News Briefs – Page 202
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News briefsWorld Cycling Forum 2021 takes place during IAA Motor Show in Munich
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) revealed that the next edition of the World Cycling Forum (WCF) will take place on Sep. 9-10, 2021 during IAA Mobility (Sep. 7-12) at Messe München’s International Congress Center (ICM). Following the relocation of the IAA automobile show from Frankfurt to ...
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Velocio with new European staff
The American bicycle apparel brand Velocio announced two new hires to drive European growth. Friederike “Ricky” Buckenlei has assumed the newly created role of head of Europe, overseeing all elements of the brand’s European strategy. The position builds on her managerial experience and her previous work with brands such as ...
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News briefsU.S. ski boot specialist joins Dahu to lead new boot fitting program
Source: Dahu Dahu ski boot Daniel “Dano” Bruno has joined the U.S. distribution company Progression Brands Group, headquartered in Colorado, to lead the Swiss ski boot brand Dahu’s latest initiative called the Corsair Fit Experience (CFE). CFE is a novel ski boot fitting process that is meant ...
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Kathmandu Group’s CEO is resigning
Kathmandu Holdings, the owner of the Kathmandu, Rip Curl and Oboz brands, has announced the resignation of its group chief executive, Xavier Simonet. After five and a half years with the company, Simonet has decided to pursue another opportunity in the Australian Public Service in a senior position. He will ...
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Stefan Rosenkranz appointed new BSI managing director
Source: BSI Stefan Rosenkranz The board of the Federal Association of the German Sporting Goods Industry (BSI) has appointed Stefan Rosenkranz as its new managing director. Rosenkranz will take up his new position on Feb. 1, 2021. Most recently, Rosenkranz worked as a business consultant for digitization ...
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Superfeet launches custom-insole system in Europe
The insole and footwear manufacturer Superfeet brought its Fitstation – which it describes as a “personaliszd” insole- and footwear-fitting system – to Europe in November. Already rolled out in the U.S., the system pairs elements from both the Swedish footwear-tech company Volumental and the American computer company HP. Volumental’s Engage ...
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News briefsShopify reports record global Black Friday sales
Shopify, a global e-commerce software company headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, announced record-setting Black Friday sales of $2.4 billion from the independent and direct-to-consumer brands on the platform worldwide. The number is based on sales by its more than one million businesses in approximately 175 countries around the world from Nov. ...
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Cake to collab with "green" battery manufacturer
Cake, the Swedish manufacturer of lightweight electric performance motorcycles and a member of the Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG), has signed a letter of intent with Northvolt, a Swedish battery developer and manufacturer, to form a long-term partnership for the supply of sustainable battery cells for their line-up of electric motorcycles. ...
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Calzados Fal donates shoes for refugees
Calzados Fal – Chiruca is contributing to a humanitarian campaign to aid refugees who have traveled through the Balkans and ended up in Greece. The campaign has been organized by Bienvenidos Refugiados de La Rioja (Welcome Refugees of La Rioja) – a group headquartered, like Calzados Fal itself, in the ...
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The Italian bicycle market will post record sales in 2020
According to data from ANCMA (Associazione Nazionale Ciclo Motociclo Accessori), the sector’s trade association, bicycle sales in Italy are expected to increase by 20 percent this year as compared to 2019. The pandemic provided the primary drive for the growth, followed by the mobility bonus that was allocated by the ...
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Lycra creates Chief Innovation Officer position
The Lycra Company has appointed Steve Stewart as chief innovation officer, a newly created position in which he will be responsible for leading the company’s technology and strategic marketing teams. Stewart will also be responsible for accelerating the pace of development of innovative products and platforms for brands and retailers. ...
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Schmidt-Eisenhart will be Calida Group’s new CEO
The board of directors of the Swiss Calida Group, which includes the Lafuma Group with the outdoor brands Millet and Lafuma, has appointed Timo Schmidt-Eisenhart as chief executive officer of the Calida Group. Schmidt-Eisenhart will succeed Reiner Pichler in the first half of 2021. As reported earlier, Pichler will continue ...
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News briefsEOCA Green Friday Fundraiser 2020
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) and 17 of its members are turning Black Friday green by launching an online fundraiser this year. The funds raised will support conservation projects, including EOCA‘s six most recently selected projects, tackling the issue of plastic pollution both in the environment and at source, ...
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Berghaus with new distributors for the Iberian Peninsula and Italy
British outdoor brand Berghaus, a Pentland Brands business, has appointed Dicaltex Internacional as distributor for Iberia and Out Lab Distribution as sales agency for Italy. Both companies are already representing other Pentland companies, including Endura, Ellesse and Speedo, and will focus on building Berghaus sales through specialist outdoor retail channels ...
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News briefsTecnica among the best performing companies in Italy’s northeast
Tecnica Group has been ranked among the 100 top-performing companies in Italy’s Triveneto area for 2019. The ranking is available in TOP 100, a special supplement that the Gedi publishing group has devoted to the best-performing companies in Italy’s northeast. The supplement has been on sale since Nov. 20 with ...
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Karpos launches the Mountain Friday
Karpos has announced that it will be donating 10 percent of the proceeds from the sales on its online store from Nov. 23 to Nov. 30 to mountain rescue services in the Italian areas of Belluno, Piedmont and Tuscany. The timing of the initiative, dubbed Mountain Friday, coincides with the ...
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Save The Duck supports Doctors Without Borders in Italy
On the occasion of the upcoming Black Friday on Nov. 27, Save The Duck will be donating 50 percent of the proceeds of that day’s sales on its e-commerce site and the physical stores in Venice (Calle dei Fuseri) and Milan (via Solferino and via Dante), which are open to ...
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News briefsVaude receives New Work Award 2020
Because of its ”value-oriented corporate culture with a focus on trust and self-efficacy,” Vaude now has been awarded the German New Work Award 2020. The outdoor brand convinced both an expert jury and the online community. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the originally planned award ceremony in Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie concert hall ...
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News briefsOrtovox skips Black Friday, sends employees outside to clean up instead
As last year, Ortovox will consciously refrain from any discount campaigns and close its online shop from Nov. 27 until Nov. 29 as a sign to support moderate and sustainable buying. At the same time, all company employees receive a free day on Friday, Nov. 27, to go outside and ...
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News briefsBlack Friday: German union calls for strikes at Amazon
Just in time for Black Friday, the labor union Verdi calls on employees in Germany to go on a three-day strike at seven of Amazon’s German distribution centers. This is intended to persuade the online retailer to participate in tariff wages. With the start of the night shift from Wednesday ...
