News Briefs – Page 195
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Liv Cycling strengthens its commitment to women in professional cycling
Liv Cycling, a U.S.-based company committed to getting more women on bikes, has expanded Liv Racing and its 2021 squad, officially welcoming Linda Indergand (SUI), Sarah Hill (RSA) and Dani Johnson (USA) to the team. This news follows Liv’s recent announcement as the exclusive partner of the Liv Racing Women’s ...
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Alibaba founder Ma makes first public appearance since October
According to international media reports, Chinese billionaire Jack Ma, founder of Chinese online giant Alibaba, has made his first public appearance since late October 2020. Chinese state media circulated a video in which Ma reportedly addressed 100 teachers in rural areas. In the video, he also announced his intention to ...
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Brand Machine Group goes global with newly acquired U.S. outdoor brand Penfield
SGB Media reports that U.K.-based Brand Machine Group (BMG) has acquired U.S. outdoor brand Penfield, founded in 1975 and based in Massachusetts. BMG, a global licensing specialist, said it would begin Penfield’s global wholesale rollout this January for its fall/winter 2021 men’s and women’s collections; both will feature the brand’s ...
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Haglöfs overhauls mid-layers for FW21 using Polartec technology
Source: Haglöfs Women’s Astral Hood Haglöfs, the Swedish outdoor brand, has used Polartec technology to overhaul mid-layers for its autumn/winter 2021 collection. The collaborative line includes the Mimic Junction Jacket with Polartec Power Air, the Vassi Mid-Hood with Polartec Power Air and Power Stretch inserts, the Touring ...
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News briefsTriumph and tragedy: Winter ascent of K2
Sergi Mingote was the victim of a tragic fall on K2, with 8,611 meters above sea level the world’s second-highest mountain, located in the Karakoram range on the border between Pakistan and China. Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced the Spanish mountaineer’s death in a tweet on Jan. 16. Spain’s ...
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News briefsShopify co-founder ranked second most powerful Canadian after Trudeau
Tobias Lütke, co-founder and CEO of Shopify, currently the highest-valued company in Canada, has made it to second place on Maclean’s magazine’s annual “Power List,” which lists the “50 Canadians who are breaking ground, leading the debate and shaping how we think and live.” Lütke is beaten only by Canadian ...
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Wildberries launches German online store
Wildberries, Russia’s biggest online retailer, has just rolled out its online store in Germany. Germany brings the number of markets in which the company operates up to ten. Wildberries began its expansion in Europe in 2020, starting with an online store in Poland. Most recently, it also entered the Israeli ...
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Kong will release products with the logo of Club Alpino Italiano
Kong, an Italian specialist in carabiners for mountaineering and other safety and rescue equipment, has announced a new agreement with Club Alpino Italiano (CAI – Italian Alpine Club) that will see the company release products featuring the CAI logo. The CAI-personalized products will include Kong’s Leef helmet and Medale ferrata ...
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News briefsFree Mammut online snow safety course in German
The two Mammut Alpine School mountain guides Markus Wey and Ilari Dammert, head of avalanche safety at Mammut, will provide training in the use of avalanche safety equipment on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, at 20:00 (CET). No prior registration is required for this free German-language online workshop. Source: ...
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News briefsSpecial needs bike producer Van Raam buys Polish factory
To meet the high demand for special needs bikes, Dutch special and therapeutic bike producer Van Raam has bought a factory in Poland. The contract was signed already in mid-December. No information was provided on the purchase price. The factory is located in the southwest of the country, in Wykroty, ...
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News briefsCanada Goose launches first guest-designed capsule collection
For the first time since the Canadian brand was founded in 1957, Canada Goose has worked with a guest designer, Angel Chen from China, to create a capsule collection. Initially revealed during Shanghai Fashion Week last October, the spring capsule with 13 exclusive pieces for women and men follows “the ...
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European Anglers Association joins call for new nature reserve in East Tyrol
The European Anglers Association (EAA) has joined a call to halt hydropower projects currently planned on a network of glacial wild rivers in Austria’s East Tyrol region. The Isel Manifesto, signed by 41 other organizations, asks instead to create a new nature reserve and the introduction of naturalization and species ...
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Upcoming change in Calida Group’s board of directors
After eleven years on the board of directors, Marco Gadola will not stand for re-election at Calida Holding’s annual general meeting in April 2022. He will continue to serve as vice-chairman of the board until April 2022. He was first elected to the board of directors in April 2011. The ...
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VF releases product traceability maps
VF Corp. has made single files available for download to trace the supply chain for certain products through its last four of its five tiers. Each extends from finished product assembly (tier one) back through material production, raw material processing and raw material conversion (tier four), with raw material cultivation ...
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News briefsAbus: Fifth family generation in key positions
August Bremicker Söhne KG – better known globally by its abbreviated name, Abus – is setting the course for the future. With Daniel Bremicker and Nicolas-David Bremicker, two great-great-grandsons of the company’s founder August Bremicker have taken on important management functions in the company for preventive security technology, which was ...
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News briefsMoots Cycles celebrates its 40th anniversary
Source: Moots Cycles U.S. bicycle company Moots Cycles celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2021. The niche supplier has made a name for itself not only in its home country, but worldwide as one of the leading titanium frame manufacturers – not so much by volume, but by ...
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Karpos appoints Maximilian Hofbauer as new global sales manager
Manifattura Valcismon (MVC), the mother company of Sportful, Karpos, and Castelli, has appointed Maximilian Hofbauer as Karpos’ new global sales manager. Hofbauer, a German national, has previously worked for several outdoor brands – Schöffel, The North Face, Icebreaker, Bergzeit and Norrøna – where he held sales and other managerial functions. ...
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Rudolf Group introduces bio-based water-repellent textile treatments
Rudolf Group, the chemical company headquartered in Geretsried, Germany, has launched two new durable water-repellent (DWR) textile treatments for outdoor and sports apparel that are said to be entirely based on natural ingredients. Ruco-Dry Bio CGR is made from natural waste that accumulates as a by-product during the processing of ...
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News briefsNew president for Canada Goose’s Asia Pacific division
Source: Canada Goose Scott Cameron Canada Goose has appointed Scott Cameron as the new president for the company’s APAC division. Cameron joined Canada Goose in 2016 as chief strategy and business development officer and most recently served as president of the Greater China region. During this time, ...
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Graffiti artist sues TNF over Futurelight logo
Artnet News reports that the New York-based street artist Futura is suing The North Face (TNF) for allegedly copying the stylized atom design that has for years appeared throughout his artwork in its 2019 Futurelight series of apparel. According to Artnet, the artist’s filing, which was submitted to the California ...
