All Climbing articles – Page 21
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ArticleWeSports acquires Nordic Outdoor & Sports Group
WeSports AB, a Stockholm-based group of individual sports, outdoor and mobility companies that operates online as well as physical stores and product brands, and GOB Invest, also based in Stockholm, have acquired Nordic Outdoor & Sports Group AB (Nordic OSG), a leading Scandinavian outdoor, climbing and snow sports retail group. ...
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News briefsThe oldest mountain film festival in the world: Trento Film Festival
The Trento Film Festival Mountains and Cultures is one of the oldest Italian film festivals, as well as the oldest mountain film festival in the world, and was held for the first time in 1952. The event presents films that deal with alpine exploration. After successfully streaming the event for ...
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ArticleHervis with new flagship stores focusing on bike and outdoor
Source: Hervis Nina Kronberger, sales manager Vienna region, and bike store manager Thomas Radon At the end of March, Austrian sporting goods chain Hervis Sports, which belongs to the Spar group, opened a new bike flagship store after transforming a regular multi-category store in the Stadlau district ...
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Petzl partners with the Italian Sport Climbing Federation
Petzl has become a technical partner of the Italian Sport Climbing Federation (Federazione Arrampicata Sportiva Italiana - FASI). The deal has been signed in view of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which will start on July 23, and with young athlete development at its core, the company said. Sport climbing will ...
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686 partners with pro climber Lonnie Kauk (Video)
California-based technical apparel brand 686 is collaborating with U.S. professional climber Lonnie Kauk, who was born and raised in Yosemite Valley as a member of the Ahwahneechee Native American tribe. The limited-edition 686 Everywhere Pant will feature Kauk’s Magic Line logo, which celebrates the 5.14c crack in Yosemite that Lonnie’s ...
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News briefsFree online premiere of Emily Scott’s film “Project 282” on Facebook, March 25
Source: Equip / Project 282 Emily Scott Equip Outdoor Technologies and the Rab brand invite all outdoor enthusiasts to the online premiere of “Project 282,” a film that follows climber and adventurer Emily Scott in her quest to climb all 282 Munros in 120 days, using self-propulsion. ...
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Black Diamond starts using NuOrder digital platform for retailers
Beginning with the fall/winter 2021 buying season, Black Diamond is organizing all of its orders on the NuOrder digital buying platform. The B2B e-commerce platform for wholesalers hosts order forms, budget control tools, campaigns, catalog creation tools, whiteboarding and more. Black Diamond will manage its wholesale operations globally through the ...
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News briefsArtilect launches new global storytelling platform Culturelines
Artilect, the new performance-driven outdoor apparel brand founded by skater and snowboarder Trent Bush and Bradshaw Taylor’s Corry Taylor in Boulder, Colorado, has just launched Culturelines, a print and digital publication covering stories from the outdoors, technology, music, arts and culture. New stories will be published weekly on the storytelling ...
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ArticleConzzeta in transformation - new name, search for Mammut buyer and resignation of management team
In a further step in its ongoing strategic transformation and following the publication of declining results for the 2020 financial year, the executive board of the Swiss Conzzeta Group will step down at its upcoming annual general meeting on April 21. The board of directors will also propose to the ...
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ArticleMammut’s online sales climb, but brand is up for sale as Conzzeta is in transition
Robust online sales mitigated the impact of the pandemic on Mammut Sports Group’s results for the full year. It generated net revenue of 218.4 million Swiss Francs (€197.5m-$236.1m) in 2020, down by 16.2 percent from the previous year in constant currencies. It ended with an operating loss of CHF 24.5 ...
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C.A.M.P. adds Ines Papert and Luka Lindič to its athlete roster
C.A.M.P. has announced that Ines Papert and Luka Lindič have joined the brand’s athlete roster. Papert, best known for her ice climbing achievements, was born in 1974 in Wittenberg, Germany. Raised in a family of musicians, her youth’s main interest was music. That changed in her early twenties when she ...
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Rab and Lowe Alpine lobby for better travel regulations
Sister brands Rab and Lowe Alpine, both owned by U.K. company Equip Outdoor Technologies, are lobbying for a special visa regime for athletes by supporting an official petition to the British government. As part of the U.K.’s exit from the EU, British citizens can now only travel within the EU ...
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News briefsLa Sportiva appoints new GM
Italian mountain sports brand La Sportiva has announced that after more than 19 years as general manager, Lanfranco Brugnoli is retiring from the company. The new GM alongside Lorenzo Delladio, CEO and president, is Marcello Favagrossa. With Brugnoli and Delladio at the helm, the company has seen consistent double-digit growth ...
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New Edelrid sales manager for GAS
Source: Edelrid Thomas Schmidt has taken over the position of sales manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GAS) for the sports division at Edelrid as of March 1, 2021. This also includes the Red Chili brand. Schmidt has been with the company since 2006. Most recently, he ...
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ArticleBlack Diamond parent Clarus sees strong growth
Clarus Corp, the parent company of Black Diamond and Pieps, announced that revenues in the fourth quarter surged by 24 percent to $75.9 million, or by 23 percent in constant currencies. This was mostly due to the company’s ammunition division, particularly gains in the Sierra Bullets business and an additional ...
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News briefsProfessional climber Söderlund is the latest brand ambassador for Haglöfs
Source: Haglöfs Swedish professional sport climber Matilda Söderlund has joined the team of “Outsiders by Nature”, Haglöfs’ team of ambassadors and athletes. Last May, the brand already brought mountain athlete Maria Granberg into the team. Söderlund has been climbing the world’s most challenging routes around the globe ...
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News briefsClimbing community confirms participation in first The Big Gear Show
Organizers of The Big Gear Show have announced that Petzl, Scarpa North America, La Sportiva, Liberty Mountain’s Edelweiss, Singing Rock, Grivel, Beal, Cypher, Kong and Eldorado Climbing have agreed to exhibit at the inaugural event Aug. 3-5 in Park City, Utah. With the Olympic debut of indoor climbing coming just ...
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News briefsRab presents free online premiere of “Over The Edge” for International Women’s Day
To mark International Women’s Day 2021, British outdoor manufacturer Rab presents the free online premiere of Over The Edge. The film (see trailer below) was initiated by Rab to mark the fifth anniversary of the Women’s Trad Festival and tells the story of the women behind the event. It follows ...
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Edelrid launches new B2B and B2C information platforms
Edelrid, a specialist in alpine and professional climbing equipment based in Southwest Germany, is going online with a comprehensive new offering for information and training around its products. The digital Brand Room for retailers, which spearheads Edelrid’s digital offensive, is service-oriented and “focused on real life-questions.” It features a media ...
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ArticleIt’s Great Out There Coalition launches Outdoor Activity Days concept
Introducing the new #itsgreatoutthere Outdoor Activity Days concept, the It’s Great Out There Coalition wants to allow more companies, organizations and individuals to get actively involved in the campaign while receiving clear and measurable results for every contribution to the organization. From now, the coalition will underpin ...
