All Marketing articles – Page 59

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    After good results from its partnership as official sponsor of...

    2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

    After good results from its partnership as official sponsor of ÖSV, the Austrian ski federation, Schöffel has sealed another deal with ÖOC, the same country's Olympic committee

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    Mammut has begun to celebrate its 150th anniversary, which officially...

    2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Mammut has begun to celebrate its 150th anniversary, which officially takes place next year. It started its tour around the globe, comprising the ascent to 150 summits worldwide, on Aug. 3 at Jungfrau in Switzerland, which was climbed for the very first time exactly 200 years before. The team included ...

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    After 15 years of close partnership, Primus has picked its...

    2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

    After 15 years of close partnership, Primus has picked its Russian distributor, Petro-Primus, represented by Juri Myznikov, general manager, and Anton Bytrov, sales manager, as “Distributor of the Year 2010”

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    Nomad has decided to label its Dutch origin on its...

    2011-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Nomad has decided to label its Dutch origin on its new product line for the spring/summer season 2012. The labeling is very subtle, but on each product it is pointed out to consumers where the label Nomad comes from. Until now, the brand has not placed any importance on its ...

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    Sportpanel, the Spanish market research and publishing company, is launching...

    2011-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Sportpanel, the Spanish market research and publishing company, is launching an online portal, www.outdooractual.com, to help brands communicate with Spanish consumers. The launch is timed with the release of the second edition of the Biblia del Outdoor, a sort of 300-page catalog of new products, which has become available in ...

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    Instead of sponsoring celebrities, Vibram has decided to sponsor five...

    2011-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Instead of sponsoring celebrities, Vibram has decided to sponsor five ordinary athletes who will participate from Aug. 22-28 in the Ultra Trail du Montblanc, known as the most prestigious trail-running competition in the world, for which it has been an official sponsor since five years ago. The five people were ...

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    Fjällräven will introduce waxing stations in specialist outdoor stores all...

    2011-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Fjällräven will introduce waxing stations in specialist outdoor stores all over Europe starting in spring 2012. In Sweden, 25 retailers are already participating. Fjällräven is showing retailers how to use the waxing station and leaves it to the retailers to decide whether they want to charge their customers for the ...

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    Tecnica has decided to again sponsor the second edition of...

    2011-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Tecnica has decided to again sponsor the second edition of the Tour des Géants starting and finishing in Courmayeur next Sept. 11-18, in view of its big success. Described as the world's longest endurance ultra-trail race, it will circle the Italian region of Valle d'Aosta over 330 kilometers, with 24,000 ...

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    Some 45,000 people took part in the latest edition of...

    2011-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Some 45,000 people took part in the latest edition of the Vibram Natural Games, which took place June 23-26 in the region of Millau, in southern France, making it the largest international outdoor sports festival of the kind after four years, the last three sponsored by Vibram. Challenging outdoor activities ...

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    Tatonka will be launching a new print campaign, planned for...

    2011-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Tatonka will be launching a new print campaign, planned for January 2012. It will promote the new “Skill 30” daypack, which weighs only 860g. Mood films to support the promotion and to promote the brand image will be forwarded to Tatonka retailers in January 2012, in order to support the ...

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    Mammut will be launching a big international online and offline...

    2011-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Mammut will be launching a big international online and offline marketing campaign on the occasion of its 150th anniversary next year. An anniversary book including diverse mountaineering stories will be sold by retailers and in bookshops from autumn next year. A special anniversary collection will also be launched for next ...

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    Aku is joining Arc'teryx, Gore-Tex and other sponsors as premium...

    2011-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Aku is joining Arc'teryx, Gore-Tex and other sponsors as premium partner for a photo contest around the theme of “Mountain.Moves,” intended to illustrate the more dynamic aspects of mountaineering. The best shots received before Aug. 15 by the organizer, Salem Frucht, will be rewarded with prizes of up to €3,000 ...

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    The North Face will be the new title sponsor of...

    2011-07-15T00:00:00Z

    The North Face will be the new title sponsor of the Freeski Open of New Zealand, being held Sept. 1 to 18. Völkl, the former (and founding) title sponsor, will still be the event's presenting sponsor. This year's event, the seventh annual Freeski Open, includes slopestyle, halfpipe and big mountain ...

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    Deuter is cooperating with Gibbon, slackline pioneer and market leader...

    2011-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Deuter is cooperating with Gibbon, slackline pioneer and market leader in its segment, for a marketing campaign this summer. From June until the beginning of September, about 100 specialist leathergoods stores in Germany are decorating their shop windows with slacklines and impressive photos to create awareness of the Deuter campaign ...

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    Patagonia is expanding its presence in the trail-running category, linking...

    2011-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Patagonia is expanding its presence in the trail-running category, linking up with Krissy Moehl, the ultra runner, and growing its line of trail-running shoes. Moehl and the member s of Patagonia's Ultra Running Team will have a full line of the brand's products to wear for training and competition. The ...

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    Salomon has signed a sponsorship deal with Greg Hill, a...

    2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

    Salomon has signed a sponsorship deal with Greg Hill, a record-breaking ski mountaineer based in British Columbia who has already been connected with Arc'teryx, another brand of Amer Sports. Hill is the first person to have climbed and skied over a total of two million vertical feet on more than ...