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New outdoor market research project starts with Sweden
The OutDoor fair in Friedrichshafen will see the launch of a new outdoor market research project by EDM Publications, publisher of the Outdoor Industry Compass. It is expected to provide unprecedented details and insights into the scope, the dynamics and the most interesting players in up 23 outdoor markets in ...
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Lundhags implements a strategic shift
After its acquisition by Swix earlier this year, Lundhags is unfurling a strategic plan that is meant to increase its exposure and to widen its appeal. The new approach is encapsulated in the Swedish brand's new tagline, “Love the Seasons,” focused on the concept of an authentic Nordic brand, offering ...
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Gold Reflect Line helps perform and recover
Some French suppliers exhibiting at this week's OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen will present prototypes of sleeping bags, trail-running garments and other products coated with a special bioceramic powder, labelled Gold Refect Line, that is said to improve performance in a variety of outdoor activities by capturing the “far infrared” ...
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Halti gets new major shareholder
Ingman Group, a Finnish family-owned investment company, has taken over a majority stake in Halti, the Finnish ski and outdoor apparel brand. Ingman acquired the shares held since 2004 by another capital investment firm, 3i, which was the largest stake in Halti but still made up just under half ...
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GfK and NPD set up retail panel to explore the outdoor market
The market researchers of GfK and NPD Group have joined forces to provide in-depth research results for the outdoor market. The first result is a report based on a retail panel in Germany, but the two firms are determined to add other European countries in the months and years to ...
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Europe drags down Wolverine’s sales growth
Reporting an increase of only 0.8 percent in its total sales to $312.7 million for the second quarter ended June 16, Wolverine Worldwide blamed especially the macroeconomic uncertainty in Europe. In Canada as well as in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, the group's sales fell by a low-middle ...
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Peak Performance reorganizes its distribution
Peak Performance, the Swedish sports and lifestyle brand, has inked a deal with Basic Group to sell its products in Italy from the start of next year. Peak Performance currently runs its own business in the country. Part of Basic's assignment is to open Peak Performance stores, which are ...
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Schwan-Stabilo puts Deuter and Ortovox under one roof
Effective July 1, Schwanhäusser Industrie Holding, known for its writing materials of the Schwan-Stabilo brand, has created a new company in charge of its outdoor operations called Schwan-Stabilo Outdoor. The new firm acts as a holding company controlling two subsidiaries, as of now, Deuter and Ortovox. Managing directors are Bernd ...
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New head for Blacks
Ken Reeve, buying and merchandising director at Cotswold Outdoor, has been poached by JD Sports Fashion, the British sports retailer, to become managing director of Blacks Leisure Group, the failed outdoor retailer it acquired in January. Reeve will start in November, while JD said that all other Blacks managers would ...
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Berghaus and its parent company grow strongly
Berghaus' sales grew by a high single digit to the equivalent of more than $150 million last year, including licenses, according to officials of its parent company, Pentland Group. Most of the growth continued to take place outside the U.K., whose share of the global turnover has declined from 80 ...
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Yeti wins an OutDoor Industry Award with Toray fabric
Miko, described as the lightest down men's vest in the world, has won one of this year's OutDoor Industry Awards. Weighing only 128 grams, it has been developed by Yeti with a special new high-tech fabric by Toray, called Next to Nothing 0.2, or NTN 0.2 for short. Yeti has ...
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Outdoor spending in the U.S. stays ahead of the economy
The Outdoor Industry Association in the U.S. has put out a new economic impact study, updating the last one from six years ago. “The Outdoor Recreation Economy 2012” lays out the relationship between spending on outdoor gear and travel: for $1 that Americans spend on outdoor products and vehicles, they ...
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Vaude is getting tough on internet abuse
Vaude has successfully taken Schwarz E-Commerce, the internet subsidiary of Lidl, the German food chain, to court, complaining about unfair competition. The outdoor brand complained that Schwarz E-Commerce used a picture of Vaude's “Hogan UL” tent to advertise its own offer, in this case a tent that looks very similar ...
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LaCrosse is sold to ABC-Mart
LaCrosse Footwear, the U.S.-based owner of the LaCrosse and Danner brands, announced that the company has agreed to be acquired by ABC-Mart for approximately $138 million, or $20 per share in cash. ABC-Mart is a leading Japanese retailer of athletic, business and casual footwear, with about 800 stores under the ...
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NPD’s consumer panel shows European outdoor market down by 1%
It will be interesting to check the estimates of the European Outdoor Group about the European outdoor market, which we are probably going to publish in the Compass during the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen on Friday. While the EOG figures are largely based on data supplied by the outdoor brands, ...
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Lafuma improves results
Millet is no longer the only major positive element in the outdoor segment of the Lafuma Group. Following on the heels of the successful redesigning of its collection of camping furniture, the Lafuma brand registered an encouraging response at its recent international sales meeting to some of the technical innovations ...
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Swiss food retailer moves into specialty outdoor
Reacting to a difficult economic environment in Switzerland, Otto's, a medium-sized food retailer in Switzerland, has proceeded with its diversification strategy by moving into outdoor retailing. Otto's already operates various retail businesses, both brick-and-mortar and web-based, including food, furniture, cars and car rental services. Altogether, it has some 100 doors ...
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Katadyn weathers the storm in spite of currency problems
The Katadyn Group of Switzerland, global market leader for portable water purification solutions, is happy with its 2011 results in spite of the strength of its local currency, the Swiss franc. While the group reached growth on the basis of local currencies, global sales declined by 4.4 percent to CHF ...
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Columbia Sportswear deals with sweat differently
Columbia Sportswear presented a few days ago some interesting technical innovations for the spring/summer 2013 season that are partly intended to make the company less dependent on winter weather conditions and to build up a strong point of difference with some of the major sports brands. In its efforts to ...
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Some interesting changes at Ferrino
One of the two joint managing directors of the Italian company, Anna Ferrino, is now fully in charge of exports except for South America. That territory is now covered by the former export manager, Andrea Ferrino, who has moved to Buenos Aires after marrying an Argentinian woman. He will coordinate ...
