News Briefs – Page 348
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Berg Outdoor, the Portuguese outdoor brand that was previously sold...
Berg Outdoor, the Portuguese outdoor brand that was previously sold as a private label of the Portuguese retail chain Sport Zone, launched a new logo at this year's Ispo show and presented a restructured and enhanced collection, including a completely new snow collection and a new travel line. The brand's ...
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Geox is pursuing a new phase of diversification into apparel...
Geox is pursuing a new phase of diversification into apparel with two new product lines that were presented at the Pitti Uomo and Pitti Bimbo fairs in Florence last month. One is Nordplus, a line of high-end jackets for men and women with “dynamic transpiration.” The other one is a ...
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Montane has signed an agreement to be the main sponsor...
Montane has signed an agreement to be the main sponsor of the Tor des Géants, the big ultra-running race in northwestern Italy, which starts in Courmayeur on Sept. 11. The 700 competitors in the race must complete the 330-km. race within 150 hours, while covering 24,000 meters of vertical distance.
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Wolfgang Clement, a former German economics minister, presented Sympatex Technologies...
Wolfgang Clement, a former German economics minister, presented Sympatex Technologies with a “Top Job Seal” earlier this month for the strategic orientation of its policy of attracting skilled personnel in a sustainable way through a healthy workplace, culture and communication, and internal entrepreneurship. The Munich-based company involves employees in strategic ...
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Osprey Packs has announced the launch of its new website,...
Osprey Packs has announced the launch of its new website, which was especially redesigned to highlight the brand's robust product offering. In addition to improved product information - with 360-degree product views, feature call-outs and product videos - the new website offers mobile-friendly navigation as well as an enhanced dealer ...
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Ispo and W.L. Gore & Associates have signed up as...
Ispo and W.L. Gore & Associates have signed up as “major sponsors” of the 2016 European Outdoor Summit (EOS), the European Outdoor Group (EOG) announced. After the three previous editions in Stockholm, Tegernsee and Sheffield, this year's EOS is organized by Afydad, the Spanish sport industry association, and it has ...
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Allied Feather & Down has received Nike's award for its...
Allied Feather & Down has received Nike's award for its outstanding achievement in the Nike Material Sustainability Index (MSI) Premium Supplier Program. According to the award's guidelines, Allied's Nike MSI score showed “a best in class commitment to sustainability for the Fall and Holiday 2017 season.” The Nike MSI calculates ...
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Allied Feather & Down has pledged to completely eliminate perfluorocarbons...
Allied Feather & Down has pledged to completely eliminate perfluorocarbons (PFCs) from its water resistant down treatment by 2017, and to use a wax-based technology instead. The Californian company said it had been working toward this elimination since it started testing PFC-free treatments five years ago. The first PFC-free waterproof ...
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The 2016 edition of the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) mountain...
The 2016 edition of the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) mountain race, which will take place on Aug. 22-28, has received 5,471 registration requests. Since its creation in 2003, when there were 700 runners registered, the success of the race has constantly grown. In order to respect a fragile mountain environment, ...
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Vaude was graced with the first Ecosport Awards in Paris...
Vaude was graced with the first Ecosport Awards in Paris on Jan. 20 under the auspices of the French Ministries of Sport and Sustainability. The German company got the award in the “Sustainable Management” category. The jury praised “the comprehensiveness of its eco-friendly commitment, the sustainable reconstruction of the company ...
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Bergans of Norway has raised its environmental goals by announcing...
Bergans of Norway has raised its environmental goals by announcing that in 2016 all down products will be manufactured in accordance with the Textile Exchange's Responsible Down Standard. The milestone is part of an environmental and social responsibility plan called Expedition 2020. Last year, the company held several meetings with ...
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The Textile Exchange released the first draft of the Responsible...
The Textile Exchange released the first draft of the Responsible Wool Standard (RWS) this week, for public stakeholder review by interested parties at responsiblewool.org. This allows the public to provide input for the standard, to make sure that it delivers value to the wool industry. The RWS is intended as ...
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Keen has been named in the inaugural Rodale 100 in...
Keen has been named in the inaugural Rodale 100 in the Environmental category for its 2015 Live Monumental campaign. The Rodale 100 is a list of 100 people, companies, nonprofit organizations and products that are recognized for positively impacting the world on a local, national and/or global scale, through their ...
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Helly Hansen and Nikwax have sealed a partnership to improve...
Helly Hansen and Nikwax have sealed a partnership to improve the care given to garments and to extend their performance in an environmentally-friendly way. The partnership focuses on Helly Hansen sports and workwear products that are meant for particularly demanding conditions. The partnership is to start with resort uniforms, as ...
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The Conservation Alliance contributed $1.6 million to 43 conservation organizations...
The Conservation Alliance contributed $1.6 million to 43 conservation organizations throughout North America in 2015, according to its latest annual report. Adding to its funding record, the Alliance attracted 27 new members last year. Each member company pays annual dues that go into a central fund, which the organization claims ...
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The North Face has moved its office and showroom for...
The North Face has moved its office and showroom for the German-speaking countries from the MOC to the German office of VF Corporation in the northern part of the city, along with other group brands such as Smartwool, Napapijri, Timberland, Vans and Wrangler.
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Seven executives of Thule Group including Magnus Welander and Stefan...
Seven executives of Thule Group including Magnus Welander and Stefan Jacobsson, who are respectively chief executive and chairman of the Swedish company, have exercised warrants issued since 2014, paying 84.90 Swedish kronor (€9.05-$9.88) per share. The transaction raises the total number of shares by 1,036,455 to 101,036,455, resulting in net ...
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Garmin International has acquired Pulsed Light, a company specializing in...
Garmin International has acquired Pulsed Light, a company specializing in optical distance measurement technology, boasting that the sensor boards from the firm in Oregon are particularly accurate, small and lightweight. Pulsed Light developed and owns the intellectual property that enables this technology. The multiple applications could include products such as ...
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Vincent Wauters, who has been driving the strong development of...
Vincent Wauters, who has been driving the strong development of Arc'teryx, is leaving the Amer Sports group, where he had been recently appointed president of apparel and member of its executive board. Heikki Takala, president and chief executive of Amer, says he is taking direct responsibility for the development of ...
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Marmot Mountain will have for the first time a general...
Marmot Mountain will have for the first time a general manager with global responsibility for product, sales and marketing. The role has been assigned to Joe Flannery, who worked for Adidas in Germany and the U.S. and then served as vice president of global marketing for The North Face. In ...
