All Outdoor articles – Page 16
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Vista Outdoor has hired Chris Sword as president of the...
Vista Outdoor has hired Chris Sword as president of the cycling brands Bell and Giro. He is responsible for expanding the action sports business unit and reports to Chris Metz, the chief executive. Sword was previously president of Pearl Izumi, the brand of cycling and triathlon apparel. Before then, he ...
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The organizers of the European Outdoor Summit felt that its...
The organizers of the European Outdoor Summit felt that its seventh edition in Interlaken was “a resounding success,” although the number of delegates declined to just over 200 from 300 a year ago, when the highly dynamic Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG) played host. There is no similar industry association in ...
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Mammut, the Swiss-based outdoor brand owned by the Conzzeta Group,...
Mammut, the Swiss-based outdoor brand owned by the Conzzeta Group, has established a partnership with Bruce Goodlad and Mike Austin, the co-owners of Avalanche Geeks, a British company that teaches courses in avalanche safety in Scotland and the Alps. Goodlad has been serving as a mountain guide – on skis ...
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Woolrich, the American outdoor brand, has opened a new flagship...
Woolrich, the American outdoor brand, has opened a new flagship store in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City. Designed by the architect Andrea Caputo, and located at 121 Wooster Street, the store measures 4,000 square feet and its layout is modular. The variety of possible configurations makes it suitable ...
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Italy’s Sport Alliance invests in the outdoor and running sectors
Following the lead of Sport 2000 Germany, which has many retail members specializing in the running and outdoor sectors, Sport Alliance, the Italian licensee of Sport 2000 International, has set up three “sub-buying groups” for outdoor & ski, running and cycling as part of a new category management program. Sport ...
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Vista Outdoor, which has decided to divest its Savage firearms...
Vista Outdoor, which has decided to divest its Savage firearms business, reported an organic sales decline of 7 percent in its first quarter ended on June 30. Sales of outdoor products fell by 19 percent to $222.0 million, and they were also down by 7 percent excluding the divested eyewear ...
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The Outdoor Retailer show cancels Winter Market
Emerald Expositions, the organizer of the Outdoor Retailer show, has decided to cancel the Winter Market that was scheduled to take place for the second time on Nov. 5-7 and to concentrate all the product offerings for the next autumn/winter season at the Outdoor + Snow Show on Jan. 19-31. ...
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Outdoor & Running Business Days, the enlarged Italian trade show...
Outdoor & Running Business Days, the enlarged Italian trade show held in Riva del Garda on July 12-13, grouped a total of 70 brands and the operators of 150 specialty stores
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Tariffs weigh on Johnson Outdoors’ profits
Johnson Outdoors' earnings for its third fiscal quarter, ended on June 28, were hampered by the first round of new tariffs that were imposed by the U.S. on China last September amid the ongoing trade war between the two countries. The company's net income declined by 7.1 percent from the ...
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In an unusual move for an outdoor brand, Garmont was...
In an unusual move for an outdoor brand, Garmont was a main sponsor of a “football” event. The charity event “Notte dei Re,” the Italian for The Night of the Kings, which was held at the iconic Foro Italico in Rome on June 2, saw the participation of former football ...
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We liked the first OutDoor by Ispo fair because of...
We liked the first OutDoor by Ispo fair because of its atmosphere and its convenience. While using a lot of wood and cutting down on the use of paper in the name of sustainability, the open spaces did not place any brand in the foreground as at Ispo Munich, leading ...
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Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV), the French-based association based in Annecy,...
Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV), the French-based association based in Annecy, has appointed Benjamin Thaller as its new managing director. He replaces Anne Schott, who has left the organization to pursue other professional opportunities after 30 months in the role. Thaller was previously marketing director at Julbo and, prior to that, ...
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The world's rugged outdoor footwear market rose by 6.8 percent...
The world’s rugged outdoor footwear market rose by 6.8 percent to €5.15 billion in 2018 in terms of dollars, according to an annual survey of key vendors conducted by the Outdoor Industry Compass in collaboration with Sporting Goods Intelligence. It rose by an estimated 6.1 percent in the U.S. and ...
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The European outdoor market fell by 1 percent in value...
The European outdoor market fell by 1 percent in value and by 0.5 percent in volume at the wholesale level in 2018, according to the European Outdoor Group, which gave a figure of €5.81 billion for the region. Sales declined in value by 0.9 percent in Germany but increased by ...
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Danny MacAskill, the mountain-biker known for combining urban and outdoor...
Danny MacAskill, the mountain-biker known for combining urban and outdoor styles, has signed a sponsorship deal with Adidas Outdoor. MacAskill has been wearing Adidas' Five Ten shoe brand for about a decade, but Adidas has decided to stop using the Five Ten brand name, and the athlete will now be ...
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Nike has taken the Outdoor Grand Prix at the Cannes...
Nike has taken the Outdoor Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The jury for the French awards in communications, advertising and marketing was delighted with the “Dream Crazy” campaign that Nike put together with its longstanding ad agency, Wieden + Kennedy of Portland, Oregon. The ad ...
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Ekosport, the French outdoor e-tailer, will open its fifth brick-and-mortar...
Ekosport, the French outdoor e-tailer, will open its fifth brick-and-mortar store this autumn, in the French city of Gap, according to reports in sport-guide.fr
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Smartwool, a division of VF Outdoor, has pledged to support...
Smartwool, a division of VF Outdoor, has pledged to support Protect Our Winters (POW) Canada, a community of professional athletes and industry brands teaming up to address climate change issues across the outdoor community. The financial support from the brand is to help raise awareness of climate change as well ...
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The fifth edition of the annual Outdoor Business Days, scheduled...
The fifth edition of the annual Outdoor Business Days, scheduled for July 14-15 at Riva del Garda, Italy, will be renamed Outdoor & Running Business Days, as it will be extended to the running and watercraft segments. The event is mainly meant to allow Italian dealers to test new products ...
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Johnson Outdoors’ fishing segment recovers
After an 11 percent decline in the first quarter, Johnson Outdoors' sales of fishing equipment bounced back in the second fiscal quarter ended March 29, lifting the company's overall sales to $177.7 million – a 7 percent increase from the same quarter in 2018. The management said the increase reflected ...
