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Columbia will be the official outfitter of a special expedition...
Columbia will be the official outfitter of a special expedition organized to publicize the comfort of Sweet Bed Ibis, a new generation of beds used in Accor's Ibis chain of budget hotels. An adventurer, Aaron Chervenak, will be shown taking “the ultimate sleep” on one of these beds at the ...
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Smartwool, which claims to have led the “Merino wool revolution,”...
Smartwool, which claims to have led the “Merino wool revolution,” is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Since 1994, the company has sold more than 80 million pairs of socks and tens of thousands of apparel products, made with proprietary technologies, through 5,000 retail stores in North America and many ...
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The Ispo Munich show opening on Sunday will host a...
The Ispo Munich show opening on Sunday will host a record of 2,565 exhibitors from 50 countries, up from 2,481 a year ago, on 104.720 square meters of net space. Most of the expansion is in the outdoor, performance sports, water sports and action sports segments. Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV) ...
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The Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG) will use an application developed...
The Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG) will use an application developed by Hark Solutions to guide buyers at the Ispo Munich show through the offerings presented by its members in the Scandinavian Village at the show (Hall A6). Designed for use with tablet computers, PCs and Macs, the app can be ...
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Messe Friedrichshafen is upbeat about the OutDoor show scheduled for...
Messe Friedrichshafen is upbeat about the OutDoor show scheduled for July 10-13. A total of 620 exhibitors from 45 countries have already registered. Among them, prominent newcomers are Coleman, Eider, Helly Hansen, Olang, Recco and Wintersteiger.
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Like a year ago, buyers from nearly 300 stores paid...
Like a year ago, buyers from nearly 300 stores paid a visit to Annecy Showroom Avant-Première, the early trade show organized by Sportair in Annecy for the autumn/winter 2014/15 season last Jan. 13 and 14. A total of 60 brands showed their collections, and ten of them were new exhibitors: ...
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A two-day seminar on textile recycling will take place in...
A two-day seminar on textile recycling will take place in Tourcoing, in the north of France, on Feb. 5-6, 2014. CETI, the European Centre for Innovative Textiles, based in Tourcoing, is one of the organizers of the event. The research body, founded in 2012, is the world's most recent research ...
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L'Uomo Libero (=The Free Man), a new Italian-based association for...
L'Uomo Libero (=The Free Man), a new Italian-based association for international solidarity and cooperation, is planning to organize a special new trekking expedition along the Italian Alps that is expected to last about 70 days between next July and September to commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War One. Called ...
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The Private Brands division of REI commits itself to using...
The Private Brands division of REI commits itself to using only 100 percent Bluesign-certified fabrics by the time the American cooperative retail chain launches its 2018 product line. The division develops private label apparel and equipment for REI's stores. The American outdoor retailer has been a member of Bluesign since ...
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The Adidas Group, which is targeting an annual turnover of...
The Adidas Group, which is targeting an annual turnover of €500 million in the outdoor sector, was ranked as the 8th most sustainable company in the world in an authoritative chart made public on Wednesday, Jan. 22, at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Compiled every year by Corporate Knights, ...
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Eco-leather Corp., a company that makes breathable leather made from...
Eco-leather Corp., a company that makes breathable leather made from chicken feathers, is working with Nike and Puma to develop an athletic shoe made out of non-toxic materials, Fast Company reports. Eco-leather is the brainchild of Richard Wool, a chemist at the University of Delaware who uses techniques developed in ...
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Oeko-Tex plans to release next summer a new online platform...
Oeko-Tex plans to release next summer a new online platform that it is developing to help companies track and manage the level of sustainability of their supply chain. Called MySTeP, it will be made available to any interested textile firms, regardless of whether they already have Oeko-Tex certification. The application ...
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An emblematic personality in the Swedish outdoor industry, Åke Nordin,...
An emblematic personality in the Swedish outdoor industry, Åke Nordin, has passed away at the age of 77. He was the hard-headed Swedish entrepreneur who built his own backpack at 14 and founded Fjällräven in Örnsköldsvik in 1960. The company subsequently diversified its range and bought other outdor companies to ...
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The Lafuma Group has announced that Calida Holding has carried...
The Lafuma Group has announced that Calida Holding has carried out its planned acquisition of 2.5 million new shares in the company at a price of €14 per share, for a total investment of €35 million. It thus holds now 50.65 percent of Lafuma's equity and voting shares. Felix Sulzberger, ...
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POW of Seattle has acquired Holden Outerwear, another American company...
POW of Seattle has acquired Holden Outerwear, another American company that was founded by a professional snowboarder, Mike LeBlanc, and a designer, Scott Zergebel, to bring street fashion to a mountain environment. POW is the parent company of POW Gloves and Spacecraft Collective, a brand that stands for very artistic ...
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Orvis is selling its Ross Reels subsidiary to the Mayfly...
Orvis is selling its Ross Reels subsidiary to the Mayfly Group, an American producer of premium fly-fishing reels and accessories. Orvis bought Ross Reels last June from 3M in connection with the takeover of Scientific Anglers, a manufacturer of fly-fishing lines that fits better into its own product range. Mayfly ...
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The U.K. subsidiary of the Dutch-based Zwanenberg Food Group has...
The U.K. subsidiary of the Dutch-based Zwanenberg Food Group has acquired a majority stake in Malton Foods, a British meat producer that markets Wayfarer outdoor foods among other products. Malton, which previously traded under the name of Westlers Foods, has been suffering financial losses over the past few years. It ...
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Sympatex Technologies has set up a subsidiary in Seoul for...
Sympatex Technologies has set up a subsidiary in Seoul for the Korean market, in an apparent recognition of its importance in the outdoor sector. It plans to expand the presence of its brand name in the country through a big sales campaign orchestrated with one of its clients, Trespass, on ...
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Vibram has revised its operations around two separate business units:...
Vibram has revised its operations around two separate business units: finished goods and components. Both are serviced by the same marketing and administrative group. The finished goods division includes Vibram's FiveFingers range of toe-separation footwear. Along with the announcement of the new business model, the company said that next year ...
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Sympatex Holding has completed the sale of bonds worth €13...
Sympatex Holding has completed the sale of bonds worth €13 million, with a coupon of 8 percent and maturing in five years' time. They are trading on the Open Market of the Deutsche Börse. The management says that 30 percent of the proceeds will be invested in product development and ...
