All Hiking & Trekking articles – Page 27
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Vista 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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Restructuring 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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Xero Shoes hires new Chief Product Officer
Source: Xero Shoes Michael Pao Following the retirement of Dennis Driscoll after a nearly 50-year career in the footwear industry, Xero Shoes has hired Michael Pao as its new Chief Product Officer, effective immediately. Pao joins Xero from Timberland, where he served as Vice President of Global ...
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The North Face to expand its global flagship in London’s Regent Street
VF Corp. has signed a new lease to expand the global flagship of its The North Face brand at Walmar House, 288-300 Regent Street, in London’s West End. The current seven-floor space covers more than 5,200 square meters. The expanded retail footprint will increase by 33 percent, including added space ...
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Vista 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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Crazy 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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Zamberlan USA bolsters brand with hire of Director of Operations
Zamberlan, the third-generation handcrafted Italian bootmaker founded in 1929, has hired industry veteran Chris Rischke as Director of Operations for its wholly-owned subsidiary, Zamberlan USA, Inc. The addition of the Director of Operations role bolsters Zamberlan’s foundation and positions the brand to better serve its customers and support future growth ...
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French event Sport for Future draws attention to the melting of glaciers
The second edition of Sport for Future is scheduled to take place in Chamonix, in the French Alps, on Aug. 1-3. Sport for Future aims to raise awareness among sportspeople of how climate change is affecting glaciers. The event is organized by Riding to Explore, a project launched by elite ...
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SealSkinz launches its first apparel collection
British outdoor brand SealSkinz, known for its socks, hats and gloves, is expanding into a new product category with a debut apparel collection. All of the items in the new Vitae collection, designed for experienced explorers as well as casual outdoor enthusiasts, are made from sustainable yarns like bamboo and ...
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Outdoor sales down slightly in the U.S.
Overall sales in the outdoor industry were down by 1 percent in dollars and 4 percent in units over the year from May 2022 to April 2023. Industry volume amounted to $28 billion, or 24.4 percent more than the annual figure for calendar 2019. So reported analytic firm Circana’s executive ...
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Salomon to use a mobile wallet marketing strategy
Salomon has a new partner to build on its digital marketing solution. The French sporting brand will now use Captain Wallet by Brevo for mobile wallet marketing. The technology makes it possible to dematerialize marketing content (i.e., convert a paper document into a digital one) in Apple and Google wallets ...
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Kathmandu launches Kathman-REDU in Melbourne
New Zealand outdoor apparel brand Kathmandu has launched a new circular economy initiative called Kathman-REDU, a program in which defective, returned or unsaleable items are cleaned, repaired and restored to saleable condition. The program launched at Kathmandu’s Richmond and Galleria stores in Melbourne, Australia, and will expand over time. The ...
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Rab launches Material Facts on apparel and sleeping bags this fall
Source: Equip Material Facts Announced last year, the Material Facts program from British outdoor company Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd, owner of Rab and Lowe Alpine, will be available on all Rab clothing and sleeping bags from September 2023 and can be accessed online by scanning a QR ...
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Patagonia scales up its after-sales repair services
Building on a long-standing tradition of repairing clothing, Patagonia has launched a new phase of its Worn Wear initiative in Europe and launched an online “Repair Portal.” Patagonia’s goal is to increase the number of repairs fourfold to 100,000 per year until 2028. To achieve this goal, the new online ...
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The figures of the 2023 ORBDays
The 9th edition of Outdoor & Running Business Days (ORBDays), which took place in Italy’s Riva del Garda on July 9-10, 2023, hosted 1,200 retailers and showcased the products of 115 exhibitors and 220 brands. The trade event attracted more than 2,800 visitors. ORBDays, organized by Sport Press Srl SB, ...
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La Sportiva opens long-term pop-up at Au Vieux Campeur in Paris
Italian outdoor brand La Sportiva has opened a long-term pop-up in Paris, in partnership with specialist retail chain Au Vieux Campeur. The dedicated space, dubbed La Sportiva Bivouac, is located at the retailer’s boutique in 42 rue des Ecoles, in Paris’ Latin Quarter. The pop-up will be in place until ...
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Nuyarn manufacturer welcomes Business Development Director for Europe
Source: TMC Ltd Timo Pape TMC Ltd (formerly The Merino Company), the New Zealand owner of Nuyarn spinning technology and manufacturer of the Herculan wool blend (a durable substitute for nylon and other synthetics), has expanded its team with the addition of Timo Pape, an outdoor and ...
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Haglöfs launches consumer “Shell Guide” this fall
Haglöfs’ new Shell Guide, which will be available on haglofs.com in October 2023, is designed to help outdoor athletes find the right jacket for their activities. Customers can choose from the Shell collection for extreme performance in the mountains to lightweight and versatile shells for the trail and everyday use. ...
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Helinox to open its first European store in Paris
Helinox, the South Korean brand specializing in outdoor and camping gear, will open a store in Paris next year, Sport Guide reported. The new 140-sqm retail space, the brand’s first in Europe, will be located at 10 rue du Perche in the fashionable Marais district of the French capital city ...
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Eddie Bauer launches UK website
American outdoor brand Eddie Bauer has launched a new UK website. The move is part of a planned expansion into the European and British markets, with the brand stating on LinkedIn before this year’s Outdoor Trade Show (OTS), ”We are planning direct to consumer, retail stores and wholesale partners to ...