News Briefs – Page 157
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News briefsOrtovox Safety Academy with new summer dates
With the Safety Academy, Ortovox offers an extensive range of clinics on alpine climbing in the Alpine region in cooperation with its partner mountain schools. From July to October, courses are offered at various locations with a focus on Germany, Austria and Switzerland, but also in Italy and France, which ...
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News briefsRepreve receives its first Higg MSI scores
Repreve, Unifi’s recycled fiber and flagship product, has received its Higg Materials Sustainability Index (Higg MSI) scores, which concluded that the fiber offers lower carbon footprints than comparable materials on the market. The Higg MSI assesses the environmental impacts of materials used in consumer goods industries. Scoring takes into account ...
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News briefsGermany's Sport Import expands SRAM Group distribution to Bulgaria and Romania
As of August 1, German bicycle wholesaler and distributor Sport Import GmbH is officially expanding the SRAM Group aftermarket distribution to Bulgaria and Romania. In Bulgaria, the experienced wholesaler shares the distribution of SRAM Group brands Rockshox, SRAM, Time, Truvativ and Zipp with Velomania Ltd. In Romania, the company will ...
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News briefsLuis Trenker with new stores
Luis Trenker has moved its store in Salzburg’s Judengasse across the street to a new, approximately 120-sqm location. In addition, openings of new shops are planned this August in Munich’s downtown luxury mall Fünf Höfe as well as in the South Tyrolean capital of Bolzano, home of the brand, which ...
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NewStore has a new president
NewStore, a Berlin- and Boston-based company offering turnkey omnichannel store solutions, promoted Richard Berger, who joined the company in December 2019 to oversee its customer-facing operations, from chief commercial officer to president. Stephan Schambach, NewStore’s CEO, chairman and founder, will continue to lead the executive team and board of directors.
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Zeal introduces eco-friendly metal sunglasses
Zeal Optics has unveiled its new Metals Collection, the brand’s environmentally friendly metal sunglasses. From the frame to the lenses to the nose pads, the new sunglass collection uses eco-friendly materials such as recyclable stainless steel as well as Hexetate, an eco-friendly recyclable material that is BPA-free and lighter than ...
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News briefsNicolas Foulet is Quiksilver Europe’s new president
According to Shop Eat Surf, Nicolas Foulet, chief information officer at Boardriders since 2015, is the new president of EMEA for Quiksilver. He takes over the role from Greg Healy, who was responsible for Europe in addition to APAC since 2019. Healy had added Europe to his portfolio after Thomas ...
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News briefsRumpl strengthens its leadership team
Oregon-based outdoor blanket manufacturer Rumpl has hired Rocco Villano as vice president of operations. He brings 15 years of operational experience to ensure efficient operational strategies and productive workflows and performance. Villano most recently served as vice president of supply chain for Helen of Troy’s housewares division, which includes brands ...
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Citrus-Lime, British provider of cloud-based retail systems, breaks the £1 billion barrier
U.K.-based PoS solutions provider Citrus-Lime reports that customer sales processed through its End-to-End Retail Solution have broken through the £1 billion (€1.17bn-$1.39bn) barrier – a major milestone in the company’s history. More than half of that amount was transacted through the platform in the last 12 months alone, Citrus-Lime said. ...
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News briefsWNDR Alpine moves away from petroleum with new ski line
WNDR Alpine, a ski brand launched as part of California-based advanced materials company Checkerspot, released a new ski lineup with improved material properties, increased biobased content and a powder-focused backcountry shape to create the Reason 120 backcountry skis. Utilizing industrial biomanufacturing techniques and materials science, Checkerspot grows microalgae to produce ...
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News briefsKlarna acquires influencer and performance marketing company APPRL
Klarna, the Swedish retail banking, payment and shopping service, has announced the acquisition of APPRL, a SaaS platform that enables content creators and retailers to work together seamlessly to deliver informative shopping content to consumers around the world. Klarna sees itself as a global growth partner for its more than ...
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News briefsYouTube acquires Indian social commerce platform Simsim
Google Inc, a subsidiary of technology holding Alphabet Inc, announced it has reached a definitive agreement for YouTube to acquire the Indian social commerce startup Simsim, which has a reach of more than 450 million active users per month, for more than $70 million. The acquisition is expected to help ...
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News briefsContactless card transactions will reach $2.5 trillion in 2021, new research says
The value of global contactless card transactions will reach $2.5 trillion in 2021, up from $1.7 trillion in 2020, and cards will continue to account for the largest share of total transaction value in 2021, at 79 percent, according to a new report from U.K.-based market research firm Juniper Research. ...
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News briefsLenzing to build new wastewater treatment plant in the U.K.
Austrian Lenzing Group is investing roughly €23.3 million to build a new wastewater treatment plant at its site in Grimsby, England. The investment is part of the company’s plans to reduce wastewater emissions by 20 percent by 2022 (against a 2014 baseline). Once it has implemented this project, Lenzing will ...
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News briefsMyStromer AG welcomes three new distribution partners
Swiss S-pedelec pioneer MyStromer AG plans to drive the mobility revolution with no less than three new national distribution partners, namely in Italy, the U.K. and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). While Greenlife Mobility has already been taking care of Stromer pedelecs in Italy since May and is currently working ...
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News briefsRaleigh’s DACH region distribution to return from PBG to Accell in 2023
The Dutch Pon Bike Group (PGB, with brands Cervélo, Focus, Gazelle, Juliana, Kalkhoff, Santa Cruz, Union and others) has been distributing the traditional British bicycle brand Raleigh as a licensed brand in the German-speaking markets since 2005. As the license agreement with Accell Group expires at the end of September ...
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Canada Goose sues Goose Country over “confusingly similar” name and more
The Fashion Law has reported that Canada Goose is suing Goose Country, a U.S. outerwear brand. In the complaint, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on June 30, Canada Goose claims that “the look and feel of the outerwear garments offered by ...
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Canada Goose unveils plans for its first Scottish store
Canada Goose has announced plans to open a store in Edinburgh this fall – its seventh in the European market. The new two-story retail store will be located on Multrees Walk, a pedestrian mall that features some of the city’s most exclusive fashion brands. Designed to combine the brand’s spirit ...
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News briefsGerman specialty bike manufacturer Hase Bikes expands and modernizes production
Due to strong growth in recent years, German Hase Bikes is investing in a new building, giving the specialty bike manufacturer (recumbent trikes, step tandems and cargo bikes, including “e”), which has also made a name for itself in the rehab sector, the opportunity to reorganize production. The new facility ...
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News briefsSoftware specialist iFIT acquires endurance experience company 29029
Utah-based company iFIT, a global brand for connected fitness software, content and exercise equipment (including the brands NordicTrack, ProForm and Freemotion), active in 120 countries, has acquired 29029, a company offering endurance hiking events. The acquisition delivers a new endurance athlete segment to iFIT’s community of over six million members ...
