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    Isbjörn promotes Maria Eklind Enström to content manager

    2021-08-25T09:28:00Z

    Swedish children’s outdoor brand Isbjörn of Sweden has appointed its former customer service employee, Maria Eklind Enström, as its new content manager. The newly created position is part of the company’s ongoing digital and e-commerce strategy. Prior to Isbjörn, she worked as a buyer at J.Lindeberg for eleven years and ...

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    Anta’s profits more than double in H1, Amer bounces back

    2021-08-25T05:58:00Z

    Anta Sports Products saw revenues jump by 55.5 percent to 22,812 million yuan renminbi (€2,999m-$3,524m) in the six months ended June 30, supported by strong growth in all brands and benefiting from the easing of Covid-19 restrictions. In addition to a surge in demand related to the Xinjiang issues, e-commerce ...

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    U.S. snowsports industry pleads for joint climate action

    2021-08-23T07:26:00Z

    Snowsports Industries America (SIA), the U.S.-based winter industry’s trade association, calls on “every winter outdoor industry business” to join ClimateUnited, SIA’s initiative to unite and empower the winter outdoor industry to lead on climate. In his appeal, SIA’s head of advocacy, Chris Steinkamp, cited the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...

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    Black Diamond hires ski industry veteran Mike Hattrup

    2021-08-20T10:38:00Z

    Salt Lake City-based outdoor company Black Diamond Equipment has named Mike Hattrup business unit director for its ski category. Hattrup will be responsible for the brand’s entire ski and snow safety category, including skis, avalanche transceivers, JetForce airbag backpacks, probes, shovels, as well as snowpacks and ski poles. As business ...

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    ​Fenix Outdoor UK has a new managing director

    2021-08-20T10:37:00Z

    Fenix Outdoor UK Ltd. has announced the appointment of its new managing director for the U.K., Paul Griffiths. Griffiths brings a wealth of industry experience from working with brands such as Arc’teryx and Salomon and will join the company on Sept. 1. He replaces current country manager Will Stanton, who ...

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    EDM Interview Series #04-2021: Samaya

    2021-08-18T05:32:00Z

    The Outdoor Industry Compass spoke with Arthur Jallas, co-founder and sales leader of French brand Samaya.

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    Sports and leisure segment boosts New Wave sales in Q2

    2021-08-18T05:27:00Z

    Sweden’s New Wave Group, which owns brands like Craft and Cutter & Back, saw total sales in the second quarter ended June 30 rise by 13 percent as compared to the year earlier to 1,487 million Swedish kronor (€145.7m-$171.1m), led by a 70 percent increase in its Sports & Leisure ...

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    super.natural with new environmentally friendly packaging

    2021-08-17T08:21:00Z

    Swiss merino apparel company super.natural, founded in 2012, has unveiled a new compostable alternative to cornstarch polybags as part of its internal environmental strategy for the fall/winter 2021 season change. The new biodegradable shipping bags are made of 80 percent PBAT (polybutylene adipate terephthalate, a biodegradable copolymer) ...

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    K2 Sports hires Chris Hammann as country manager Germany

    2021-08-17T08:21:00Z

    Source: K2 Sports Chris Hammann Sports industry expert Chris Hammann has jumped on board at K2 Sports starting Aug. 1, taking over the role of country manager Germany at the K2 Sports office in Penzberg near Munich. He succeeds Karsten Möhrer, who has left K2 to join ...

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    Seirus wins long-running legal battle with Columbia over patents

    2021-08-15T17:13:00Z

    A San Diego jury ruled that Seirus Innovative Accessories’ HeatWave products do not infringe Columbia Sportswear’s patent, most likely ending a long-running patent dispute between the two brands. The subject of the case was a 2013 lawsuit filed by Columbia against Seirus alleging that Seirus’ HeatWave product line infringed a ...

