News Briefs – Page 374
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Skogstad, the Norwegian outdoor brand, has opened its ninth store...
Skogstad, the Norwegian outdoor brand, has opened its ninth store in its home country. The new concept store, located in the town of Lillehammer, is 200 square meters wide. It replaces an earlier store that was operated in cooperation with one of the local retail chains in town. The company's ...
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GoPro cameras were apparently a popular gift in the holiday...
GoPro cameras were apparently a popular gift in the holiday season. The company's sales jumped by 75.3 percent to $634 million for the last quarter of 2014. Some 5.2 million capture devices were shipped that year, which was an increase of 35 percent. The group's turnover for 2014 jumped by ...
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Deckers Brands' share price tumbled by 19.7 percent after the...
Deckers Brands' share price tumbled by 19.7 percent after the company published lower than expected financial results for the third quarter ended Dec. 31 and reduced its own expectations for the full financial year. The stronger dollar and soft sales of Classic Ugg styles in October and November were cited ...
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The sporting goods retailers affiliated with Intersport International Corp. (IIC)...
The sporting goods retailers affiliated with Intersport International Corp. (IIC) raised their sales by around 2 percent to a total value of around €10.5 billion in 2014, with an increase of 3 percent in local currencies. Double-digit increases in football, running and fitness more than offset flat sales of outdoor ...
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Montura plans to launch its first footwear collection at the...
Montura plans to launch its first footwear collection at the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen in July, starting with light hiking shoes for spring/summer 2016. The line is being developed under the management of Riccardo Milani, who recently left Scarpa after many years.
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La Sportiva is launching the first high mountain boot with...
La Sportiva is launching the first high mountain boot with the Boa lacing system, developed in cooperation with an Italian climber, Simone Moro. At Ispo Munich, the company presented a new collection of skis, clothing, footwear and accessories for winter sports, with a special focus on ski mountaineering.
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Starting with autumn/winter 2015-16, Montane, the U.K. higher-end supplier of...
Starting with autumn/winter 2015-16, Montane, the U.K. higher-end supplier of mountaineering apparel, will market products featuring Gore-Tex and Windstopper products. Montane's managing director Jake Doxat announced this strategic decision at Ispo in Munich last week. Though not a huge outdoor company, Montane has a wide reach and sells its gear ...
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Julbo, the French eyewear company, was given several awards at...
Julbo, the French eyewear company, was given several awards at Ispo for the Aerospace goggles and their ventilation system. It allows the wearer to slide the lens forward, about one centimeter away from the gasket, to prevent or remove any condensation during ascents. It was a Gold Winner of this ...
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Sherpa Adventure Gear, the Nepalese brand, came out as one...
Sherpa Adventure Gear, the Nepalese brand, came out as one of the numerous winners of the Ispo Gold Award for an ultralight, hand-knitted wool sweater with Primaloft Silver insulation. The unusual combination will be available for only €280 at a retail, benefiting the local community in Nepal, but the company ...
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The Mammut Sports Group is celebrating the 150th anniversary of...
The Mammut Sports Group is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the first ascent of the Matterhorn with a special Matterhorn collection of T-shirts, technical jackets, shoes and backpacks. Items from the collection will be raffled from March 2 among the participants in a virtual contest on the mammut.ch/matterhorn microsite for ...
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Raidlight, the French specialist in trail running equipment, is the...
Raidlight, the French specialist in trail running equipment, is the new official partner for the next three editions of the Grand Raid de la Réunion, an international trail running event, starting from this year. The Grand Raid comprises three races including “La Diagonale des Fous,” an event of about 165 ...
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Magnum will be the official supplier of indoor training footwear...
Magnum will be the official supplier of indoor training footwear to the British troops over the next four years. In 2013, its parent company, Hi-Tec Sports UK, secured a contract with the British Ministry of Defence, which led the Magnum U.S.T. outdoor trainer to be given a NATO (North Atlantic ...
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The Swiss-based Katadyn Group has acquired the assets of Spectra...
The Swiss-based Katadyn Group has acquired the assets of Spectra Watermakers, a company in California that makes desalination systems, based on its proprietary recovery pumps, that are used on the water and on the land. Bill Edinger, who founded the business in 1976, chose to sell it to Katadyn because ...
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A French TV production company, Groupe AB, is launching a...
A French TV production company, Groupe AB, is launching a new cable and satellite TV channel in France. Called Trek, it will go live on Feb. 2 and will feature a diversified program 24 hours a day, covering one theme each day of the week: extreme sports, hiking, snow sports, ...
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Igloo has completed the purchase of Cool Gear International from...
Igloo has completed the purchase of Cool Gear International from Raf Industries, which, along with Cool Gear's founders—Donna and Hank Roth—will remain shareholders in the combined company. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Additionally, Acon Investments, which is Igloo's mother company, has announced that Mark Parrish has been ...
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Canada Goose has acquired the assets of Grand Harbour Clothing,...
Canada Goose has acquired the assets of Grand Harbour Clothing, one of its largest outerwear factories. Based in Scarborough, Ontario, Grand Harbour Clothing has long been a key contract manufacturer for Canada Goose, producing a significant portion of the brand's outerwear. With the acquisition of the 45,000 square-foot facility, Canada ...
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Vista Outdoor, the sporting goods spin-off from Alliant Techsystems that...
Vista Outdoor, the sporting goods spin-off from Alliant Techsystems that owns Bushnell, Bollé and a raft of other brands, mostly in the firearms segment, is evaluating several merger and acquisition opportunities to diversify its product portfolio in areas such as camping, cycling, fishing, golf, snow sports, trail sports and water ...
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Garmin has announced it is acquiring iKubu, a privately-owned designer...
Garmin has announced it is acquiring iKubu, a privately-owned designer of computer vision and radar systems for the cycling market based in South Africa. The financial terms of the acquisition have not been released. iKubu is working on the development of a backpack unit that tells cyclists the speed and ...
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Amer Sports has completed the repurchase of 819,171 of its...
Amer Sports has completed the repurchase of 819,171 of its own shares at an average price per share of €15.49, a process that began on Aug. 15. As a result, the company now holds a total of 1,417,429 treasury shares representing about 1.20% of the total number of outstanding shares ...
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Five Seasons announced this week the recruitment of Saila Härkki...
Five Seasons announced this week the recruitment of Saila Härkki as its new head designer, describing the move as an important step in its bid to double its turnover over the next three years. Härkki has been the head designer for the Swedish brand's direct competitor, Icepeak, whose sales have ...
