News Briefs – Page 451
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Garmin is new title sponsor of Prorace Berlin, a race...
Garmin is new title sponsor of Prorace Berlin, a race for cycling professionals that will take place in that city on June 12. Meanwhile, the specialty company for mobile navigating solutions has announced that in early May, it cracked the historical mark of 100 million sold items. While it took ...
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Teva will be one of the sponsors of the first...
Teva will be one of the sponsors of the first European edition of Crankworx, the big international freeride mountain biking competition, which will be held in the French alpine resort of Les 2 Alpes next July 9-15. The brand will notably endorse the slopestyle Best Trick on July 13. Teva ...
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Vaude has made another step toward making a dream come...
Vaude has made another step toward making a dream come true: to become Europe's most eco-friendly company in the industry. Vaude says that its headquarters near Lake Constance – including the production facilities that it runs there – are now fully “climate-neutral.” This means that the company has reduced its ...
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Jack Wolfskin is going in the same direction, recently reporting...
Jack Wolfskin is going in the same direction, recently reporting that it managed to reduce its CO2 emissions by 50 percent between 2007 and 2011. Key to the success was a substantial reduction of air freight and business flights, among others. The company has invested heavily in photovoltaic devices and ...
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The Conservation Alliance has given Keen and FootZone this year's...
The Conservation Alliance has given Keen and FootZone this year's Outstanding Partnership Awards, which honor member companies that go the extra mile to build relationships with alliance grantees. Nine grantees from the last two years nominated companies, describing how the company helped them perform conservation work. Keen was nominated by ...
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While the barefoot running trend is continuing to spread, Merrell...
While the barefoot running trend is continuing to spread, Merrell is preparing the large-scale launch of a vastly expanded barefoot running footwear range, including hiking products. The American brand has already contributed to the enthusiasm for light, fast and flexible running footwear with its own Merrell Barefoot range, which sold more ...
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Odlo, which used to rely mainly on its own membranes,...
Odlo, which used to rely mainly on its own membranes, has decided to use those of W.L. Gore starting with its spring/summer 2013 collections. The company has sealed a licensing agreement for this purpose. Odlo intends to use Gore's Windstopper technology mainly in its lines of running and bike wear. ...
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The Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Lake City, Utah,...
The Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Lake City, Utah, will start next January on a Tuesday and end on a Saturday to give retailers an extra day over the weekend to spend in their own stores. Instead of running from Wednesday to Sunday, OR will run from Tuesday, Jan. ...
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The outdoor was again one of the focal points of...
The outdoor was again one of the focal points of Sports Unlimited, the Spanish trade show held in Valencia last week, but only about 20 companies from the sector participated this time, including Merrell, Original Buff and Regatta. The total number of exhibitors remained largely constant at just over 100 ...
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Tech Rock, a Spanish company specialized in climbing products, which...
Tech Rock, a Spanish company specialized in climbing products, which already owns Fixe, Faders and Alien Cams, has announced the acquisition at an undisclosed price of Roca Cordes de Muntanya, a brand of ropes and climbing equipment that went out of business at the end of last year. Tech Rock ...
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Bushnell Outdoor Products is buying Primos Hunting, based in Flora,...
Bushnell Outdoor Products is buying Primos Hunting, based in Flora, Mississippi, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition should be completed by mid-May. Primos was founded in 1976 as a supplier of game calls, and has expanded to include other hunting tools such as blinds, scent eliminators, games scents, trail cameras, ...
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Compass Diversified Holdings, which bought Camelbak last year, has exercised...
Compass Diversified Holdings, which bought Camelbak last year, has exercised an option under a credit agreement to obtain an additional loan of $30 million through TD Securities. At the same time, it has lowered interest charges payable on its credit facility, which has been raised to $255 million, by negotiating ...
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Deckers, the owner of footwear brands such as Teva, Ugg...
Deckers, the owner of footwear brands such as Teva, Ugg and Sanuk, suffered a remarkable decline in net income in the first three months of its financial year: Profit decreased by 54 percent to $7.7 million compared with last year's first quarter. In the same period sales increased, however, by ...
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Portland-based LaCrosse Footwear has reported a sales increase of 32...
Portland-based LaCrosse Footwear has reported a sales increase of 32 percent to $33.3 million for the first three months of its financial year through March 31, thanks in part to four additional business days compared with last year's period. Net profit was around $0.6 million, compared with a net loss ...
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Crocs lifted its sales by 19.9 percent to $271.8 million...
Crocs lifted its sales by 19.9 percent to $271.8 million for the quarter, in spite of a sales decline of 2.7 percent in Europe. This was more than compensated by sales increases of 17.1 percent in the Americas and 40.5 percent in Asia. The company's wholesale revenues jumped by 15.9 ...
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The sports and leisure division of the New Wave group,...
The sports and leisure division of the New Wave group, which owns Craft, Cutter & Buck and several other brands, pushed its sales up by 20 percent to 465 million Swedish kronor (€52.4m-$69.2m) for the first quarter. This was chiefly due to acquisitions made last year, Ahead and Paris Glove, ...
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The warm winter shaved about $25 million off the turnover...
The warm winter shaved about $25 million off the turnover of Jarden's outdoor business unit in the first quarter. This contributed to a sales decline of 1.1 percent to $670 million for the unit, which includes the K2, Coleman, Marmot, Penn and Rawlings brands. The company expects another hit of ...
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Effective this month, Siegfried Winkelbeiner will assume the role of...
Effective this month, Siegfried Winkelbeiner will assume the role of chief executive at Schoeller Textil, the maker of high-end fabrics. He replaces Hans-Jürgen Hübner, who has served the company for 48 years. Hübner joined the Swiss company in 1964, first in charge of the technical area, then in 1982 as ...
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Columbia Sportswear is reorganizing its Central European management to shift...
Columbia Sportswear is reorganizing its Central European management to shift responsibilities from a focus on countries to product categories to be handled supranationally: The company has appointed Stefan Gmeiner, so far sales manager for Germany, to the new position of category manager in charge of apparel, base layers and accessories ...
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Jeff Busic is rejoining Osprey Packs as its new international...
Jeff Busic is rejoining Osprey Packs as its new international director, effective May 1. It's a newly created position within the American company, covering 11 independent distributors around the world that are not handled by Osprey Europe. He had worked for the company before. He has also acquired experience at ...
