News Briefs – Page 246
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Splitboards Europe of Rosenheim, a town near Munich, Germany, has...
Splitboards Europe of Rosenheim, a town near Munich, Germany, has expanded its cooperation with Spark R&D, a producer of bindings for splitboards based in Bozeman, Montana. Splitboards Europe, an online retailer and an event organizer specializing in this hybrid snowsports activity, has served as Spark's warranty center for Germany and ...
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With Movesense, a sophisticated sensor and development environment, Suunto is...
With Movesense, a sophisticated sensor and development environment, Suunto is making it easier to rapidly develop and bring to market new, accurate, low-cost solutions for motion-sensing and biometrics. Whether applied to sports, agriculture, manufacturing or healthcare, Movesense can speed up the development of wearable sensors from years to days. The ...
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Epson has launched what it claims to be the first...
Epson has launched what it claims to be the first dye-sublimation textile printing solution with fluorescent ink. The new SureColor F9470 and SureColor F9470H are designed for the roll-to-roll-textile, home-décor, promotional-product and soft-signage markets. The SureColor F9470H has the option of printing with fluorescent yellow and fluorescent pink inks, which ...
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Hohenstein is launching a new 4D body scanner that will...
Hohenstein is launching a new 4D body scanner that will be used in a series of research projects throughout the apparel industry. While 3D ultrasound scanning shows three-dimensional images, 4D ultrasound can update the image continuously, making it a real-time, three-dimensional moving image. Scanning in 4D shows body shape and ...
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Opening Ceremony and Hoka One One have teamed up...
Opening Ceremony and Hoka One One have teamed up for the first time to produce a new capsule collection. The collection includes three reissues of classic Hoka footwear products: the Bondi running shoe, the Tor Ultra Hi trail runner and the Clifton trainer. In 2002, the designers Carol Lim and ...
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Palm & Pine Suncare launched its natural, plastic-free sunscreen...
Palm & Pine Suncare launched its natural, plastic-free sunscreen brand on the crowd-funding platform Indiegogo on Oct. 29. The Portuguese company – founded by Sarah Muir, a digital marketing strategist and project manager, along with three of her colleagues – is the first to promise sun protection without pollution. Aiming ...
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Last month, The North Face launched its biggest-ever marketing campaign...
Last month, The North Face launched its biggest-ever marketing campaign across all channels and media to support the introduction of its new Futurelight technology around the world, including Europe. It has created test events for media, retailers and consumers in many countries. In the U.K., the biggest market for the ...
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With its 2019/20 collection, Stöckli, the Swiss ski manufacturer, is...
With its 2019/20 collection, Stöckli, the Swiss ski manufacturer, is introducing a new corporate design, wordmark and logo. The central element is dynamic lettering with precise lines, developed by hand by the Swiss agency Oeriginal Marke & Kommunikation. The “S” in the new logo symbolizes a downhill skier and is ...
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Volcom is replacing Burton as the apparel sponsor of the...
Volcom is replacing Burton as the apparel sponsor of the U.S. Snowboard Team, its coaches and staff included. The California-based boardsports apparel company will be outfitting the snowboard-cross, slopestyle/big air and halfpipe teams – men and women – through the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The deal will cover the World ...
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Arc'teryx has announced the launch of the new Arc'teryx Trips...
Arc'teryx has announced the launch of the new Arc'teryx Trips program, featuring journeys to remote destinations. Through this new program, Arc'teryx will give participants access to wild places around the world. For its first edition, scheduled for the summer and autumn of 2020, the program will include 11 guided, small-group ...
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Nicky Spinks, the Inov-8 brand ambassador, and her running...
Nicky Spinks, the Inov-8 brand ambassador, and her running partner, Stephanie Case, were the women who endured the longest at this year's Barkley Marathons. For the second year in a row, no one finished the race. Indeed, since its inaugural edition in 1986, only 15 runners – all of them ...
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The European Network for Outdoor Sports (Enos) is holding a...
The European Network for Outdoor Sports (Enos) is holding a “toolkit” workshop in Brussels on Nov. 28 on Boss, which stands for Benefits of Outdoor Sports for Society. Under this project of the European Union, which is partly funded through the Erasmus+ program, Enos has developed an agreed methodology to ...
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Also in Brussels, the Federation of the European Sporting Goods...
Also in Brussels, the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) is holding a conference on Dec. 5 about digitalization and omnichannel retailing in the industry, with the participation of high-level representatives of European institutions. One of the moderators will be Jochen Schäfer, the well-known attorney specializing in the ...
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Oberalp has reported a record in the number of participants...
Oberalp has reported a record in the number of participants in its semi-annual sales meeting, which was held on Nov. 6 and 7 at Alpbach, in Austria, to present the new products under its Dynafit, Pomoca, Salewa and Wild Country brands for the autumn/winter 2020/21 season. They came from more ...
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The annual European Outdoor Film Tour has kicked off with...
The annual European Outdoor Film Tour has kicked off with a series of more than 500 events in 20 countries. The program, which can be viewed on its website, has been enriched by two last-minute additions, for a total of nine films. One of them features the recent, spectacular 2,100-meter ...
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The stand for the European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) will...
The stand for the European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) will be just as big at Ispo Munich, on Jan. 26-29, as it was at this past summer's OutDoor by Ispo. Eoca will also be running the Conservation Fundraiser, and is therefore calling for product donations of any kind. Interested parties ...
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After the sale of its B2B fair, the SIA Snow...
After the sale of its B2B fair, the SIA Snow Show, to Outdoor Retailer in May 2017, Snowsports Industries America (SIA) has now turned its focus to B2C events, announcing its intention to acquire the consumer-focused Boston and Denver Ski and Snowboard Expos from their current owner, BEWI Productions. The ...
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The Microfibre Consortium (TMC) has approved the criteria of a...
The Microfibre Consortium (TMC) has approved the criteria of a test method for microfiber shredding and released it to its members. Developed by the University of Leeds, it is described as the first thoroughly tested, validated and internationally aligned method for measuring the loss of microfiber material from textiles. Its ...
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On Nov. 1, 2019, Lowe Alpine began purchasing only PFC-free...
On Nov. 1, 2019, Lowe Alpine began purchasing only PFC-free materials for the manufacturing of its products. The brand will make full use of the short-chain C6-Perflour carbon materials still in stock but then gradually replace the materials in existing collections. It expects that most products for autumn/winter 2020 will ...
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Timberland has stated that in the future it will be...
Timberland has stated that in the future it will be using leather from farms with sustainable pasture practices. Such practices foster the welfare of the animals, taking into account their herd instinct. They also reduce CO2 emissions, as lower use of grazing areas allows them to regenerate, bind more CO² ...
