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News briefsKMD Brands updates annual guidance
KMD Brands, formerly Kathmandu Holdings, is now forecasting total annual sales of NZ$955 to NZ$965 million (€580.7m to €586.8m) for the 12 months ending July 31 after a record performance during a winter promotional period for its Kathmandu retail operation. FY22 Ebitda, excluding one-off, non-cash items, including government subsidies, is ...
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ArticlePeugeot Frères Industrie acquires Julbo
Christophe and Matthieu Beaud, co-owners and CEO and managing director, respectively, of Julbo, have announced an agreement for Peugeot Frères Industry to acquire a majority stake in the family eyewear company. The Beaud family, unrelated to Jules Beaud, the founder of the company in 1888, acquired the business in the ...
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News briefsVista Outdoor acquires Fox Racing
Vista Outdoor, the parent of 39 sports and outdoor brands, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Fox Racing, a global provider of high-performance motocross, mountain biking and lifestyle gear fromCalifornia. The purchase price is $540 million, with the possibility of earning an additional $50 million depending ...
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News briefsWayne Edy to hand over leadership of Inov-8 this autumn
U.K.-based running, hiking and fitness brand has announced that Mike Snell will join the company as its new CEO this October. Snell will leave his current role as commercial director of supermarket chain Asda in September before joining Inov-8. Before joining Asda, Snell was chief commercial officer at Wiggle and ...
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News briefsNew eco-friendly eyewear brand from Switzerland
Veteran action sports designer Tony McWilliam is the driving force behind Attika, a new eco-friendly sports eyewear manufacturer that uses only biopolymers and recycled materials instead of virgin plastic and offers a repair service and used product (end-of-life) collection. Based in Verbier, Switzerland, Attika says its management team includes seasoned ...
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News briefsPuma and Sympatex start product partnership
Improving the recyclability of products is one of the goals Puma has set out in its sustainability report, as is a reduction in its carbon footprint. As part of the evolution of the company’s strategy, the German brand has now partnered with materials provider Sympatex to develop and use more ...
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ArticleOutDoor by ISPO 2022: Back in business
OutDoor by ISPO, which ended on Tuesday, June 14, represented the relaunch of the ISPO Group’s sports trade shows after two and a half years of the Covid pandemic. Surprisingly for many, Messe München placed the show in the Munich Order Center (MOC) instead of the exhibition center in Munich-Riem, ...
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X-Technology takes over Swiss distribution of X-Socks
Wollerau-based X-Technology Swiss Research & Development AG, which company founder Bodo Lambertz had sold to Swiss investors in November 2021, will take over distribution of the X-Socks brand in Switzerland from Lowa Schuhe AG as of January 1, 2023. This step consolidates and strengthens the distribution of the X-Bionic and ...
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News briefsMammut has found a new CEO
Source: Mammut Heiko Schäfer Mammut Sports Group AG has appointed Heiko Schäfer as its new CEO, effective Sept. 1, 2022. For Schäfer, who previously served as chief operating officer of Hugo Boss AG, Mammut represents a return to the world of sporting goods as he worked in ...
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ArticleTopgolf tees up earnings guidance rise for Callaway after strong Q1
Callaway Golf raised annual guidance after a strong first quarter, driven by its Topgolf driving range venues, where sales surged on pre-Covid pandemic levels after a slow start due to the Omicron variant and strong performances from its other segments. Revenue for the three months to March 31 rose 59.6 ...
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News briefsBoa launches new marketing campaign aimed directly at end consumers
Boa Technology, the maker of the Boa Fit System, is launching a new global brand campaign that targets consumers more directly than before. The campaign uses professional athletes in the brand’s key segments – snowboarders, road cyclists, trail runners, downhill mountain bikers, climbers and backcountry skiers – to ask consumers ...
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News briefsMark Phares promoted to global GM of Smith Optics
Smith Optics, the U.S. eyewear and helmet brand owned by the Safilo Group, has promoted Mark Phares, who has been with the company for a total of 20 years, to global general manager. Phares spent 17 years within the Smith organization in various sales and management roles before leaving the ...
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News briefsNew Wave Group expects to beat Q1 market expectations
Sweden-based New Wave Group, which owns brands such as Craft and Cutter & Back and distributes several others, said in a press release that it is forecasting higher sales and earnings than the market expectations for the first quarter. On April 12, New Wave said its operating profit for the ...
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News briefsOutdoor retailer McTrek enables German fashion chain Adler to enter sporting goods segment
Germany’s Adler Modemärkte is cooperating with McTrek Retail GmbH to enter the outdoor product market with its more than 130 Adler stores in Germany, Austria, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Adler Modemärkte AG, a company that had been strong with private labels in the past, went into insolvency in 2021 and was ...
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News briefsHoka and Boston streetwear boutique unveil footwear capsule
Hoka, a division of Deckers Brands, has entered a collaboration with Boston-based streetwear boutique Bodega, resulting in a limited-edition line combining outdoor performance technology with urban-inspired streetwear design. The capsule includes two items: a special edition Kaha Low GTX trail hiker and the Ora Recovery Slide, available now exclusively at ...
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ArticleEmerald returns to Salt Lake with Outdoor Retailer
Outdoor Retailer is returning to Salt Lake City, Utah. The last show in Denver will be OR Summer from June 9-11, 2022. After the June event and five years in Colorado, the next Winter Show will be the first OR event in its new, old home. OR was based in ...
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