News Briefs – Page 233
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News briefsVaude’s Second Use Shop launched on eBay
Vaude has recently launched an upcycling store with eBay. The German manufacturer of outdoor products is now selling residual materials through a newly launched upcycling store on the online marketplace with more than 18 million customers in Germany alone. In 2015, Vaude launched the so-called “Vaude Second Use Shop” with ...
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News briefsBlue Tomato to open 50th physical store
Source: blue-tomato.com Blue Tomato, the Austrian-based action sports retailer, will open its 50th store on March 12. The new store, covering 400 square meters, will be located in Ulm in Southern Germany. Blue Tomato opened its first store in Finland in October last year and another store ...
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Calzados Bestard’s annual sales down by 5%
According to its sales director, Mats Lindholm, Calzados Bestard, the Spanish brand of mountain boots, generated €5 million in revenues last year. This was 5 percent less than the record-setting total for 2018, when the Mallorcan brand released a number of new models, among them a collection with Gore-Tex Surround. ...
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News briefsThe North Face celebrates Women’s Day
(SGI) In celebration of International Women’s Day (March 8), The North Face (TNF) released an all-female, limited capsule collection consisting of technical-fabric T-shirts and tote bags. The collection is manufactured entirely in the country of Jordan at the Jerash Garment Factory, all of whose 500 posts are filled by women. ...
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News briefsLowa publishes free audiobooks for children
With its German-language comic magazine Lo & Wa Abenteuerhandbuch (Adventure Handbook), the German outdoor shoe manufacturer Lowa has been addressing the youngest target group directly since 2016. This spring will see the publication of the ninth issue of the comic, which has been listed at the German National Library since ...
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News briefsMedi recognized as top medium-sized employer in Germany
Alongside 96 other companies from all sectors, Medi of Bayreuth was honored in Berlin at the annual ”Top Job” award ceremony, a seal of approval for the most attractive employers among Germany’s medium-sized businesses. Founded in 1951, Medi is a family business with 2,700 employees worldwide and 23 branches. In ...
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Merrell presents a conservation film (Video)
Merrell is presenting a 10-minute film titled This Land. It features Faith E. Briggs, a documentary filmmaker who used to run the streets of Brooklyn every morning and has now run about 150 miles through three of the so-called National Monuments in the United States. Public lands enjoy a certain ...
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Ortovox adds Loden wool from Styria to list of materials
Ortovox, the outdoor brand from southern Germany, is now sourcing “Loden” wool from a family-owned Austrian supplier, Steiner1888, that was founded five generations ago and has been producing fabric sustainably ever since. Steiner1888 produces all of its fabrics in the Austria state of Styria, drawing the wool from sheep, alpacas ...
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News briefsSchöffel offers ski clothes for rent
In conjunction with local retail partners, Schöffel started renting ski clothing in Austria and Switzerland this winter. The German brand of functional outdoor and ski apparel says the offer is intended not only to appeal to skiers who seldom or only occasionally hit the slopes, but also to bolster its ...
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Scandinavian Outdoor Group welcomes two new members
The Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG) has welcomed two new members. The first new member, Zlideon by Zip Clip Solutions AB, a Swedish company based in Stockholm, is a globally patented product that enables customers to easily repair broken zippers and thus extend the lifespan of their clothing. The Zlideon is ...
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Eoca with new members, successful Ispo Munich
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) has announced that fundraising at Ispo Munich in January came to more than double the amount received last year at the same show. Donations from 44 of its members and events held on members’ own stands brought the total raised to €37,500, as compared ...
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Mammut Sports Group perform better than Conzzeta's other segments
The Mammut Sports Group, which is up for sale as we have previously reported, performed better last year than the other segments in which its parent company, the Swiss Conzzeta Group, is involved. The group’s Outdoor segment recorded a sales increase of 5.9 percent to €268.4 million (€307.6m-$343.8m) in 2019. ...
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2021 will see winter edition of Outdoor & Running Business Days (Video)
Outdoor & Running Business Days, the Italian B2B fair for the outdoor and running industry, has announced an additional winter edition for 2021. More details will be unveiled in the coming months. Meanwhile, this year’s edition of the trade show in Riva Del Garda, in the northern Italian province of ...
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Snow+Rock partners with GB Snowsport for Beijing 2022
Snow+Rock, the U.K. outdoor retailer, has announced a partnership with GB Snowsport, the national governing body for ski and snowboard disciplines in the U.K. Snow+Rock will be the official retail partner of GB Snowsport up to and during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. GB Snowsport athletes will help activate ...
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News briefsVaude’s von Dewitz awarded for sustainable commitment
Vaude’s chief executive, Antje von Dewitz, has been honored with a Vanity Fair Changing Your Mind Award 2020. Von Dewitz was presented with the award on Feb. 6, during a ceremony at the Kimpton Fitzroy Hotel in London, in the presence of 150 guests from the tourism and travel industry ...
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Le Chameau enters joint venture with Bradshaw Taylor
Le Chameau, a French boot brand, has entered into a joint venture with Bradshaw Taylor Ltd., an outdoor distribution specialist in Oakham, U.K. Le Chameau’s owner, Marwyn Investment LLP, and Bradshaw Taylor have signed a corresponding agreement. Bradshaw Taylor, a fourth-generation family business, is a successful distribution company of outdoor ...
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Denmark’s Nordisk settles with American Yeti
As reported previously, the German down specialist Yeti will be completely integrated into the Danish Nordisk brand as of the 2020/21 season, with all Yeti shell products being assigned to the Nordisk brand and its down products selling under the new Red Y label. The Danish and German brands have ...
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New CFO for Thule
Thule has announced that Marianne Bonrud Hagelqvist, the current group accounting director, has taken over as acting chief financial officer of Thule Group, effective Feb. 14. She is replacing Lennart Mauritzson, who has resigned as CFO, until Jonas Lindqvist, currently chief financial officer at Arjo, a global supplier of medical ...
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Klättermusen moves warehouse and logistics to The Netherlands
Klättermusen, the Swedish outdoor brand dedicated to creating apparel with a minimum impact on nature, has moved its warehouse from Borås in Sweden to ’s-Heerenberg, The Netherlands. According to the brand, the new site is ideally situated to serve global customers and allows the company to expand the current capacity ...
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News briefsIsbjörn improves footprint with artificial intelligence
Isbjörn, the Swedish specialist in sustainable and functional outdoor children’s clothing, and a member of the Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG), has reduced online returns and administrative work through an AI chatbot that automatically answers frequent customer questions about product selection and sizing. According to the company’s chief executive, Maria Frykman, ...
