News Briefs – Page 357
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Columbia Sportswear has launched a pilot of the ReThreads apparel...
Columbia Sportswear has launched a pilot of the ReThreads apparel and footwear recycling program, a special initiative designed to simplify post-consumer recycling, in partnership with I:CO. Columbia is installing collection bins at its stores in which customers can drop off their used clothing and shoes for recycling. The pilot was ...
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Bogs Footwear has launched a 2 percent Outdoor Education program....
Bogs Footwear has launched a 2 percent Outdoor Education program. For every purchase on bogsfootwear.com, the company will donate 2 percent of the sale for outdoor education. The initiative is meant to help remove the financial barriers - via scholarships and grants – that prevent some kids from learning and ...
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Bergans of Norway is donating about 640 items of clothing...
Bergans of Norway is donating about 640 items of clothing to a Norwegian organization for distribution to refugees from the Middle East. The items are worth the equivalent of €65,000 and consist mainly of wool, fleece and down-filled garments for the cold season.
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Manuel Abad Sáenz, who founded Calzados Fal 50 years ago, passed...
Manuel Abad Sáenz, who founded Calzados Fal 50 years ago, passed away on Oct. 24 at the age of 78. He began by making vulcanized outdoor shoes for the local farmers in the region of La Rioja. The company subsequently launched a brand, Chiruca, which is regarded as the biggest brand ...
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Skip Yowell, a co-founder of JanSport, passed away at 69...
Skip Yowell, a co-founder of JanSport, passed away at 69 on Oct. 13 at his home in Kansas, following an illness. Yowell founded the company in 1967 in Seattle, Washington, together with his cousin, Murray Pletz, and a seamstress, Jan Lewis, to make backpacks for the outdoors. The company went ...
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Wolverine Worldwide remains interested in acquisitions, but while there are...
Wolverine Worldwide remains interested in acquisitions, but while there are plenty of actionable assets in the market, the valuations are a bit high, said the management at the recent Goldman Sachs Retail Conference. Wolverine would prefer a good brand with heritage with at least $75 million in revenues - ideally ...
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Coghlan's, a Canadian supplier of camping accessories based in Winnipeg,...
Coghlan's, a Canadian supplier of camping accessories based in Winnipeg, has acquired McNett, a supplier of water-repellent sprays, tent sealers, field repair kits and other outdoor gear and accessories based in Billingham, Washington. There will be no change in the management of the company, even at its European offices in ...
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Julbo has become the only sports brand in Europe with...
Julbo has become the only sports brand in Europe with an in-house laboratory to make corrective lenses for its sports glasses. Like other brands of sports eyewear, it was previously outsourcing the process to an outside laboratory. Following an investment completed in April, Julbo's lab has a capacity to make ...
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Benjamin Chapuis has taken the place of Camille Henry as...
Benjamin Chapuis has taken the place of Camille Henry as director of collections for Le Chameau, the French supplier of hunting boots. Chapuis is responsible for product development and purchasing. He worked at Decathlon as a product engineer for three years until 2007, when he joined the French Royer Group ...
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An experienced executive, Liz Braund, has joined Royal Robbins in...
An experienced executive, Liz Braund, has joined Royal Robbins in the position of vice president of merchandising and design. She will also be in charge of product development and innovation. Braund has spent 20 years in performance apparel, working for important brands such as Nike, The North Face and Oakley. ...
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Jim van Dine will no longer run Hoka One One,...
Jim van Dine will no longer run Hoka One One, the fast-growing brand of trail running shoes. It seems that his departure is connected with plans of the new owner of the brand, Deckers Corp., to consolidate its operations, based in the San Francisco Bay area, into its own head ...
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Previously at Cascade Designs and Sierra Designs, Bill Conradt has...
Previously at Cascade Designs and Sierra Designs, Bill Conradt has switched to ExOfficio as vice president of global sales. He has been assigned to expand the international sales at ExOfficio, an outdoor and travel brand owned by Jarden Corporation. Conradt spent 13 years at Cascade Designs, to become vice president ...
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Andrew d'Acquisto has been appointed sales director at Mammut North...
Andrew d'Acquisto has been appointed sales director at Mammut North America, switching from Chums/Beyond Coastal, where he was national sales manager. D'Acquisto started at Mammut on Sept. 21, taking over from Rand Whitney. Although Mammut North America is established in Vermont, D'Acquisto will be based in Salt Lake City, Utah, ...
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Zeal Optics has a new president, Ben Peters, who was...
Zeal Optics has a new president, Ben Peters, who was appointed in July to take the place of Joe Sanchez, who became vice president of product development at Costa Sunglasses last December. Like Sanchez, Peters has worked for many years at Zeal's parent company, Maui Jim Sunglasses. He started as ...
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Climb Tools will distribute Prana on the Spanish market, starting...
Climb Tools will distribute Prana on the Spanish market, starting with the spring 2016 season. The company had represented the brand for about ten years up to 2010. Climb Tools is also the distributor of Five Ten and Gregory Mountain in Spain.
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Lowa has started to distribute the foot balsams and other...
Lowa has started to distribute the foot balsams and other plant-based skin care products produced by Sixtus in the sports and outdoor channels. Philipp Lahm, a well-known football champion from the Bayern München team, became a shareholder of Sixtus at the beginning of this year.
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Scantrade has become the new agent for Outdoor Research in...
Scantrade has become the new agent for Outdoor Research in Norway. Previously, the American brand was handled by Vertikal AS in the country. However, due to the recent acquisition of Outdoor Research by Scott Sports Group, the decision was made to switch agents. Scantrade's daughter company, Ramo, is in fact ...
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Terra Natura, a French agent specializing in outdoor products, started...
Terra Natura, a French agent specializing in outdoor products, started selling Nordisk and Yeti in its domestic market last month. The arrangement between the two Danish-owned brands and their previous French agent came to an end three years ago, and only a handful of French retailers continued to order directly ...
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GSI Outdoors confirmed that it appointed Lyon Equipment as its...
GSI Outdoors confirmed that it appointed Lyon Equipment as its distributor in the U.K. and Ireland from the start of next year. The U.S. brand of outdoor cookware, cutlery and other accessories has long been sold in the U.K. by Rosker, but the company announced that it would amicably cease ...
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A few weeks ago Dynafit and Wild Country opened a...
A few weeks ago Dynafit and Wild Country opened a joint store in Arco, the outdoor-centric town north of Italy's Lake Garda, in collaboration with a local retailer, Vertical Sport. Both brands belong to the Oberalp group.
