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Blacks in disarray as nobody wants to buy it
Blacks Leisure Group appeared to be in disarray last week after its second failure to attract the interest of any potential investors, like one year ago. Speculation is mounting that the debt-ridden owner of the Blacks and Millets outdoor retail chains in the U.K. would have to go into pre-packaged ...
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Berghaus installs a new EMEA structure
The British outdoor company has set up a new management structure to better service the region of Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with a focus on the German market. The move excludes the company's operations in the British Isles, which continue to be handled from Berghaus' head office ...
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Scandinavian retail battle heats up with XXL’s expansion
The battle between Scandinavia's leading sports and outdoor retailers is heating up, as the XXL Sport chain of megastores has gone on a leasing spree that will increase its total retail space by about 35 percent next year. Adding 30,000 square meters of extra space, the second-largest Norwegian sports retail ...
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Haglöfs walks away from Gresvig
After Norrøna, Helly Hansen and Bergans, Haglöfs confirmed that it was putting an end to its centralized distribution deal with Gresvig, the leading sports buying group in Norway with the G-Sport, Intersport and G-Max banners. Instead, the Swedish outdoor brand will tighten its relationship with Gresvig members who have a ...
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Lafuma turns around
The Lafuma Group has reported a net profit of €3.9 million for the financial year ended last Sept. 30 compared with a loss of €3.6 million the year before.The gross margin improved by 2.3 percentage points to 53.9 percent of sales, thanks in particular to a better sales mix and ...
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Argentinian outdoor leader moves head office, expands abroad
Montagne Outdoors, which claims to be the largest producer and retailer of outdoor products in Argentina, is moving its administrative and commercial services into a new five-floor corporate building. The company's new head office is located at 5369 Córdoba Street in Buenos Aires, in an interesting area of the ...
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Eschler pulls production out of Switzerland
The Swiss industry, already hard hit by the larger-than-life Swiss franc compared with the euro at the wholesale and retail levels, has begun to count casualties in the domestic production apparatus. Christian Eschler AG, the Swiss manufacturer of high-performance fibers and fabrics, has decided to shut down its own plant ...
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Ventilated Glagla shoes see sales double internationally
In addition to numerous shoe shops around the world as far away as Israel or Australia, major outdoor retailers such as Globetrotter in Germany have adopted a relatively new brand of trendy high-tech walking shoes, called Glagla, that can be used for hiking and other outdoor sports. Launched by an ...
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Dutch outdoor distribution swaps
Snowgoose, the Dutch distributor of Haglöfs as well as Dale of Norway and La Sportiva, has decided to suspend its operations. The distributor's longstanding owner, Marcel Koomen, is taking a break for personal reasons, and the three brands handled by the company have all opted for alternative structures and partnerships.Haglöfs, ...
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Silva encompasses deal with Salewa
Starting in January 2012, Silva, the Swedish maker of compasses, headlamps and accessories, will use Salewa as its agent for Germany, feeding the market out of its own warehouse. Marcus Haas, Silva's international sales director confirmed that the deal will go along with the shutdown of Silva's subsidiary in the ...
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Patagonia encourages conspicuous nonconsumption
As the holiday shopping season gets well under way, Patagonia is encouraging shoppers to … not buy things. Starting on Nov. 25, “Black Friday” in the U.S., the biggest retail day of the year, Patagonia kicked off the first of five R's in its Common Threads Initiative, geared toward reducing ...
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New chiefs for Peak Performance
IC Companys, the Danish owner of Peak Performance and 10 fashion labels, reported that the turnover of that Swedish winter sports, outdoor and golf apparel subsidiary increased by nearly 6 percent to the equivalent of 975 million Danish kroner (€131.1m-$176.5m) for the 12 months through the end of September, which ...
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Leading outdoor retailers call for more transparency
(part 2 from the recent European Outdoor Forum held in Annecy)Another much-awaited part of the European Outdoor Forum was a retail panel bringing together four leading outdoor retailers from Europe, China and Canada. They discussed ways to stimulate the industry while protecting it from price battles and all sorts of ...
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Bradshaw Taylor gets a pan-European deal for Sherpa of Nepal
Bradshaw Taylor, the British outdoor distribution company, has obtained a deal to sell the Sherpa Adventure Gear apparel brand nearly Europe-wide. The Nepalese brand will be displayed at Ispo early next year and deliveries to European outdoor retailers will start in the second half of the year.Italy and Austria were ...
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Blacks may need yet more financing
Citing weakening marketing conditions, Blacks Leisure Group predicted that its results will be below expectations and that it will thus need additional funding to execute its strategic plans, notably by strengthening its capital structure among other options. The announcement sent the value of its shares on the London Stock Exchange ...
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Bailo merges with Vist
The two Italian companies are merging into a new group, due to be called Officine Italiane, that will allow them to offer a complete range of snow and outdoor sports products and to generate synergies at various levels, including product development and international distribution.The goal is to reach combined consolidated ...
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Outdoor is badly hit at Johnson Outdoors
Hit by a sharp decline in its outdoor sales because of lower orders from the U.S. military, Johnson Outdoors just about stabilized its sales for the last quarter of its fiscal year, through the end of September. The American group ended the three months with total revenues of $77.4 million, ...
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Outnet acquires Get Out
Outnet, a Swedish online retailer specializing in outdoor products, has acquired all the shares in Get Out, another strongly recognized online retailer based in Sweden that focuses on outdoor equipment. Their joint annual turnover should reach more than 70 million Swedish kronor (€7.6m-$10.2m) this year, with nearly SEK 50 million ...
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The OutDoor show will stay at Lake Constance beyond 2013
Messe Friedrichshafen has won a pitch that did not happen. The five-year deal between the European Outdoor Group (EOG) and the trade show operator will be extended through a “rolling contract” that is automatically renewed in the absence of any major complaints - the way EOG has dealt with Ispo ...
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Odlo returns to the Norwegian market on its own
Odlo is stepping up its investments in Norway with the opening of a full-fledged sales subsidiary, along with a mono-brand store due to open in the center of Oslo next month. The Swiss-based company specializing in underwear and base layers has hired Terje Andersen, Norwegian country manager at Polar, to ...
