News Briefs – Page 90
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News briefsJack Wolfskin becomes partner of the Kendal Mountain Festival
German outdoor company Jack Wolfskin has become a partner sponsor of this year’s Kendal Mountain Festival. The festival is the ultimate social gathering for outdoor enthusiasts, held each year on the edge of the Lake District in the northwest English county of Cumbria. The festival takes place this year from ...
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News briefsChina goes hardcore for mountaincore
Mountaincore – or, as Jing Daily describes it, camping-inspired utility wear with urban chic – appears to be on the rise in China. Citing the social media and e-commerce platform Xiaohongshu, Jing Daily writes that the closure of China’s borders over Covid “pushed millions of young Chinese to spend their ...
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News briefsSorel HQ to move in with Columbia Sportswear
Columbia Sportswear Company announced that its Sorel brand, currently located in a historic building at 700 SW Taylor Street in downtown Portland, Oregon, will move to an exclusive building on the site of the group’s headquarters near Portland (Washington County campus) in early 2023. The momentum of Sorel – founded ...
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News briefsVaude CEO returns from long-distance hike to celebrate her birthday
Source: Antje von Dewitz After 1,100 kilometers on the GTA long-distance hiking trail and 66,000 meters of altitude, Antje von Dewitz has returned from her crossing of the Alps. The managing director of the German company Vaude had taken a two-and-a-half-month break to fulfill a long-term dream ...
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News briefsUnicef and Bangladesh associations partner under the Mothers@Work initiative
Source: Unicef Unicef has partnered with the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) under its Mothers@Work initiative. The joint initiative aims to help factories provide breastfeeding rooms and breaks, childcare facilities, paid maternity leave, cash benefits, healthcare, ...
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News briefsSalewa-Vèrtic partnership opens for business
A first Mountain Shop Vèrtic has opened, according to Diffusion Sport. Located in Barcelona, the store is a collaboration between Vèrtic and Salewa Ibérica and follows the multi-brand model of the matter’s parent, Oberalp. Its 400sqm will be stocked with products from Oberalp (Salewa, Dynafit, Wild Country, Evolv, Pomoca and ...
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News briefsFairpoint Outdoors makes three senior appointments
Tackle company Fairpoint Outdoors has made three senior appointments, Angling International reported. Thomas Sanotra has become chief operating officer, Robert Peetz has been named purchase manager, and Robert Valkeneer has become senior product manager. All three have joined Fairpoint from Svendsen Sport, which was acquired by Pure Fishing earlier this ...
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News briefsAF+D launches recycled down that is traceable to animal welfare
Duck and goose down processor Allied Feather and Down (AF+D) is introducing Renu:Trace, described as “the world’s first recycled down traceable for animal welfare.” Current recycled down offerings do not necessarily comply with the Responsible Down Standard (RDS) protocol, making it impossible to know how ethically the geese and ducks ...
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News briefsWorn Again Technologies secures investment for ground-breaking textile recycling facility
In its latest funding round, Worn Again Technologies has raised GBP 27.6 million to support the construction of a textile recycling demonstration plant in Winterthur, Switzerland. This latest investment round brings Worn Again Technologies’ funding total to £42.9 million (€49.3m), representing the start-up’s most successful funding tranche since its founding ...
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News briefsPatagonia sues Walmart for logo infringement
Patagonia has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit in California against Walmart and retailer and supplier Robin Ruth USA for using Patagonia’s “P-6” trout logo on their T-shirts. According to the lawsuit, Robin Ruth manufactured and sold the garments in stores and online with nearly identical copies of the logo, replacing ...
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News briefsRocky Brands has a COO
U.S. footwear company Rocky Brands, Inc. announced that its CFO, Tom Robertson, has been promoted to the newly created position of chief operating officer, responsible for overseeing business operations. Robertson, who is also currently the executive VP of the company, joined Rocky Brands in 2016 as a senior financial analyst ...
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News briefsTeijin to build cogeneration plant at Matsuyama plant
Fiber and fabrics specialist Teijin Limited will convert the existing fossil-fueled power generation equipment at its Matsuyama plant to a combined heat and power system running on city gas. Cogeneration systems provide both electricity and heat on-site, and their high energy efficiency results in a significant reduction in carbon dioxide ...
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News briefsThe North Face is expanding Clothes the Loop program to France and U.K.
The North Face (TNF) has expanded its recycling program “Clothes the Loop” into stores in France and the U.K. The project that was piloted in the U.S. in 2013 and rolled out in all American TNF retail and outlet stores two years later invites consumers to bring in unwanted clothing ...
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News briefsDynafit premiers “Youngstar” kid’s ski touring collection
This winter, Dynafit is rolling out a product initiative to attract children and youngsters to the sport of ski touring by offering a complete series of lightweight equipment that is developed and anatomically adapted to children’s needs. The new “Youngstar” collection includes hardware (skis, bindings, boots, poles) as well as ...
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News briefsGlobetrotter rents new retail space in Bonn, reuses previous store’s furniture
According to the real estate development company Redos, German retailer Globetrotter will rent a new location in Bonn, Germany, as of Dec. 1, 2022. The two-story building with 2,600 sqm retail space is a former Conrad Electronics store for consumer and professional electronics. Globetrotter is working on a concept to ...
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News briefsFreeride world Tour welcomes Scott as a new and RECCO as a returning sponsor
The Freeride World Tour (FWT), hosted globally for the best freeride skiers (2023 with stops planned in Canada, Spain, Andorra, Austria and Switzerland), has signed a new partnership with Scott as its new official supplier of goggles and safety products for the FWT until 2025. FWT also reported that another ...
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News briefsDeuter hires new German head of sales for sport and outdoor
Source: Deuter Matthias Gumbrecht Matthias Gumbrecht, former distribution manager at Kübler Sport GmbH, is Deuter’s new head of sales for the Deuter sport and outdoor division in Germany since July 2022. Before his time at Kübler, Gumbrecht spent ten years at Erhard Sport International in the company’s ...
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News briefsPerformance Days: Performance Award winners announced
In the run-up to the winter season’s Performance Days and Functional Fabric Fair, the winners of the 2024/25 Performance Awards were announced this week. This year, two prizes were awarded, with the Performance Award going to Long Advance for its fabric, LPD-22015- Y4E, and the new Eco Performance Award going ...
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News briefsHelinox moves to more recycled parts and repair/replacement options
Source: Helinox Helinox frames are made using DAC’s Green Anodization process Outdoor furniture brand Helinox will move over 90 percent of its fabrics in seats, cases and accessories to recycled polyester raw materials and also switch to CO and PFC-free DWR coatings for the 2023 collections. As ...
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News briefsInov-8 launches trail running shoes with nitrogen-infused midsole
Source: Inov-8 New Women’s Trailfly G 280 Inov-8, based in the English Lake District, is launching its first-ever trail running shoes to include the use of nitrogen gas on Oct. 13. The brand says its new nitrogen-infused midsole foam will give runners more underfoot bounce. Wayne Edy, ...
