News Briefs – Page 216
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Asolo will have new distributors for Switzerland, U.K. and Ireland
Asolo has appointed Contact & Production as its new distributor for Switzerland, starting with the spring/summer 2021 collection. Meanwhile, Asolo and Proagencies agreed to terminate their four-year deal for the U.K. and Ireland, effective June 30. Starting July 1, distribution for the U.K. and Ireland has been taken over by ...
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Management changes at Mammut
The chief creative officer of Mammut, Adrian Margelist, is leaving the Swiss mountain sports and outdoor brand after more than three years. Mammut’s chief executive, Oliver Pabst, created a small sensation in early 2017 with the appointment of Margelist as creative head, as Margelist was known primarily as a fashion ...
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Snow Peak opens U.S. headquarters in Portland
Snow Peak, an outdoor gear and apparel company originally from Japan and sold all over Asia, in the U.S. and the UK, reported that it has opened its U.S. headquarters and a retail flagship store at 404 NW 23rd Ave. in Portland, Oregon. The brand, founded in 1958, has grown ...
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News briefsSecond annual SUP Cleanup in Germany Sept. 5-6
According to Boardsport Source, the outfitter SUPscout and the paddle board e-tailer Starboard SUP are coordinating a nationwide effort to clean up the lakes, rivers and beaches of Germany this weekend, Sept. 5-6. The second annual SUP Cleanup provides a list of meeting points for everybody who wants to participate. ...
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Rumpl signs UK distributor
Rumpl, a U.S. manufacturer of technical blankets, has signed a distribution agreement with Unify Brand Partnerships, a distributor in the UK that represents a number of important sports and outdoor brands including Teva, Reef, Cotopaxi, Moonboot, Hoka One One, Under Armour Golf and Kask. Wylie Robinson, CEO and founder of ...
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News briefsUSA: Outdoor companies support Time to Vote
Patagonia reported that more than 700 companies have joined “Time to Vote” this year, a business-led and nonpartisan, US-American coalition founded by Levi Strauss & Co., Patagonia and PayPal ahead of the 2018 midterm elections that aims to increase voter participation. Several companies, including The North Face and New Balance, ...
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News briefsPresident of Deckers Performance Lifestyle Group joins Cotopaxi’s board
Cotopaxi, the rapidly growing humanitarian-focused outdoor brand founded in 2014 with $3 million in seed funding, has added industry veteran Wendy Yang to its board. Yang is the president of Deckers Brands’ performance lifestyle group, leading the growth of Hoka One One, Teva, and Sanuk. Previously an executive at New ...
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Scarpa’s Heinz Mariacher wins the Paul Press award
Scarpa’s manager Heinz Mariacher has been awarded the Paul Preuss Award 2020, which honors outstanding climbers. The prize is named after Paul Preuss, the father of free climbing. The honor was handed out by Reinhold Messner, the legendary Italian mountaineer and explorer, and Georg Bachler, the honorary chairman of the ...
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Arc’teryx opens new brand store in Calgary
Arc’teryx opened its first North American brand store in 2020 in Calgary’s largest retail center, the Chinook Centre, on Aug. 29. The new 130 square-meter store is the brand’s third store in the Canadian province of Alberta, and the second one in the city of Calgary. The design incorporates a ...
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News briefsLöffler is climate neutral
In contrast to many other companies, for whom the relocation of many production steps to the Far East has become the norm, the Austrian textile manufacturer Löffler is proud to have responsibly produced in Austria and Europe since the company was founded in 1947. For many years, the company has ...
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Former Microsoft sustainability expert is new VP Global Partnerships at Higg Co
Higg Co, the technology company behind the Higg Index platform, has appointed Josh Henretig, a former Microsoft executive, as its new vice president of global partnerships. Henretig, who has been with the company for 17 years, has helped shape Microsoft’s sustainability agenda from its initial public environmental commitments in 2008 ...
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Toray develops bio-based nylon
Toray, the Japanese chemical and materials company, has developed a nylon 60 percent of whose contents are drawn from a biological source – specifically, the sebacic acid in castor beans. Given the trade name Ecodear Nylon, the fiber can be spun in the same manner as conventional nylons, is both ...
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News briefsAki Kuusilehto is Halti’s new CEO
As we reported earlier, Sami Kiiski resigned as CEO of Halti, the Finnish manufacturer of ski and outdoor clothing, at the end of July. Halti has now released that Aki Kuusilehto took over the position on Aug. 10. Kuusilehto has long and complex experience in the sporting goods industry. He ...
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News briefsGlobetrotter is testing second-hand product sales
The Globetrotter store in Frankfurt, Germany, has started selling second-hand items, mainly returns, but also used items of all assortment brands. The outdoor retailer wants to offer its customers an additional sustainable and resource-saving incentive to shop. In addition to clothing, the second-hand range includes rucksacks, bags, stoves and other ...
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Houdini partners with Johnny’s Selected Seeds in the U.S.
Swedish outdoor clothing brand Houdini Sportswear is working with Johnny’s Selected Seeds in the U.S. to playfully educate customers about sustainability and circularity. Every order placed in Houdini’s webshop in August will be accompanied by a package of Johnny’s seeds, enabling American customers to grow organic crops at home. The ...
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News briefsLenzing sends goods worth €1.8 million by train from Vienna to China
A train with goods exclusively “Made in Austria” left Vienna toward China on Aug. 20. The train loaded with Lenzing fibers and provided by Nunner Logistics was the first train in the history of Austria carrying products 100 percent produced in Austria directly to China. In strict compliance with the ...
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News briefsLanxess sells organic leather chemicals business, launches bio-based Adiprene Green
The German specialty chemicals company Lanxess is selling its organic leather chemicals business to TFL Ledertechnik. The purchase price is made up from a fixed component of €80 million and a performance-related component of up to €115 million. In addition, TFL will assume certain liabilities associated with the business. Lanxess ...
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News briefsSmith & Wesson spins off American Outdoor
Smith & Wesson, the American manufacturer of firearms, completed the spin-off of its outdoor products and accessories business, American Outdoor Brands, on Aug. 24. As of the following day, American Outdoor is trading on the NASDAQ exchange under a new ticker symbol: AOUT. Each holder of Smith & Wesson common ...
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Checkerspot closes $36 million funding round
The U.S. company Checkerspot has closed a Series B financing round of $36 million, which will be primarily used for commercial development and the expansion of the company’s product and innovation platform. The financing was led by Viking Global Investors with participation from other existing investors including Builders VC and ...
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News briefsZeal Optics releases sunglasses made of grass and recycled plastic
Zeal Optics of Boulder, Colorado, is launching a line of sunglasses with frames made of a material the company calls ”See Grass,” a blend of grasses (straw, hemp, flax, rice) drawn from agricultural waste and recycled plastic bottles. Pellets of the material are manufactured in a process fueled by biogas ...
