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Garmont North America is opening a new sales office for...
Garmont North America is opening a new sales office for the Canadian market. It is headed up by Stephen Bergeron, who has worked for Trangoworld, La Sportiva, Kayland and Icebug.
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Sherpa Adventure Gear has signed a deal with an agency...
Sherpa Adventure Gear has signed a deal with an agency in Prague, Outdoor Brothers, to represent the Nepalese brand in the important Czech outdoor market. The two young managers who run the agency, Vlasta Pazourková and David Chovanec, who are also responsible for Icebreaker's sales in Eastern Europe, will also ...
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Canada Goose has opened a 4,500-square-foot flagship store in Toronto,...
Canada Goose has opened a 4,500-square-foot flagship store in Toronto, its home town
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Lowa, the German-based producer of outdoor shoes, introduced a 3D-scanning...
Lowa, the German-based producer of outdoor shoes, introduced a 3D-scanning system at outdoor and sporting goods retailers that sell its product range. The 360° photo-scan system, developed exclusively for Lowa by Netvico, measures the customers' feet using 3D technology. The concept was honored with the Digital Retail Award 2016 in ...
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Patagonia is set to open a store of 250 square...
Patagonia is set to open a store of 250 square meters in Montebelluna, the hub of Italy's major outdoor industry cluster
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Arc'teryx has opened its second store in Toronto, measuring 2,825...
Arc'teryx has opened its second store in Toronto, measuring 2,825 square feet and located in the Yorkdale Mall
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A Spanish importer, Esteller, has announced the takeover of 11...
A Spanish importer, Esteller, has announced the takeover of 11 outdoor brands from the portfolio of another Spanish distributor, Altitud Sport, following the latter's shutdown. The 11 brands are Bridgedale, Fritschi, Hagan, Inook, Katadyn, Montana Skins, Nikwax, Optimus, Singing Rock, Stubai and Trek'n Treat. Esteller will start invoicing for them ...
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Patagonia will be using Lenzing's Tencel closed-loop fibers in its...
Patagonia will be using Lenzing's Tencel closed-loop fibers in its products starting next spring. The new material that Lenzing has developed turns pre-consumer waste cotton scraps, which would otherwise be discarded, into Tencel fibers. The process consists in taking the fabric scraps from post-industrial waste, removing contaminants such as resins ...
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More and more sports and fashion brands are launching a...
More and more sports and fashion brands are launching a new line of “outdoor” clothing. It's now the turn of Joma, the leading Spanish producer of football boots, which has already diversified into other sports such as tennis and running. Listing some basic technical functions, Joma says its outdoor garments ...
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The Norwegian police has chosen Arc'teryx as a new supplier...
The Norwegian police has chosen Arc'teryx as a new supplier of uniform jackets. The garments come from Arc'teryx LEAF, a division of the company that is specialized in clothing for police and military. Garments from nine different vendors were tested for three years by the Norwegian police before the choice ...
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Engineers at Stanford University have announced the development of a...
Engineers at Stanford University have announced the development of a plastic-derived textile, which is said to cool the skin more efficiently than is possible with the natural or synthetic fabrics in clothes that we wear today. Describing their work in Science, the researchers of the Californian university said the new ...
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Hi-Tec is launching an innovative shoe that indicates to the...
Hi-Tec is launching an innovative shoe that indicates to the wearer where to turn left or right. The new Hi-Tec Navigator features a vibrating insole with haptic technology which communicates via a smartphone navigation app through Bluetooth. After entering a destination in the smartphone via this app, the shoe guides ...
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Scientists at the Hohenstein Institute have developed a textile finishing...
Scientists at the Hohenstein Institute have developed a textile finishing which, they claim, provides a “sensory cooling effect” when they touch the skin surface by stimulating the body's cold receptors. The treatment can be particularly useful for sports injuries or insect bites, which are generally treated with ice, sprays and ...
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For the third consecutive year, Hoka One One came out...
For the third consecutive year, Hoka One One came out as the most widely used trail running shoe among the 353 participants in the Western States Trail, the annual 100-mile endurance run that ended on June 26 in Auburn, California.
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Patagonia has announced that its Nano Puff styles will now...
Patagonia has announced that its Nano Puff styles will now use PrimaLoft Gold Insulation Eco, an eco-friendly synthetic insulation made with 55 percent recycled content. PrimaLoft presented Gold Insulation Eco at the recent OutDoor exhibition in Friedrichshafen in mid-July. PrimaLoft Gold Insulation Eco will be featured exclusively in the Nano ...
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Stubai is recalling about 20 Tour Lite Telescope ice axes...
Stubai is recalling about 20 Tour Lite Telescope ice axes sold in the U.S. because the knife in the handle can detach, causing possible laceration
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Dachstein is launching a new color-changing shoe at the OutDoor...
Dachstein is launching a new color-changing shoe at the OutDoor trade show, which will be held in Friedrichshafen, Germany on July 13-16. According to the company, the new model of its Skylite shoe, called Skylite Thermocolor, features heat-sensitive color pigments which change color as the temperature alters.
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Keen has unveiled Terradora, a new collection of outdoor shoes...
Keen has unveiled Terradora, a new collection of outdoor shoes specifically designed for women. The company has described the new product line as a blend of style and versatility for all terrains.
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Cocona has released the results of research conducted at the...
Cocona has released the results of research conducted at the University of Colorado that shows the thermoregulatory benefits of wearing garments with 37.5 fabric during intense athletic activity. Cocona, a provider of active-particles technology to the sportswear market, is the maker of the 37.5 cooling fabric, used by outdoor apparel ...
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Wild Country, the climbing brand of Oberalp, has issued a...
Wild Country, the climbing brand of Oberalp, has issued a voluntary product recall all over Europe and in North America for all the Syncro harnesses it has manufactured and sold so far in 2016, bearing the batch code 01 A 01 16. The company found a manufacturing fault on a ...
