News Briefs – Page 437
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Jack Wolfskin is opening its first store in Slovenia....
Jack Wolfskin is opening its first store in Slovenia. The 85-square-meter shop is located in the City Park shopping mall of Ljubljana. The German producer of outdoor clothing, footwear and equipment is focusing on Eastern Europe, France, the U.K., the Benelux countries and China for its foreign expansion.
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Icebreaker continues its expansion with own retail operations in North...
Icebreaker continues its expansion with own retail operations in North America. The merino specialty company from New Zealand has just opened a 140-square-meter “TouchLab” at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street. Another store opens this month in Vail, Colorado. One more store is set to open in March in Washington, D.C. ...
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Britain on Foot, the initiative organized by the Outdoor Industries...
Britain on Foot, the initiative organized by the Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) to motivate Brits to participate in activities outdoors, received the support of the country's House of Lords, the upper chamber of the country's parliament, last week. In a debate on the legacy of the 2012 London Olympic Games, ...
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Nordisk's “Telemark 2” tent has won the German Design Award...
Nordisk's “Telemark 2” tent has won the German Design Award 2013 in the Lifestyle segment. Launched at the 2012 OutDoor trade show in Friedrichshafen, in July, as the lightest two-man tent in the world, with an inner and outer combined weight of 880 grams, Telemark 2 emerged from among more ...
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Woolrich recently delivered $50,000 worth of jackets, shirts and blankets...
Woolrich recently delivered $50,000 worth of jackets, shirts and blankets to support the families affected by Hurricane Sandy in the U.S. The outdoor clothing company worked in connection with Hope NYC by Times Square Church, the nonprofit organization that was coordinating efforts with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and local ...
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Norrøna has contracted Christine Hargin as new ambassador for the...
Norrøna has contracted Christine Hargin as new ambassador for the Norwegian brand. The Swedish freeride champion won the Freeride World Tour (FWT) in March. With her years of experience, the 32-year-old will also support the company's research & development team.
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Aku, the Italian footwear brand, is new sponsor of the...
Aku, the Italian footwear brand, is new sponsor of the German club Naturfreunde (“friends of nature”). It will supply the national team of instructors for mountaineering and hiking with appropriate footwear. In return, Aku will receive advice from the instructors on how to improve the shoes.
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Vaude has been short-listed as one of the 10 best...
Vaude has been short-listed as one of the 10 best young companies in the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Antje von Dewitz, managing director, and Jan Lorch and Erwin Gutensohn, members of the executive board, received the award from Winfried Kretschmann, the state's prime minister.
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In the aftermath of Sandy, the hurricane that destroyed large...
In the aftermath of Sandy, the hurricane that destroyed large parts of the northeast of the U.S., Nemo, the sleeping-bag brand, was quick to help with the donation of 50 sleeping bags. The donation went to St. John's Bread and Life in Brooklyn, New York, to give relief to people ...
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Wild Country, the British brand of climbing equipment, voluntarily recalls...
Wild Country, the British brand of climbing equipment, voluntarily recalls one of its ascending devices, “Ropeman 3.” While the product meets the requirements of the EN567 standard for mountain equipment and ropes, it may slip under certain circumstances when initially loaded instead of locking on the rope as it is ...
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Patagonia has joined forces with Yulex, a clean-technology company developing...
Patagonia has joined forces with Yulex, a clean-technology company developing agricultural-based biomaterials, to develop a wetsuit made of renewable biorubber, an alternative to the traditional fossil-based neoprene, the most environmentally harmful part of the product due to its production process. The material that makes up the new wetsuit is 60 ...
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Heimplanet, the young Hamburg-based maker of award-winning tents, has launched...
Heimplanet, the young Hamburg-based maker of award-winning tents, has launched the “Monolith” line of travel equipment. The collection of four different bags is set to hit the stores next spring.
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Confirming our earlier report on the subject, the organizers of...
Confirming our earlier report on the subject, the organizers of the Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City said that the Summer Market will start like the Winter Market on a Wednesday and finish on a Saturday. Like before, it will be preceded by a demo event on the eve ...
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Messe Friedrichshafen and the European Outdoor Group (EOG) have agreed...
Messe Friedrichshafen and the European Outdoor Group (EOG) have agreed on the dates of the OutDoor show through 2016. The organizer of the fair and the European industry federation consider a date around mid-July – as in the previous years – to be the most appropriate period during the order ...
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Things are a little more complicated in China, where Messe...
Things are a little more complicated in China, where Messe Friedrichshafen and its partners have to delay their Asia Bike show by a couple of weeks. Reportedly, the Chinese government has decided to grant three bank holidays for the moon feast to be held on Sept. 19-22, 2013, whereas the ...
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Wechsel, the Berlin-based developer of tents, has been acquired by...
Wechsel, the Berlin-based developer of tents, has been acquired by Skanfriends. The tentmaker will keep its structure in place in the German capital and will now concentrate on product management under the leadership of Jörg Schulze, brand manager, and Steffen Santen, sales manager. Skanfriends has offices in Germany and Denmark ...
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Toread, China's leading local outdoor brand, has just released its...
Toread, China's leading local outdoor brand, has just released its financial report for the first three quarters in 2012. Turnover during that period was 624 million yuan renminbi (€76.4m-$99.2m), 45.3 percent higher than last year. Sales increased by 25.4 percent to RMB 244 million (€29.9m-$38.8m) in the third quarter ended ...
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Crocs has reported revenues for the third quarter up by...
Crocs has reported revenues for the third quarter up by 7.5 percent to $295.6 million. The American footwear manufacturer, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, recorded net income of $45.1 million, up from $30.2 million in the same quarter of 2011. Wholesale revenues increased by 1.5 percent to ...
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Vibram has appointed Antonio Dus for the newly created position...
Vibram has appointed Antonio Dus for the newly created position of consultant to Marco Bramani, the group's chief executive and president. The 42-year-old's job will be to improve leadership of the company as a supplier of shoe soles as well as driving innovation and quality within the company. He will ...
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Keen, the American outdoor footwear brand, which has been working...
Keen, the American outdoor footwear brand, which has been working with distributors throughout Europe so far, will be taking care of its own sales and marketing in the Netherlands starting from the autumn 2013 season. Hans Feenstra, who has served at Keen in different functions since 2004, will take charge ...
