News Briefs – Page 307
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Garmont International has opened its first flagship store. Locatated on...
Garmont International has opened its first flagship store. Locatated on via Vicenza at Vedelago, about 200 meters off from its head office, it features a digital space where consumers orders can be placed for products that are not available in the store. A full-fledged web store will be opened soon.
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Isbjörn of Sweden, which makes outdoor clothing for children, has...
Isbjörn of Sweden, which makes outdoor clothing for children, has plans to grow in Norway. The brand, which has been selling its products in the country primarily through children's shops, has reached an agreement with Gresvig, the big retailer that franchises the Intersport and G-Sport banners. Reportedly, the company plans ...
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Active Dogs, a Russian retailer that has been selling the...
Active Dogs, a Russian retailer that has been selling the Ruffwear brand since 2013, has agreed to manage the distribution for the U.S. brand of active dog gear in Russia. Alexander Grinev, Sofia Grineva and the team around the Moscow-based company are to build and support a network of Ruffwear ...
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Sales of the Gregory brand of backpacks were up by...
Sales of the Gregory brand of backpacks were up by 21.6 percent to $26.5 million for the first half of this year, amounting to an increase of 21.9 percent in constant currencies, with double-digit sales growth in Europe and Asia. The rise was reported by Samsonite, the owner of Gregory ...
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Polygiene, the Swedish company that provides odor treatment for sports,...
Polygiene, the Swedish company that provides odor treatment for sports, outdoor and other products, has upped its target for the period from 2017 to 2022, aiming to reach sales of more than 400 million Swedish kronor (€41.9m-$50.6m) through organic growth, and an operating margin (Ebit) of more than 20 percent by ...
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Heiner Oberrauch, president of the Oberalp Group, has been awarded...
Heiner Oberrauch, president of the Oberalp Group, has been awarded one of the highest honors by the Austrian government. Wolfgang Spadinger, consul general of Austria in Bolzano, pinned the Great Order of Merit to Oberrauch's jacket at the end of August in a ceremony held in the city, where the ...
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Hoka One One is going to replace Tecnica as footwear...
Hoka One One is going to replace Tecnica as footwear sponsor of the legendary Tor des Géants, which will start in Courmayeur on Sept. 10 and run through 17, joining Ferrino, Garmin, GoPro, Montane and other brands. Regarded by some as the toughest ultratrail race on earth, it covers 330 ...
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McTrek Outdoor Sports has become the main sponsor for the...
McTrek Outdoor Sports has become the main sponsor for the Spessart 50 and Bergische 50 adventure hikes. The value-driven German outdoor retailer has signed onto the two events as part of its contribution to the It's Great Out There initiative, a coalition set up by the European Outdoor Group (EOG) ...
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Eddie Bauer, the U.S. leisure and outdoor brand is reportedly...
Eddie Bauer, the U.S. leisure and outdoor brand is reportedly opening a shop-in-shop at Globetrotter in Cologne, marking its return to stationary retailing in Germany. The brand has been absent from this retail channel since the acquisition of Eddie Bauer Deutschland by Eddie Bauer America in 2014. Although Eddie Bauer ...
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The North Face, a division of VF Corp., has launched...
The North Face, a division of VF Corp., has launched “Walls Are Meant For Climbing,” a new global brand campaign that aims at making the sport of climbing accessible to all. The campaign pushes inclusion and invites people to focus on the fact that walls are not meant to divide ...
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About 200 delegates have already registered for the European Outdoor...
About 200 delegates have already registered for the European Outdoor Summit, which will be held in Treviso, north of Venice, on Oct. 4-5. Meanwhile, the roster of speakers has been expanded with addition of Richard Kastelein, founder of Blockchain News, who will talk about the “decentralization of trust. Benchex and ...
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Paddlesports Retailer will relocate to Oklahoma City in 2018, just...
Paddlesports Retailer will relocate to Oklahoma City in 2018, just one year after its launch. According to the organizers of the trade show, the success of the inaugural event with both retailers and vendors made it clear that the show needed more space. The first edition of Paddlesports Retailer was ...
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The Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) in the U.K. has decided...
The Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) in the U.K. has decided to cancel the Outdoors Future Camp that was due to be held in Sheffield in partnership with Ispo Academy on Sept. 5-6, due to an insufficient number of bookings. Andrew Denton, chief executive of the OIA, said that the organizers ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has announced that it is partnering with the...
Wolverine Worldwide has announced that it is partnering with the American Red Cross, the Two Ten Footwear Foundation and the United Way to help victims of Harvey, the hurricane that made landfall in the U.S. at the end of August. The firm said it will contribute more than $2.6 million ...
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Canada Goose's employees surprisingly found in their mailboxes a letter...
Canada Goose's employees surprisingly found in their mailboxes a letter from Pamela Anderson, the star of Baywatch, on Sept. 5. Anderson, who is an animal rights activist and a supporter of Peta (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), reportedly urged the employees of the outdoor apparel company to use ...
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Patagonia has released a TV commercial to support the protection...
Patagonia has released a TV commercial to support the protection of public lands in the U.S., the first TV ad since the founding of the company in 1972. The ad shows stunning landscape shots of national parks while Yvon Chouinard, Patagonia's founder, explains why the conservation of public lands is ...
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Vaude has been honored with the Demography Excellence Award 2017,...
Vaude has been honored with the Demography Excellence Award 2017, in the category “fremd & heimisch” (foreign and familiar), for its commitment to refugees. The company accepted the award at a ceremony at the Hotel InterContinental in Berlin on Aug. 31. The Demography Excellence Award has been presented since 2009, initially ...
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The European Outdoor Group (EOG) has launched a photo contest...
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) has launched a photo contest ahead of the 2017 edition of the European Week of Sport, on Sept. 23-30. The organization is looking for the best outdoor pictures, under the slogan “It's great out there,” and is making available 18 equipment kits for the winners. ...
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CMD Sport reports that the owners of a fast-growing climbing...
CMD Sport reports that the owners of a fast-growing climbing hall in Málaga intend to develop their business through more openings and franchising around Spain. The climbing hall was established about three years ago by the Spanish climber Bernabé Fernández, with his friend Antonio Gámez, another climber and businessman. The ...
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The Swiss Katadyn Group has announced that it will acquire...
The Swiss Katadyn Group has announced that it will acquire Hydro-Photon, the manufacturer of Steripen, described as the world's leading ultraviolet, handheld water purifier. The takeover is expected to be completed by the end of 2017 and will see the marketing and distribution operations of Steripen move to Katadyn's North ...
