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ArticleCiclo Fapril expands cargo bike frame production
To be at the forefront of the current cargo bike trend, the traditional Portuguese bicycle component manufacturer Ciclo Fapril, Industrias Metalurgicas, S.A., is expanding its production facility. The new space is expected to be completed in April 2024 and fully operational within a year. The manufacturer will start the production ...
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ArticleMicromobility.com considers acquisition of VanMoof
New York-based Micromobility.com Inc., a pioneer in sustainable transportation and micromobility services, has made a non-binding offer to acquire Dutch e-bike company VanMoof, which was reported as insolvent two weeks ago. According to a press release, Micromobility’s initial non-binding offer was well received. The company is now preparing to submit ...
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ArticleVista Outdoor appoints more executives for upcoming Sporting Products spinoff
Source: Business Wire Andy Keegan, Vice President and interim CFO for Vista Outdoor, has been appointed CFO for the Sporting Products Company following the spinoff. Vista Outdoor Inc, the parent company of 41 sporting goods and outdoor lifestyle brands, announced that its Board of Directors has made ...
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ArticleSales in Swedish sports retail down 1.7% in Q2
According to the Sportindex, compiled by industry organization Svenskt Sportforum in collaboration with the Swedish Retail Research Institute (HUI), sales in the Swedish sports retail sector fell by 1.7 percent in Q2 2023. This was the sixth consecutive quarter of negative development. Changing behavior patterns following the end of the ...
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ArticleTrove expands brand resale operations across North America, targets Europe
Trove, a leading, U.S.-based branded resale and trade-in company for brands and retailers including Canada Goose, Lululemon, Patagonia, REI, Levi’s, Arc’teryx, Carhartt and others, announced the expansion of five Trove Recommerce Powered Partner facilities across North America, including the U.S. and Canada, with expansion into Europe already in the planning ...
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ArticleBetter Cotton’s official feedback to EU Green Claims Directive proposal
Better Cotton has submitted official feedback to the EU on its proposal for a Directive on the Substantiation and Communication of Explicit Environmental Claims (Green Claims Directive). Whilst welcoming the proposal, Better Cotton has said that some sections would benefit from additional clarifications to facilitate its implementation and maximize the ...
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ArticleCompany raises full-year guidance as Hoka leads Deckers in Q1, Teva sales down 19%
Deckers Brands, intent on growing both its direct-to-consumer and international businesses in the months ahead, generated a 42 percent increase in Q1/24 net income to $63.6 million versus 44.8 million for the three months ended June 30. Operating income was 26 percent higher year-over-year at $70.7 million. Total net sales ...
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ArticleRepreve life cycle data confirms environmental benefits of recycled polyester
Unifi, a Greensboro, North Carolina-based manufacturer of recycled and synthetic yarns, has announced the results of an independent, peer-reviewed life cycle assessment (LCA) showing that recycled polyester from its Repreve brand reduces the potential for climate change compared to virgin polyester. Repreve has so far transformed more than 35 billion ...
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ArticleVista Outdoor’s Q1 net dips by 54 percent; Outdoor Products spin-off slated for Q4
Vista Outdoor, which is proceeding with plans to spin off its Outdoor Products segment in Q4 of this calendar year, reported a 54 percent decline in Q1 net income to $58.1 million from $126.0 million for the period ended June 25. Ebit was down by 55 percent to $75.4 million ...
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ArticleRestructuring process for Swedemount Sportswear & Fashion AB approved
As the border between Norway and Sweden was closed during the pandemic and therefore, important stores along the Norwegian border were shuttered and severely affected, the Swedish company Swedemount Sportswear & Fashion AB suffered significant losses in sales. The Covid support the company received during this period exceeded the amount ...
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ArticleBicycle slump leads to decline in sales and profits at Shimano
The current high (bicycle) inventory levels and decreasing demand are also being felt by market leader Shimano Inc. However, despite a double-digit drop in sales in its largest business unit, bicycle components, in the first half of 2023, the Japanese company remains calm. It’s counting on bicycles as a global ...
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ArticleThredUp publishes second annual impact report
US-based online resale platform ThredUp has published its second annual Impact Report. Through transparent reporting and disclosure, the report provides a comprehensive overview of ThredUp’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) profile. It outlines the company’s business and brand-focused ESG strategy and highlights the progress the company has made on ESG ...
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ArticleLast chance for Early Bird rates for EOS 2023
Delegate registration for the European Outdoor Summit (EOS), taking place on Sept. 28-29, 2023, at Festsaal Kreuzberg in Berlin, is open. The early bird rate is available until July 31, so now is the time to book your delegate spot at the event. This year’s EOS is themed “The New ...
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ArticleIndustry inventory issues dampen Fenix’s Q2 results
Fenix Outdoor International, facing “very challenging” market conditions and “substantial price pressure” due to high outdoor industry inventory levels, realized a 74 percent decline in Q2 Ebit to €3.1 million from €11.7 million. The operating margin narrowed to 0.1 percent from 5.9 percent. Net profit declined by 94 percent to ...
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ArticleOutdoor Research enters mountain bike apparel category, sponsors Crankworx Whistler
Outdoor Research (OR), the Seattle-based outdoor apparel manufacturer, is entering the mountain bike category in spring 2024 with its new Freewheel MTB collection, an eight-piece mountain bike range. The collection brings the technical design expertise and material innovation for which OR has been known for more than 40 years to ...
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ArticleVista Outdoor appoints Eric Nyman as CEO of Outdoor, updates on corporate separation plans
Source: Business Wire Eric Nyman The board of directors of Vista Outdoor Inc, the parent company of 41 brands, has appointed Eric Nyman as CEO of the Outdoor Products segment and a member of the Board of Directors, effective Aug. 21. Nyman, who has more than 30 ...
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ArticleCrazy undergoes strategic reorientation
Source: Crazy Valeria Colturi Crazy, a brand founded in 1989 by Valeria Colturi, a top Italian cross-country skier, offering mainly products for ski mountaineering, trail running and trekking, has presented a new logo, emphasizing “the union between the quest for technical innovation that has always characterized the ...
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ArticleBergfreunde changes its climate protection strategy
Having been strongly committed to climate protection for some time, the German online retailer for mountaineering, climbing and outdoor equipment Bergfreunde GmbH is now making a strategic change in response to a recent review of its own climate protection policy: Instead of offsetting the currently unavoidable greenhouse gas emissions through ...
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ArticleDynafit to open new headquarters in Kufstein in December
In the Bavarian town of Kiefersfelden on the border with Austria, the Dynafit brand is building its new headquarters, the Dynafit Speed Factory, as reported last year. The futuristic building made of steel and glass will not only be the location for around one hundred employees from December 2023 but ...
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ArticleMips gives positive outlook despite notable sales decline in Q2
Bad and good news can be seen in the preliminary Q2 figures and thus the half-year figures of the “Brain Protection System” (BPS) manufacturer Mips AB: As expected, there is a slump in sales due to the ongoing weakness in demand in the bicycle sector, which is struggling with full ...
