News Briefs – Page 400
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Jack Wolfskin admits that its sales fell by 7.9 percent...
Jack Wolfskin admits that its sales fell by 7.9 percent to €324 million in the past year. The company is blaming mainly the difficult market situation in Germany and Austria. The brand performed well in foreign markets in contrast, rising by 45 percent in the U.K., by 13.7 percent in ...
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Frank Dassler, general counsel and chief compliance officer at the...
Frank Dassler, general counsel and chief compliance officer at the Adidas Group, was unanimously elected for a three-year term as president of the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) during the organization's annual assembly just before the recent Ispo Munich fair, as expected. Dassler was most recently the ...
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As we have previously reported, the European Federation of the...
As we have previously reported, the European Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry, Fesi, has become very active in its lobbying efforts in Brussels. A few days ago, it held a couple of important meetings with key personalities of the European Commission and the European Parliament that should lead to ...
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Peak Performance, founding member of the Scandinavian Outdoor Group, SOG,...
Peak Performance, founding member of the Scandinavian Outdoor Group, SOG, is back as a new member from this year together with Cintamani, a brand of outdoor apparel from Iceland; Exel from Finland; Ulvang, a wool brand from Norway and Röjk from Sweden. The SOG now has a total of 39 ...
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Primaloft, which is growing faster than when it was part...
Primaloft, which is growing faster than when it was part of Albany International, has various new projects in the pipeline for fibers that will retain body heat and harness the heat from the sun. The company has also taken over its agents in Russia and Scandinavia, and it is launching ...
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Customers and employees of the Hohenstein Institute in Bönnigheim voted...
Customers and employees of the Hohenstein Institute in Bönnigheim voted in a competition to decide on the name for a new sweating thermal articulated manikin. The latest piece of test equipment in the Clothing Physiology department will now be called “Sherlock.” The manikin is the latest in a large family ...
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Nikwax Waterproofing is entering the world of supplying PFC-free water-repellent...
Nikwax Waterproofing is entering the world of supplying PFC-free water-repellent technology to manufacturers of outdoor clothing. The company, until now best known for its waterproofing aftercare products, is launching two new garment component products. The Nikwax Hydrophobic Down, built into Rab Down garments, is more resistant to wet conditions than ...
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As reported in the aftermath of the Asia Outdoor trade...
As reported in the aftermath of the Asia Outdoor trade show held in Nanjing at the end of July 2013, Kailas, one of the big players among the Chinese outdoor brands, is bullish about the development of a second brand called Udjat. This one doesn't address mountaineers and more ambitious ...
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Salewa has announced a new cooperation with BMW. Starting in...
Salewa has announced a new cooperation with BMW. Starting in Sept. 2014, BMW will provide transport in a new version of its Concept Active Tourer vehicle to a program of mountain events sponsored by Salewa. The partnership is intended to combine driving pleasure with the fascination of mountain sports. The ...
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Hoka One One, which is now a division of Deckers...
Hoka One One, which is now a division of Deckers Outdoor Corp., has added a middle-distance runner, Mike Rutt, to its team of elite athletes. He was part of a team that broke an existing world record a few days ago in a 4 x 800-meter relay between New Jersey ...
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Vibram is acting as title sponsor of three trail-running races...
Vibram is acting as title sponsor of three trail-running races in Hong Kong, New Zealand and Italy between March and May. One of the events is Maremontana, which will take place along the Ligurian sea cost and across the neighboring mountains on March 23. The resort of Loano will be ...
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Compressport will be the exclusive supplier of compression products to...
Compressport will be the exclusive supplier of compression products to the International Skyrunning Federation, sponsoring all its extreme trail-running events across the world between May and October this year. Athletes from 50 countries are expected to participate in the races, which will take place in Italy, Switzerland, Spain, France and ...
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Messe München indicates that attendance at the recent Ispo Munich...
Messe München indicates that attendance at the recent Ispo Munich show was relatively stable as compared to last year with a total of more than 80,000 daily visits. Visitors came from 110 different countries, and like last year, 66 percent were from outside Germany. Strong increases were recorded from the ...
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Raidlight, the French trail-running specialist, has established new partnership agreements...
Raidlight, the French trail-running specialist, has established new partnership agreements with the SkyRunning Irazu in Costa Rica, the Ultra Trail Raidlight Beachcomber in Mauritius, and the Oman Desert Marathon. The 43 km Skyrunning Costa Rica, which will take place this year on March 29, is the main trail running competition ...
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The European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) celebrated the arrival of...
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) celebrated the arrival of eight new members to the association and said it has raised more than €8,000 for conservation during the recent Ispo trade show in Munich. Kamik, Camp, Kayland, Edelrid, and Rewoolution all signed up during the fair. The other three new ...
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The OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen will shift from Thursday-Sunday to...
The OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen will shift from Thursday-Sunday to a Wednesday-Saturday schedule, starting in 2015, reflecting the growing professionalism of the industry and in tune with similar changes at other trade shows. While it will still start on Thursday, July 10, this year, it will start on Wednesday, July ...
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Last month's Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Lake City...
Last month's Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Lake City received about 7 percent more visitors than a year ago, according to preliminary figures, including 4 percent more buyers. They represented nearly 11 percent more stores than in January 2012. Attendance from the outside the U.S. grew by 14 percent. ...
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The North Face has announced the completion, after nearly two...
The North Face has announced the completion, after nearly two years in development, of its Responsible Down Standard (RDS), a tool that will provide a global standard through which any organization should be able to evaluate and certify the brand's full down supply chain. The announcement was made at a ...
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Jack Wolfskin says that half of its winter collection will...
Jack Wolfskin says that half of its winter collection will be made without the use of perfluorinated and polyfluorinated compounds (PFCs) as from 2014, two years ahead of schedule. In 2013, Jack Wolfskin made a commitment, under the motto “Going the extra mile,” to completely ban harmful chemicals from the ...
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Richard N. Cabela, co-founder and chairman emeritus of Cabela's, passed...
Richard N. Cabela, co-founder and chairman emeritus of Cabela's, passed away at his home in Sidney, Nebraska on Feb. 18. He was 77. Along with his wife Mary and brother Jim, he founded the American outdoor retail firm somewhat inadvertently in 1961, when he bought $45 of fishing flies in ...
