News Briefs – Page 286
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The North Face has opened a special pop-up store in...
The North Face has opened a special pop-up store in the Italian Alps, located at an altitude of 2,200 meters, that can only be reached with a two-hour hike. It features eight unique pieces of jackets and backpacks from TNF's “Pinnacle Archives” that have been worn by athletes sponsored by ...
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Ellis Brigham Mountain Sports has been honored with an Outstanding...
Ellis Brigham Mountain Sports has been honored with an Outstanding National Retailer Award in the Liverpool BID (Business Improvement District) Mystery Shopper Awards 2018. The BID's annual Mystery Shopper program covertly evaluates local businesses across the retail, leisure or accommodation sectors by looking at the quality of the customer service ...
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Chiruca, the Spanish outdoor footwear brand, raised its sales by...
Chiruca, the Spanish outdoor footwear brand, raised its sales by 5.5 percent for the first half of this year, according to Diffusion Sport. In the past year, Chiruca's sales grew by 9.4 percent to €12.9 million. In the last few months, the brand recorded a reasonably strong performance in Spain ...
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While its sales in the Americas dipped by 6 percent...
While its sales in the Americas dipped by 6 percent in the second quarter, with a drop of 4 percent in constant currencies, the Thule Group's sales in Europe and the rest of the world jumped by 18 percent, or 12 percent in local currencies, driven by Sport & Cargo ...
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Eoca held its annual assembly at the OutDoor show in...
Eoca held its annual assembly at the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen on June 18. The presentation of the accounts and activities for 2017 showed that the association committed a record €360,000 to 15 projects in 2017. Also, Eoca welcomed 13 new members during the year and lost four, resulting in ...
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Heimplanet is launching on Kickstarter a new series of travel-focused...
Heimplanet is launching on Kickstarter a new series of travel-focused bags, called the Transit Line. The new product line is meant to address the needs of today's fluid customer, who constantly switches between the world of travel, work and play. The bags are designed to make the transitions between these ...
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La Sportiva, the leading manufacturer of climbing shoes based in...
La Sportiva, the leading manufacturer of climbing shoes based in the Dolomites, will replace The North Face as the new title sponsor of the Lavaredo Ultra Trail (LUT) for the next three years, starting in June 2019. The 12-year-old circuit is the only Italian “series” class competition in the Ultra ...
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Kayland is supporting Millemonti, a project for the discovery of...
Kayland is supporting Millemonti, a project for the discovery of hidden and atypical natural places, both in Italy and abroad, focusing on the beauty, history, local culture and gastronomy of these places. Kayland, headquartered in Italy's Northeast, will provide the group of outdoor enthusiasts behind the project with its shoes, ...
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Scarpa is sponsoring Colin Haley, the rock climber and mountaineer...
Scarpa is sponsoring Colin Haley, the rock climber and mountaineer who has recently set a new speed record for climbing the massive Cassin Ridge on Denali, in Alaska, in eight hours and seven minutes. He had attempted the record in 2010, 2011 and 2012, and finally made it on June ...
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American outdoor companies are motivated to implement sustainability practices primarily...
American outdoor companies are motivated to implement sustainability practices primarily because they believe the industry has a role to play in the preservation of the environment. This is one of the findings of the first State of Sustainability in the Outdoor Industry report, published by the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA). ...
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Ternua has joined efforts with Archroma, a global firm focusing...
Ternua has joined efforts with Archroma, a global firm focusing on color and specialty chemicals aiming for sustainable solutions, to create a capsule collection of recycled tee-shirts and sweatshirts from nutshell waste. The collection, called Nutcycle, uses recycled and upcycled agricultural waste from the Basque region in Spain after food ...
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Hoka One One, Sanuk and Teva, three divisions of Deckers...
Hoka One One, Sanuk and Teva, three divisions of Deckers Brands, have entered into a partnership with Camber Outdoors, an organization that works to promote corporate diversity and women's leadership in the outdoor sector. As part of the agreement, the three brands will develop internal programs that seek to put ...
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Amer Sports' headquarters in Helsinki significantly reduced its carbon emissions...
Amer Sports' headquarters in Helsinki significantly reduced its carbon emissions last year. The largest reductions in greenhouse gas emissions were achieved by cutting flights and electricity consumption, the company said. The office building is now a certified WWF Green Office.
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Organizers of the Outdoor Trade Show (OTS) in the U.K....
Organizers of the Outdoor Trade Show (OTS) in the U.K. said that 950 trade visitors attended its latest edition, held over three days at EventCity in Manchester. This was quite a special edition for the OTS, which had been held for the previous 12 years at Stoneleigh Park. The move ...
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The program developed for the next European Outdoor Summit (EOS)...
The program developed for the next European Outdoor Summit (EOS) is getting more detailed. In addition to Magnus Welander of the Thule Group and Liselotte Engstam for the European Commission, other high-caliber speakers will take the floor in Malmö, Sweden, on Sept. 18 and 19 including Markus Rech, chief executive ...
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Many brands and manufacturers have already registered to participate in...
Many brands and manufacturers have already registered to participate in the first edition of OutDoor by Ispo, which will take place in Munich from June 30 to July 3 next year. The list that we have received from Messe München includes – among others -, many brands of Fenix Outdoor ...
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More than 200 dealers who represented more than 100 retailers...
More than 200 dealers who represented more than 100 retailers attended the Outdoor Business Days at Riva del Garda in Italy on July 15-16. The event was sponsored by Ispo, which presented the concept for its new outdoor show. A couple of companies had their own private showroom; One of ...
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Mammut has announced that it is supporting Tom Belz in...
Mammut has announced that it is supporting Tom Belz in his plan to climb Kilimanjaro. Belz, a Mammut brand ambassador, has only one leg since he had the other one amputated because of bone cancer when he was 12. Despite his physical impairment, the 31-year-old German is planning to climb ...
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Osprey Packs has taken over the 80 percent stake it...
Osprey Packs has taken over the 80 percent stake it didn't own in Osprey Europe from Robert Wylie, who started the operation in 2003 and will continue to run it. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The move will allow a closer integration of the rather successful European ...
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Glorify Unbreakable signed up its 1,000th “business rebel” in early...
Glorify Unbreakable signed up its 1,000th “business rebel” in early June as part of a crowd-funding campaign to help launch the Austrian sports and outdoor eyewear more deeply into the international market. Through the campaign, which kicked off in September 2017, the company's inventor and business owner, Christian Egger, was ...
