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The Dutch Beaver Is Set For The 21st Century
Bever Zwerfsport, the leading Dutch outdoor retailer, has entirely updated its store format, as displayed at its revamped store in Nijmegen earlier this month. This comes after the company’s management was entirely shaken up earlier this year and its fresh leadership felt that an extensive overhaul was long overdue. ...
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Portland, Oregon, Wants To Grow In The Outdoor Sector
Sam Adams, the mayor of Portland, Oregon, joined representatives of the Portland region’s athletic and outdoor industry to release the first comprehensive report on the industry’s origins and potential, with an eye to generating further employment and growth in Oregon. Adams, the Portland Development Commission, Business Oregon and the Oregon ...
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Outdoor Group Helps Jarden’S Sales Increase
The Outdoor Solutions group, which includes K2, Marmot, Rawlings, Coleman, Völkl and Pure Fishing among other properties, gave Jarden Corporation a big boost in the third quarter, recording a 6.9 percent increase in turnover to $604.7 million, or an 8 percent gain in constant currencies. Jarden said the ...
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Polartec Is For Sale And Offers Great New Gear
U.S. publications have leaked the information that Versa Capital, the investment company controlling Polartec is ready to selling this major American specialty manufacturer of fibers and fabrics. Polartec declines to comment, but, reportedly, the owner wants $200 million. Apparently, two potential buyers have already walked away from the offer. It ...
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Globetrotter Invests More Than Ever In New Facilities
Globetrotter Ausrüstung, the big fish in the aquarium of specialty outdoor retailing, has announced its largest investments in stores and logistics since the company was founded in 1979. The mail-order and brick-and mortar retailer is extending and partially shifting its ware house to a new logistic center in Hamburg-Rahlstedt on ...
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Eog Officially Launches Its Market Study
In response to complaints from members about a lack of data on the outdoor market, the European Outdoor Group has formally launched its largest research project ever. To do so, the group is soliciting sales data from companies and brands – members or not – in seven product categories and ...
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Crocs Gets Good Results Everywhere
Total revenues for the third quarter ended Sept. 30 grew by 22 percent to $215.6 million at Crocs, with double-digit gains in the Americas and Asia. That figure is on a reported basis; excluding impaired product sales of $11.5 million, sales were up by 30.1 percent. The net income rose ...
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Europarliament Clears Origin Labeling For Shoes
By a large majority, the European Parliament approved a proposal to introduce mandatory origin labeling in the European Union for some products manufactured elsewhere. Goods produced within the EU, Turkey, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein would be exempt. The products covered by the proposed regulation include all kinds ...
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Outdoor/Fitness Can’T Save Garmin
The outdoor/fitness segment of Garmin did much better than the company as a whole for the third quarter ended Sept. 25, reporting a 9 percent increase in turnover to $144 million and a nice 28 percent jump in operating income to $68.1 million. The company, however, suffered an 11 percent ...
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Trading Up Heats Columbia’S European Business
While Columbia Sportswear is implementing an unprecedented marketing blast around the Omni-Heat technology, it is preparing to deploy an even more comprehensive global campaign for next year. This will accompany the introduction of outerwear and gloves with electric heat, which were unveiled in New York and Geneva earlier this ...
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British Oia Holds First Meeting Of Leaders
The Outdoor Industries Association held its first CEO and Director Forum on Nov. 3, drawing 19 top outdoor executives to Manchester, England, to discuss the state of the industry and new projects. Brian Smith, the chief executive of HF Holidays and a board member of the OIA, led the event, ...
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Ugg Continues To Help Deckers’ Results, With Extra Boost From Teva
Deckers Outdoor Corporation reported a 22 percent increase in sales to $277.9 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 30. The net income rose by a similar 24 percent to $42.0 million. The gross margin increased by 4.2 percentage points to 47.1 percent, with 2 points attributed to improved ...
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Blacks Reduces Losses On Lower Sales
Blacks Leisure Group also said in its interim statement that it was still in discussions about getting rid of its 10 remaining board sports stores. Meanwhile, the closure of 88 low-margin stores earlier this year caused Blacks to report a 23 percent drop in sales to £90.6 million (€105.1m-$146.0m) for ...
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Sales Go Up For Black Diamond/Gregory
In the third quarter ended Sept. 30, Clarus, the new parent company of Black Diamond Equipment and Gregory Mountain Products, had a 32.4 percent increase in consolidated sales to $33.9 million. However, pro forma sales (including the combined results plus the results of Gregory from July 1-Sept. 30, 2009) were ...
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Berghaus Is Building Its Own “Haus” In Germany And A “Hus” In Scandinavia
The British outdoor brand has decided to set up its own subsidiary for the German market, effective Jan 1. A management for these new operations is yet to be announced, but it is clear that Berghaus will take over the field sales staff from its current sales agency, Brandconnection. The ...
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Europe, Asia Lead The Way For Timberland
With fewer closeouts and a good product mix, Timberland’s gross margin grew by 1.7 percentage points to 47.8 percent in the third quarter ended Oct. 1. Sales were up by 2.5 percent to $432.3 million, an increase of 5.2 percent on a currency-neutral basis. Net income jumped by 38 percent ...
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Europe Sources Less Clothing From Asia
Imports of all kinds of clothing into the European Union fell by 4.4 percent in the first half of this year to €26.9 billion, representing the first decline in many years. The new trend may indicate that European importers are beginning to consider alternative sources that are closer to their ...
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With A Young New Chief, Koflach Is Set To Expand Around The Globe
Koflach, the originally Austrian brand of ski and mountaineering boots that is now based in Switzerland, has appointed Beat Müller to the position of the general manager. The 36-year-old held various management positions with Hilti, a company for construction equipment, and most recently with the Swiss Biketec company, marketer of ...
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Salewa Appoints New Top Managers
The Italian outdoor company has appointed Florian Miguet as the group’s commercial manager in Asia. This position is new and its creation came shortly after Salewa’s announcement to move into the Chinese market as we reported in our last issue. The 31-year-old, who is being trained at the headquarters ...
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Hi-tec Plans To Move To Amsterdam
Hi-Tec Sports, the English brand of outdoor and other sports footwear, is going to move its head office to Amsterdam early next year. Established and still owned and chaired by an ebullient Dutchman, Frank van Wezel, the company has been based in Southend-on-Sea, on the southern coast of England, since ...
