News Briefs – Page 502
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Our Aussie colleagues at the Sportslink trade publication report the...
Our Aussie colleagues at the Sportslink trade publication report the following from Down Under: Helly Hansen has opened a 170-square-meter store in Sydney.
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Camping World Australia, a group of Australian outdoor retailers, has...
Camping World Australia, a group of Australian outdoor retailers, has decided to merge with another buying group, Associated Retailers Limited. The decision came at the eve of the SOTA show held in Canberra in early May. Camping World Australia comprises 48 stores. Sportslink says that the group will remain a ...
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Timberland has named Maile Buker to be its new senior...
Timberland has named Maile Buker to be its new senior director for marketing in North America. She previously held similar positions in the beverage industry, but also spent many years working on marketing initiatives for companies including Nike and Black Diamond.
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Rocky Brands has announced the completion of a public offering...
Rocky Brands has announced the completion of a public offering of new shares, conducted between May 11 and May 14, that will generate net proceeds of $14.1 million for the company. The offering was based on a price of $8.40 a share. Rocky will use the money to repay some ...
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Ispo China has changed its dates for next year to...
Ispo China has changed its dates for next year to Feb. 23-25, citing requests by industry representatives for an earlier show. The new timing follows a Wednesday-Friday schedule, leaving retailers available to work in their stores on Saturday, typically their busiest day. The venue of the show is being moved ...
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This year’s Outdoors Show closed down its run at the...
This year’s Outdoors Show closed down its run at the NEC in Birmingham with a tally of 31,000 visitors, about the same as last year. Starting next year, the consumer-oriented event will be held at the ExCel exhibition center in London, at the same time as the London Boat Show ...
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This spring’s sessions of the Performance Days, a fiber and...
This spring’s sessions of the Performance Days, a fiber and fabrics show held in Munich (April 13-15) and Annecy (April 19-20), were a success in the sense of a growing number of exhibitors and visitors. The number of exhibitors grew by 20 percent to 70, coming from 16 countries. Visitors ...
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The American Hiking Society has launched its new “Hike GPS”...
The American Hiking Society has launched its new “Hike GPS” application for the iPhone. It includes more than 300 free recreational maps from all over the U.S. and performs many tasks of a GPS unit. Retail price is $9.99.
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Intersport Deutschland has taken its former president, Hartmut Fröhlich, to...
Intersport Deutschland has taken its former president, Hartmut Fröhlich, to court for alleged improper use of the group’s assets and for actions that were not in accordance with the buying group’s own statutes and code of conduct. Kim Roether, who succeeded Föhlich two years ago as Intersport Deutschland’s president in ...
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Oxylane, the parent company of Décathlon, has reported a 9.5...
Oxylane, the parent company of Décathlon, has reported a 9.5 percent increase in its total sales to €5,440 million before VAT in 2009, reinforcing its position as the world’s largest integrated sporting goods retailer. The vast majority of the turnover was represented by the Décathlon retail stores as the other ...
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Last Friday, a major merger in Europe’s shoe retailing was...
Last Friday, a major merger in Europe’s shoe retailing was announced: Ariston-Nord-West-Ring has acquired 70 percent of Garant Schuh + Mode and is about to make an offer to the other shareholders of the buying group. ANWR is the owner of Sport 2000 in Switzerland and Germany and hosts the ...
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The North Face has decided not to shut down its...
The North Face has decided not to shut down its EMEA office near Montebelluna after it had announced that its operations would be transferred to VF Corporation's European office in Lugano, Switzerland. The brand held negotiations with the Italian trade unions and decided to keep there not only the Italian ...
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Lasse Kjus, the Swiss company named after the famous Norwegian...
Lasse Kjus, the Swiss company named after the famous Norwegian ski champion, plans to introduce its first collection of outdoor clothing for the spring/summer 2011 season, banking on the notoriety of its successful high-end skiwear line, whose pre-bookings for next winter are up by 12 percent. Didi Serena, who took ...
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Halti has hired Andreas Jauslin as its new international sales...
Halti has hired Andreas Jauslin as its new international sales manager. The 37-year-old worked for Helly Hansen for the past five years, both for the Swiss subsidiary as managing director and, later on, for the Central European operations as sales manager.
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Odlo has appointed Angela Wagner to the position of the...
Odlo has appointed Angela Wagner to the position of the new product manager for functional underwear. The 40-year-old used to work for various companies, including Falke. Working for Odlo since 2006, Tanja Vollwille has been promoted junior product manager for the running range.
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Norrøna has recruited Juan José Gardella, former product and sales...
Norrøna has recruited Juan José Gardella, former product and sales manager of Rossignol in Spain, to run its Spanish sales subsidiary in the place of Kary Gómez, who has joined the Spanish office of W.L. Gore & Associates as retail marketing manager.
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The Outdoor Solution segments at Jarden Corporation had a 4...
The Outdoor Solution segments at Jarden Corporation had a 4 percent increase in revenues to $614.2 million. The operating margin rose by 0.3 percentage points to 9.2 percent, and earnings rose by 7.5 percent to $39.9 million. Among the group's properties, The Coleman Company gained market share and the divison ...
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Johnson Outdoors reports a 5.9 percent sales increase to $112.9...
Johnson Outdoors reports a 5.9 percent sales increase to $112.9 million for the second quarter ended April 2 as the big season for kayaks, canoes, tents, fish finders and other outdoor gear was in full swing. It also benefited from 2.9 percent in positive currency effects. Net income skyrocketed by ...
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Rocky Brands managed a 12 percent increase in sales to...
Rocky Brands managed a 12 percent increase in sales to $56.1 million for the first quarter ended March 31, reducing its net loss to $560,744 compared with a loss of $1.1 million in the same period last year. Wholesale turnover was up by 5 percent to $37.9 million, but retail ...
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LaCrosse Footwear reports a 32 percent increase in sales to...
LaCrosse Footwear reports a 32 percent increase in sales to $34.2 million for the first quarter ended March 27. Net income was $1.7 million against a loss of $692,000 last year. Sales of outdoor products grew by 15 percent to $7.9 million, thanks to a stronger retail environment and cold ...
