News Briefs – Page 253
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Scarpa is organizing the first edition of a Women's Trail...
Scarpa is organizing the first edition of a Women's Trail in Cortina D'Ampezzo on Sept. 21, alongside the Delicious Festival Dolomiti. The seven-kilometer non-competitive trail running event, with 100/150 meters of positive gradient, will be open to women who want to run in the beautiful setting of the Dolomite Mountains, ...
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Berghaus has announced that Anna Taylor has joined its team...
Berghaus has announced that Anna Taylor has joined its team of sponsored athletes. The climber will represent the brand and help develop new high-performance outdoor clothing and equipment. She is also set to accompany Leo Houlding, also a Berghaus athlete, and his team on a climbing expedition to South America ...
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Berghaus has asked six photographers to capture stories that show...
Berghaus has asked six photographers to capture stories that show the benefits of time spent outdoors, as part of its “Time To Get Out” marketing campaign. The summer phase of the campaign is live on Instagram, while the autumn/winter chapter will follow in September.
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Prana, a brand of Columbia Sportswear, is offering $100,000 to...
Prana, a brand of Columbia Sportswear, is offering $100,000 to one person as an incentive to enable them to “pursue their passion.” The idea is consistent with the brand's slogan, “Clothing for Positive Change.” Applicants must submit a one- to three-minute video illustrating their current job and their dream job. ...
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As of yesterday, a total of 209 confirmed delegates had...
As of yesterday, a total of 209 confirmed delegates had signed up for the European Outdoor Summit starting in the Swiss city of Interlaken on Thursday. That's a decline from the 305 delegates who registered at the EOS in the Swedish city of Malmö a year ago, but this included ...
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A total of 80 exhibitors from ten countries on three...
A total of 80 exhibitors from ten countries on three continents have signed up to participate in the first edition of the new Salon de l'Escalade (Climbing Trade Show), which will be held on Nov. 15-17 at Le Double-Mixte in the French city of Villeurbanne, just outside Lyon. Its organizers ...
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The European Outdoor Film Tour, now in its 19th year,...
The European Outdoor Film Tour, now in its 19th year, will be premiering its 2019/20 edition on Oct. 9 at the Alte Kongresshalle in Munich, Germany. This edition's documentaries include Nina Williams: Highly Illogical, about the highball bouldering of the climber Nina Williams, who is striving to be the first ...
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The Outdoor Industries Association (OIA), the trade body of the...
The Outdoor Industries Association (OIA), the trade body of the U.K. outdoor industry, has announced a special event to help companies in the outdoor sector prepare for Brexit. The full-day event will be held at the Royal Geographic Society in London on Oct. 22, and will be free to attend ...
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McTrek, the German outdoor retail chain, honored the so-called “Frankfurter...
McTrek, the German outdoor retail chain, honored the so-called “Frankfurter GrünGürtel” circular hiking trail with its 2019 McTrek innovation award. The trail is 64.5 kilometers long, circling around the city of Frankfurt. The award ceremony was held on Sept. 9 during the TourNatur trade show in Düsseldorf. The award winner ...
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A second edition of the conference “Innovations in Sports Materials”...
A second edition of the conference “Innovations in Sports Materials” will take place in Ghent, Belgium, on Nov. 19-20. The event is organized by Centexbel, the Belgian textile research and design center. The speakers will focus on the latest developments in sports materials, sports clothing, performance-enhancing materials and smart materials. ...
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Patagonia is launching a new European website on Sept. 25...
Patagonia is launching a new European website on Sept. 25 for its Patagonia Works program, which has already found numerous adepts in the U.S. The program will list a series of initiatives that customers can take in their own countries to do something for the environment, making donations or participating ...
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Columbia Sportswear is one of the companies that participated in...
Columbia Sportswear is one of the companies that participated in relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, which ravaged the Bahamas early this month and went on to damage parts of the U.S. and Canada. It organized a Retail Charity Checkout Program, pledging to match every donation made by ...
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Mund Socks has joined the European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca)....
Mund Socks has joined the European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca). The Spanish company plans to launch soon various types of socks made with recycled synthetic fibers, “non-mulesed” natural wool, organic cotton and similar sustainable materials.
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Buff, the Catalan headwear company, has been certified by the...
Buff, the Catalan headwear company, has been certified by the Spanish association Forética as complying with SGE 21, the European standard for corporate social responsibility. To qualify, Buff underwent an audit by SGS, an international certification firm that operates on Forética's behalf and is present in about 120 countries. To ...
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Sherpa Adventure Gear raised $89,812.25 for its children's education foundation...
Sherpa Adventure Gear raised $89,812.25 for its children's education foundation in Nepal last year. Sherpa sold over 350,000 products to support the ten students currently enrolled in the program across grades 4 to 9. The Sherpa Adventure Gear Foundation receives 25-cent donations on selected products sold by Sherpa to help ...
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Uniqlo and Torey Industries, long-time strategic partners, are now collaborating...
Uniqlo and Torey Industries, long-time strategic partners, are now collaborating on a new project to turn used down jackets and plastic bottles into new clothes. The collection of Ultra Light Down products will appear later this month, initially in Uniqlo's Japanese stores only. The down will be cleansed for use ...
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The Lycra Company is introducing the new Lycra EcoMade elastane,...
The Lycra Company is introducing the new Lycra EcoMade elastane, its first branded elastane made with recycled content. The new fiber will be officially launched at Intertextile Shanghai on Sept. 25–27. Furthermore, the company has announced that it plans to convert the majority of Coolmax and Thermolite fiber products to ...
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Indorama Ventures, the global chemical producer based in Bangkok, will...
Indorama Ventures, the global chemical producer based in Bangkok, will be investing $1.5 billion in recycling. The company's main activity is the production of PET resin, used as raw material to make items such as plastic bottles, tires, fibers and filaments. As reported by just-style, the company is planning to ...
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Moncler has entered the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) World...
Moncler has entered the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) World and Europe for the first time and has been recognized as the Industry Leader in the “Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods” sector. The DJSI, created jointly by S&P Dow Jones Indices and RobecoSAM in 1999, are a family of sustainability ...
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Moncler has recently signed The Fashion Pact, launched in August...
Moncler has recently signed The Fashion Pact, launched in August of this year at the G7 in Biarritz. The Fashion Pact unites more than 30 companies in the fashion and textile sector behind their commitment to fight environmental change, protect the oceans and safeguard biodiversity.
