All General Outdoor articles – Page 33

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    Gerber Gear celebrates its 85th anniversary

    2024-03-06T15:37:00Z

    Gerber Gear commemorates 85 legendary years of American-made craftsmanship and innovation in Portland, Oregon. As a local advertising agency founder and owner, Joe Gerber wanted to design a carving knife he could gift to his clients. This one-off gift became a highly sought-after knife, and from those humble beginnings, Gerber ...

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    Arc’teryx helps Amer Sports grow sales in first quarter as public company

    2024-03-06T04:35:00Z

    Thirty-four days after raising $1.365 billion in an NYSE IPO, Amer Sports conducted its first earnings call as a public company yesterday. While the Arc’teryx, Salomon and Peak Performance parent delivered Q4 revenues some $20 million above expectations, the quarterly loss was wider than expected. Amre’s shares finished the trading ...

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    Icebug to open first store in Stockholm

    2024-03-05T17:10:00Z

    Swedish shoe label Icebug unveiled it will soon open its first brand store in Bibliotekstan, at Norrlandsgatan 10, with a sales area of approximately 80 square meters. Bibliotekstan is an exclusive shopping district in Stockholm around Biblioteksgatan in the heart of the city, but the area also includes parts of ...

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    Class action against Dick’s Sporting Goods

    2024-03-05T16:36:00Z

    A class-action lawsuit has been filed against US retailer Dick’s Sporting Goods (DSG) in the Western District of Pennsylvania. It alleges securities fraud in the C-suite – specifically misrepresentations of the company’s prospects, especially with respect to inventory and the consequences of its excess, before the release (on Aug. 22) ...

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    Teva celebrates 40th anniversary with ‘Where to Next?’ campaign

    2024-03-05T16:36:00Z

    Born in the Grand Canyon in 1984 by a resourceful river guide looking for a way to prevent sandals from floating downstream, US outdoor footwear brand Teva introduced the world to the first sport sandal. To celebrate this major milestone, the brand, a division of Deckers Brands, has introduced its ...

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    EOG publishes annual report 2023, second consecutive year of membership growth

    2024-03-05T16:36:00Z

    The European Outdoor Group (EOG), founded in 2003 by 19 outdoor companies, has published its annual report following its online Annual General Meeting, where members were presented with a detailed report on the association’s activities and achievements in 2023, culminating in the successful vote to make participation in a Race ...

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    Carbios and Landbell Group team up to increase circularity of PET waste

    2024-03-05T09:01:00Z

    Source: Carbios Carbios, the French specialist in biological recycling based on enzyme technologies, and Landbell Group, a provider of closed-loop recycling solutions, have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding for the sourcing, preparation and recycling of post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste using Carbios’ biorecycling technology at its ...

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    Vista Outdoor rejects unsolicited offer from MNC Capital

    2024-03-04T12:30:00Z

    Vista Outdoor announced on the morning of March 4, 2024 that its Board of Directors, after consultation with its financial and legal advisors, has rejected the unsolicited expression of interest from MNC Capital in which MNC expressed an interest in acquiring Vista Outdoor in a cash transaction for $35 per ...

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    Vista Outdoor receives takeover bid of $2.9bn for entire group

    2024-03-01T23:30:00Z

    Vista Outdoor unveiled it has received an offer of $35 per share in cash from the investment firm MNC Capital on Feb. 19, 2024, corresponding to a valuation of $2.9 billion including debt. The offer was made for the entire group, i.e., both the Outdoor business, soon to be listed ...

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    Odlo migrates online business to Scayle

    2024-03-01T16:49:00Z

    Sportswear brand Odlo has chosen Scayle’s enterprise commerce platform to future-proof its online business. The launch of Odlo’s new online presence is planned for early 2025. The move to Scayle will provide the Swiss-based functional apparel manufacturer with a flexible and expandable e-commerce platform optimized for B2C brands and retailers. ...

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    Rocky Brands’ Q4 sales drop 9.3% due to unexpected headwinds

    2024-03-01T08:36:00Z

    Rocky Brands reported sales of $126.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2023, down by 9.3 percent compared to the year-earlier but still an improvement on the previous quarter and the slowest rate of sales decline for the year. Sales were down by 6 percent when service brand sales, divested ...

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    CoDi believes inventory will become tailwind in 2024

    2024-03-01T07:56:00Z

    After a difficult 2023, where inventory destocking negatively impacted results at its four outdoor-related businesses, Compass Diversified (CoDi) is banking on a “much higher level of growth” for many of its consumer businesses this year. Additionally, the group, which has eyes on more companies and brands in its portfolio, says ...

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    Enthusiastic friends unite to save Swedish outdoor store from closure

    2024-02-29T15:24:00Z

    For over 50 years, Friluftsvaror has been dedicated to making outdoor life accessible to all. When the Malmö store faced closure due to bankruptcy, it stirred strong emotions among customers and outdoor enthusiasts in the southern parts of Sweden. Four individuals, bonded by their love for the outdoors, formed the ...

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    An open letter from Mark Held on the future of outdoor trade shows

    2024-02-29T13:07:00Z

    The European Outdoor Group (EOG) asked Mark Held, its co-founder and former President, for his take on the situation regarding trade shows as a whole. In response, Mark wrote an open letter to the industry from his own perspective.

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    Nikwax achieves carbon emissions targets 18 months ahead of schedule

    2024-02-29T12:24:00Z

    Nikwax, the UK-based maker of technical cleaners and waterproofing products for outdoor gear and apparel, has announced a significant milestone in its sustainability journey by successfully achieving its Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon emission reduction goals 18 months earlier than initially planned. In its first Sustainability ...

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    New CEO for Bergans

    2024-02-29T09:47:00Z

    Source: Bergans Bergans’ new CEO, Silje Garberg Ree The Board of Directors of Bergans Fritid AS has appointed Silje Garberg Ree as CEO. She succeeds Jan Tore Jensen, who had led the company since 2018 and announced his decision to step down in September 2023. The company’s ...

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    Samsonite looks at options after reported takeover interest

    2024-02-28T15:34:00Z

    Samsonite, the parent company of Gregory, High Sierra, Xtrem and other luggage and bag brands, is considering options, including going private after receiving a takeover offer from undisclosed bidders, Bloomberg reports, citing sources said to be familiar with the matter. Some private equity firms have reportedly analyzed a deal with ...

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    Patagonia teams up with Eastman to address textile waste

    2024-02-28T12:29:00Z

    Outdoor clothing brand Patagonia and global specialty materials firm Eastman teamed up to recycle around 3,600kg of pre- and post-consumer clothing waste, which Eastman processed through its molecular recycling technology. The process consists of breaking down unusable apparel from the outdoor brand into molecular building blocks that Eastman can use ...

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    Houdini, Icebug support Ecocide Law Alliance’s initiative to make environmental destruction a criminal offense

    2024-02-27T18:35:00Z

    55 percent of global GDP depends on the services provided by nature. Yet, we are increasingly witnessing the disruption and destruction of our ecosystems through the reckless abuse of nature. For this reason, the CEOs of the Swedish companies SPP, Houdini, Icebug, Polarbröd, Svea Solar and Rejlers have now supported ...

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    The winners of the French Outdoor Awards 2024

    2024-02-27T12:53:00Z

    On Jan. 30, the 22 candidates for the French Outdoor Awards 2023-2024 had the opportunity to present their product or service to a jury of experts, media representatives, representatives of outdoor brands and potential future customers at the Sport Achat 2024 trade show in Grenoble. Four products stood out and ...