News Briefs – Page 411
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The Finnish Fiskars group opened this month its new distribution center...
The Finnish Fiskars group opened this month its new distribution center in the German town of Herford, Northrhine-Westphalia. The new facility will handle deliveries in the entire region of Europe, the Middle East and Africa and will also store the products of Gerber, the U.S. producer of knives and accessories that ...
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Kozi Kidz has appointed a distributor for Germany and Austria....
Kozi Kidz has appointed a distributor for Germany and Austria. The new partner is Fix Kinderkleidung, a company which has specialized in children's wear with casual apparel brands like Pezzo d'Oro, Play Up and Ketch for more than three decades. Kozi Kidz, a British specialty brand of outerwear for very ...
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Ruffwear has broadened its existing distribution agreement with Accapi to...
Ruffwear has broadened its existing distribution agreement with Accapi to include additional key European markets, effective Dec. 2, 2013. The maker of canine outdoor gear, headquartered in Bend, Oregon, had already partnered with Accapi for the U.K. market, and its products have been sold during the last three and a ...
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Teva has opened its first retail store in the Orlando...
Teva has opened its first retail store in the Orlando Premium Outlets on Vineland Avenue in Orlando, Florida. It is more than a simple outlet store. While the majority of the products are sold at factory outlet prices, it offers a small selection of full-price items. It features interactive displays ...
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Marmot has opened its first single-brand franchised store in the...
Marmot has opened its first single-brand franchised store in the U.K. in partnership with Adventure Peaks, a British outdoor retailer that also organizes expeditions. Located at Ambleside in the Lake District National Park, the store has a selling surface of 180 square meters. Adventure Peaks has created an “Ambleside Cave” directly above ...
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On Oct. 4, Schöffel and Lowa opened their 18th co-branded store...
On Oct. 4, Schöffel and Lowa opened their 18th co-branded store in the small Bavarian city of Straubing. The 200-square-meter location is going to be operated as a corporate shop.
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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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Bruno Alves, senior director of government and public affairs at...
Bruno Alves, senior director of government and public affairs at Nike Europe, has been unanimously elected as the new president of Fesi, the European sporting goods industry federation of which the European Outdoor Group is a member. He will succeed Frank Dassler, general counsel of Adidas, who is a candidate ...
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Go Outdoors and Design Go have settled their trademark dispute...
Go Outdoors and Design Go have settled their trademark dispute with an agreement that allows both parties to co-exist in the U.K. and elsewhere without the risk of confusion in the branding of their respective products and retail services. The terms of the settlement have not been revealed. Go Outdoors, ...
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Sporaltec, the sports innovation cluster in the Rhône-Alpes region of...
Sporaltec, the sports innovation cluster in the Rhône-Alpes region of France, is asking for financial aid from the government to finance a €400,000 program for the industrialization of two ranges of technical apparel and footwear outdoor products that would be manufactured in France and marketed in the summer of 2015. ...
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Original Buff, the Spanish company known for its headwear, has...
Original Buff, the Spanish company known for its headwear, has decided to trim down its apparel collection, which represented only 5 percent of its sales, starting with the spring/summer 2014 season. Denying reports that it is stopping it completely, company officials state that it is being trimmed down, preserving only ...
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Undergoing yet another mutation, Killer Loop, one of the brands...
Undergoing yet another mutation, Killer Loop, one of the brands of Italy's Benetton Group, has shifted its focus to the technical outdoor segment. Starting with the current autumn/winter collection, its offer now includes highly technical garments developed for extreme weather conditions. They are being sold in selected specialty stores and ...
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Woolrich has signed a global licensing agreement with Portland Product...
Woolrich has signed a global licensing agreement with Portland Product Werks (PPW) to launch its first footwear line in the autumn of 2014. PWR is a new company founded last year by Sean Beers and Carl Blakeslee, who have worked for Nike, Columbia Sportswear, Sorel and Korkers. Several styles will ...
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Wild Country has recalled some batches of its Classic Rocks and...
Wild Country has recalled some batches of its Classic Rocks and Anodised Rocks. The British brand of climbing equipment, which is owned by the Italian Oberalp group, voluntarily took the step to protect consumers after one item of the Classic Rocks broke during a climb even though no injury occurred. In a prompt ...
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Mountain Equipment, the U.K. marketer of outdoor gear, has called...
Mountain Equipment, the U.K. marketer of outdoor gear, has called back one of its models of slacklines, Passion 18m, as its safety can no longer be guaranteed. Consumers are recommended to return their slacklines to the retail partners of Mountain Equipment or its regional distributors. The product recall is limited ...
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Polartec has launched a new synthetic insulation technology that should...
Polartec has launched a new synthetic insulation technology that should enable the development of what the company has described as the “first-ever breathable ‘puffy' garments.” The new technology, unlike down and existing synthetic insulation batting, features a highly stable layer allowing for more open and breathable fabrics to be used ...
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Easton Mountain Products' new Syclone composite tent poles earned the...
Easton Mountain Products' new Syclone composite tent poles earned the “Best New Gear” award from the Gear Institute at this year's Outdoor Retailer Summer Market in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Gear Institute is a network of top outdoor gear testers in America, who conduct head-to-head tests of comparable outdoor ...
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Montane, the British brand of high-end outdoor and mountaineering apparel,...
Montane, the British brand of high-end outdoor and mountaineering apparel, is title sponsor of the Montane Iceman Polar Race, described as one of the few ski mountaineering races of its type held in the Arctic region. It will take place in the northeast of Greenland, featuring “150 km Ultra,” “100 ...
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Lukas Irmler, who is sponsored by Adidas Outdoor, has broken...
Lukas Irmler, who is sponsored by Adidas Outdoor, has broken the world record for the highest altitude in slacklining. The German athlete, who made the skywalk with his Peruvian friends Mariano Breccia and Alex Estrada, similarly sponsored by Adidas, installed his line at an altitude of 5,222 meters, just under ...
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Under the motto “More Jacket. More Adventure,” The North Face...
Under the motto “More Jacket. More Adventure,” The North Face has launched a joint marketing campaign with Intersport International. It is the first initiative of this multinational type that the buying group has ever rolled out in partnership with one of its suppliers from the outdoor industry. TNF partnered with ...
