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News briefsArc’teryx Alpine Academy returns on-site and digitally
Arc’teryx has announced that its Alpine Academy will return to Chamonix July 1-4. Additionally, a full digital program will accompany the event, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. Source: © Walter Chamonix - Alpine Village For those who can make it to Chamonix, the downtown Alpine ...
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ArticleTentree is officially climate neutral
The young Canadian outdoor and sportswear brand Tentree is officially climate neutral. The company has been certified accordingly by the non-profit organization Climate Neutral. To obtain this seal, the brand first had to measure all emissions required to operate the business, manufacture products and services, and deliver them to customers. ...
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News briefsArc’teryx appoints Karl Aaker as Vice President Brand
Canadian outdoor brand Arc’teryx Equipment announced the appointment of Karl Aaker to the role of VP brand, effective immediately. In his new role, Aaker will be responsible for leading global brand strategy, reporting directly to Stuart Haselden, CEO of the company since February. Source: Arc’teryx Karl Aaker ...
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ArticleOberalp Group will present new collections and behavioral study at Virtual Convention on May 18
Vienna-based international behavioral research institute Karmasin Behavioural Insights conducted a wide-ranging study for the Oberalp Group in Germany, Austria and Switzerland to examine the rising outdoor trend in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The institute surveyed a total of nearly 900 participants on the topic of “My first experience ...
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ArticleClarus raises full-year guidance after Q1 sales jump
Clarus Corp, the parent company of Black Diamond and Pieps, raised its sales and adjusted Ebitda guidance for the full year, after posting a top line of $75.3 million in the first quarter, up by 41 percent on a reported basis and 39 percent higher at constant currencies. Excluding Barnes ...
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New OR short film tells the story of finding community and inclusivity
Seattle-based outdoor company Outdoor Research (OR) continues the important conversation about creating a more inclusive space in the outdoor community with a new film, Escaladoradie. The short film tells the story of OR ambassador Monserrat Alvarez Matehuala, who is creating a space where women of color can come together as ...
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ArticleClarus hires Anthony Rivera for Black Diamond apparel
Black Diamond has appointed Anthony Rivera as business unit director for its apparel category that was introduced in 2013. Rivera comes to Black Diamond (BD) with technical apparel expertise as the former senior manager of merchandising for Arc’teryx. In his new position, Rivera will be responsible for creating the strategic ...
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News briefsNew Global Brand Director at Berghaus
Source: Berghaus Charlie Pym, new Berghaus brand director Pentland Brands has announced the appointment of Charlie Pym as global brand director for Berghaus. He replaces Kev McFadyen, who Pentland Brands appointed global brand director for the Speedo brand last November, and joins Berghaus from the world of ...
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Cotopaxi strengthens team with strategic hires
Outdoor brand Cotopaxi has expanded its team at its Salt Lake City, Utah, headquarters with four new hires focused on strategic growth and brand development. Cindy Grönberg Moldin brings more than a decade of extensive global strategy, brand management, advertising, go-to-market and leadership experience from Procter & Gamble. She will ...
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ArticleU.K. investment firm to acquire Mammut
After Conzzeta had already announced on Dec. 9, 2019, that it would focus on the sheet metal working segment (Bystronic business unit) in the future, and this year revealed the final restructuring, including the renaming of Conzzeta to Bystronic, the Swiss company has now apparently found a buyer for its ...
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News briefsHaglöfs aims for net zero in 2030; points out deliberate blurring in communication
On this year’s Earth Day, Swedish outdoor brand Haglöfs joins the growing number of companies calling themselves “climate neutral” by unveiling their new climate strategy: Aiming to reduce their emissions by 50 percent over the next decade and reach net zero by 2030, while taking “full responsibility for remaining emissions ...
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ArticleWeSports acquires Nordic Outdoor & Sports Group
WeSports AB, a Stockholm-based group of individual sports, outdoor and mobility companies that operates online as well as physical stores and product brands, and GOB Invest, also based in Stockholm, have acquired Nordic Outdoor & Sports Group AB (Nordic OSG), a leading Scandinavian outdoor, climbing and snow sports retail group. ...
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News briefsThe oldest mountain film festival in the world: Trento Film Festival
The Trento Film Festival Mountains and Cultures is one of the oldest Italian film festivals, as well as the oldest mountain film festival in the world, and was held for the first time in 1952. The event presents films that deal with alpine exploration. After successfully streaming the event for ...
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ArticleHervis with new flagship stores focusing on bike and outdoor
Source: Hervis Nina Kronberger, sales manager Vienna region, and bike store manager Thomas Radon At the end of March, Austrian sporting goods chain Hervis Sports, which belongs to the Spar group, opened a new bike flagship store after transforming a regular multi-category store in the Stadlau district ...
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Petzl partners with the Italian Sport Climbing Federation
Petzl has become a technical partner of the Italian Sport Climbing Federation (Federazione Arrampicata Sportiva Italiana - FASI). The deal has been signed in view of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which will start on July 23, and with young athlete development at its core, the company said. Sport climbing will ...
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686 partners with pro climber Lonnie Kauk (Video)
California-based technical apparel brand 686 is collaborating with U.S. professional climber Lonnie Kauk, who was born and raised in Yosemite Valley as a member of the Ahwahneechee Native American tribe. The limited-edition 686 Everywhere Pant will feature Kauk’s Magic Line logo, which celebrates the 5.14c crack in Yosemite that Lonnie’s ...
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News briefsFree online premiere of Emily Scott’s film “Project 282” on Facebook, March 25
Source: Equip / Project 282 Emily Scott Equip Outdoor Technologies and the Rab brand invite all outdoor enthusiasts to the online premiere of “Project 282,” a film that follows climber and adventurer Emily Scott in her quest to climb all 282 Munros in 120 days, using self-propulsion. ...
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Black Diamond starts using NuOrder digital platform for retailers
Beginning with the fall/winter 2021 buying season, Black Diamond is organizing all of its orders on the NuOrder digital buying platform. The B2B e-commerce platform for wholesalers hosts order forms, budget control tools, campaigns, catalog creation tools, whiteboarding and more. Black Diamond will manage its wholesale operations globally through the ...
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News briefsArtilect launches new global storytelling platform Culturelines
Artilect, the new performance-driven outdoor apparel brand founded by skater and snowboarder Trent Bush and Bradshaw Taylor’s Corry Taylor in Boulder, Colorado, has just launched Culturelines, a print and digital publication covering stories from the outdoors, technology, music, arts and culture. New stories will be published weekly on the storytelling ...
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ArticleConzzeta in transformation - new name, search for Mammut buyer and resignation of management team
In a further step in its ongoing strategic transformation and following the publication of declining results for the 2020 financial year, the executive board of the Swiss Conzzeta Group will step down at its upcoming annual general meeting on April 21. The board of directors will also propose to the ...
