News Briefs – Page 181
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Leki launches recycling campaign with German retailers
After the German pole manufacturer Leki had already carried out the first recycling projects last year, the retail trade and the consumers will now also get involved. From April to May, the Nordic Walking campaign “Old for New” will take place with retail partners in Germany. Customers have the opportunity ...
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News briefsDeuter expands its existing retail training services with e-learnings
In the future, retail staff will have the opportunity to use Deuter’s sales training via a central online platform. The German company’s new online service is freely available to the entire retail sector. Deuter developed its training program more than 10 years ago to support sales staff with detailed and ...
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Active Brands appoints new CEO
Active Brands has hired Christophe Merkel to be its chairman and CEO. He is taking over from Espen Krogstad, who is retiring after eight years at the helm, having overseen an expansion of its business from Norway into other parts of Europe and North America. The company now generates just ...
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Prophete-Cycle Union Group completes management team
Prophete-Cycle Union Group, a German bicycle supplier, has completed its management team with Sven Elmers as its COO. The supply chain expert joins from competitor Derby Cycle. In his new role, Elmers is responsible for purchasing, production planning, assembly, logistics and workshop operations at both Prophete, which serves the mass ...
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Sport Import distributes Chimpanzee Nutrition in Benelux and Austria
Since the start of the year, the German bicycle wholesaler and importer Sport Import has been the exclusive distributor of the Czech Chimpanzee Natural Nutrition products in Benelux and Austria. Katadyn Germany, a subsidiary of the globally active Katadyn Group Switzerland, had initially taken over the exclusive Chimpanzee distribution for ...
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News briefsReusch commits to sustainability improvements with Taking Care program
For next winter, glove specialist Reusch is striving to further improve its overall environmental footprint with its Taking Care responsibility program. Following an audit by the German consultancy Fokus Zukunft, not only in-house measures, such as a CO2 offset for all emissions or better forecasting to avoid air freight, have ...
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News briefsTwo new countries and six new cities for Swapfiets
Dutch bicycle subscription pioneer Swapfiets, founded in 2014, is continuing its expansion course in 2021. The new country markets are Spain and Austria. In addition, more cities in France have been added to the company’s subscription business. Swapfiets, a subsidiary of the Pon Group, calls itself the world’s “bike-as-a-service” company. ...
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News briefsRocky Brands finalizes takeover of Honeywell's footwear business
Rocky Brands has completed its $230 million acquisition of the performance and lifestyle footwear operations of Honeywell International, noting that it will be immediately accretive to its own results. The business, which includes The Original Muck Boot Company and the Xtratuf, Servus, NEOS Overshoe, Rocky and Ranger brands, generated Ebitda ...
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Lowa now offers its resole service in the U.S.
Lowa has created a new “Repair and Resole” program in the U.S. that operates through an online system. Customers who want to repair or preserve their Lowa boots can now place a repair/resole order online to have the products refurbished by Lowa factory craftsmen in Germany. The company gives an ...
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Annecy Days will have a summer 2021 edition
Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV) announced that the Annecy Days, the French event on outdoor and snow sports products, would have a summer edition this year. The young trade show, whose first edition was held as a winter event in January, will run a summer show this June. The exact dates ...
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Didriksons launches water-saving parka for World Water Day
Source: Didriksons Odin On the occasion of World Water Day on March 22, Swedish brand Didriksons is launching a new unisex rain parka called Odin. The model is limited to 150 pieces and will be sold on the brand’s own website and at Zalando.com. Made of a ...
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News briefsPrana’s waste reduction movement gains momentum
Prana, a Columbia Sportswear brand, reports great success for its Responsible Packaging Movement program, “RPM,” which launched last August. The program, designed to inspire and create industry-wide change, has welcomed nearly 60 brand partners across the industry in its first six months, including camping gear specialist GSI Outdoors. Sustainability has ...
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News briefsRebike Mobility receives further financial injection
To maintain its current growth rate, the German e-bike mobility company Rebike Mobility has been able to raise further capital. As part of a Series B financing round, €10 million were raised. Source: Rebike Rebike founders and MDs Sven Erger (left) and Thomas Bernik. With the fresh ...
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News briefsRumpl announces B Corp certification
Rumpl, a U.S. manufacturer of technical blankets, has received the B Corp certification. Last year, the brand had started the necessary process and took a close look at its business and products, highlighting areas of excellence and areas for improvement. The B Corp certification provides companies with a clear roadmap ...
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TNF chooses sustainable wool over down or synthetics for Heritage Collection
The North Face is taking its first steps toward incorporating more sustainable alternatives to synthetic and down insulation materials into its collections: Three styles in the new Heritage Collection are padded with HD Wool Insulation product. HD Wool Insulation is the innovation division of H. Dawson Wool, a U.K.-based international ...
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News briefsMountain Equipment adds sleeping bags to Earthrise collection
Source: Mountain Equipment Mountain Equipment is expanding its Earthrise collection to include sleeping bags filled with recycled down from the Down Cycle Project, which the company launched in 2017. According to Mountain Equipment, the down is post-consumer recycled down that is collected throughout Europe and reprocessed in ...
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News briefsGarmont is open for acquisitions after entry of new majority shareholder
Garmont International, the Italian outdoor and technical footwear brand, told our sister publication SGI Europe that after consistent strong growth in recent years due to the Covid 19 pandemic, it reported an unconsolidated sales decline of more than 15 percent to €14 million in 2020, but still posted a profit. ...
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News briefsPure Fishing acquires Plano Synergy
Pure Fishing, a leading U.S. fishing tackle supplier, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Plano Synergy Holdings. Plano Synergy is a Texas-based company founded in 1938 that owns several outdoor brands, including Ameristep, Avian-X, Barnett, Bloodsport, Evolved, Frabill, Flextone, Halo, No Limit, Plano Molding, Tenzing, Wildgame Innovations and ...
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News briefsPorta appointed permanent CEO of Hunter Boots
British brand Hunter Boots has confirmed Paolo Porta as permanent CEO. Porta has held the position on an interim basis since replacing Vincent Wauters in June 2020. Prior to joining Hunter, he was senior vice president of merchandising and licensing at Jimmy Choo. Before that, he held roles in merchandising, ...
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News briefsDecathlon expands outdoor product lines for SS2021, greater focus on sustainability
Decathlon, the world’s largest sporting goods retailer with more than 1,600 points of sale worldwide, unveiled its spring/summer 2021 collection for the outdoor and mountain brands Quechua and Forclaz last week, live and digitally from its headquarters in France. Source: Quechua 2 Second Tent Among the innovations ...
