News Briefs – Page 203
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News briefsDeuter’s Green Friday 2020
The German backpack specialist Deuter is donating 10 percent of its brand online store turnover between Nov. 27 and 29 to the ALPs Project of the non-profit sustainability research institute European Research Institute (ERI). ALPs is one of the European Outdoor Conservation Association’s (EOCA) funded projects for 2020. The aim ...
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Staff changes at Groupe Rossignol in Austria
The Austrian branch of Groupe Rossignol has announced a series of staff changes. Sandro Aichner, sales manager of Rossignol Austria at the Innsbruck office since 2011, will assume responsibility for the Dynastar, Lange, Look and Kerma brands on top of Rossignol. The previous sales manager for Dynastar, Lange and Look, ...
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News briefsEntire Austrian territory now covered by RECCO’s search technology
The Swedish rescue technology company RECCO has reported that Austria is the first country in the world to fully cover its entire territory with RECCO SAR detectors. Searches will be carried out jointly by the Austrian Air Police (BMI) and the Austrian Mountain Rescue Service (ÖBRD). The detectors are placed ...
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New additions to Peak Performance’s management team
Peak Performance has hired Susanne Blanke for the position of DTC director, with responsibility for accelerating and expanding the brand’s growth in its own distribution channels, including the brand stores, brand outlets and brand online store. Blanke started in the position in August and came from H&M. Before that, she ...
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News briefsOsprey’s Green Friday is dedicated to a plastic-free outdoors
Osprey is repeating its fight against Black Friday and returns with its own Green Friday. Between Nov. 27 and 30, the U.S. backpack specialist will be donating 20 percent of its turnover to its long-term partner European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA). The organization finances nature conservation projects and makes a ...
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Internetstores opens new returns center
The multichannel provider for bike and outdoor, Internetstores, which has been on a growth path for years, has opened a new returns center in the German city of Stuttgart-Untertürkheim, where, according to the company, the main focus is on employee-friendliness and efficiency. The new logistics hub is intended to relieve ...
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Dirtbags gives Berghaus products a second life
The English outdoor brand Berghaus has teamed up with Cumbrian climbing company Dirtbags to launch a new product range made out of repurposed materials. Rehaused by Dirtbags is a collaboration that takes Berghaus products that have reached the end of their usable lives and upcycles the materials into climbing kit ...
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Outdoor Research has a new president
Source: Outdoor Research Roger Barton Seattle-based outdoor brand Outdoor Research (OR) announced a new leadership structure with industry veteran Roger Barton taking the helm of the company. Since 2018, Barton has led all aspects of finance and operations at OR, building on a range of recent successes ...
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Oberalp will distribute Falke and Burlington in Italy
The Oberalp Group will take over the distribution of Falke and Burlington for the Italian market from January 2021. The Group, still a family business and based in Bolzano in South Tyrol, was founded in 1981 by Heiner Oberrauch. The group, which includes the brands Salewa, Dynafit, Pomoca, Wild Country, ...
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News briefsRussian Post now also delivers goods purchased on Wildberries to foreign countries
Russian Post has inked a contract under which the state-owned mail operator will deliver goods purchased on Wildberries’ online store to customers outside of Russia. In Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, where Wildberries has strong positions, Russian Post will deliver orders to the post offices of its local partners. In ...
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Teva collaborates with New York jeweler
Teva’s spring/summer 2021 collection will include a footwear line designed in collaboration with Chrishabana, a jeweler in New York City. Called Heavy Metals, the line comprises four revisions – with barbell piercings and pearls – of Teva’s Universal Sandals and is to celebrate trans people and BIPOC (black, indigenous, people ...
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Stöckli and software company Axess cooperate for ski rentals
Ski and sporting goods manufacturer Stöckli Swiss Sports will equip its retailers with a rental system software developed by the Austrian company Axess. This will enable ski rental stores to provide faster service, especially in times of Covid-19, but also beyond. As a first step, Axess will modernize the systems ...
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News briefsMontane turns Black Friday green
The British outdoor performance specialist Montane is donating its Black Friday marketing budget of €5,000 to the European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) this year to support social sustainability and vital conservation work around the world. At the same time, the brand wants to encourage more and more companies, as well ...
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News briefsBritons started Christmas shopping in October
Britons started their Christmas shopping early this year, according to data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). In October, retail sales volumes increased by 1.2 percent in the U.K. when compared with September, marking the sixth consecutive month of growth. The increased reached 6.4 percent for non-store retailing, ...
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News briefsPentland releases Modern Slavery report
Pentland Brands has produced a report on labor practices in its supply chain. Called Modern Slavery, the report reviews such criteria as geography, political stability and worker demographics to gauge the likelihood of slavery’s use in various parts of the world. Homeworkers appear to be of particular concern for the ...
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News briefsPatagonia hires Beth Thoren as environmental action & initiative director
Source: Patagonia Beth Thoren, new Environmental Action & Initiatives Director, EMEA Patagonia is strengthening its mission “We’re in business to save our home planet” with the hire of Beth Thoren as environmental action and initiative director, EMEA. With her extensive previous experience, Thoren’s addition is supposed to ...
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Sally McCoy joins Sea To Summit’s global leadership team
Australian company Sea to Summit has appointed Sally McCoy to the newly created position of executive chair. McCoy is an experience veteran of the global outdoor industry having served as chief executive of CamelBak, president of Sierra Designs, and vice president at The North Face during periods of dramatic growth, ...
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Carla Murphy will be Adidas Outdoor’s new GM
Adidas has appointed Carla Murphy as general manager of its Adidas Outdoor business unit, starting on Dec. 14. She will assume one of the two roles of Tim Janaway, who has been with the group for more than 20 years, serving most recently as general manager for the outdoor and ...
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News briefsWe aRe SpinDye closes last link for circular textile production
The Swedish fashion tech company We aRe SpinDye®’s aim is to make the dyeing process of clothes completely environmentally friendly. After introducing a unique and extremely resource-efficient dyeing process, first applied by the Swedish outdoor brand Fjällräven in 2017, the company is now closing the last link for a circular ...
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News briefsMountain Hardwear with more new distribution partners across Europe
In addition to Edgar Tremmel Marketing as Mountain Hardwear’s new exclusive distributor for Germany and Austria, the U.S. mountain sports brand has signed three other distribution partners for other important European markets. MnO International is based in Stockholm, Sweden and will oversee distribution for the Nordic and Baltic regions. The ...
