All Climbing articles – Page 35
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ArticleArc’teryx opens first Icon Store with flexible DTC services
Arc’teryx has launched a new retail store concept called The Icon Store. The first store was opened in Walnut Creek, California, on Nov. 12 with 77 square meters of floor space, inspired “by wood-frame backcountry huts.” The compact store is designed to streamline the shopping experience by showcasing only a ...
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News briefsMountain Hardwear with more new distribution partners across Europe
In addition to Edgar Tremmel Marketing as Mountain Hardwear’s new exclusive distributor for Germany and Austria, the U.S. mountain sports brand has signed three other distribution partners for other important European markets. MnO International is based in Stockholm, Sweden and will oversee distribution for the Nordic and Baltic regions. The ...
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News briefsRab and Lowe Alpine commit to Net Zero by 2030
As part of their long-term sustainability strategy, the British outdoor brands Rab and Lowe Alpine, both owned by Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd, have committed themselves to achieving Net Zero by 2030. As a first step, South Pole, a recognized provider of climate protection solutions, certified Equip as ...
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News briefsAustrian Alpine Forum streamed digitally on Nov. 14-15
Because the annual Alpinmesse (Alpine Fair) in Innsbruck, Europe’s largest mountain sports fair for end consumers, had to be canceled due to Covid-19, the organizer, the Austrian Board of Trustees for Alpine Safety, has prepared a wide range of content for a YouTube stream on Nov. 13 and 14. During ...
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News briefsGlobetrotter opens city store in Dortmund
Globetrotter, the German outdoor retail chain, which opened its first store in Hamburg in 1979 and was bought by the Swedish Fenix Group in 2014, is opening a new city branch in the city of Dortmund in spring 2021. On almost 800 square meters of sales space across two floors ...
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La Sportiva launches sustainability contest
La Sportiva has launched #LaSportivaCares, an online contest that is meant to promote awareness of sustainability among the brand’s customers while also informing them of the company’s strategy and actions in the area of sustainability. In order to enter in the contest, participants must connect online and answer at least ...
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News briefsMammut partners with non-profit organization ClimbAID
Driven by a shared passion for mountain sports and climbing, Mammut and the Swiss non-profit organization ClimbAID have entered into a partnership to bring the joy of climbing to refugees who had been affected by war, poverty and displacement in their home countries. This long-term cooperation will enable the implementation ...
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News briefsKlättermusen launches entirely organically insulated outdoor jacket
The Swedish brand Klättermusen has launched what it claims to be the first completely organically insulated outdoor jacket, the Farbaute. The jacket won gold in the outdoor category and the Sustainability Achievement Award at Ispo Munich earlier this year. The jury praised the jacket’s durability, functionality and design. At the ...
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Momentum is building for National Outdoor Expo in March 2021
Several outdoor brands including Montane, Salomon, Salkan, Salewa, Yurts for Life, Cactus Drinkwell, Latitude Adventures, The Outdoor Guide and Savage Adventures have joined the line-up at The National Outdoor Expo in March 2021 at the NEC Birmingham. These newly announced names join other big brands including Adidas Terrex, Hoka One ...
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ArticleColumbia restructures senior leadership to support omni-channel, digital plans
Columbia Sportswear Company announced a series of senior leadership changes executing on transition plans, supporting the company’s omni-channel plans for growth and unlocking digital opportunities. Before Thomas Cusick, executive vice president and chief operating officer, will retire from the company after 18 years in the second half of 2021, he ...
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Climbing Technology introduces light harness for indoor and cliff climbing
Climbing Technology (by Aludesign SpA), the Italian specialist in protective products for mountaineering, sport climbing and safety while working at height, has launched Quarzo, a lightweight single-buckle harness specifically designed for sport climbing. Quarzo, which can be used for both indoor and cliff climbing, weighs only between 290g (size XS) ...
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Rab and Lowe Alpine to open sales office in Helsinki
The British outdoor brands Rab and Lowe Alpine, both owned by Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd., will be opening their own regional office in Finland on Dec. 1. It will be managed by Heikki Tapaninen, who has worked for Rab and Lowe Alpine in the past and was sales manager at ...
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Oberalp opens Mountainshop near Bergamo
The Oberalp Group opened a new Mountainshop in Ponteranica, in the Italian province of Bergamo on Oct. 15. The new store specializes in products for alpine skiing, trail running and other mountain sports. It will be managed by Nevio Cornaro, who previously participated in endurance races like the Ultra-Trail World ...
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News briefsMammut kicks off digital brand convention
Chief executive Oliver Pabst kicked off Mammut’s Digital Brand Convention on Monday, Oct. 19 at 1 pm CET, with a public event. The convention will continue throughout the week. Normally, the Mammut community meets in person for the convention, but due to Covid-19, it was moved online. Most of the ...
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News briefsMountain Hardwear with new distribution partner for Germany, Austria
Edgar Tremmel Marketing, based in Ravensburg, Germany, is taking over the exclusive distribution of the American mountain sports brand Mountain Hardwear for Germany and Austria for five years with immediate effect. Mountain Hardwear was founded in California in 1993 and is wholly-owned subsidiary of Columbia Sportswear Comany and its products ...
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ArticleSOG is climate positive, will focus on circular economy and turns 20 in 2021
The Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG), comprising 74 Scandinavian outdoor brands, had its Fall Networking Day at the beginning of October. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the event was held digitally, with a total of 85 participants. Sara Wänseth, who has been the general secretary of the group for six years, ...
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ArticleBergzeit to publish bouldering survey; launches online clinics
Bouldering has experienced a greater increase in popularity than almost any other sport. “This is due to the general fitness and movement trend, which we, as a mountain sports company, have also been feeling for some time. Mountain sports today no longer mean just spending time in the mountains, but ...
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Klättermusen expands agency network in Europe
Klättermusen, the Swedish outdoor brand well known for its sustainable products, is reorganizing its European agency network unimpressed by the difficult situation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Sales director Patrick Kaulen named seven new agencies in Europe: Brandabout in Spain, WS White & Sinclair in northern, southern and central Italy, ...
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ArticleOberalp Virtual Convention to focus on women; introduction of new brand expected
As the first ”Oberalp Virtual Convention” in May 2020 was extremely positive for the Italian company and its brands Salewa, Dynafit, Wild Country, Evolv and Pomoca with more than 37,000 clicks, and as ongoing travel restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic continue to make physical events difficult, the family-owned company ...
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News briefsSkylotec new main sponsor of Grimpday in Belgium
German professional and sports climbing and safety gear specialist Skylotec is the new main sponsor of Grimpday, an international rope rescue competition that brings together rescue teams from all around the world. Whether in the fire brigade, civil defence, the military or the police – rescuers working in altitude ...
