News Briefs – Page 416
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(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Jack Wolfskin has...
(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Jack Wolfskin has opened a subsidiary in the Russian market, taking over the staff of its former distributor in Saint Petersburg, Peter Sport. The German outdoor brand already has three stores in the second-largest Russian city and will open another in Moscow before the ...
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Fjällräven will open its first flagship store in New York...
Fjällräven will open its first flagship store in New York City in the autumn but has not given a precise date. The store will be located in the SoHo district and will have a selling surface of 400 square meters. While the range will be dominated by the Swedish outdoor ...
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Arc'teryx is opening in London its first stand-alone store...
Arc'teryx is opening in London its first stand-alone store in Europe, in partnership with the British Snow+Rock chain. The new door will be located at the St Martin's Courtyard, in London's Covent Garden, a stylish shopping and dining destination, not far from the existing Snow+Rock's store in Mercer Street. The ...
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(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Coming back to...
(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Coming back to Paris from the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen on the A4 highway, we found an interesting Décathlon corner in a Total gas station, opened less than one month ago at Saint Privat near Metz. On 20 square meters, it doesn't show ...
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(Already published in the Asia issue) Haglöfs is opening...
(Already published in the Asia issue) Haglöfs is opening its first outlet store in Norway, using the Vestby village near Oslo. It already opened a full-price store in the Norwegian capital four months ago.
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Rocky Brands, the American footwear company that trades under the...
Rocky Brands, the American footwear company that trades under the Durango, Georgia Boot, Lehigh and Rocky brands, has reported a 33.8 percent sales increase to $59.4 million for the second quarter, with gains in the wholesale, retail and military segments. Double-digit increases were scored in work and hunting boots. Durango's ...
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(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Polartec expects to...
(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Polartec expects to increase its global sales by about 10 percent in 2013, mostly due to rising turnover in Europe and Latin America. Polartec works together with local brands in Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Brazil. Sales in Latin America are expected to increase ...
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The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) of the U.S. is urging...
The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) of the U.S. is urging members of the U.S. House of Representatives to use “common sense” as they finalize the 2014 budget of the U.S. Department of the Interior. The budget proposal released by the House in March zeroes out funding for the Land and ...
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Danny Feuerstein has launched a new high-performance line of base...
Danny Feuerstein has launched a new high-performance line of base layer garments, called Komafram, which use natural alpaca wool. He is the son of Aaron Feuerstein, founder of Malden Mills, parent company of Polartec. Based in Chicago, the new brand is supposed to blend functionality with comfort and style, in ...
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PrimaLoft has awarded a license to Mitsui Bussan Techno Products...
PrimaLoft has awarded a license to Mitsui Bussan Techno Products to design, develop and sell fabrics using its own technological yarns. Mitsui has already started the development process and plans to put them out in the autumn of 2014. Mitsui Bussan owns the Pertex brand since 2005.
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Timezone, the German streetwear label, is teaming up with Salewa...
Timezone, the German streetwear label, is teaming up with Salewa and Maloja, to market fashionable, but also functional pants for climbing and cycling, respectively. The products, which are scheduled to hit the shops in spring 2014, take advantage of the partnering companies' know-how on fitting and other functional requirements as ...
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(Already published in the Asia issue) Wenger will halt...
(Already published in the Asia issue) Wenger will halt the production of Swiss army knives at the end of this year. Victorinox, owner of the brand since 2005, will integrate 60 percent of Wenger's models and keep Wenger's production base in Delémont in Switzerland for its own use. Shareholders ...
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Following its recent change of ownership, Bailo has launched a...
Following its recent change of ownership, Bailo has launched a new logo, based on its Italian roots, and signed up a new testimonial, Armin Holzer, joining Benni Kofler. Holzer, an Italian freerider and a slackline and highline champion, was previously sponsored by Adidas Outdoor. He became famous in 2011 by ...
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To back up its “unique steps” claim, Dachstein has announced...
To back up its “unique steps” claim, Dachstein has announced sponsorship deals with two new Austrian ambassadors, Andy Holzer and Hannes Arch. Holzer, an East Tyrolean who has been blind since his birth on Sept. 3, 1966, has the ambition to climb all the seven summits. He reached the 5,165-meter-high ...
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Jack Wolfskin kicked off a gradual launch of a new...
Jack Wolfskin kicked off a gradual launch of a new corporate identity at the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen. The German company says its revised brand logo has a fresh, impressive, contemporary and clear design. The brand presentation is intended to be more concise and cohesive than in the past, when ...
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(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Keen has commissioned...
(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Keen has commissioned the design of ‘green graffiti' in front of Globetrotter stores in downtown Hamburg and Cologne. Water, a high-pressure cleaner and different patterns have been used to create a long-lasting work of art on the pavement in German city centers, by ...
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(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) The Russian Outdoor...
(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) The Russian Outdoor Group (ROG), which brings together some of the leading companies in this market, is organizing for the first time a specialist trade fair for retail buyers at the Sokolniki park in Moscow on July 24-26. The ROG reports that 21 ...
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Gore-Tex presented the finding of its latest life-cycle assessment study,...
Gore-Tex presented the finding of its latest life-cycle assessment study, developed in cooperation with the Öko-Institute Freiburg, during the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen. In the first half of 2013, Gore-Tex expanded its LCA work to a representative functional outerwear jacket, Gore-Tex Windstopper branded apparel, in order to measure its environmental ...
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The European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) elected three companies -...
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) elected three companies - Polartec, Keen and Bergans of Norway - as EOCA Conservation Champions at the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen because of the initiatives that they have taken at this and other events to raise funds for the association. Polartec sold 4,800 shirts ...
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Houdini will launch its first sustainability report in September this...
Houdini will launch its first sustainability report in September this year. Taking into account the whole production of the Swedish outerwear brand from May 1, 2012 to April 30, 2013, recycled fiber accounted for 57.7 percent and Bluesign-certified material for 62.3 percent. Materials that were neither recycled fiber or Bluesign-certified accounted ...
