News Briefs – Page 405
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Polar Bottle is launching a special edition of insulated bottles...
Polar Bottle is launching a special edition of insulated bottles for the 2014 Fifa World Cup. Each bottle's design is based on the national flags of the 32 teams that have qualified for the football event in Brazil. The featured nations are: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bosnia, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, ...
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Schöffel is launching a line of ski and outdoor apparel...
Schöffel is launching a line of ski and outdoor apparel for children aged 8 to 14 for the autumn/winter 2014/15 season. Reportedly, the German company has been suffering flat sales, in spite of a big advertising campaign in the past year, but the orders that it has collected for the ...
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The North Face has opened the first three stores in...
The North Face has opened the first three stores in Paris at almost the same time, including two corporate units, after finding the most suitable locations. It has also opened one in Bordeaux, raising to twelve the number of TNF stores in France. The company already has about 100 mono-brand ...
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The only two Patagonia stores in the U.K. are closing...
The only two Patagonia stores in the U.K. are closing down. They have been operated by Outside Ltd., which opened them in 2008 in Hathersage in England's Peak District and in 2011 in the Covent Garden area of London. The company has decided to focus on its Outside store in ...
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Fjällräven is opening its first concept store in Norway, after...
Fjällräven is opening its first concept store in Norway, after securing what is being touted as Scandinavia's best shopping location. The 310-square-meter store will be situated on Karl Johans Gate in Oslo, Norway's most famous shopping street, in close proximity to the concept stores of Haglöfs, Norrøna and Helly Hansen. ...
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Oberalp has opened a Salewa Mountain Shop of 150 square...
Oberalp has opened a Salewa Mountain Shop of 150 square meters at Sallent de Gállego, in the Huesca region of Spain, in cooperation with a local outdoor retailer, Gorgol. The store offers the various outdoor brands of the Oberalp group: Salewa, Dynafit, Pomoca and Wild Country.
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The Muck Boot collection of premium outdoor boots for men...
The Muck Boot collection of premium outdoor boots for men and women is making its first appearance in the Outdoor Shop on the 5th floor of the prestigious Harrods department store in London. The line is produced by The Original Muck Boot Company, a company created in the U.S. in ...
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Benchex, a business consultancy in Hamburg in Germany, has published...
Benchex, a business consultancy in Hamburg in Germany, has published the first independent report on the German outdoor retail industry's satisfaction with suppliers. The survey, consisting of a detailed questionnaire, was put to 90 participants from over 60 independent retailers, retail chains and buying associations. Vaude was ranked first, followed ...
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Salt City Optics has launched a new online store specializing...
Salt City Optics has launched a new online store specializing in prescription eyewear for outdoor activities. SaltCityOptics.com offers prescription eyewear to cyclists, skiers, hikers, fishermen, skateboarders and other outdoor enthusiasts. The company, based in Salt Lake City, claims to be the first online retailer to specialize in the niche. Its ...
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Oberalp, the Italian-based parent company of Salewa, Dynafit and Wild...
Oberalp, the Italian-based parent company of Salewa, Dynafit and Wild Country, has agreed to represent Julbo, the 125-year-old French brand of technical sports eyewear, on the Italian market. Major synergies are expected between Salewa and Julbo in this important market. For the past 15 years, Julbo has been distributed in ...
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The Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) of the U.K. has decided...
The Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) of the U.K. has decided to outsource its marketing, communication and PR functions to Media Contact Services (MCS), the PR, marketing and event management agency in Manchester that organizes the eight-year-old Outdoor Trade Show at Stoneleigh Park. Described as the longest-established agency in the (British) ...
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Columbia Sportswear has filed a lawsuit against Seirus Innovative Accessories...
Columbia Sportswear has filed a lawsuit against Seirus Innovative Accessories for infringement on its patent for its insulating Omni Heat reflective material. In the lawsuit it filed in Seattle at the beginning of December, Columbia accused Utah-based Seirus of selling gloves with a heat-reflecting material and bearing a wavy ornamental ...
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Hi-Tec Sports has won the Footwear Product of the Year...
Hi-Tec Sports has won the Footwear Product of the Year award from The Great Outdoors Magazine of the U.K. for its ZUUK shoe. Other winners were Rab for the Clothing Product of the Year and Cotswold Outdoor, which was voted Chain Retailer of the Year. Rab and Cotswold were selected ...
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Haglöfs will get a marketing award in the multi-channel category...
Haglöfs will get a marketing award in the multi-channel category at next month's Ispo Munich show for its “Monochrome” advertising campaign, which it launched last spring on various types of media in 26 markets to support the launch of its biking and trail running segments. It used a limited range ...
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Five outdoor companies – Darn Tough, Nemo Equipment, Leki, Osprey...
Five outdoor companies – Darn Tough, Nemo Equipment, Leki, Osprey Packs and Vasque – have decided to team up to form a joint Ambassador Program for hikers on the famous Appalachian Trail in the U.S. They have called on so-called “thru-hikers” to apply for eligibility as candidates for the program. ...
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The Women's Story is a new experiential media event that...
The Women's Story is a new experiential media event that will take place in Hamburg, New Jersey, next June 10-12. It will allow journalists to test and evaluate the latest women-specific outdoor and cycling products. The event is organized by Outdoor Retailer and Interbike and sponsored by several trade groups ...
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The Outdoor Trade Show at Stoneleigh Park, England, will start...
The Outdoor Trade Show at Stoneleigh Park, England, will start on a Tuesday rather than on a Sunday. After extensive research among exhibitors and visitors, the British show's organizer, MCS, has also decided to cut the number of days from four to three, running from Sept. 9 to 11 for ...
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Elev8, a small company in the English Lake District that...
Elev8, a small company in the English Lake District that organizes the local Keswick Mountain Festival (KMF), is teaming up with Brand Events, a big organizer of consumer events, to develop and expand the KMF in 2014 and beyond. Brand Events is the company that founded the Outdoors Show in ...
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Messe München has publicly announced its plans to start a...
Messe München has publicly announced its plans to start a summer trade show in China in 2015, in response to demands by participants from the sporting goods industry in its ten-year-old Ispo Beijing show and in last June's Ispo Academy in Shanghai, where almost 250 industry representatives were on hand ...
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JD Sports Fashion, which already operates 81 Blacks and 76...
JD Sports Fashion, which already operates 81 Blacks and 76 Millets outdoor stores in the U.K., is acquiring a controlling stake in Tiso Group, the largest outdoor retailer in Scotland, from the Tiso family, which will continue to be involved with a minority stake. Chris Tiso will remain as chief ...
