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Nordica says its sales outside Italy grew by 100 percent...
Nordica says its sales outside Italy grew by 100 percent for its skis and by 20 percent for its ski boots. Keen on improving its market presence in Eastern Europe, where new ski facilities are being erected, the Italian brand organized a special event in the Kouty Ski Resort of ...
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In its last fiscal year ended last Oct. 31, Willy...
In its last fiscal year ended last Oct. 31, Willy Bogner reached total sales of €194 million, or 12 percent more than in the previous year, including those of licensed Bogner-branded products. For the current year, Bogner aims to jump over the bar of €200 million. The company alone reached ...
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Karhu reports that its business is doing exceptionally well in...
Karhu reports that its business is doing exceptionally well in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Germany and Italy. Its new website is available in seven languages. The brand, which recently changed ownership, is launching a training program for its European sales clerks in Finnish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German, Italian or Dutch. ...
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Pittards registered firmer trading performances than expected by financial analysts...
Pittards registered firmer trading performances than expected by financial analysts in all areas of its business. The British tanning group anticipates that its second-half results will be slightly stronger than in the first half, when it booked a pre-tax profit of £0.9 million (€1.0m-$1.4m). It announced that its order book ...
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Dainese has signed an agreement to collaborate with the French...
Dainese has signed an agreement to collaborate with the French skiing federation (FIS) in developing airbags as protective equipment for high-level downhill competitions. The project started at the end of 2010 and the parties are currently collecting data to define an algorithm suitable for the activation of the airbag in ...
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Josef Polak, who licenses outdoor shoes under the Head brand...
Josef Polak, who licenses outdoor shoes under the Head brand name, is now also its licensee for lifestyle footwear. His license is for Germany, Austria and Eastern Europe, where he is still looking for some distributors. Polak has been handling Head's outdoor range since 2004, when its fromer licensee, Romika, ...
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Callaway Golf has launched its newest golf GPS device, the...
Callaway Golf has launched its newest golf GPS device, the Upro MX. It's an update of the Upro, with technologies that include a full-color touch screen and a precise optical finger navigation system. More than 25,000 courses are loaded into the gadget upon purchase, with high-resolution aerial photography of each ...
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BBC Worldwide has enlisted Established Brands to develop a line...
BBC Worldwide has enlisted Established Brands to develop a line of luggage, travel accessories and apparel under the Lonely Planet brand. This is the first time that the 37-year-old travel brand has entered a major global licensing program to grow its reach over several product categories. It will first launch ...
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Zoggs, the swim brand, saw its business with Intersport U.K.rise...
Zoggs, the swim brand, saw its business with Intersport U.K.rise by 50 percent in 2009, helping lead it to overall growth of 15 percent year on year. Orders are up by 30 percent compared with this time last year. It is the first swim brand to be featured on Intersport's ...
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Sportcampus, the German online retail training platform, is celebrating its...
Sportcampus, the German online retail training platform, is celebrating its first anniversary by adding some new clients. The company, which launched at last year's Ispo, will be taking on MBT, Hilleberg and Kaikkialla, the home brand from Euro Family, in February. These are added to a resume that already includes ...
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Haglöfs will be showing its new Endo jacket, with Gore-Tex...
Haglöfs will be showing its new Endo jacket, with Gore-Tex Active Shell, at Ispo next month. The technical jacket is breathable, lightweight and waterproof and comes in men's and women's styles, along with matching pants. It should be available for winter 2011. Active Shell is a new three-layer fabric that ...
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Toray is launching a new version of its ?Dermisax? membrane...
Toray is launching a new version of its ?Dermisax? membrane in the Brandnew section of the Ispo show next month which, the Japanese company claims, offers 100 percent more breathability than conventional materials. The new membrane, called ?Dermisax NX,? has a breathability of 30,000 to 50,000 g/m²/24h. It is said ...
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Teijin, the polyester fiber manufacturing group based in Japan, has...
Teijin, the polyester fiber manufacturing group based in Japan, has developed a new fabric that helps skin maintain a healthy pH level. It is the first company to offer such a fabric, which was unveiled at the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market on Jan. 20-23 and will be shown again at ...
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Vibram and Garmont have teamed up on Garmont's new ?PowerFrame?...
Vibram and Garmont have teamed up on Garmont's new ?PowerFrame? boot, which features Vibram's ?X-Powder? sole. The interchangeable soles are made with Vibram Mont, a compound designed for enhanced grip and resistance to wear. The X-Power soles can be used on ISO Touring and Tech binding systems, which attach automatically ...
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Invista has updated its heavy-duty duck fabric for its high-performance...
Invista has updated its heavy-duty duck fabric for its high-performance Cordura brand. The new version of the fabric, a durable cotton canvas used in apparel and outdoor gear, blends cotton with Invista's T420 nylon 6.6 fiber, making it four times more resistant to abrasion than regular duck fabric and giving ...
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Outlast will debut its newest technology ? for polyester fibers...
Outlast will debut its newest technology ? for polyester fibers ? at Ispo next week. The new material helps regulate temperature, so the wearer neither sweats nor chills. A demonstration using infrared technology will be shown at the company's booth in Munich.
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India's government says that it will invest 2 billion rupees...
India's government says that it will invest 2 billion rupees (€31.4m-$42.7m) in a five-year project aimed at helping its technical textiles industry. This ?Technology Mission? runs through 2015, and will include four new centers of excellence for specialty materials. The first phase of the project is to revamp the country's ...
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Brandwise, the Colorado company that specializes in merchandising technology for...
Brandwise, the Colorado company that specializes in merchandising technology for the outdoor and snow sports industries, has come up with a new product that puts its Visual Merchandiser on a tablet similar to the iPad, letting sales reps show photos of products as they become available from vendors, building up ...
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The European Outdoor Group is putting out one last call...
The European Outdoor Group is putting out one last call for participants in its study of the European outdoor industry. It says that interested companies have their last chance to be involved in this important market research project at Ispo. Already, 90 percent of the group's members have committed and ...
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Three French associations of sports companies and research laboratories -?...
Three French associations of sports companies and research laboratories -? EuroSIMA, Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV) and Sports Loisirs Montagne ? have been retained as industrial clusters worthy of financial aid by a French governmental committee, Datar, and this should help reinforce their existing collaboration. As the European surf industry association, ...
