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The French Outdoor Sport Valley Consolidates At Retail
FPS, the powerful French sporting goods retailers’ association based in Paris, has decided to open a secondary office next summer in the French Alps, as that region hosts 1,200 members. They are heavily geared to snow and other outdoor sports. The move represents the retail counterpart of the Outdoor ...
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Mammut Is The Nerd In The Conzzeta Class
The sporting goods division of Conzzeta Group, which consists of the Mammut Sports Group, had an 11.8 percent sales increase to 215.3 million Swiss francs (€149.5m-$203.1m) in 2009, the only unit of the company that saw growth. Its snow and alpine/mountain collections of apparel did well among, and the best ...
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Timberland Boasts Of Its Environmental Efforts
Through Timberland’s continuing efforts to become a more eco-friendly company, it says it is on track to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent this year, up from a 36 percent reduction in 2009 from its starting point in 2006. The changes last year came through greater energy ...
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Sports Direct Decides Not To Bid For Blacks
Sports Direct International (SDI), the British sports wholesale and retail group, has said that it would not issue any firm offer for Blacks Leisure Group, its rival in the outdoor market, due to uncertainty about the willingness of key suppliers to continue to deliver to Blacks under SDI’s ownership. The ...
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Eog Association For Conservation Retains Five Projects
The EOG Association for Conservation has retained five projects this year for funding by its members and other donors. They will be presented at the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen next July 16, where they are expected to obtain additional support from the international outdoor community: - World Pheasant Association, ...
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China Insists On Wto Anti-dumping Probe, May Raise The Yuan
Insistent reports indicate that the Chinese government may decide to revalue the national currency, bowing to strong pressure from the United States. While most sourcing deals are labeled in U.S. dollars, such a move could lead to higher prices for the numerous kinds of sports products imported from ...
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Karstadt Presents Its Insolvency Plan And Hints That It Will Be Sold Soon
Karstadt, the troubled department store chain and probably Germany’s second-largest outdoor retailer with annual sales of around €90 million in the segment, has officially turned in a plan on how to get out of bankruptcy at a court in Essen. The insolvency plan is based on various conditions. For one, ...
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Jack Wolfskin Grows By Nearly A Quarter
Jack Wolfskin has kept on growing by leaps and bounds, in spite of the global recession. The leading German outdoor brand has reported a sales increase of 22 percent for 2009, rising to €251.4 million. This marks the sixth successful year of double-digit growth for the company, which had sales ...
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Gregory Puts More Markets On Its Shoulders
The backpack brand from California has big ambitions in terms of entering new markets. After the appointment of Hugo Youngman as new European sales manager, Gregory is moving fast forward. It has recently appointed no less than five distributors in Europe. The new distributor in the Czech Republic is ...
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Strong Progress At Fenix Outdoor
The Swedish group is leaving its dividends unchanged in spite of an 8 percent increase in net profit to 113.3 million Swedish kronor (€11.6m-$15.7m) last year and an improvement in its debt/equity ratio from 65.3 percent to 67.1 percent. Debt was reduced from 79.0 million SEK (€8.1m-$10.9m) to 63.5 million ...
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Deckers Takes Over The Distribution In Several European Countries
Deckers Outdoor Corporation, the company behind the Teva, Ugg and Simple footwear brands, is reinforcing its European operations through the acquisition of its Dutch and British distribution partners. It opened a subsidiary for the Benelux countries and France at the start of this year and will do the same in ...
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Sgi Europe Offers Comprehensive Report On The German Outdoor Market
One reason why the reader of The Compass had to wait very long for this issue was the fact that its editor was busy with putting the finishing touch on a huge report on the German sporting goods market. The editor apologizes for the delay, which shall remain an exception. ...
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Columbia Goes For Equipment; Takes Czech Distribution In Its Own Hands
Patrick Chevallier, sales director for Columbia and Sorel in Europe, has hinted that the Columbia brand is moving stronger into hardgoods. After offering a range of backpacks for a while, it is now about to introduce its own sleeping bags and tents, developed by Columbia itself instead of being licensed ...
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Blacks’ Board Turns Down Sports Direct’S Offer
Blacks Leisure Group has turned down a non-binding offer from Sports Direct International to buy all of its shares, issued and to be issued, for 62 pence apiece. This was a 3.33 percent premium over the share price at closing the evening before the offer was made. However, Blacks’ board ...
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Jarden Plans Big Expansion For Marmot Mountain
Jarden Corporation announced at a recent investor presentation that it plans to double the revenues coming from Marmot in the next four to five years. It wants to increase its market share in technical outerwear, sportswear and equipment to 10 percent, and expand its retail operations all over the world. ...
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Outdoor Performs Better Than The Rest At Garmin
The fourth quarter was good for the outdoor/fitness segment of Garmin, with a 24 percent increase in sales to $149 million. It contributed 27 percent of the company’s whole operating income. Overall, the company had just a 1 percent increase in turnover to $1.06 billion. The gross margin grew by ...
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International Recognition For Carlos Barrabés
The World Economic Forum of Davos has named Carlos Barrabés, who founded the famous Spanish outdoor web store barrabes.com with his brothers in 1994, one of the “Young Global Leaders” who can change the world. The only other Spanish personality mentioned on the list this year is Spain’s young Minister ...
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Under Armour: First We Take Britain And Then The Rest Of Europe
Under Armour, the fast-growing American brand that specializes in base layers, has teamed up with Jason Robinson, former sales manager of The North Face in the U.K. and Ireland, to introduce the brand in the British outdoor business. Beacons Outdoor, a company owned and run by Robinson, will operate as ...
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At Ispo China, Brand Building Was What Chinese Firms Where After
The organizers of Ispo China feel that they have taken a leading role in the Asia-Pacific region, reporting 21 percent more visitors for the show held in Beijing last March 4-6 than in 2009. Nearly 16,300 attendees showed up, a record. Several major players exhibited there for the first time, ...
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More Action On Anti-dumping Duties For Shoes And Bicycles
Fesi, the European sporting goods industry federation, has formally filed a lawsuit in the European General Court, challenging the procedures used in the investigation that has led the European Union to extend its anti-dumping duties on imports of leather shoes from China and Vietnam last Dec. 22. It claims that ...
