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The Thule Group saw its sales climb by 15.0 percent...
The Thule Group saw its sales climb by 15.0 percent to 1,157 million Swedish kronor (€109.8m-$124.6m) in the fourth quarter of 2018, with an increase of 8.0 percent in local currencies, but operating earnings declined to just one million kronor due to the anticipated under-utilization of production capacities during the ...
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Skechers reports the opening of its 3,000th store. With a...
Skechers reports the opening of its 3,000th store. With a surface of 3,000 square meters, it is its largest mono-brand store in the world. It is located in the Chinese city of Shenyang. The store has an entertainment area for children and a large assortment of branded clothing to complement ...
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On Feb. 1, Armin Landgraf became chief operating officer at...
On Feb. 1, Armin Landgraf became chief operating officer at Germany's Canyon Bicycles. He has also become the third member of the Canyon's management board, alongside Roman Arnold, founder and chief executive, and Lothar Arnold, chief financial officer. Until last year, Landgraf was the chief executive of Pon Bike, the ...
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Polartec has announced its commitment to using 100 percent recycled...
Polartec has announced its commitment to using 100 percent recycled materials and biodegradability across its entire product line. The new Eco-Engineering initiative, a collaboration with Unifi and Intrinsic Advanced Materials, is an extension of Polartec Eco-Engineering, a proprietary process that deploys recycled inputs to produce sustainable fabrics with enhanced performance ...
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Puma Football has signed a long-term endorsement deal worth €100...
Puma Football has signed a long-term endorsement deal worth €100 million with Jan Oblak, the Slovenian goalie who plays for Atlético Madrid. Oblak has been named the Spanish league's best goalie three times in a row and is one of the three goalkeepers included in the latest list of the ...
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Vibram finished 2018 with sales of €190 million, up from...
Vibram finished 2018 with sales of €190 million, up from €173 million in 2017. The U.S. and Europe represented about 90 percent of revenues and Asia the remaining 10 percent, led by Japan and South Korea. The company generated €20 million from its innovative FiveFingers and Furoshiki footwear collections – ...
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Matrix Fitness generated worldwide revenues of €466 million in 2018,...
Matrix Fitness generated worldwide revenues of €466 million in 2018, an increase of 21 percent from the previous year. The company's sales in the U.S. were particularly strong, growing by 26 percent for the year and by 40 percent in the fourth quarter. Matrix Fitness is the commercial brand of ...
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At Ispo 2019 in Munich, Fischer Sports presented the new...
At Ispo 2019 in Munich, Fischer Sports presented the new collection of poles from One Way, a Finnish manufacturer of ski poles that Fischer acquired in summer 2018. Fischer has recently announced its ambition to make One Way the biggest supplier of ski poles worldwide. According to Fischer, the brand ...
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In our edition dated Friday, Jan. 28, 2019, we published...
In our edition dated Friday, Jan. 28, 2019, we published an article titled “The North Face unveils a breathable waterproof fabric,” where we stated that waterproof membranes like Gore-Tex don't let moisture out. This is incorrect, since Gore-Tex membranes are both waterpoof and breathable in varying degrees, letting moisture out ...
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Rossignol won two awards at Ispo Munich 2019: one for...
Rossignol won two awards at Ispo Munich 2019: one for its Whoope Impacts Led children's ski helmet and another for its Supercode men's jacket. Like all of the company's Impacts helmets, the Whoope contains expanded polypropylene (EPP), which is recyclable and can withstand multiple impacts. The material is used in ...
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In 2020, Crocs will be relocating its headquarters from Niwot...
In 2020, Crocs will be relocating its headquarters from Niwot to Broomfield, another town in the same state of Colorado. This new building, which already stands, is more spacious, at 80,000 square feet, and more conveniently located, near the growing commercial corridor of Route 36, which passes through both Boulder ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has announced a 25 percent increase in the...
Wolverine Worldwide has announced a 25 percent increase in the quarterly dividend and a new $400 million share repurchase program for the next four years. It has also disclosed some details of a new credit agreement announced on Dec. 6, which involved a new term loan of $200 million and ...
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Nike has introduced the Paul George 3 x Nasa sneaker...
Nike has introduced the Paul George 3 x Nasa sneaker and clothing line. George plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder, a basketball team competing in the NBA. The player debuted the new signature shoe from the collection during the team's game against the San Antonio Spurs on Jan. 10. The ...
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On Feb. 7, the Higher Regional Court of Munich upheld...
On Feb. 7, the Higher Regional Court of Munich upheld a claim by Dainese that the Tech-Air vest by Alpinestars infringes on a German patent (EP 2 412 257 B1) held by the company. In a statement released on Feb. 11, however, Alpinestars sought to clarify that the alleged infringement ...
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The North Face (TNF) and The American Alpine Club (AAC)...
The North Face (TNF) and The American Alpine Club (AAC) are partnering once again to launch the 2019 Live Your Dream Grants. The AAC and TNF will give away $50,000 in grants ranging from $200 to $1,000 per individual. Applications will be accepted online until March 31, with an application ...
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Accell Group has appointed Jasper Sundh as new regional director...
Accell Group has appointed Jasper Sundh as new regional director for the Nordics region, one of the six key regions of the group, together with Benelux, Southern Europe, U.K. & Ireland, DACH countries, and North America. Sundh, 51, has several years of experience in sales, marketing and omni-channel strategy implementation. ...
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Action Sports Sportartikel will be the new German and Austrian...
Action Sports Sportartikel will be the new German and Austrian distributor for Teva after next May. It's a major loss for the brand's current distributor, Tatonka, which has found a new distributor in the U.S. for one of its own brands, Tasmanian Tiger. More on this in The Outdoor Industry ...
