News Briefs – Page 139
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News briefsSave and donate during Pyua's Green Week
German brand Pyua, founded in 2008 and a pioneer in functional outdoor clothing with the highest sustainability principles, is offering a 15 percent discount from Nov. 23-29 and at the same time donating another 15 percent of each sale to provide training for seamstresses in the production facilities of the ...
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News briefsCake wants twice the price during Black Week
Swedish e-motorcycle brand and SOG member Cake is offering its Kalk OR, Ösa flex and Makka flex models at double the price during Black Week. Buyers will receive a special black edition of the Kalk OR for €27,000 instead of the regular €13,500, a black Ösa flex for €17,000 (regular ...
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News briefsFinisterre shuns Black Friday to make the outdoors more accessible
Finisterre, a British outdoor B Corp, will turn Black Friday blue this year. Instead of discounts, the brand will donate £2.50 from every sale from Nov. 26-28 to the Wetsuit Project, which funds alterations to wetsuits to improve accessibility to the ocean. This is one of the new Finisterre Foundation ...
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Instead of Black Friday: Icebug donates to primeval forests
Rather than participate in the Black Friday discount battle, Swedish brand Icebug is once again donating all of its webshop proceeds on Nov. 26 to Naturarvet, a non-profit organization that works to preserve Sweden’s last primeval forests. Last year, about 9 hectares of old-growth forest were preserved in Svartsundets, Uppsala ...
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Responsible Sourcing Network (RSN) becomes independent non-profit organization
As You Sow’s former human rights program, the Responsible Sourcing Network (RSN), is now an independent non-profit organization dedicated to combating slavery in value chains. After 12 years of leading As You Sow’s labor rights and supply chain slavery initiatives, RSN will continue to focus on eliminating slavery at the ...
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News briefsBergans wants you to get your gear repaired on Black Friday
Instead of buying something new on Black Friday, Bergans is encouraging consumers in its home market of Norway to take care of the things they already own. To do so, it is lowering its repair service prices by the 25 percent Norwegian sales tax to provide an extra incentive. Bergans ...
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News briefsCorratec invests in additional production facility in Romania
After a long search, German bicycle brand Corratec has found a perfect site for another European production facility. As early as February 2022, the first Corratec-branded bicycles and e-bikes are expected to roll out of an existing factory site with several factory buildings measuring around 30,000 square meters each on ...
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News briefsSuccessful premiere of Vertical Pro
The first edition of the Vertical Pro show for climbing professionals and work safety was held in Friedrichshafen on Nov. 19-20. According to Messe Friedrichshafen, 141 exhibitors from 23 nations showed the entire climbing and work safety industry spectrum in two halls – from winches to rope clips and work ...
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News briefsWho’s Next to contain a space for outdoor
The forthcoming edition of Who’s Next – scheduled for Jan. 21-24 at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris – will feature a space devoted to the outdoor market, with the aim of putting outdoor brands into contact with new retailers, promoting the experiential retail and highlighting the two-way ...
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News briefsOrtovox closes webshop on Black Friday weekend
On Nov. 26-28, the Ortovox online store will be offline, the brand’s third consecutive closure on the Black Friday weekend as a sign against discount battles and consumerism. “We want to live responsibility and advocate sustainable and moderate consumption,” said Christian Schneidermeier, CEO of Ortovox. At the same time, the ...
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News briefsBig Gear Show in Utah announces dates for 2022
The Big Gear Show (TBGS) has announced the date for its next event. The U.S. multi-category trade show for the paddlesports, cycling, climbing and camping markets with fully integrated demos will return to Deer Valley Resort in Utah on Aug. 2-3, 2022. The debut of TBGS in Deer Valley last ...
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News briefs40th B.O.C. store in Germany is e-bike-only
With its 40th store in Germany, multi-channel bicycle retailer Bike & Outdoor Company GmbH & Co. KG (B.O.C.) is opening its first B.O.C. e-bike-only store on Nov. 25. It has a total area of 1,000 square meters and is located in an industrial park northeast of Lingen (Ems). In total, ...
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News briefsOrthoLite launches new sustainable insole technologies
Source: OrthoLite OrthoLite HybridPlus Bio insole Addressing the increasing demand for more sustainable insole solutions from its customers, U.S. brand OrthoLite is putting its plans announced earlier this year into action and is introducing two new sole technologies that elevate the total eco content of the insoles ...
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News briefsHigg partners with TrusTrace to enhance understanding of product journeys
In collaboration with TrusTrace, a Swedish tech company providing solutions to enable „conscious consumerism and responsible production,“ Higg offers users of the platform significantly extended access to more nuanced, contextualized supply chain data. As they map the chain of custody, TrusTrace users will now be able to layer in ...
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News briefsFrankfurt and Friedrichshafen exhibition companies sign partnership agreement
On Nov. 17, 2021, the Frankfurt and Friedrichshafen trade show companies officially signed their previously announced partnership focusing on innovative mobility. Messe Frankfurt has a 49-percent stake in Fairnamic GmbH, a joint venture that will pool the two partners’ expertise in urban mobility and general aviation and promote the global ...
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News briefsAdidas opens first European Terrex flagship store in Munich
In its first Terrex flagship store in Europe, Adidas is implementing for the first time a store design based on more sustainable materials and focusing on environmentally conscious equipment and apparel. The 370-square-meter store is located at Sendlinger Straße 18 in Munich, Germany. The company said that the integration and ...
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News briefsKeen partners with Points of Light to mobilize volunteers
Footwear brand Keen is partnering with Points of Light, a nonpartisan, nonprofit based in Atlanta, Georgia, that inspires and mobilizes people to take action to change the world. In advance of Giving Tuesday, Keen fans will have access to Keen Corps, the world’s largest digital hub for volunteering and community ...
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Life Time and Sea Otter Classic unveil new summit event for outdoor and bike executives
Sea Otter Classic and its new owner since August 2021, Life Time Group, have announced a brand new global gathering of outdoor industry executives: the Sea Otter Classic Summit, April 5-7, 2022, in Monterey, California, just prior to the Sea Otter Classic. The Summit is open to a limited number ...
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News briefsGoldwin’s quarterly results improve
Goldwin has reported a 53 percent increase in net income to 1,397 million yen (€10.8m-$12.7m) for its second quarter ended Sept. 30 as its revenues for the period went up by 9 percent to 21.13 billion (€163.7m-$192.0m). In addition to its own brand, the Japanese group owns the distribution of ...
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News briefsJack Wolfskin opts for forest protection instead of Black Friday discounts
Instead of offering big discounts, Jack Wolfskin will donate €100,000 from the proceeds of its Nature Counts campaign, which runs from Nov. 26-29 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy and the U.K., to a forest conservation project run by Wohllebens Waldakademie (Wohlleben’s Forest Academy). The campaign aims to ensure ...
