News Briefs – Page 239
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ABS has announced a complete renewal of the brand and product portfolio
ABS, the specialist and pioneer for avalanche airbag backpacks, has announced a complete renewal of the brand and product portfolio for Ispo Munich. ABS was founded in 1985 by Peter Aschauer and sold in 2017 to the Munich-based investment company Spin Capital, which also acquired the Pyua clothing brand in ...
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Norrøna has announced the establishment of a new travel company, Norrøna Hvitserk Adventure
The family-owned and operated Norwegian outdoor brand Norrøna, now the majority shareholder of the Norwegian company Hvitserk, has announced the establishment of a new travel company, Norrøna Hvitserk Adventure. The tour operator offers year-round tailor-made excursions throughout Norway on foot, on skis or in a kayak, providing unique, captivating and ...
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Deutsche Telekom has launched a program at the crossroads of fashion and technology
With “Telekom Fashion Fusion,” Deutsche Telekom has launched a program at the crossroads of fashion and technology. The program has previously promoted talent in prototype development in cooperation with events, such as the IFA trade show and the #Fashiontech Conference, both in Berlin. Only in 2019 did the program begin ...
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Head has announced the introduction of the lightest snowboard range on the market
Head has announced the introduction of the lightest snowboard range on the market with boards made of innovative material combinations following the “Lyt Tech” principle. The brand applies the principle also to other product lines, including skis and ski boots. The idea is to focus only on essentials during product ...
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Calzados Fal has made a complete overhaul of its internal testing laboratory
Calzados Fal, the Spanish owner of the outdoor footwear brand Chiruca, has made a complete overhaul of its internal testing laboratory. Tripled in area, the facility is now properly set up to test both raw materials and finished products against international standards. With its permanent staff of two technicians, the ...
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Adidas Outdoor will launch the first apparel styles to feature Primaloft insulation of recycled plastic
(SGI) Next year, Adidas Outdoor will launch the first apparel styles to feature Primaloft insulation made of recycled plastic from Parley for the Oceans. They will be presented at the coming Ispo Munich and Outdoor Retailer shows. Adidas has already used the repurposed plastic from the organization in its footwear ...
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Wolverine is launching a collection of work, hunt, fish and casual gloves
Wolverine is launching a collection of work, hunt, fish and casual gloves in partnership with glove maker Olympia Sports of Elmsford, New York, a company that started its business in 1941 with manufacturing gear for the U.S. military in the Second World War. Steve Workman, vice president global product at ...
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Canadian brand Lolë expands product offering
The Canadian brand Lolë, which until now has focused exclusively on women’s athleisure apparel, has announced its expansion into the men’s and travel categories. This move appears as a direct result of the arrival of actor and outdoor enthusiast Josh Duhamel as equity owner and investor as well as ambassador ...
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Polartec will present a lighter version of its two-year-old Power Air fabric at Ispo Munich 2020
Polartec will present a lighter version of its two-year-old Power Air fabric at Ispo Munich 2020. The polyester fabric is made from a single yarn, is fully recyclable and has a higher content (73 percent) of post-consumer recycled (PCR) resin. It works by encapsulating air-trapping fibers. This results in a ...
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Ternua is launching a new autumn/winter line of apparel, called Whales Spirit
Ternua is launching a new autumn/winter line of apparel, called Whales Spirit, whose items are made entirely of recycled materials. The target market is the so-called “Ternua tribe,” consisting of urbanites with environmentalist values. Whales Spirit amounts to a form of outdoor athleisure into which the Spanish-Basque outdoor brand has ...
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The winners of the Ispo Awards 2020 have been selected
The winners of the Ispo Awards 2020 have been selected but, as usual, cannot be announced before the official award ceremony at Ispo Munich on Jan. 26 at 4.30 p.m. As the organizers report, the jury has selected the highlights from over 430 entries in four segments: snowsports, outdoor, fitness ...
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Three new Gore-Tex Pro technologies adopted by several brands
Arc’teryx, Mammut, Mountain Equipment, Mountain Hardwear, Montbell, Norröna and Patagonia are among the apparel brands that have adopted three new Gore-Tex Pro technologies for their autumn/winter 2020/21 collections. Segmenting its offer of solutions for waterproof/breathable fabrics, W.L. Gore & Associates has developed a “most rugged technology,” a “stretch technology” and ...
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Rab will present its first skiwear collection, called Khroma, at Ispo Munich
The British outdoor brand describes it as a natural progression of its own history. Khroma is a clothing system to keep ski mountaineers warm, dry and comfortable at all times. The step does seem natural, as Rab has been designing and selling clothing for mountaineers and alpinists for about four ...
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Philips filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission against Fitbit and Garmin
In December, the Dutch electronics conglomerate Philips filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission to allege that Fitbit, Garmin, the distributor Ingram Micro and two Chinese manufacturers, Inventec and Maintek, have been stealing its wearable technology, in violation of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930. The ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has reached a tentative agreement to settle litigation
(SGI) Wolverine Worldwide has reached a tentative agreement with local authorities and the state of Michigan to help settle its litigation over the damage caused by the use of chemicals in a now closed tannery and another manufacturing plant near its head office in Rockford. The company will pay $69.5 ...
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Consumer protection rules passed by the European Union in 2018 have recently come into force
Consumer protection rules passed by the European Union in 2018 have recently come into force, and EU member countries are to implement them within the next two years. The rules aim to make online shopping more transparent and secure. Online retailers found to be violating the rules will face heavy ...
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Apex Global Brands reported a 16 percent decline in revenues
(SGI) Apex Global Brands reported a 16 percent decline in revenues to just $4.9 million for the third quarter ended on Nov. 2. Lower licensing revenues were recorded across all its brands, including Hi-Tec, Magnum, Cherokee and Interceptor, and they were affected by the non-renewal of a Cherokee license in ...
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Italian producers exported 9.5 percent more sport shoes in 2019
In the first nine months of 2019, Italian producers exported 11.8 million pairs of sports shoes, 9.5 percent more than in the corresponding period of 2018, and outdoor footwear was probably the biggest category, judging from the strength of the outdoor industry cluster around Montebelluna. Exports of the items reached ...
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Canada Goose has opened its first store in Paris
(SGI) Canada Goose has opened its first store in Paris, at a prestigious location on rue Saint-Honoré, on the corner of rue Royale. Featuring art that depicts the cold landscapes of Canada, it is the first one that has a separate room for its children’s collection. Like other Canada Goose ...
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Movement of Switzerland has become the distributor for the Progression Brands Group
The freeski company Movement of Switzerland has become the distributor for the American management company Progression Brands Group and will be relaunching the brand in North America at the Outdoor Retailer Snow Show at the end of January in Denver. Movement is offering a diverse range of skis, mainly for ...
