information was submitted last September, ...
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Cotter leaves Berghaus for Snow + Rock
Richard Cotter, who has successfully run Berghaus for the past seven years, is leaving the company at the end of August to act as the new chief executive of Snow + Rock, starting on Sept. 9. At Snow + Rock, Cotter will take the place of Hamish Mansbridge, who has ...
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Petzl and Béal sort out their divorce
There were many whispers and rumors in Friedrichshafen on the future of the partnership between Petzl and Béal , the two French companies that have been climbing mates for decades in terms of global distribution and product supply. Shortly before the OutDoor show, the news came up – as reported ...
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New Finnish competitor in the barefoot space
(Already published in Asia Outdoor issue). Feelmax is currently re-launching its brand of “barefoot shoes.” The Finnish company exhibited for the second time at the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen and reported on its expansion to other European markets. After a change of ownership in 2011 and the nomination of a ...
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Buff’s bandanas repel insects
(Already published in Asia Outdoor issue). Original Buff has launched the first headwear with built-in insect protection in European markets under a five-year cooperation agreement with an American brand, Insect Shield. The products were already launched in the U.S. and are now being made available to European clients in 12 ...
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Hi-Tec sets up team for the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Austria
Hi-Tec Sports has appointed Peter Korver to head a new team covering the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Austria. The move follows the Dutch-based sports and outdoor footwear company's decision to take over its own distribution in Germany and Austria from WB Compagnie, a specialist in corporate products based in eastern Germany, ...
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Attendance slowed down at Asia Outdoor
The Asia Outdoor show held in Nanjing, China, on July 24-27 had a total of 18,563 visitors, down from 20,542 last year. According to its organizers, attendance was strongly up on the first two days, while the third day was rather weak and the fourth day, which was open to ...
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Weather affects Jarden’s outdoor operations
Traditionally, the second quarter is seasonally weak also for Jarden Corporation's Outdoor Solutions segment. This division, which comprises 21 different sports brands including Coleman, Ex Officio, K2, Marmot, Rawlings, Shakespeare and Zoot, booked a 6.1 percent decline to $741.1 million for the period, as the wet and cold weather in ...
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The North Face adjusts its strategy for China
The U.S. brand made a statement at the eighth edition of the Asia Outdoor show that ended in Nanjing last Saturday. The North Face showed with a massive booth there to attract independent retailers attending the show. Jacob Lee Uhland, general manager of TNF Asia since the beginning of last ...
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Amer raises sales by 7%
Despite the cold and wet spring, which dampened enthusiasm for tennis and cycling, the Amer Sports group enjoyed rising sales in nearly all categories as well as a small improvement in its earnings. The Finnish owner of Wilson, Salomon, Atomic and other brands saw its sales grow by 7 percent ...
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Positive vibes from the 20th OutDoor show
(Already published in Asia Outdoor issue). The OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen went better than expected, considering the difficult market situation in Europe during the first half of this year. In terms of daily attendance at the fair, the number of trade visitors was down slightly to 21,465 from 21,730 a ...
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Less than 100 tickets left for the European Outdoor Summit
There are now less than 100 tickets left out of a total 300 tickets available to attend the first European Outdoor Summit, organized jointly by the European Outdoor Group and the Scandinavian Outdoor Group, with the Outdoor Industry Compass acting as its international media partner. Scheduled for Oct. 16-18, the ...
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Globetrotter: a preview of its private label strategy
As reported at the last OutDoor show a year ago, Globetrotter Ausrüstung, the big Hamburg-based specialty retailer, will leave the Euro Family, the informal cooperation of leading European outdoor and sporting goods retailers. As a result, Globetrotter will no longer take part in the development of the alliance's private labels, ...
