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Down With Live Plucking, Say Swedes
Swedish outdoor brands were hit by a slamming TV report about down products earlier this month that claims that between 50 and 80 percent of the producers in China, Poland and Hungary pluck live geese – a process that is said to be very painful for the birds. Both ...
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Stronger Dollar Pushes Timberland’S Results Down
The Timberland Company saw an 11.8 percent drop in sales to $390.6 million in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31. Growth by SmartWool and Timberland Pro could not override the net closure of 28 stores, licensing of its North American apparel business, and a general decline in sales outside the ...
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Salewa Sees Continued Growth
Excluding Oberalp, Sportler and other properties of the Oberrauch family, the Salewa group reports an 8 percent sales increase to €136 million for 2008, driven by ski touring and hiking boots, and is budgeting a 10 percent increase to €150 million for 2009. Salewa’s new subsidiaries in North America and ...
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Columbia Extends Marketing Efforts In Europe
Columbia Sportswear does not intend to lower its marketing efforts as far as the European market is concerned even though the group’s headquarters in Portland, Oregon, announced cutbacks in marketing in other parts of the globe. Antti Kärävä, Columbia’s marketing director for Europe, specified the group’s marketing strategy ...
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Outdoor Mall Indicates Strength In China
One of the world’s largest outdoor malls was inaugurated in Beijing last month, with a smattering of international and Asian brands on a sales surface of 6,500 square meters. Oddly called Neil, the mall features shop-in-shops with brand names from Columbia to Deuter, Fjällräven, Lafuma, Meindl, The North Face, ...
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Vf’S Outdoor Coalition Overtakes The Jeans Core Business
VF Corporation, the huge parent of strong brands such as Wrangler, Lee, Nautilus and, in the outdoor-related business, The North Face, Jansport, Eastpak, Napapijri and Eagle Creek, has announced strong sales for 2008. Revenues increased over the full year by 6 percent to $7.64 billion, mainly driven by the outdoor ...
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Berghaus Hires New People To Meet Global Goals
In order to continue its strategy for global growth, Richard Cotter, Berghaus’ president, has appointed or promoted three top managers. Michael Lockett, previously operations director, assumes the role of vice president for the Asia-Pacific region. Based in Hong Kong, Lockett will work along with Sean Hillier, the company's business ...
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Tnf Will Stay Away From The Outdoor Show This Year
It was the major news that echoed off the walls of the outdoor halls at this Ispo Winter: The North Face will not exhibit at the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen. The rumor was quickly confirmed by Patrik Frisk, the chief of the brand in Europe, the Middle East and Africa ...
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Sympatex Is Serious On Sports And Acting Global
For the first time, Sympatex presented itself as a pure sports brand at Ispo. It has revamped its website and the entire look of its advertising and marketing tools. Thomas Baierlein, Sympatex’ chief executive, explained that the company has concentrated its efforts on brand building in terms of transforming Sympatex ...
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If Amer Were Only About Outdoor
things would not look too bad at all, but the company deals also with diving, golf and fitness equipment. For all the improvements that came about in its winter sports business, Finland’s Amer group still reported flat sales for its fourth quarter as it suffered a drastic and rapid ...
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66° North Gets Even More Active In Europe
66° North, the Icelandic brand, is entering the Dutch market through a new and independent sales agent, Karine Hölscher. It is also re-organizing sales in the German market, which will now be divided in two. It has taken on Ralph Dzuber as its sales representative for the north of the ...
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Wolverine Sees Record 2008 Despite Fourth Quarter
Net income at Wolverine World Wide fell by 6 percent to $24.1 million for the fourth quarter ended Jan. 3. Operating profit was off by 15 percent in the period to $32.3 million and the operating margin went down by 1.4 percentage points to 9.3 percent. The company’s total fourth-quarter ...
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Tsl Goes Snowshoeing With Hagan
Hagan, the big player in touring skis, will take over the distribution of TSL in Austria and Germany. TSL is the big French manufacturer of snowshoes that also offers poles, backpacks and other hardgoods. Hagan is run by Franz Siegesleuthner, who also distributes Garmont in the region. Former distributors were ...
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Messe Fn Gets Prepared For Record Run On The Outdoor Show
Messe Friedrichshafen, the organizer of the OutDoor show, is preparing its venue and the infrastructural implications for the 16th OutDoor to take place at Lake Constance from July 16-19. After a provisionary easter entrance for a while, the trade visitors will see a completely new eastern entrance with brand-new ...
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Lafuma’S Eider Purchase Pays Off For Year
Sales for Lafuma Group were up by 14.6 percent to €53.5 million for the first quarter of the 2009 fiscal year, which ended Dec. 31. However, excluding Eider, which the company bought last year, revenues were down by 5.5 percent. The drop came after a particularly strong fourth ...
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Vf Realigns Its Coalitions
VF Corporation is realigning its management structure, giving more responsibilities to three relatively young executives in Europe and the U.S. following its latest acquisitions. In Europe, VF is setting up a new “coalition,” called Sportswear and Contemporary Brands EMEA, to foster the development of the recently acquired 7 For All ...
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Wolverine Buys Three More Footwear Brands
The purchase includes Chaco, a paddle-inspired footwear brand, and ULU, a premium brand of performance winter boots. The two brands were under the same helm before. Chaco is based in Colorado. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Additionally, Wolverine acquired Cushe, a British brand for outdoor-inspired footwear. Chaco ...
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U.S. Market Rolls Between Obama And ‘Oh, No!’
Visitors were down slightly at the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market exposition in Salt Lake City that took place more than a week ago, but there were more exhibitors and the organizers are considering it a good show. About 16,500 attendees went to the show, down about 5 percent from last ...
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Sog Sets Up American And Chinese Branches
The Scandinavian Outdoor Group celebrated the premiere of its Scandinavian Village at this winter’s OR show in Salt Lake City. The Nordic group currently made up of 32 brands decided in Utah to establish its own group of Scandinavian brands in America. The founding members of this new organization ...
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Rab Sets Sails For America
Rab, the British brand for technical mountaineering apparel and equipment, has just opened its own subsidiary for the U.S. market. The Brits showed up at the OR show for the first time two years ago and now consider the American market attractive enough to install their own operations in Boulder, ...
