News Briefs – Page 532
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X-Technology, the Swiss marketer of the X-Socks and X-Bionic brands,...
X-Technology, the Swiss marketer of the X-Socks and X-Bionic brands, is about to diversify its manufacturing facilities. So far, the X-products have been produced by the Italian Trerè s.r.l. Hosiery Innovation based in Asola on an exclusive basis. Due to huge increases in sales, varying from 100 to 140 percent ...
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The Salewa Group is anticipating a 5.5 percent sales increase...
The Salewa Group is anticipating a 5.5 percent sales increase to €135 million for this year, indicating that the Italian-based company is growing faster than the European outdoor market. One key driver has been the new footwear division created in June 2005 under Antonio Dus, which is now targeting deliveries ...
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Intersport Germany is strengthening its position on the local outdoor...
Intersport Germany is strengthening its position on the local outdoor market. The buying group's latest forecast says that its members' entire sales at retail prices, which also include sales in outdoor footwear, apparel and equipment, will increase from €2.3 billion to €2.4 billion in 2008 compared with 2007. Without mentioning ...
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Eurobike, Europe's leading trade fair for bicycles and related apparel...
Eurobike, Europe's leading trade fair for bicycles and related apparel and equipment, ended last Sunday with a new record of trade visitors: 36,800 professionals from 75 countries came to the show organized by Messe Friedrichshafen at Lake Constance to see 938 companies from 36 countries. On Sunday, the day dedicated ...
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Berghaus is going to open its second flagship store in...
Berghaus is going to open its second flagship store in London in October. The store will be located in Covent Garden after the brand launched its British and European own retail business with an outlet in the capital’s MetroCentre. In South Korea, Berghaus now counts 24 doors, but intends to ...
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Black Diamond has opened a new logistics center for its...
Black Diamond has opened a new logistics center for its European operations. The fulfillment for the American specialty vendor of climbing and backcountry goods is now with Rhenus, a major logistics company with annual sales of €3.3 billion. Black Diamond’s distribution center of 1,800 square meters is in the small ...
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Odlo, the Swiss tailor of outdoor, running and cross country...
Odlo, the Swiss tailor of outdoor, running and cross country apparel, has appointed Andreas Kessler as its marketing director, effective Dec. 1. Kessler started his career at Unilever followed by various management positions within the Swatch group. For the last two years he worked as an ad-interim manager on a ...
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B-active is a new brand for outdoor apparel that recently...
B-active is a new brand for outdoor apparel that recently presented its collection for Summer 2009. The brand name is owned by the Swiss Zug-based company Sommerlade AG, which is directed by Michaela Sommerlade, chief executive. The sales operations, starting with Switzerland and Germany, are directed by Olav Holfeld. B-active ...
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Salewa has appointed Reiner Gerstner as brand and marketing director...
Salewa has appointed Reiner Gerstner as brand and marketing director of the entire group including the brands Salewa, Dynafit and Silvretta. The position is basically new because it now combines the responsibilities of brand management and marketing at the company’s headquarters in Bolzano. The direction of marketing has been vacant ...
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Martin Korte, managing director of Edelrid for the last seven...
Martin Korte, managing director of Edelrid for the last seven years, left Vaude’s subsidiary for climbing equipment by the end of July. Korte has been replaced by Antje von Dewitz, who now acts as co-managing director together with her father, Albrecht. Markus Wanner, so far Edelrid’s chief financial officer, is ...
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Johan Vikman, former chief executive of Fenix Outdoor, has become...
Johan Vikman, former chief executive of Fenix Outdoor, has become the new chief executive of Norrwin, the recently former Swedish outdoor group for the brands Tenson, Five Seasons and Lundhags. Vikman is 40 years old and worked previously in corporate finance and business development at Accenture and Danske Bank. He ...
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Kånken, the classic model among Fjällräven’s daypacks, celebrates its 30th...
Kånken, the classic model among Fjällräven’s daypacks, celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Since 1978, the pack has been sold more than 3 million times. Its developer, Fjällräven’s founder Åke Nordin, had estimated to sell 200 Kånkens in the first year, but actually sold more than 400. In the following ...
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Garmin, the specialty brand for sports electronics and GPS solutions,...
Garmin, the specialty brand for sports electronics and GPS solutions, continues to grow. In its second quarter of 2008, it reached sales at $912 million, an increase of 23 percent compared with the period in 2007. Sales in Europe were up by 19 percent and reached $307 million. Garmin’s second-largest ...
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Icebreaker, the specialty merino apparel brand from New Zealand, has...
Icebreaker, the specialty merino apparel brand from New Zealand, has acquired its French and Swiss distributor, Rockline Nature Zone. The distributor will be replaced by two subsidiaries for each market. Craig Stoddart, who founded Rockline Nature Zone in Switzerland nine years ago, will become the general manager of both Icebreaker ...
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Eric Nielsen, export manager of Aicad, the Italian company that...
Eric Nielsen, export manager of Aicad, the Italian company that markets Lizard footwear, left the company at the end of last week. Nielsen is about to accept a new challenge, but has not disclosed, as of this writing, the company he is going to work for. Aicad has not appointed ...
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Trail running is still the buzz word at Salomon, whose...
Trail running is still the buzz word at Salomon, whose apparel and footwear business sales enjoyed a sales increase of 11 percent in local currencies in the second quarter, up by 7 percent in euros to €38.9 million. The growth of trail running strongly helped to lift sales in Europe, ...
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The North Face has become a member of Bluesign Technologies,...
The North Face has become a member of Bluesign Technologies, which helps companies develop environmental, health and safety policies and procedures. The North Face also entered three partnerships that will offset 100 percent of its facilities’ energy use in North America, and it is working with El Solutions to install ...
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The Outdoor Retailer Summer Market, America’s most important outdoor show,...
The Outdoor Retailer Summer Market, America’s most important outdoor show, will take place at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City/Utah from August 8 till 11. The demo days will be held right before the event from August 6 till 7. The number of registered exhibitors is at ...
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In the last issue of THE COMPASS, we confused some...
In the last issue of THE COMPASS, we confused some names of the owners of Feelmax, the functional footwear brand: Feelmax is a family-owned business run by Juhani Pulkka and his wife Kaisa as well as by their son Jarno and their daughter Sari. Feelmax, the Finnish specialty socks supplier, ...
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Exel Oyj, the Finnish company which transferred its outdoor business...
Exel Oyj, the Finnish company which transferred its outdoor business to Karhu effective June 1, records negative results for the first half of 2008. Net sales dropped by 15 percent down to €48.9 million. Operating loss was at -€4.3 million compared to a profit of €6.2 million in the previous ...
