News Briefs – Page 438
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Reportedly, Northland Professional, the Austrian brand of outdoor apparel, has...
Reportedly, Northland Professional, the Austrian brand of outdoor apparel, has created the new position of a sales director in charge of Germany. The job will be done by Alois Koeberl, who worked for Levi's for some years. He will not operate from the German sales field, but from Northland's headquarters ...
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Effective with the spring collection 2013, Exped, the Swiss brand...
Effective with the spring collection 2013, Exped, the Swiss brand of outdoor equipment, will split its North American distribution. While the U.S. market continues to be covered by Exped's Seattle-based subsidiary, which was founded in 2009, the Canadian distribution will be in new hands: Montreal-based In-Sports Fashion will be in ...
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McTrek, the price-driven German outdoor retailing chain, has opened its...
McTrek, the price-driven German outdoor retailing chain, has opened its largest store so far in the town of Weiterstadt south of Frankfurt. On more than 1,000 square meters, McTrek's new store offers 700 styles of outdoor footwear, 250 tents and 150 sleeping bags. The full range store carries, among many ...
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Salewa has opened its flagship store in Milan in the...
Salewa has opened its flagship store in Milan in the presence of two of its sponsored athletes, the extravagant Glen Plake, the free ski mountaineering legend from California, and Daniele Nardi, an Italian mountaineer who plans to attempt the winter ascent of the Nanga Parbat in Pakistan in December. The ...
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Canada Goose reports that it has won a case before...
Canada Goose reports that it has won a case before a Stockholm court against five Swedes accused of brand rights infringements, fraud and violation of customs directives. Two of the accused have been jailed and given fines of altogether 701,000 Swedish kronor (€80,770-$104,800). Apparently, the five crooks brought thousands of ...
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SAZsport, the German trade publication, reports that Altimum, the Swiss...
SAZsport, the German trade publication, reports that Altimum, the Swiss distributor of Petzl, has been fined 470,000 Swiss francs (€388,500-$504,100) by Switzerland's antitrust authorities. They argued that Altimum tried to dictate minimum retail prices to its customers at least between 2006 and 2010. The distributor is not willing to accept ...
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Salewa has been supporting disadvantaged children through an organization called...
Salewa has been supporting disadvantaged children through an organization called SOS Children's Villages International since the beginning of this year. It has now given 17 children from the SOS holiday camp in Caldonazzo the opportunity to spend two great outdoor days at the company's headquarters in Bolzano. They had the chance to ...
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Heimplanet, the small marketer of inflatable tents, won the golden...
Heimplanet, the small marketer of inflatable tents, won the golden Design Prize of the Federal Republic of Germany 2012 in the product design category yesterday. The jury granted the award to the tent “The Cave,” which was a winner of the Ispo Brandnew awards two years ago. The company is ...
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Vaude has won the “Focus Open” award put out by...
Vaude has won the “Focus Open” award put out by the Design Center in Stuttgart for two products: The golden awards went to the jacket “Aletsch” and to “Bulin,” alpine backpack.
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In the aftermath of the death of a mountaineer in...
In the aftermath of the death of a mountaineer in August, possibly caused by quality problems with his via ferrata set, and the recall actions undertaken by various manufacturers of such products, Mammut has now decided to take four sets out of the market. The recall affects the product “Tec ...
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Point6, the American manufacturer of merino wool socks founded by...
Point6, the American manufacturer of merino wool socks founded by two former managers of Smartwool, has joined the Conservation Alliance. The U.S. organization has contributed nearly $11.3 million to nature conservation groups throughout North America since 1989.
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For next year's Ispo Awards, whose winners will be announced...
For next year's Ispo Awards, whose winners will be announced at the next Ispo Munich show (Feb. 3-6, 2013), Messe München has presented an optimized and extended concept: The winners will not only be promoted at the show itself, but will be supported in subsequent publications such as Ispo's website, ...
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The August 2013 Outdoor Retailer Summer Market and its Open...
The August 2013 Outdoor Retailer Summer Market and its Open Air Demo area will feature a focused exhibit area for fly fishing, with the related programs. Last August, the fair featured a similar area for stand-up paddles inside and outside one of its two tents.
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The “Team Vibram” is present at the 18th edition of...
The “Team Vibram” is present at the 18th edition of the Templars Festival in Millau, in the southwest of France, this weekend (Oct. 26-28). It is the oldest trail-running race in France. The team participates in the Endurance Trail, a 105-km race, and the Big Templars Race, a 72-km race.
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Representatives from the sports districts of Montebelluna in Italy and...
Representatives from the sports districts of Montebelluna in Italy and Portland in the U.S. gathered at a round table at Montebelluna's city hall on Oct. 18. Organized by Associazione Calzaturieri Museo dello Scarpone and IPA, a body grouping local municipalities and professional associations, with the contribution of Assosport, the meeting ...
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A new spate of rumors indicates that Tecnica Group is...
A new spate of rumors indicates that Tecnica Group is discussing the possible sale of its majority stake in Lowa to help refinance the Italian company, hit by a drop in orders for winter products. The rumor has circulated before, but this time it is accompanied by speculation about a ...
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The newly-established Voss Skofabrik is to start selling Dale branded...
The newly-established Voss Skofabrik is to start selling Dale branded footwear after the bankruptcy last year of Dale Sko, the traditional Norwegian footwear manufacturer. The shoes will be made in Voss Skofabrik's own factory near the town of Voss. Established earlier this year, Voss Skofabrik has four employees and manufactures ...
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Petri Raatikainen, the Finnish executive who formerly headed Columbia Sportswear...
Petri Raatikainen, the Finnish executive who formerly headed Columbia Sportswear in the Nordics, has set up his own distribution company to launch the Super Natural brand in the region. Raatikainen, who left Columbia earlier this year, has obtained the rights for this sports and outdoor apparel brand in the Nordics ...
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Scott Sports, the Swiss-based company specializing in bicycles, winter...
Scott Sports, the Swiss-based company specializing in bicycles, winter sports and running products, has taken over Garmont USA, the North American distribution arm of the Italian producer of outdoor and snow boots . Scott describes the deal as a means to expand its product portfolio in North America. At ...
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Primaloft, the specialty manufacturer of insulation material, which is well...
Primaloft, the specialty manufacturer of insulation material, which is well introduced in the outdoor industry as a premium supplier, is more and more expanding in the fashion sectors. New customers are, for example, Bench, Adidas Originals, Manderley or the kidswear of Mini-A-Ture. Primaloft has already been supplying big names in ...
