All Snowsports articles – Page 66
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ArticleHaglöfs reports stable sales in 2020
Despite the prevailing pandemic and turbulent market conditions, Swedish outdoor brand Haglöfs reported that it managed to deliver net sales for 2020 in line with last year’s strong performance. The company did not provide any figures. According to CEO Fredrik Ohlsson, the ability to mitigate the crisis is mainly due ...
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Salewa France will reportedly have a new head and strategy
According to an exclusive report by sport-guide.com, Pierre-Jean Touchard will leave Salewa France, of which he is managing director, within a few weeks. Touchard has been with Salewa since 2003. Touchard’s departure has been confirmed by Stefan Rainer, director of sales at Salewa France, who told sport-guide.com that Touchard would ...
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Allied develops ultra high-performance recycled down with enhanced fill power
Allied Feather + Down has announced what it claims to be the highest fill-power ever achieved in a certified post-consumer recycled down. The new RENU:750 represents an improvement on the RENU:700 down. Allied was able to alter the way that post-consumer material was processed and separated to create the new ...
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ArticleJack Wolfskin’s parent records higher losses on higher sales
Callaway Golf Co. saw its net loss in the fiscal fourth quarter deepen to $40.6 million, compared with a loss of $29.2 million last year. However, sales surged by 20.2 percent to $374.6 million, led by strong demand in the golf equipment segment and a quicker-than-expected recovery in the softgoods ...
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Klättermusen announces distributors for Austria and Switzerland
Shortly after announcing its new distributor for Japan, Swedish outdoor brand Klättermusen has announced two more new distributors, this time in Europe. In Austria, Markus Sailer’s company Sport 2b will be representing the brand with immediate effect. Sport2b also has Stöckli, Klean Kanteen and Pret in its portfolio. In Switzerland, ...
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ArticleMips: Bicycle boom boosts bike helmet sales
For Sweden’s Mips AB and its Brain Protection System helmet technology (BPS), the 2020 fiscal year ended with a historic fourth record quarter. The quarterly and annual growth was driven primarily by the sports helmet category and bicycle helmets in particular. After a challenging spring with extensive store closures in ...
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ArticleTecnica launches ski boot recycling project
Tecnica has introduced Recycle Your Boots, a project that aims to promote the circular economy by transforming old, used boots into second-generation materials. A ski boot is made of up to 120 components, which typically end up in the landfill, the company explains. Any skier who plans to buy a ...
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ArticleBrand relaunch for Pyua
The German brand Pyua, which has stood for sustainable outdoor clothing since its inception in 2008, has unveiled a new brand identity that is intended to stand even more uncompromisingly for its sustainability mission. For the brand relaunch, Pyua has focused on three principles: Purity, Versatility and, above all, Circularity. ...
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ArticleRobust sales and earnings for Thule
Swedish Thule Group saw its sales soar by 32.6 percent from the year-ago quarter to 1,605 million Swedish kronor (€159.3m-$193.2m) or 44.6 percent in constant currencies. Net income jumped to SEK 164 million (€16.3m-$19.7m), from SEK 30 million for the fourth quarter of 2019. The gross margin expanded by 1.8 ...
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ArticleFenix ends 2020 in the red
The Fenix Outdoor International group posted weak results for the fourth quarter of 2020. The management said that the quarter started well, with strong reorders and brick-and-mortar sales that were showing signs of improvement. However, the second wave of the pandemic and civil unrest in the U.S. – which led ...
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News briefsNew President Americas at Thule Group
Hilary Hartley has been named Thule Group’s Americas business area president and will join the global corporate leadership team, reporting to CEO and president Magnus Welander in Sweden. Fred Clark, who currently holds the role of Americas region president and announced his decision to retire last fall, will remain with ...
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Klättermusen announces Japanese distribution partnership
Klättermusen, the Swedish brand best known for its sustainable mountaineering equipment, entered a new exclusive distribution partner in Japan with the company Sputnik inc. from Yokohama. Sputnik is already representing the Norwegian brands Sweet Protection and Northern Playground, Canada’s GoggleSoc, the U.S. brands Earthwell and United by Blue as well ...
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News briefsUpdate: Ortovox Diract Voice avy transceiver wins Product of the Year and Public Choice at ISPO
Source: Ortovox Diract Voice Ortovox heralds a new era in avalanche emergency equipment with the Diract Voice avalanche transceiver – and manages to score the „Product of the Year“ award by ISPO Munich in the Snowsports category. The new device was also chosen by the ISPO Open ...
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ArticleVista Outdoor’s momentum continues
Vista Outdoor reported another record set of results for the third quarter, after a better-than-expected second quarter, led by ammunition sales and revenues from the recently-acquired Remington business. The U.S.-based manufacturer of ammunition and outdoor sports products said that sales surged by 35 percent in the three months ended Dec. ...
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Kora, a pioneer in yak wool, launches a new baselayer collection
British company Kora, a pioneer in the use of yak wool in performance apparel who has been developing high-performance base and mid-layers from that wool since 2011, has announced the launch of its Yushu collection of base layers. It is named after the Himalayan home of Kora’s yaks. The Yushu ...
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ArticleAmer Sports appoints new CEO for Arc’teryx, plans to accelerate DTC
Amer Sports has announced the immediate appointment of Stuart Haselden, a retail industry executive, to the newly created position of CEO of Arc’teryx Equipment, based in Vancouver, Canada. He succeeds Jon Hoerauf, Arc’teryx’ president, who has decided to leave the company to pursue other plans. In his new role, Haselden ...
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News briefsLowa launches German outdoor podcast
Source: Andi Christl Host Andi Christl Outdoor footwear specialist Lowa is launching a German-language outdoor podcast called ”Bergmomente” (mountain moments) with host Andi Christl, who will interview adventurers and mountain enthusiasts and track down unique stories. In the first episode, Christl speaks with Alix von Melle and ...
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News briefsPolartec celebrates 30 years
Polartec has kicked off an anniversary year with the launch of its “Peaking Since 91” campaign that started on Feb. 1. If you’re thinking 40 years of fleece, you’re kind of right, but still just off the mark, as the fleece was invented in 1981 in a partnership between Patagonia ...
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Mips divides product offering into five classes for better diversification
To help brands and consumers select and diversify its products, Mips, the Swedish provider of the eponymous helmet safety technology, has introduced a new product range to better define its helmet safety products and classify them according to their intended use. All future Mips-equipped helmets will be branded with the ...
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News briefsWest Kiteboarding is the ISPO Brand New 2021 Overall Winner
In a live digital pitch on Feb. 1, the first day of ISPO Munich Online, the ten finalists of the ISPO Brandnew Awards 2021 competed for the title of Overall Winner as the most innovative startup of the year. Each startup had 90 seconds to convince the audience in the ...
