All Hiking & Trekking articles – Page 78
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Oberalp opens Mountainshop near Bergamo
The Oberalp Group opened a new Mountainshop in Ponteranica, in the Italian province of Bergamo on Oct. 15. The new store specializes in products for alpine skiing, trail running and other mountain sports. It will be managed by Nevio Cornaro, who previously participated in endurance races like the Ultra-Trail World ...
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News briefsTaiwanese industry veterans launch outdoor jacket made from upcycled coffee grounds
COOR™, a Taiwanese outerwear brand, officially launched its Kickstarter campaign for its 3-in-1 outdoor jacket manufactured from Singtex™ coffee yarn technology. According to the manufacturer, the jacket is made of zero-waste fabrics and designed to be ever-lasting. It combines leading performance technology with bio-based fabrics and multifunctional 3-in-1 design. COOR™ ...
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News briefsMammut kicks off digital brand convention
Chief executive Oliver Pabst kicked off Mammut’s Digital Brand Convention on Monday, Oct. 19 at 1 pm CET, with a public event. The convention will continue throughout the week. Normally, the Mammut community meets in person for the convention, but due to Covid-19, it was moved online. Most of the ...
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News briefsMountain Hardwear with new distribution partner for Germany, Austria
Edgar Tremmel Marketing, based in Ravensburg, Germany, is taking over the exclusive distribution of the American mountain sports brand Mountain Hardwear for Germany and Austria for five years with immediate effect. Mountain Hardwear was founded in California in 1993 and is wholly-owned subsidiary of Columbia Sportswear Comany and its products ...
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ArticleSOG is climate positive, will focus on circular economy and turns 20 in 2021
The Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG), comprising 74 Scandinavian outdoor brands, had its Fall Networking Day at the beginning of October. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the event was held digitally, with a total of 85 participants. Sara Wänseth, who has been the general secretary of the group for six years, ...
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Adidas opens flagship outdoor store in Russia
Adidas, already running many mono-brand stores in Russia, has opened the first outdoor-only store in the country under the Terrex banner. Indicating that it is the first of a chain of dedicated stores, Adidas said it will bring a set of outdoor equipment and gear to the local market that ...
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News briefsColumbia launches Omni-Heat Black Dot warming technology
Columbia Sportswear has introduced what it claims is the industry’s first external thermal shield against cold weather. The exterior of each jacket in its new Omni-Heat Black Dot collection is covered by thousands of dots made of aluminum and coated in black. These dots collect heat from scattered sunlight, and ...
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Millet Mountain Group will soon have a new boss
Romain Millet will take over from Frédéric Ducruet as the new managing director of Millet Mountain Group. Ducruet had been at the helm for the past seven years, and have worked for Millet for 19 years. According to reports in sport-guide.fr, Millet will be appointed to the new role on ...
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ArticleVF matches its management to its new business model
VF Corporation is changing its management structure to suit changes in the way it does business, notably the dividing of all of its brands between two portfolios. Core Brands comprises Vans, The North Face (TNF) and Timberland. Steve Murray has become global brand president of TNF. He served as president ...
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Klättermusen expands agency network in Europe
Klättermusen, the Swedish outdoor brand well known for its sustainable products, is reorganizing its European agency network unimpressed by the difficult situation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Sales director Patrick Kaulen named seven new agencies in Europe: Brandabout in Spain, WS White & Sinclair in northern, southern and central Italy, ...
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ArticleOberalp Virtual Convention to focus on women; introduction of new brand expected
As the first ”Oberalp Virtual Convention” in May 2020 was extremely positive for the Italian company and its brands Salewa, Dynafit, Wild Country, Evolv and Pomoca with more than 37,000 clicks, and as ongoing travel restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic continue to make physical events difficult, the family-owned company ...
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News briefsSuccessful SA8000 audit of Tatonka’s factories in Vietnam
The production facilities owned by the German outdoor brand Tatonka in Ho Chi Minh City and in Binh Dinh Province in Vietnam, which are operated by Mountech Co. Ltd., meet all the requirements of the current SA8000:2014 social standard, as confirmed by the current audit conducted by TÜV Rheinland on ...
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Tecnica goes partly direct in the U.K.
After 17 years of collaboration, the Tecnica Group has decided to stop working with a distributor in the U.K. and Ireland for the Blizzard, Tecnica and Nordica brands, using sales agents instead. The current distributor, TKC Sales, will deliver the autumn/winter 2020 collections as planned, with the exception of the ...
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London Mountain Film Festival to take place during 2021 London Mountain Week
The London Mountain Film Festival (LMFF) is broadening its horizons and reaching out to retailers, brands, sporting clubs, venues, community projects and any other organization that wants to host their own event as part of the city-wide London Mountain Week April 16-25, 2021. While LMFF will list and promote the ...
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News briefsTexon unveils new recyclable insole technology
Texon, a UK-based producer of materials for the footwear industry, has unveiled a new insole technology that is based on 85 percent recycled polyester (rPET) and is 100 percent recyclable. Texon Ecoline is produced with a special fusion-bonded process that enhances the internal bond structure of the material’s fibers, which ...
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News briefsNew design lead for Rab and Lowe Alpine
Italian product design expert Jacopo Bufacchi will join the British outdoor brands Rab and Lowe Alpine, both owned by Equip Outdoor Technologies, as their new design lead on Nov. 1. Bufacchi succeeds Jonn Langen, who left Equip in the summer. In his new position, he will be responsible for creating ...
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New Iberian distributor for Berghaus
Dicaltex Internacional has taken over the distribution of Berghaus for Spain and Portugal, starting with the servicing of the present autumn/winter collection and the sale of the spring/summer 2021 collection. Viper was the previous Spanish distributor of the British outdoor brand, but the contract ended in June.
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Vasque Footwear has a new president
In September, the hiking brand Vasque Footwear appointed Bryce Wernsman as its president, in replacement of Allison Gettings. Wernsman had spent the previous three and a half years as senior director of global marketing at Vasque’s parent company, Red Wing Shoe, helping to steer its brand, retail network and digital ...
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ArticleIspo Munich will be hybrid
Messe München has announced that its next Ispo Munich show will be a hybrid event – on-site and digital. It will be smaller and more digital in physical terms, but it will be intended to reach a more international audience through the internet. We understand that the new format will ...
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ArticleInterview: Corona and the impact on tourism in the mountains
With Covid-19 and the lockdown in March, pretty much all industries were facing severe challenges. One of the sectors that were hit the hardest right from the beginning was the travel industry. After a while, people were allowed to travel again, but in a very limited manner. However, as the ...
