News Briefs – Page 394
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Addnature has opened a new retail location in Stockholm targeting...
Addnature has opened a new retail location in Stockholm targeting endurance sport enthusiasts. Called Puls, the store carries products related to the sports of trail running, swim running, triathlon and cycling. Interest in endurance sports has increased dramatically in recent years in Sweden. Swim running has become somewhat popular in ...
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After a two-year trial period in Sweden, Norway's Stormberg has...
After a two-year trial period in Sweden, Norway's Stormberg has launched its web shop in 23 markets worldwide. The international site has been optimized for use in the U.S. and in 21 European countries outside of Norway. Stienar Olsen, chief executive of Stormberg, has told Sportsbransjenthat the response to the ...
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Barrabés, the big Spanish outdoor retailer, has opened a new...
Barrabés, the big Spanish outdoor retailer, has opened a new store in Zaragoza that measures 600 square meters, replacing a larger unit of 1,000 m² in the same city that had been in operation for three years. The chain has six other stores in Madrid, Barcelona and Huesca, plus its ...
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Crocs suffered a 68.5 percent drop in net profit to...
Crocs suffered a 68.5 percent drop in net profit to $9.1 million in the first quarter from $29.0 million a year ago as its total revenues rose by only 0.2 percent to $312.4 million for the period, ended on March 31, with a 1.5 percent increase in terms of local ...
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Rocky Brands has reported 22.5 percent higher sales of $65.8...
Rocky Brands has reported 22.5 percent higher sales of $65.8 million for the first quarter of 2014, with strong double-digit growth in all its major categories and higher military sales. The management said it was also pleased with the initial performance of Creative Recreation, a brand of sneakers bought at ...
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An American court of appeals has ruled that Teva sandals...
An American court of appeals has ruled that Teva sandals are slip-on shoes that cannot be classified as sports footwear under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule. Confirming a ruling already given in 2008, the finding means that its sandals are subject to an import duty of 37.5 percent in the U.S. ...
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Vibram USA, the producer of FiveFingers running shoes, has moved...
Vibram USA, the producer of FiveFingers running shoes, has moved to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that it overstated the shoes' health benefits. The company has offered to pay a total of $3.75 million to people who bought the shoes and said it would stop making claims in its commercials ...
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In the U.S., Coleman is recalling some 100 Northstar Liquid...
In the U.S., Coleman is recalling some 100 Northstar Liquid Fuel Lanterns due to a faulty gas feed tube that can release too much fuel, creating fire and burn hazards when it leaks from the bottom. The product recall concerns model number 2000B750 with date codes 10 13 or 11 ...
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Schoeller Textil, with the Hohenstein Institute and other partners, is...
Schoeller Textil, with the Hohenstein Institute and other partners, is ready for a six-month space journey leaving the planet Earth on May 28 as part of the Spacetex research program. It will explore the interaction between the human body, clothing and climate in weightless conditions in order to optimize the development ...
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Maier Sports has been given the prestigious Plus X Award,...
Maier Sports has been given the prestigious Plus X Award, “the best product of the year 2014,” in the category of shoes and apparel for its Tamesi outdoor jacket. The PFC-free outdoor jacket from Maier won another Plus X Award in the category of high quality, design and functionality. Other ...
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In the U.S., Coleman is recalling some 100 Northstar Liquid...
In the U.S., Coleman is recalling some 100 Northstar Liquid Fuel Lanterns due to a faulty gas feed tube that can release too much fuel, creating fire and burn hazards when it leaks from the bottom. The product recall concerns model number 2000B750 with date codes 10 13 or 11 ...
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The Great Place to Work Institute (GPTW) has named Pentland...
The Great Place to Work Institute (GPTW) has named Pentland Brands this year as one of the top ten “Best Workplaces” in the U.K in the “Best Large Company” category. The parent company of Berghaus and Brasher, which is also the controlling shareholder of JD Sports Fashion, ranked higher than ...
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MSR, which stands for Mountain Safety Research, has reported that...
MSR, which stands for Mountain Safety Research, has reported that one of its sponsored athletes, Eric Larsen, reached the geographic North Pole on May 6 together with a partner, Ryan Waters, after completing a 53-day expedition without any human support. It was the first team to have accomplished the unaided ...
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Julbo USA is a Key Sponsor of the U.S. Skyrunner...
Julbo USA is a Key Sponsor of the U.S. Skyrunner Series, a new running series in the U.S. that kicked off on May 16 with the Cruel Jewel 56-km race in Georgia. Julbo will support all participants in this new series, including members of its own Julbo endurance running team. ...
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Chaco is celebrating its 25th anniversary in the U.S. with...
Chaco is celebrating its 25th anniversary in the U.S. with a specially designed Chaco truck and trailer that will tour the country between May and September. A so-called “Fit for Adventure” tour will take it through seven major music festivals and whitewater events and three football games, engaging more than ...
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Salewa officially launched a new and more modern logo at...
Salewa officially launched a new and more modern logo at a special event at Wolfgangsee in Austria last Sunday. While keeping the image of the eagle as its distinctive symbol, the new logo is more minimalist, in tune with the times. It had been registered already in December 2012, but ...
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In the first week of May, The North Face took...
In the first week of May, The North Face took the nine winners of an online competition organized with Intersport on a five-day mountain adventure in the Swiss Alps, involving them in snowshoe hiking, a via ferrata trip and abselling on and around the Jungfraujoch. The five participants came from ...
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Deckers Outdoor Corporation is engaging Hoka One One in a...
Deckers Outdoor Corporation is engaging Hoka One One in a number of new marketing initiatives, particularly in the U.S. The brand will act as the presenting sponsor of a revived edition on June 15 of The Race, a classical running competition that was held in Eugene, Oregon in the 1980s. ...
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Costa and Native Eyewear, the two brands of sunglasses bought...
Costa and Native Eyewear, the two brands of sunglasses bought a few weeks ago by Essilor International, are among the outdoor brands that will make their first appearance at the GoPro Mountain Games due to be held in Vail, Colorado, on June 5-8. Vasque will also join the pool of ...
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The Hohenstein Institute is organizing a free webinar on June...
The Hohenstein Institute is organizing a free webinar on June 23 to show how product tests for skin compatibility can open up a specialized market. The German institute can certify that a company's products are “skin-friendly” or “non-allergenic” through the tests that it conducts to find out whether they contain ...
