• Franco Fogliato steps down as Salomon CEO
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    Franco Fogliato steps down as Salomon CEO

    2024-04-12T15:01:00Z

    Amer Sports announced that Franco Fogliato, President and CEO of Salomon, is leaving the company for personal reasons, effective immediately. He will be succeeded on an interim basis by James Zheng, CEO of Amer Sports, who will lead Salomon and the Outdoor Performance segment to ensure the continuity of the ...

  • Columbia tech goes to the moon
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    Columbia tech goes to the moon

    2024-02-14T07:29:00Z

    Columbia Sportswear has partnered with Intuitive Machines, a space exploration company, to advance its technologies and material innovations. The goal is to “lay the foundation for a sustainable human presence on the moon” with Omni-Heat Infinity, a proprietary heat-reflective technology developed by Columbia. Intuitive Machines will incorporate Columbia’s technology into ...

  • Columbia faces revenue decline challenge
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    Columbia faces revenue decline challenge

    2024-02-02T07:05:00Z

    With a warm winter and a difficult US marketplace to contend with in its seasonally strong final quarter of the year, Columbia Sportswear reported a 27 percent drop in operating income to $113.1 million from $155.4 million and a 9 percent decline in total revenues to $1.06 billion from $1.17 ...

  • Columbia appoints former Nike brand President to Board
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    Columbia appoints former Nike brand President to Board

    2024-01-11T16:40:00Z

    Columbia Sportswear announced that its Board of Directors appointed Charles Denson as Director and member of its Audit Committee. Denson is already Chairman of the Board of Directors of Funko and has earlier served as President and CEO of Anini Vista Advisors, an advisory and consulting firm. Denson is a ...

  • Columbia Sportswear has new President for Sorel brand
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    Columbia Sportswear has new President for Sorel brand

    2023-11-17T10:08:00Z

    Columbia Sportswear Company has announced a new President for its Sorel brand. Cory Long will be joining the company in December 2023. Source: Columbia Sportswear Cory Long, new President of Sorel Long is a veteran of the footwear and apparel industry, most recently serving as Global ...

  • Analysis: The latest inventory levels in the Sporting Goods Industry, Q2 2023
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    Analysis: The latest inventory levels in the Sporting Goods Industry, Q2 2023

    2023-10-23T04:32:00Z

    Our latest analysis dives into inventory, covering levels at 27 leading sporting goods companies for the period ended closest to June 30.

  • Analysis: The top sporting goods industry performers by sales and profits in Q2 2023
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    Analysis: The top sporting goods industry performers by sales and profits in Q2 2023

    2023-09-26T09:01:00Z

    Facing difficult year-over-year comparisons in many cases, 2/3 of entrants reported lower sales from Q2 2022. Find out more with our scorecard.

  • Short stops

    Short Stops Week 34, 2023

    2023-08-21T06:03:00Z

    TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES +++ The sneaker show Sneakerness in Cologne, Germany, planned for Sept. 16-17, has to be postponed to April 13-14, 2024, because the main sponsor unexpectedly “dropped out on short notice” +++ PRODUCT & MARKETING +++ Adidas has revealed the Official Match Balls for the ...

  • Short stops

    Short Stops Week 33, 2023

    2023-08-16T07:30:00Z

    EXECUTIVE CHANGES +++ Columbia Sportswear has hired Woody Blackford as Senior Vice President, Chief Product Officer for the Columbia Brand, welcoming back an employee who previously worked for the brand for 14 years, including Blackford’s invention of Omni-Heat +++ Mares, a subsidary of Head, has reorganized its Aquazone and ...

  • Columbia dims FY outlook as Q2 net dips 17%
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    Columbia dims FY outlook as Q2 net dips 17%

    2023-08-02T08:32:00Z

    Bloated inventories and challenging market conditions in the USA are forcing Columbia Sportswear to take a “more conservative” stance on its H2 and full-year results despite explosive year-over-year Q2 sales growth in China and in its lower-margin international distributor businesses. Saddled with a 21 percent year-over-year increase in Q2 ...