News Briefs – Page 377
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Columbia has announced it will be the equipment partner of...
Columbia has announced it will be the equipment partner of The Mud Day in 2015. The Mud Day is an obstacle course organized by Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.), which organises the Tour de France and other competitions. In 2014, its second year, it lasted nine days and covered six French ...
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Ines Papert, the famous German ice climber, is putting out...
Ines Papert, the famous German ice climber, is putting out a new book about her exploits, titled “Unverfroren” (Not Frozen). At Ispo Munich, she will present it together with a short film at the stand of one of her sponsors, Lowa, in Hall 5 at 6:30 PM on Friday, Feb. ...
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Acting through Amazon EU, which is its European organization, Amazon...
Acting through Amazon EU, which is its European organization, Amazon has become the first online retailer to join the European Outdoor Conservation Alliance (EOCA). The retail giant first approached EOCA last July.
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Adidas ranks third among the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations...
Adidas ranks third among the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World. Corporate Knights, a Toronto-based media and investment advisory company, announced its tenth-annual list of the world's most sustainable companies, also known as the Global 100, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 21. The ...
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Hydro Flask is donating $100,000 to three charities based in...
Hydro Flask is donating $100,000 to three charities based in Bend, Oregon: Neighbor Impact Head Start, Oregon Adaptive Sports, and Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA). Hydro Flask itself is based in Bend. The three non-profit organizations were chosen because of the positive contribution each makes within the Central Oregon community, ...
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Bluesign has reminded bluesign-certified manufacturers and brands that they are...
Bluesign has reminded bluesign-certified manufacturers and brands that they are to have no long-chain C8 durable water repellents (DWR) in their products or supply chains as from Jan. 1. However, the Swiss certification company also mentioned that the positive list of bluesign-approved chemical products (bluesign bluefinder) includes several short-chain DWR ...
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Haglöfs has won the Sustainability Brand of the Year award,...
Haglöfs has won the Sustainability Brand of the Year award, from the Swedish trade magazine Sportfack. It was presented at Swesport, the Swedish outdoor and sports trade show, which ran in Stockholm on Jan. 11-12. In 2013, Haglöfs defined an array of ambitious sustainability goals that would be achieved in ...
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The value of Jack Wolfskin's outstanding loans dropped in value...
The value of Jack Wolfskin's outstanding loans dropped in value by between 9 and 13 percent on Europe's secondary markets in the last month because of the company's poor financial performance, compounded by the effect of unseasonably good weather conditions that affected sales during the month of October. Data collected ...
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Kenji Haroutunian, who recently stepped down as a vice president...
Kenji Haroutunian, who recently stepped down as a vice president of Emerald Expositions after 15 years as director for its Outdoor Retailer show, has announced he has established KenjiConsults, a consulting business serving the industry. Haroutunian has been in the outdoor industry for nearly 30 years. In addition to leading ...
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Décathlon has inaugurated a new campus for its three “mountain...
Décathlon has inaugurated a new campus for its three “mountain brands”: Quechua (outdoor), Wed'ze (snow sports) and Simond (climbing). The site regroups nearly 300 people who were previously dispersed over six sites, not including the workers at Simond's factory at Les Ouches. The new campus is located at Passy, near ...
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Amer Sports signed on Dec. 2 an agreement for a...
Amer Sports signed on Dec. 2 an agreement for a €150 million syndicated revolving credit facility for the next five years. Negotiated at favorable terms, it will be used for general corporate purposes including the refinancing of a €200 million syndicated loan obtained in 2011, which has now been terminated ...
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YKK, the world's largest manufacturer of zippers, is reportedly planning...
YKK, the world's largest manufacturer of zippers, is reportedly planning to invest $88 million in its Vietnamese factory to raise its annual production by 30 percent to 10 billion units by the end of 2016 and to double it by 2017. The additional capacity will become available by November 2015 ...
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Ryan Gellert has been named chief executive of Patagonia Europe,...
Ryan Gellert has been named chief executive of Patagonia Europe, responsible also for the Middle East. He spent the last 15 years with Black Diamond in various roles including that of brand manager, vice president for supply chain management and managing director for Black Diamond Asia. Described as a dynamic ...
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As of December, Haglöfs has a new sales representative for...
As of December, Haglöfs has a new sales representative for the Austrian market. Daniel Mühlbacher has replaced Thomas Blau who has left the Swedish marketer of outdoor gear. Mühlbacher, 28, has been involved in Nordic sports - most recently as category manager Nordic at Salomon and before as international key ...
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Isbjörn of Sweden, the ten-year-old specialty brand of functional apparel...
Isbjörn of Sweden, the ten-year-old specialty brand of functional apparel for children, has created the new position of export manager. The job will be done by Martin Eisele. The 41-year-old spent 17 years at Adidas in Scandinavia, most recently as head of sales coordination for the Scandinavian markets. At Isbjörn, ...
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Salewa Germany has hired Michael Brechtelsbauer as sales manager for...
Salewa Germany has hired Michael Brechtelsbauer as sales manager for equipment and footwear. Most recently, the 31-year-old served as product manager and buyer for hardgoods at the German Intersport. Before that, he worked for Adidas and X-Technology. At Salewa, he replaces Bastian Döhn who leaves the company on Dec. 31.
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Alchemy Equipment, a supplier of outdoor luggage and apparel based...
Alchemy Equipment, a supplier of outdoor luggage and apparel based in New Zealand, has appointed Frank Spiewack as vice president of global sales & marketing. He worked previously for two other kiwi companies, acting as U.K. and European sales manager for Macpac and as Icebreaker's manager in charge of international ...
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Ibex Outdoor Clothing, the Vermont-based designer of Merino outdoor and...
Ibex Outdoor Clothing, the Vermont-based designer of Merino outdoor and cycling clothing, has hired Daniel Betts as vice president of finance and operations, effective immediately. Most recently, Betts served as the director of financial planning and analysis at SmartWool. Prior to that, he worked as the principal financial analyst at ...
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Oboz, the fast-growing brand of trail footwear, has hired Derek...
Oboz, the fast-growing brand of trail footwear, has hired Derek Gustafson to run its product development team. One of his tasks will be to add new products and categories. He will also seek to introduce new materials and constructions. A native of Bozeman, the town in Minnesota where the company ...
