News Briefs – Page 383
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Vestergaard has announced the donation of water purification tanks with...
Vestergaard has announced the donation of water purification tanks with clean water to 301 schools in Kenya, probably representing the biggest donation of the kind in Africa. It will benefit more than 125,000 children, many of whom will be encouraged to go to school to be able to drink the ...
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The American Alpine Institute gave the 2014 Guides' Choice Award...
The American Alpine Institute gave the 2014 Guides' Choice Award this summer to the Steripen Freedom water purification bottle developed by Hydro-Photon. It did so after a 30-day test in the Cordillera Real of Bolivia and the country's capital, La Paz.
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Mammut celebrated in September the coming 150th anniversary of the...
Mammut celebrated in September the coming 150th anniversary of the first ascent of the Matterhorn by mapping out the route in red lights. The athletes and climbers sponsored by the outdoor brand wore headlamps on their helmets, while at other points, lamps were installed by mountain guides from the nearby ...
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Garmin, the maker of navigation equipment, has announced a three-year...
Garmin, the maker of navigation equipment, has announced a three-year deal as the official supplier of the Marathon des Alpes-Maritimes Nice-Cannes, whose 7th edition will be held on Nov. 9 on the French Côte d'Azur. The race is the second largest in France by number of participants, with its 13,000 ...
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Hi-Tec has signed an exclusive headline sponsorship deal with the...
Hi-Tec has signed an exclusive headline sponsorship deal with the Keswick Mountain Festival, the annual outdoor event in England's Cumbria. Founded in 2007, the festival has grown into one of the most successful outdoor events in the U.K. The 2015 edition will take place on May 14-17 and is expected ...
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Tim O'Donovan, the retired former chairman and chief executive of...
Tim O'Donovan, the retired former chairman and chief executive of Wolverine Worldwide, has been designated to receive the Bob Campbell lifetime achievement award at gala to be staged by the Two Ten Foundation on Dec. 2 to celebrate its 75th anniversary. O' Donovan actively served on the board of the ...
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Earlier, at a party in New York last June marking...
Earlier, at a party in New York last June marking its 70th anniversary, the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA), gratified Wolverine with an award for “Advocate of the Year.” The trade association also gave its Brand Focus award to one of Wolverine's brands, Merrell.
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The organizers of the new Outdoor Show Belgium, which was...
The organizers of the new Outdoor Show Belgium, which was going to take place for the first time last month, have decided to postpone its dates to April 25-26, 2015 at the request of its exhibitors. It will be held at Libremont simultaneously with the third edition of a sports ...
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The organizers of the Asia Outdoor show to be held...
The organizers of the Asia Outdoor show to be held in Nanjing, China from July 23-26, 2015, are inviting trade visitors to the first edition of an industry congress called Asia Outdoor China Summit. It will be held from July 24-25 in the same city and is backed by the ...
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Sympatex Technologies is the title sponsor of “Trail of Change”...
Sympatex Technologies is the title sponsor of “Trail of Change” for the second consecutive year, a scientific expedition project led by geomorphologist Hannes Künkel to investigate climate change in the Himalayas. This year, it will take place in Annapurna Himal, widely regarded as the wildest high mountain region in the ...
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George Fisher, the well-known British outdoor store based at Keswick,...
George Fisher, the well-known British outdoor store based at Keswick, in the heart of the English Lake District, is the first U.K. retailer to have joined the European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca). Holmenkol, Teko and Spring PR, a British PR agency, also joined Eoca during the past summer. The Russian ...
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A total of 12 companies have joined the Conservation Alliance...
A total of 12 companies have joined the Conservation Alliance in the U.S. since last February. They are Bergans of Norway, Elevation Outdoors Magazine, Goal Zero, GU Energy Labs, Hoka One One, Outdoor Specialty Group, Outpac Designs, Peter McBride Production, Prism Kite, RootsRated, Unicorn Recreation Products and Wildland Trekking Company.
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Horny Toad Activewear got the highest rating among outdoor and...
Horny Toad Activewear got the highest rating among outdoor and sport brands in the Outside Magazine's Best Places to Work list for 2014. Each year, Outside recognizes the top 100 companies in the U.S. that help their employees achieve the ideal balance between work and play. The Best Places to ...
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Prana has announced plans to expand its Fair Trade Certified...
Prana has announced plans to expand its Fair Trade Certified offerings to 45 pieces for spring 2015, from the nine pieces in autumn 2014. Prana has been the first major apparel company in North America to offer Fair Trade Certified styles in partnership with Fair Trade USA. Every October, the ...
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Keen footwear and its partner Respect The Mountains have announced...
Keen footwear and its partner Respect The Mountains have announced that this summers' eight events for the Envirotrek Clean Up Series yielded the campaigns' greatest ever returns with 5,120kg of rubbish being collected, almost double that collected during the 2013 campaign. The 2014 series, in its sixth year, visited six ...
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Keen has been named a Gold-Level Bicycle Friendly Business by...
Keen has been named a Gold-Level Bicycle Friendly Business by the League of American Bicyclists. With this award, Keen joins a group of more than 800 local businesses, Fortune 500 companies and government agencies across the U.S. that are helping make the American workplace more sustainable. Keen encourages bicycling as ...
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PrAna has been working over the last three years through...
PrAna has been working over the last three years through the Poly Program to cut back on the number of plastic bags it uses in packaging and has now announced that it has cut 31,000 pounds of plastic so far. The core of prAna's Poly Program is to deliver products ...
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Oboz has launched a new website at www.obozfootwear.com that is...
Oboz has launched a new website at www.obozfootwear.com that is designed to cater to mobile users, although it also serves desktop or laptop researchers with simple navigation and functionality. The new design fits small to large screens while big, mobile-friendly buttons lead and load quickly to product information. Users can ...
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A big American electrical utility company, NRG, has acquired Goal...
A big American electrical utility company, NRG, has acquired Goal Zero, an American company that has become well known in the outdoor sector for its solar-powered charging devices. Robert Workman, who founded Goal Zero five years ago, after realizing that many people have no access to light in developing countries, ...
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The last seven Ultimo Outdoor stores operating in Norway will...
The last seven Ultimo Outdoor stores operating in Norway will be closing their doors soon. This means that 32 stores belonging to the Norwegian sports retail chain will have been closed and their 110 employees will have lost their jobs since the beginning of 2013. The 32 stores generated a ...
