News Briefs – Page 208
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Tecnica Group Germany reorganizes sales team
Tecnica Group Germany is reorganizing the sales team for the Blizzard, Tecnica and Tecnica Outdoor brands. On Nov. 1, freelance sales representative Andreas Bockshecker will take over Eastern Germany from Uwe Rabenstein. Holger Dörsam and Uwe Weyrich will travel Northern Bavaria in addition to their current areas. Eastern Bavaria and ...
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VF Foundation donates money for a new chairlift in Smartwool's hometown resort
The Steamboat Springs ski resort in Colorado has received an unexpected $1.5 million gift from Smartwool, the wool knit apparel brand known for its socks and underwear, which is to be used to build a new Barrows chairlift on Howelsen Hill. Smartwool was founded in the town of Steamboat and ...
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Per Wååg is the new CEO for Primus and Brunton
Source: Fenix Per Wååg Per Wååg is succeeding Lars-Ola Brolinson as global chief executive for Primus AB and Brunton Outdoor, two outdoor brands of the Swedish Fenix Outdoor group. Wååg has already worked for both brands for seven years, the last three and a half as general ...
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Black Friday: Arc’teryx rewards American trade-in customers
To shift the focus away from the mass consumption usually associated with Black Friday, Arc’teryx will for the full month of November be rewarding consumers in the U.S. and Canada who trade in their used equipment with a gift card worth 30 percent of an item’s original retail value, a ...
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Marcolin launches high-tech Adidas Terrex snow goggles
As the new licensee for Adidas eyewear, the Marcolin Group has announced the availability of two Adidas Terrex Snow Goggle models, each with a different lens and both made in Italy. The E-SUN™ VARIA™ lens on the SP0039 has a toric shape and adjusts in less than 40 seconds to ...
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Oberalp opens Mountainshop near Bergamo
The Oberalp Group opened a new Mountainshop in Ponteranica, in the Italian province of Bergamo on Oct. 15. The new store specializes in products for alpine skiing, trail running and other mountain sports. It will be managed by Nevio Cornaro, who previously participated in endurance races like the Ultra-Trail World ...
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News briefsYouTube is testing shopping features
Google is testing the idea of turning YouTube into an e-commerce platform, according to a Bloomberg report. YouTube is currently testing through a limited number of channels the option to buy items that feature in videos. The ”goal is to convert YouTube’s bounty of videos into a vast catalog of ...
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Lenzing wins Austria's state prize for innovation
The Lenzing Group has won Austria’s annual State Prize for Innovation for its Lenzing Web Technology, a production technique that combines fiber and nonwovens in a single step. By Lenzing’s account, the technique could reduce the amount of non-biodegradable fossil-fuel-derived materials (polyesters, for example) in disposable hygiene products, such as ...
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Zimtstern and Swiss Bike School cooperate
Returning to its roots in Switzerland, Zimtstern, the German-based bike clothing specialist, has entered into a long-term cooperation with the Swiss Bike School. The riding instructors from the school will be wearing Zimtstern’s mountain bike clothing with immediate effect. A special Teacher Edition has been designed for this purpose, based ...
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News briefsTaiwanese industry veterans launch outdoor jacket made from upcycled coffee grounds
COOR™, a Taiwanese outerwear brand, officially launched its Kickstarter campaign for its 3-in-1 outdoor jacket manufactured from Singtex™ coffee yarn technology. According to the manufacturer, the jacket is made of zero-waste fabrics and designed to be ever-lasting. It combines leading performance technology with bio-based fabrics and multifunctional 3-in-1 design. COOR™ ...
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News briefsCraft enters distribution partnership for APAC and Middle East
The Swedish company Craft of Scandinavia, owned by the New Wave Group, signed a strategic distribution partnership between its Craft Sportswear business and Singapore-based Aspire Brands effective from Jan. 1, 2021. The agreement covers more than 12 markets, including Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia, Korea and the Middle East. ...
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PrimaLoft’s New York lab receives ISO 17025 certification
PrimaLoft, Inc, the materials technology company headquartered in Latham, USA, with offices in Xiamen, China, has successfully passed the ISO 17025 testing process in its New York laboratory. Meeting the ISO 17025 certification standards shows that a laboratory is competent and produces valid results, which promotes confidence in its testing ...
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La Sportiva to offer wide sizing
The Italian mountain and climbing shoe specialist La Sportiva is beginning to offer wide sizing. Available in the Nucleo High II GTX and the Ultra Raptor Mid II GTX hiking boots initially, the new wide sizes will accompany traditional widths to appeal to a broader customer base. Additionally, the brand ...
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Ternua and Lorpen to sponsor French Alpine Associations
Ternua and Lorpen, both brands of the Basque Ternua Group, will be the sponsors of the French Federation of Alpine and Mountaineering Associations (FFCAM). The federation’s members – who amount to about 100,000 people, belonging to some 420 clubs – will be enjoying discounts from both brands. The deal takes ...
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A new sustainability alliance of chemical groups
Seven of the world’s leading chemical companies have joined forces on a new commitment to accelerate the adoption of sustainable chemical solutions in the textile and leather industries. The initiative is called Sustainable Chemistry for the Textile Industry (SCTI), and its founding members include Archroma, CHT Group, Huntsman, Kyung-In Synthetic ...
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The Cycle Show and London eBike Festival will be held in June 2021
The organizers of The Cycle Show and London eBike Festival have confirmed that the new dates for the combined shows will be June 25-27, 2021. The events will be held at Alexandra Palace in north London. The trade shows were expected to take place in April 2021, and have been ...
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Anta Sports Products is back in full form
Anta Sports Products is back in full form, boosted by China’s strong economic recovery after the pandemic. In an operational update for the third quarter, it said that retail sales for the Anta brand recorded low single-digit growth compared to the same period of 2019. Fila jumped by between 20 ...
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News briefsMountain Hardwear with new distribution partner for Germany, Austria
Edgar Tremmel Marketing, based in Ravensburg, Germany, is taking over the exclusive distribution of the American mountain sports brand Mountain Hardwear for Germany and Austria for five years with immediate effect. Mountain Hardwear was founded in California in 1993 and is wholly-owned subsidiary of Columbia Sportswear Comany and its products ...
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GSI Outdoors joins prAna’s Responsible Packaging Movement
GSI Outdoors, a family-owned U.S. company producing outdoor cooking and dining gear founded in 1985, has joined prAna’s Responsible Packaging Movement. GSI Outdoors was early to adopt sustainability measures, and continues to investigate ways to make the business’s environmental footprint as light as possible. Over the years, the company has ...
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News briefsLifeStraw sells out during Amazon Prime Day in U.S. and Canada
Third-party sellers on the Amazon Marketplace generated sales of more than $3.5 billion during the company’s recent Prime Day promotions on behalf of small and medium-sized businesses. This represents an increase of nearly 60 percent from last year’s promotion, outstripping the growth in Amazon’s own sales. Prime Day took place ...
