News Briefs – Page 332
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Samsonite has reported an increase of 20.9 percent to US$21.8...
Samsonite has reported an increase of 20.9 percent to US$21.8 million in the sales of Gregory Mountain Products for the first half of its financial year, ended June 30. Further expansion of the brand in Japan helped to drive a 17.6 percent currency-neutral increase. High Sierra, the more lifestyle-oriented brand ...
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Lenzing has reported a net profit of €94.6 million for...
Lenzing has reported a net profit of €94.6 million for the first half of 2016, which represents an increase of 83.9 percent over the same period of last year. The Austria-based maker of botanic cellulose fiber attributed this strong performance to the implementation of a new strategy focusing on environmentally-friendly ...
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The Western European sporting goods market grew by 3.8 percent...
The Western European sporting goods market grew by 3.8 percent in constant currencies in 2015, according to the annual analysis of retail sales in 15 countries conducted by SGI Europe. It was the same growth rate that had been registered in 2014, despite the absence of major sports events. In ...
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The Norwegian police has chosen Arc'teryx as a new supplier...
The Norwegian police has chosen Arc'teryx as a new supplier of uniform jackets. The garments come from Arc'teryx LEAF, a division of the company that is specialized in clothing for police and military. Garments from nine different vendors were tested for three years by the Norwegian police before the choice ...
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More and more sports and fashion brands are launching a...
More and more sports and fashion brands are launching a new line of “outdoor” clothing. It's now the turn of Joma, the leading Spanish producer of football boots, which has already diversified into other sports such as tennis and running. Listing some basic technical functions, Joma says its outdoor garments ...
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Engineers at Stanford University have announced the development of a...
Engineers at Stanford University have announced the development of a plastic-derived textile, which is said to cool the skin more efficiently than is possible with the natural or synthetic fabrics in clothes that we wear today. Describing their work in Science, the researchers of the Californian university said the new ...
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“This ain't no travel blog,” warns Columbia Sportswear while inviting...
“This ain't no travel blog,” warns Columbia Sportswear while inviting world travelers, glacier climbers, cave explorers and anyone else around the world to apply for two new positions of “director of toughness” at the company. They will have to test gear “in the most unforgiving conditions” and be at the ...
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“Make your life unforgettable,” is the pay-off of a brand...
“Make your life unforgettable,” is the pay-off of a brand campaign launched by Jack Wolfskin. It includes a TV commercial that will run in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the U.K., from September to December. The campaign runs across print, online and retail channels, with spectacular images shot in Norway, Iceland ...
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Trangoworld has signed up Mikel Linacisoro, a Spanish climbing champion,...
Trangoworld has signed up Mikel Linacisoro, a Spanish climbing champion, with a contract that will include his participation in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. He won the European championships last year.
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Hoka One One has enlisted two Olympic triathlon champions, Ben...
Hoka One One has enlisted two Olympic triathlon champions, Ben Kanute and Katie Zaferes, for its team of sponsored athletes. Pursuing further its diversification into road running, the brand has also signed up as the official footwear partner for the 46th edition of the BMW Dallas Marathon, which will be ...
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Gore-Tex, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, will...
Gore-Tex, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, will use the opportunity of the European Outdoor Film Tour (EOFT) to launch #Goretex40, a marketing campaign that will involve the users in contests through the social networks and through various stores in October, November and December. The EOFT will run ...
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More than 250 delegates are attending the European Outdoor Summit...
More than 250 delegates are attending the European Outdoor Summit in Barcelona in the next two days. The participants have already received their agenda and a list of the delegates to the annual convention. To help networking with one another, they will be able to use a new app that ...
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The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals Foundation (ZDHC) and the...
The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals Foundation (ZDHC) and the China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC), an industry federation representing textile-related industries in China, will jointly host a conference on better chemical management aimed at suppliers within the textile and footwear value chain. ZDHC oversees the implementation of the ...
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An outdoor fair for consumers is to be held in...
An outdoor fair for consumers is to be held in Montpellier for three days from Feb. 10, 2017, in conjunction with the Open Sud de France, a tennis tournament that draws top international players. The fair is to be organized by Phedon Organisation and Montpellier Events. They are targeting more ...
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Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV), Imaginove and Citia are launching Digital...
Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV), Imaginove and Citia are launching Digital x Outdoor, a one-day B2B event focusing on the use of digital technologies in the outdoor industry. The event will take place in Annecy, in France's Haute-Savoie region, on Friday, Sept. 30 from 9:00 to 17:00 alongside the High Five ...
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Penguin Books is releasing a revised and expanded edition of...
Penguin Books is releasing a revised and expanded edition of Yvon Chouinard's memoir. The first edition of Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman, by the founder of Patagonia was first published ten years ago. The new edition features around 40 percent new material as well as a ...
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Radici Group and Herno have teamed up to assess the...
Radici Group and Herno have teamed up to assess the environmental impact of a jacket, and have found that the environmental impact of an Italian one is much lower than that of a similar China-made jacket. Radici, headquartered in Bergamo, is a maker of chemical, synthetic fibers. The two companies ...
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Houdini Sportswear has announced that the complete Houdini Planetary Boundaries...
Houdini Sportswear has announced that the complete Houdini Planetary Boundaries Assessment will be published in September. The company is currently in the process of analyzing the data, while more data is being collected in partnership with its supplier partners. The ongoing analysis is supposed to go into the holistic footprints ...
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Sympatex Technologies has announced plans to introduce its first 100...
Sympatex Technologies has announced plans to introduce its first 100 percent recycled membrane. The Sympatex membrane is free from PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) and PFC (perfluorinated compounds), and is made of polyether-ester, which can be recycled. Over the past few years the Munich-based company has been re-using up to 15 percent of ...
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Garmin has launched a $200 million expansion and transformation of...
Garmin has launched a $200 million expansion and transformation of its headquarters at Olathe, Kansas. It will add 720,000 square feet for manufacturing and distribution, building up to a total of 2.1 million square feet of space. The warehousing space will be enlarged. The local distribution center will be converted ...
