News Briefs – Page 205
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Roger Pirot, Salomon's commercial director for 15 years, has passed
Roger Pirot, who served as commercial director at Salomon from 1965 to 1980, has passed away. He was 93 years old. Pirot, who joined Salomon at the age of 38, directly participated in the establishment of Salomon’s subsidiaries in Japan, Switzerland and the U.S. During his tenure, the staff of ...
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News briefsAnna Ferrino is Assosport's new president
Anna Ferrino, the 58-year-old president of the eponymous Italian brand of outdoor products, has been elected as the new president of Assosport, the Italian sporting goods industry association. After four years on its executive board, she is taking the place of Federico De Ponti for the next two years. Anna ...
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Ecco names global head of specialty sales
Danish shoe brand Ecco has named Erik Walcott its new global head of specialty sales. Most recently serving as vice president of sales for U.S. outdoor blanket manufacturer Rumpl, Walcott has previously worked with Ecco for nearly a decade from 2005 to 2014 and will now oversee Ecco’s Outdoor division’s ...
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Norrøna partners with American Mountain Guide Association
The Norwegian snowsports and outdoor brand Norrøna has announced a partnership with the American Mountain Guide Association (AMGA). The AMGA, an educational non-profit, is dedicated to being a leader in education, standards, and advocacy for professional guides and climbing instructors in the U.S. Norrøna will support the AMGA beginning with ...
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News briefsOdlo is POW’s latest partner
The environmental NGO Protect our Winters (POW) has entered into a long-term partnership with Odlo, effective immediately. The cooperation is embedded in a long-term sustainability strategy by Odlo that is intended to redesign the brand’s presence in the market and in society. Knut Are Høgberg, chief executive of Odlo, said: ...
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Löffler receives Austrian Sustainability Reporting Award
In the “First Report” category, Austrian sports clothing manufacturer Löffler received the Austrian Sustainability Reporting Award (ASRA) for its recently published sustainability report, written according to GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) standards. The ASRA was awarded for the 21st time to Austrian companies or organizations as recognition for the best sustainability ...
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Bergzeit donates proceeds from sale of returned merchandise
From the proceeds of a public special sale of returned and sample goods earlier this months, the German multisport retailer Bergzeit has donated €5,000 to the non-profit organization Bergwaldprojekt e.V., a German organization for the protection, preservation and care of the forest, especially the mountain forest and cultural landscapes, and ...
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Didriksons hires sales manager for new business
Tomas Frydebo has been appointed sales manager for new business, a newly created position at the Swedish outdoor brand Didriksons. Frydebo has extensive experience in the textile and sports fashion industry and was most recently export manager at Henri Lloyd. In his new position, he will lead the sales force ...
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Messe Friedrichshafen launches new trade show for industrial climbing safety
With Vertical Pro, Messe Friedrichshafen is launching a brand new annual trade show from November 2021. The focus of the event, a combination of trade show and symposium, will be on the topics of industrial climbing, working at height and occupational safety as well as rope and safety techniques. Vertical ...
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News briefsPolartec announces winners of Apex Design Award
Polartec has announced the winners of the Polartec Apex Design Awards, the ingredient brand’s annual design awards program that has been held annually since 2008. As usual, the winning products of 2020 were selected based on the skillful and creative use of Polartec materials: 66 North Sudureyri NeoShell Coat ...
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News briefsGlobetrotter opens city store in Dortmund
Globetrotter, the German outdoor retail chain, which opened its first store in Hamburg in 1979 and was bought by the Swedish Fenix Group in 2014, is opening a new city branch in the city of Dortmund in spring 2021. On almost 800 square meters of sales space across two floors ...
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News briefsVF Corp. acquires street label Supreme
(SGI) VF Corp. has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Supreme, the iconic American streetwear brand. Details have yet to be finalized, but the $2.1 billion transaction is expected to close before the end of 2020. The deal values the brand at $2.1 billion in terms of enterprise value, based ...
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Berghaus now available on Tmall to drive Pentland’s growth in China
Pentland Brands has introduced Berghaus and ellesse, two of its most successful brands, to China as part of Pentland’s strategy to drive the group’s commercial growth in the region. The brands are now available in China on Tmall. With the outdoor category growing 9 percent year-on-year in China according to ...
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La Sportiva launches sustainability contest
La Sportiva has launched #LaSportivaCares, an online contest that is meant to promote awareness of sustainability among the brand’s customers while also informing them of the company’s strategy and actions in the area of sustainability. In order to enter in the contest, participants must connect online and answer at least ...
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News briefsNew chairmen for German BSI’s Outdoor specialist group
The Outdoor group within the Federal Association of the German Sporting Goods Industry (Bundesverband der Deutschen Sportartikel-Industrie e.V., BSI) elected a new chairman and deputy chairman to represent the interests of the outdoor industry within the association. Jan Lorch, managing director sales & CSR at Vaude, was confirmed in office ...
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Haglöfs expands into Andorra
Haglöfs has opened an own store in Andorra. Located at the Illa Carlemany shopping mall, this is the Swedish mountaineering brand’s first such store in the small Iberian country. Haglöfs’ other own stores are in Tokyo, Japan; Oslo, Norway; Helsinki, Finland; Chamonix, France; and the Swedish capital of Stockholm.
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News briefsDeckers Brands highlights CSR achievements and targets in new report
Deckers Brands has released its Creating Change FY20 Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Report, in which the group highlights its achievements toward its sustainable development goals during the reporting year from Apr. 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020. Deckers owns a portfolio of footwear, apparel and accessories brands for casual lifestyle ...
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News briefsPatagonia’s statement on the U.S. abandoning the Paris Climate Accord
After the Trump administration announced that the USA had quit the Paris Climate Agreement, Patagonia published a statement on its website, which we do not feel the need to comment upon: ”The climate crisis is harming families, communities, and businesses globally. At a time when national leadership is most ...
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News briefsRECCO enters new market segment with U.S. hunting brand Forloh
Forloh, an American hunting brand that was the first to manufacture high-end technical apparel that is 100 percent made in the U.S., will also be the first to pioneer hunting outerwear equipped with RECCO, the Swedish technology that makes the user easier to locate in the event of an emergency. ...
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News briefsLenzing Q3 revenues drop, positive trend expected for Q4
During the first three quarters of 2020, the Lenzing Group successfully responded to the extremely difficult market environment of increased price and volume pressure due to the Covid-19 crisis by implementing a broad package of measures. An increasing demand toward the end of the third quarter, especially for wood-based specialty ...
