News Briefs – Page 527
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As outdoor brands become strongly associated with environmental issues, 66°...
As outdoor brands become strongly associated with environmental issues, 66° North, an Icelandic outdoor brand, organized a protest movement to draw attention to the state of Europe’s glaciers. Over 200 people climbed up Hvannadalshnukur, Iceland’s highest mountain at Vatnajökull, Europe’s largest glacier, during the summer of 2008 after having trained ...
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REI (Recreational Equipment Inc.), the huge network of leading U.S....
REI (Recreational Equipment Inc.), the huge network of leading U.S. specialty retailers, has adopted the Bluesign standard for sustainability, health, safety and fair working conditions. REI will implement the Swiss standard for its own-labeled apparel and cycling brands. REI is working hard on eco-related issues. One of its managers, Kevin ...
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Summit Sports Agency is the new agent of Bergans in...
Summit Sports Agency is the new agent of Bergans in Italy, replacing an agent who has given up for personal reasons. Located near Bolzano, Summit is already strong in the ski segment as the Italian agent of Phenix and POC. It also covers the golf segment as the agent of ...
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Stormberg, a Norwegian brand of outdoor apparel, predicts that 2009...
Stormberg, a Norwegian brand of outdoor apparel, predicts that 2009 will be a difficult year in the north, with higher manufacturing costs to swallow and generalized cuts in retail prices by competitors. More and more of its 700 accounts are paying their orders late because of liquidity problems, and some ...
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Profeet, a German company that continues to manufacture its textiles...
Profeet, a German company that continues to manufacture its textiles in its home country, is bundling its three brands under one single label. Profeet used to market its socks under that name while the underwear was branded T-Ess and the headwear was called H.A.D. Headwear. All three business activities will ...
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The Outdoor Awards put out by Ispo go to Mammut,...
The Outdoor Awards put out by Ispo go to Mammut, which secured the prize in two categories, plus awards for Petzl, Salewa-Dynafit, Fritschi and Peter Aschauer, the marketer of ABS who has improved his avalanche balloon system. ABS got the award in the category technics-electronics for its wireless activation system.
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Messe München has officially confirmed that it is planning a...
Messe München has officially confirmed that it is planning a bicycle show. Its Bike Expo is scheduled for July 23-26. The event will be both an exhibition for consumers and a show for trade professionals. The trade show will be held in the halls of the Munich venue where Ispo ...
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Rumors have not stopped recently about a possible new bicycle...
Rumors have not stopped recently about a possible new bicycle show in Munich, perhaps as early as July 2009. The situation on the European cycle show landscape changed dramatically last year when Koelnmesse decided to halt its Ifma show and to leave this business to Messe Friedrichshafen, the organizer of ...
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The Lafuma group has appointed Thibaut Cornet, a veteran of...
The Lafuma group has appointed Thibaut Cornet, a veteran of Salomon, assistant general manager of Eider, the French outdoor brand that was taken over by the Lafuma group last year. Cornet, 44, worked for TaylorMade, Adidas'golf brand, before occupying several posts at Salomon from 1994 onward. He was in charge ...
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Berghaus has inked a new distribution deal for the Netherlands,...
Berghaus has inked a new distribution deal for the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, effective from the beginning of this year. The former distributor, LV Equipment, headed by Leen Vroegrop, now puts its focus on distributing to the military. The Pentland brand will continue to work with LV in terms of ...
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Rainer Bommas, in charge of communication at X-Technology, has stepped...
Rainer Bommas, in charge of communication at X-Technology, has stepped down from his position at the Swiss brand for high performance socks and apparel. Bommas was with Sport + Mode, the German trade publication, for about two decades and for many years its editor-in-chief before he left this position to ...
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Vibram will present at the upcoming Ispo show its new...
Vibram will present at the upcoming Ispo show its new Icetrek range, soles for high performance on ice and in the snow. The new rubber sole promises not to absorb either humidity or salt, which keeps it reportedly very dry and safe for sports, outdoor and professional purposes as well ...
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Hohenstein, the prestigious institute for material research and testing, has...
Hohenstein, the prestigious institute for material research and testing, has farmed out its testing and other services to the newly created Hohenstein Textile Testing Institute, whose managing director is Lutz Seifert. The scientific operations will continue to be, as before, under Siegfried Glander, who now acts as chief operating officer ...
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Eschler, the Swiss manufacturer of highly functional knitted garments, announces...
Eschler, the Swiss manufacturer of highly functional knitted garments, announces that it has won new customers such as Pearl Izumi, Cannondale and Kuhl. The company is one of the first manufacturers to join the Bluesign standard on environmentalism and integrate sustainability as well as fair working conditions, back in 2001. ...
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The magazine BusinessWeek has named Jarden Corporation to its annual...
The magazine BusinessWeek has named Jarden Corporation to its annual list of the World’s Most Influential Companies. It called it a “master” in the consumer goods industry. BusinessWeek worked with a panel of 14 scholars, consultants and industry leaders from around the world to formulate the list of 10, which ...
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Anzi Besson, the Turin-based skiwear company, has appointed Eduard Kaiser...
Anzi Besson, the Turin-based skiwear company, has appointed Eduard Kaiser as its international sales manager. Kaiser has switched from Firetrap, a jeanswear firm. Before, Kaiser had served for Lee Jeans, Salomon and North Sails. The appointment of Kaiser completes the management team of the brand after it was acquired by ...
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Optimer Performance Fibers has licensed Filidea to produce yarns using...
Optimer Performance Fibers has licensed Filidea to produce yarns using its Dri-Release With FreshGuard technology in Turkey. Filidea is a joint venture between Abalioglu Textile Industries of Turkey and Marchi & Fildi of Italy that was formed last June. Optimer said that Filidea has a “boutique” mentality that allows it ...
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Silhouette, the Austrian eyewear company, has appointed August Stangl to...
Silhouette, the Austrian eyewear company, has appointed August Stangl to succeed Franz Koll as brand director for Adidas Eyewear. Stangl previously worked for Therm-ic, the Austrian specialty brand for heating solutions in the sports sector.
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Joel Heath is the new global marketing director for Teva....
Joel Heath is the new global marketing director for Teva. He comes from Untraditional Marketing, where he was president and chief executive as well as founder. One of his accomplishments there was creating and running the Teva Mountain Games, where he got to know the company’s product and marketing teams. ...
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Woolrich, the self-proclaimed “Original Outdoor Clothing Company” since 1997, is...
Woolrich, the self-proclaimed “Original Outdoor Clothing Company” since 1997, is suing Eddie Bauer for infringing on that slogan. Last October Eddie Bauer began using “Original Outdoor Outfitter,” which Woolrich says causes confusion. The Patriot News in Pennsylvania also reports that when conducting some online searches, a search for Woolrich results ...