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    Goldwin's Q1 sales grow 40%

    2021-08-15T16:31:00Z

    Goldwin reported revenues of ¥17,078 million (€131.8m-$154.7m) in the first quarter of its financial year, up by 40.0 percent on the year earlier, and confirmed its outlook for 10.5 percent sales growth for the full year. For the three months ended June 30, the Japanese company reported an operating profit ...

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    Canada Goose sees sales double in Q1

    2021-08-12T14:42:00Z

    Canada Goose said it is on track to meet its target for 2022 revenues of over 1 billion Canadian dollars (€681.0m-$799.1m), as sales in the fiscal first quarter ended June 30 doubled to CA$56.3 million (€38.3m-$45.0m) from CA$26.1 million the year earlier amid significant growth in all geographic regions. DTC ...

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    Helly Hansen up 46% in Q2

    2021-08-12T14:41:00Z

    Canadian Tire Corporation reported a 45.9 percent increase in external revenues for Helly Hansen and Musto to 100 million Canadian dollars (€68.5m-$80.3m) for the second quarter ended July 3. Outside Canada, the revenues from the two brands amounted to CA$95.1 million (€64.7m-$76m), up from CA$64.7 million in the comparable period ...

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    Carrera launches DTC webshop in the U.S.

    2021-08-11T11:20:00Z

    Safilo is taking another step towards its digital transformation by launching a new e-commerce platform for its house brand Carrera in the U.S. The launch of the dedicated website, us.carreraworld.com, coincides with the 65th anniversary of the brand. The Carrera direct-to-consumer site is already live and offers an assortment of ...

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    Topgolf and golf boost Callaway, outdoor shows resilience

    2021-08-11T05:36:00Z

    Callaway Golf’s revenues increased 208 percent to $914 million in the second quarter ended June 30, thanks in part to the first-time inclusion of Topgolf, which is now the group’s third operating segment along with golf equipment and soft goods and whose sales nearly doubled, compared to the prior year, ...

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    Amer Sports names Fogliato Salomon’s new president and CEO

    2021-08-10T14:39:00Z

    Source: Salomon Franco Fogliato Amer Sports has found a new and experienced executive with an excellent background in the sporting goods industry, Franco Fogliato, to head up Salomon as president and CEO. He will take on the responsibility by March 15, 2022, at the latest. Columbia Sportswear ...

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    Oberalp group sets focus on chemicals, circularity and social responsibility

    2021-08-10T10:39:00Z

    Italian Oberalp group (owner of brands Salewa, Dynafit, Pomoca, Wild Country, Evolv and LaMunt) has released its annual sustainability report “Contribute” for 2020. Setting a focus on chemical safety, human rights and circular economy, the report highlights achievements made in the last year and news from within the group, such ...

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    U.S. start-up launches battery-heated clothing

    2021-08-10T07:53:00Z

    H.E.A.T. (Heated Electronic Active Technology), a start-up based in Great Falls, Montana, has launched a new line of technologically advanced heated gear that is said to have the potential to revolutionize the winter apparel industry. The H.E.A.T. One-Layer smart system combines advanced textiles, smartphone technology and custom, ergonomically correct batteries. ...

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    Skipass show in Modena confirmed as a physical event this autumn

    2021-08-10T05:41:00Z

    After the cancellation of the event in 2020 due to the Covid-19 crisis, Skipass, the Italian consumer show for winter sports and tourism, will take place in Modena from Oct. 29 to Nov. 1 as a physical event. The show, organized by ModenaFiere, targets tour operators, managers of winter resorts, ...

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    Columbia's VP of global omnichannel leaves the company

    2021-08-06T06:47:00Z

    Columbia Sportswear announced that Franco Fogliato, executive vice president, global omnichannel since Nov. 2020 and executive VP and general manager Americas for the group since 2017, has informed the company of his intention to leave after a short transition period ending Sept. 3, 2021. Fogliato joined Columbia Sportswear in 2013 ...