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Viking leaps ahead with technical children’s footwear
After three years of nearly stagnant sales, Viking Fottøy is enjoying an impressive growth spurt. The Norwegian supplier of outdoor shoes is reaping the benefits of focused investment in functional children's footwear, which has found fast-growing demand in Norway and several other countries.The entire Viking group reached a turnover of ...
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Brussels hears proposals for action
While it failed last July to qualify as the venue of the 2018 Winter Olympics, the French city of Annecy played host to two other major sports- and outdoor-related events in the last days. Some 5,000 spectators attended the second European edition of IF3, the Freeski Film Festival, held there ...
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SOG goes hunting in Nuremberg
The Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG) is widening its activities to move into what it describes as the wilderness segment. As part of its investments in this category, SOG will set up a Scandinavian Village at the IWA show in Nuremberg. Taking place in March, IWA is mostly known as a ...
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Uzbek labor practices are under fire
The use of forced child labor in harvesting cotton in Uzbekistan has gotten the attention of more than 60 international apparel companies, including Adidas, Li & Fung, New Balance, Columbia Sportswear, Eddie Bauer, Puma, PPR, VF Corporation, Burberry, C&A, Carrefour and The Jones Group. They have all vowed not to ...
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VF shifts top Euro staff to the head of Timberland
Patrik Frisk, who has been in charge of VF Corporation's outdoor and action sports unit in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for the last two years, was placed at the helm of Timberland this week after VF completed its acquisition of The Timberland Company, the owner of the ...
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EOG opens the floor for ‘Living Wage Roundtable’
The European Outdoor Group has joined forces with the Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) to organize a roundtable conference on the theme “Living Wage.” The event will take place in Berlin on Oct. 27. Access to the conference is strictly limited to invited guests. Invitations can be applied for through Mark ...
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Yeti is in a striptease mood in Dresden
Yeti, the German supplier of down sleeping bags and jackets, has set up a second production unit in the Globetrotter store that moved to a new location in Dresden earlier this month.With walls and machinery that are mostly transparent, allowing customers to watch the down-filling process, the plant will serve ...
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Cotton prices finally stabilize
The cotton bubble has burst. Prices are half what they were at their peak in March, when they reached about $1,400 for a candy (356 kilograms). Constraints on production capacity among Far East producers have also eased up. As a result the Indian government has decided not to impose any ...
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Use of organic cotton rises
Textile Exchange estimates that global retail sales of apparel, home and personal care items using organic cotton increased by 20 percent between 2009 and 2010, reaching a value of more than $5.61 billion and exceeding TE's earlier projection that they would go up to a level of $5.1 million. A ...
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MBO in Norway’s leading independent outdoor chain
Platou Sport, the only independent outdoor retail chain in Norway, has been bought out by its managers. In two separate transactions, Henrik Platou, whose grandfather established the company in Bergen, sold all his remaining shares in the two companies that own the six Platou stores.Earlier this year Olaf Myklatun, general ...
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Silva’s CEO quits, product extensions are in the pipeline
Lars Gullikson, Silva's chief executive for the last 13 years, has left the Swedish maker of outdoor lamps, compasses and accessories after its sale to Karnell in July. The Swedish investment fund has yet to find another chief executive but it has appointed several heavyweights from the outdoor industry to ...
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New owners for Camelbak
Compass Diversified Holding (Codi), a listed U.S. investment fund, bought a large majority stake in Camelbak Products at a price of $257.5 million last month. Based in California, with its European head office located in Italy, the hydration packs brand was previously owned by Irving Place Capital, another American investment ...
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New premium dealer program for Brunton
The Brunton Outdoor Group, the U.S. company controlled by Fenix Outdoor, has launched an interesting new “Summit Team” program to spur higher orders for the Brunton and Primus ranges of outdoor products in the U.S. and Canada. The program is intended to regain the confidence of independent retailers through a ...
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The Paw’s footprint is larger than ever before
In spite of difficulties in its Central European core markets during a disappointing spring season, Jack Wolfskin will have another record fiscal year (ending Sept. 30) thanks to an improved position in international markets and the successful development of various product ranges, notably footwear.In a preliminary note, the company said ...
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Amer updates status of its strategic plan
Amer Sports, the Finnish sports company, told investors at a “capital markets day” in Helsinki a few days ago that it was on track with its strategic plan outlined one year ago – calling for swift expansion in apparel and footwear, as well as moves into new categories and structural ...
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Alfa wants to double through exports, new products
Alfa, the Norwegian outdoor footwear company, has embarked on an ambitious five-year strategic plan after Pål Olimb became its chief executive and shareholder in April, replacing Børre Langum, who left the company. Alfa wants to roughly double its turnover, through increased international sales as well as forays into new product ...
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New bosses for K2 and Coleman
Jarden Corp. has promoted Anthony De Rocco to president and chief executive of K2 Sports, effective Sept. 1. At the same time the current president and CEO of K2, Robert Marcovitch, has been appointed to the same position at The Coleman Company, another subsidiary of Jarden.Marcovitch began his outdoor career ...
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Opportunities and risks of a widening outdoor market
The so-called outdoor market is getting broader and more difficult to define as the major outdoor brands are expanding their product lines in both the technical and lifestyle segments. Illustrated by the wider spring/summer 2012 offerings presented at the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen and the Outdoor Retailer show in Salt ...
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Outdoor market supports LaCrosse
+ LaCrosse Footwear increased revenues by 2 percent to $27.1 million in the second quarter ended June 25 thanks to strong growth in outdoor sales. The Portland, Oregon, company continued to be loss-making, booking a $0.2 million net loss compared with a net profit of $0.1 million a year earlier. ...
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Garmont moves U.S. office to Portland
Garmont is moving its North American subsidiary to Portland, Oregon, which is becoming an increasingly important footwear and outdoor hub, as evidenced by the recent transfer of Keen to the same area. The operation will be run by David Fee, a 38-year-old manager who lives in the area, where he ...
