News Briefs – Page 256
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Vista Outdoor, which has decided to divest its Savage firearms...
Vista Outdoor, which has decided to divest its Savage firearms business, reported an organic sales decline of 7 percent in its first quarter ended on June 30. Sales of outdoor products fell by 19 percent to $222.0 million, and they were also down by 7 percent excluding the divested eyewear ...
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The Home and Outdoor Living segment of Newell Brands, which...
The Home and Outdoor Living segment of Newell Brands, which includes Coleman and Marmot Mountain, saw a 5 percent drop in sales to $705.4 million, with a decline of one percent in core sales, partly due to Coleman's loss of a major U.S. client last year. The segment's normalized operating ...
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In a preliminary announcement, Kathmandu Holdings said that its financial...
In a preliminary announcement, Kathmandu Holdings said that its financial results for the financial year ended on July 31 should show an increase in total sales of 9.6 percent to 545 million New Zealand dollars (€316.4m-$351.2m), boosted by the acquisition of Oboz by the group in April 2018. The American ...
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In a trading statement on Aug. 7, Lenzing, the Austrian producer...
In a trading statement on Aug. 7, Lenzing, the Austrian producer of cellulosic fibers, reported group revenues of €1.09 billion, a rise of 1.3 percent from last year's comparable period. The company attributed this to favorable currency effects and the optimization of its product mix, as well as to higher prices ...
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Amer Sports has announced that its half-year financial results will...
Amer Sports has announced that its half-year financial results will be released on Sept. 30. The publication date had originally been scheduled for July 25. The change follows the recent change in ownership of the company. Amer Sports was acquired by a consortium led by Anta Sports earlier this year.
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Bestard Mountain Boots is warning consumers of a fraudulent website...
Bestard Mountain Boots is warning consumers of a fraudulent website that pretends to be the official website of the brand. It is not the first time that the Spanish company has suffered from an identity theft. The false domains typically plagiarize Bestard's logo and images, and offer products at “ridiculously ...
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After a brief truce in the dispute between the U.S....
After a brief truce in the dispute between the U.S. and Chinese government, President Donald Trump announced today that the U.S. will impose extra duties of 10 percent on $300 billion worth of annual imports from China as of Sept. 1. The list of the affected products has not yet ...
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Ortlieb won a lawsuit in a German Federal Court against Amazon...
Ortlieb won a lawsuit in a German Federal Court against Amazon on July 25. The German company wants to prevent the appearance of ads with the Ortlieb brand name on Google, which are linked to offers on the Amazon homepage. The issue is that, when searching a term with Ortlieb in ...
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Reporting a 95 percent year-on-year increase in the sell-in of...
Reporting a 95 percent year-on-year increase in the sell-in of its new line of graphene shoes in the first half of 2019, Inov-8 announced on Aug. 15 the release on its website and at selected retailers of the Trailroc G 280, its first trail running shoe incorporating the technology. Besides ...
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Canada Goose began seeking Intuit designers for a special collection...
Canada Goose began seeking Intuit designers for a special collection in January of this year, and Project Atigi has now been extended and expanded. The Canadian outdoor brand is planning to commission 20 native designers from the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Nunatsiavut, Nunavut and Nunavik – all four regions of the ...
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Columbia Sportswear has introduced in the U.S. a footwear line...
Columbia Sportswear has introduced in the U.S. a footwear line designed for both the city and the trail. The SH/FT Collection takes inspiration from the growing tendency among city dwellers to seek balance in their lives by heading to the outdoors. The idea, as Columbia puts it, is to allow ...
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Popia, a new company founded by Poppy Gall, has launched...
Popia, a new company founded by Poppy Gall, has launched a colorful collection of premium Merino wool hats for autumn/winter 2019. The inaugural collection offers eight styles for women, each in multiple colors. The hats are designed in Vermont and crafted in Italy.
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Buff, the Spanish-based specialist in neck and head accessories, is...
Buff, the Spanish-based specialist in neck and head accessories, is launching a new line of products designed for the Camino de Santiago, known in English as the Way of St. James, the network of ancient pilgrim routes stretching across Europe and leading to the tomb of St. James (Santiago in ...
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Saucony has introduced a new trail running shoe, designed to...
Saucony has introduced a new trail running shoe, designed to offer a customizable experience. The Mad River TR features lacing customization through inner or outer loops, or both. In addition, the outsole of the shoe enables easy placement of shoe screws for icy conditions and guided drill hole locations for ...
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Tessitura Taiana Virgilio, the Italian fabric developer based in Olgiate...
Tessitura Taiana Virgilio, the Italian fabric developer based in Olgiate Comasco, has worked with The Woolmark Company to launch a new fabric designed for use in extreme performance. The new product, called Kinetech Wolf Wool, is a three-layer fabric, but engineered in a single woven structure, with one side made ...
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Polartec is partnering with Karpos in sponsoring a trail running...
Polartec is partnering with Karpos in sponsoring a trail running event, the Delicious Trail Dolomiti 2019, covering a distance of 44.2 km and a vertical drop of 3,240, on Sept. 21. All the participants will receive garments made with Polartec Delta fabric.
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Camelbak has been named the official hydration partner of Ultra-Trail...
Camelbak has been named the official hydration partner of Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB), the high-altitude mountain race series. The event, which includes a program of multiple trail-running races, will take place in Chamonix, France, from Aug. 25 to Sept. 1, as part of the Ultra-Trail World Tour. CamelBak will offer ...
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With the family of Ispo shows continuing to grow with...
With the family of Ispo shows continuing to grow with the addition of OutDoor by Ispo, and probably in view of other projects, Messe München has appointed Jeanette Loos to the newly created position of global head of the Ispo Group. The 36-year-old manager earned a doctorate in communications and ...
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The next edition of the Outdoor Trade Show (OTS) is...
The next edition of the Outdoor Trade Show (OTS) is scheduled for July 7-9, 2020 – the week after the OutDoor by Ispo show, which will run from June 28 to July 1. The show will once again be taking place at EventCity, in the British city of Manchester. But ...
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Messe München, which organizes the Ispo Beijing and Ispo Shanghai...
Messe München, which organizes the Ispo Beijing and Ispo Shanghai fairs in China, has announced the appointment of a new leadership team for its Chinese subsidiary, Messe München Shanghai. Xu Jia, who has been its chief operating officer since 2013, has been promoted to the role of chief executive, replacing ...
