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Camelbak grows, appoints new distributors
The leading California-based supplier of hydration gear, which continued to grow at a double-digit rate last year in the U.S. as well as the rest of the world, has hired new distributors around the world. In Greece, the only new hire is Niko Maniatopoulos. Like Hartje, the German distributor hired ...
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Udberg quits Lowe Alpine
David Udberg has made public his resignation as chief executive of Lowe Alpine UK, leaving the company that was formally acquired by Equip Outdoor Technologies last October. He made that decision last December, but he agreed to wait until after the Ispo show to make the announcement, which came as ...
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Jack Wolfskin picks a seasoned Adidas man as its new chief
Jack Wolfskin has announced that Michael Rupp will be its new chief executive effective July 1. The 51-year-old has served the Adidas Group in various positions and has been in the industry for more than two decades. Most recently, he has acted as president and CEO of Adidas' Boston-based subsidiary, ...
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At the eve of its possible IPO, Sanfo presents promising figures
Sanfo, China's leading specialty outdoor retailer, managed to raise its total sales by 55 percent to well above $32.5 million in 2011, but its owner, Heng Zhang, feels that this kind of growth was natural in market like the Chinese one. He told this publication in Beijing that the outdoor ...
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Under new ownership, Jack Wolfskin sticks to a double-digit mood
Jack Wolfskin has again reported excellent results for its 2010-11 financial year, which ended last Sept. 30. Consolidated revenues grew by 22.5 percent to a record €355 million. Sales soared across all product categories with a hefty increase in footwear of 35 percent. Turnover increased over all distribution channels and ...
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Globetrotter grows, but suffers from tough online competition
Globetrotter Ausrüstung, Germany's leading specialty outdoor retailer, managed to increase its total sales by 10 percent to €250 million in its 2011-12 fiscal year, ended Feb. 29. These figures look better than they actually are, since Andreas Bartmann, managing partner, admitted that the company was behind its own expectations.One reason ...
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OMM expands in Europe and China
OMM (“Original Mountain Marathon”), the British brand of outdoor apparel and equipment, is quickly expanding into the European continent and the Far East. In Europe, it has picked various agents for some of the key markets, including Fabian Geist for the Benelux countries, Oli Aram for Germany (currently only for ...
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Kozy Kidz hugs Chinese children
Another company that came to Ispo Beijing to show in the U.K. village and to present a distributor for the Chinese market was Kozy Kidz, the British specialty brand of outdoor apparel designed for children up to 8 years of age. Effective immediately, the Chinese market will be covered by ...
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Shehe does its Chinese business without Marmot
After more than two decades of cooperation, Marmot and its Chinese distributor, Guangzhou Shehe Summit Outdoor Gear, have decided to divorce on the wholesale front. Bill Lu, general manager of Shehe, emphasized, however, that his company will continue to serve Marmot as one of its contract manufacturers. Lu admitted that ...
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Brands are up and retail down at Fenix Outdoor
Fenix Outdoor has published its annual results. The Swedish corporation owns a number of high profile Scandinavian brands such as Fjällräven, Tierra, Primus, Hanwag and Brunton, as well as two retail chains - Naturkompaniet and, since last year, the Partioaitta chain in Finland. Fenix Outdoor ended 2011 with a total ...
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Big success for Ispo Beijing
More companies have signaled their intention to participate in next year's edition of Ispo Beijing as its four-day session last month ended up with big increases not only in terms of exhibitors, but also in attendance.No less than 24,500 visitors (daily visits) came to the China National Convention Center, near ...
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Despite the crisis around the globe, China is growing bigger
Ispo Beijing, the successful trade show organized by Messe München in the Chinese capital, gave no evidence that the domestic outdoor industry might be shocked or irritated by the flat performance of the market in North America and Europe. Instead, both domestic players and foreign brands believe that the growth ...
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VF is ready for further acquisitions
VF Corporation said that it has the financial and managerial resources to carry out further acquisitions, but warned that it is unlikely to achieve a deal the size of Timberland over the next 12 months. VF bought the brand in June 2011 for about $2 billion.The comments come as the ...
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Phenix’ parent puts out profit warning, but is serious about China
China Dongxiang, which owns Phenix and the rights to the Kappa brand for China and Macau, issued another profit warning a few days ago. The company indicated that its reported sales for 2011 should show a decline of about 36 percent compared with the previous year, and the profit margin ...
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TNF outlines retail plans for Europe
At Ispo, Arne Arens, The North Face's sales director for the EMEA region, announced that the brand plans to expand its retail network strongly in the region this year. While TNF wants to add seven doors to its present 25 corporate stores, there will also be a major increase in ...
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Vibram posts strong sales; concentrates on snow sports
Vibram, which was picked by REI as one of the vendors of the year for the second consecutive year, has reached sales of nearly €200 million in 2011. The figure cannot be compared with the previous year because the company that represents Vibram in the U.S. is no longer a ...
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Columbia posts a record year for sales and profits
Columbia Sportswear recorded excellent figures for its 2011 fiscal year, when sales soared by 14 percent to $1.694 billion. For the fourth quarter alone, turnover was up by 15 percent and reached $526.1 million. Net profit was up by 40 percent to $36.7 million for the same period. For the ...
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La Sportiva launches its clothing line
The new collection of technical outerwear launched by La Sportiva in collaboration with its Korean licensee, Samsung, was a great success at the Ispo fair in Munich earlier this month. Designed primarily for ski mountaineering, alpine touring and freeride skiing, the line uses Gore-Tex membranes and is certified by Bluesign. ...
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Silva wants to broaden range with new chief
Silva, the Swedish outdoor company specializing in compasses and headlamps, has appointed Patrik Elfwing to take over as chief executive by the start of April. He succeeds Lars Gullikson, whose departure after 13 years at Silva was announced shortly after the sale of Silva in July by Fiskars, the Finnish ...
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Brazil: Many opportunities and challenges
More than 100 people attended Forum Brasil, a conference organized by Ispo on the third day of its show this week. SGI Europe laid out some key facts and figures about the Brazilian sporting goods market, collected with Ispo's financial support. In summary, they show that the market is growing ...
