Climbing – Page 6
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News briefsNew status moves Scarpa one step closer to B Corp. ambitions
Scarpa has achieved Benefit Company status – a legal status introduced in Italy in 2016 to identify those companies that, besides profit, pursue specific goals of common benefit, with the aim of generating value for people, the planet, businesses, and the productive realities of the country. Brands designated as a ...
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News briefsFrench event Sport for Future draws attention to the melting of glaciers
The second edition of Sport for Future is scheduled to take place in Chamonix, in the French Alps, on Aug. 1-3. Sport for Future aims to raise awareness among sportspeople of how climate change is affecting glaciers. The event is organized by Riding to Explore, a project launched by elite ...
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News briefsPatagonia scales up its after-sales repair services
Building on a long-standing tradition of repairing clothing, Patagonia has launched a new phase of its Worn Wear initiative in Europe and launched an online “Repair Portal.” Patagonia’s goal is to increase the number of repairs fourfold to 100,000 per year until 2028. To achieve this goal, the new online ...
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ArticleRab launches Material Facts on apparel and sleeping bags this fall
Source: Equip Material Facts Announced last year, the Material Facts program from British outdoor company Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd, owner of Rab and Lowe Alpine, will be available on all Rab clothing and sleeping bags from September 2023 and can be accessed online by scanning a QR ...
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News briefsLa Sportiva opens long-term pop-up at Au Vieux Campeur in Paris
Italian outdoor brand La Sportiva has opened a long-term pop-up in Paris, in partnership with specialist retail chain Au Vieux Campeur. The dedicated space, dubbed La Sportiva Bivouac, is located at the retailer’s boutique in 42 rue des Ecoles, in Paris’ Latin Quarter. The pop-up will be in place until ...
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News briefsHaglöfs launches consumer “Shell Guide” this fall
Haglöfs’ new Shell Guide, which will be available on haglofs.com in October 2023, is designed to help outdoor athletes find the right jacket for their activities. Customers can choose from the Shell collection for extreme performance in the mountains to lightweight and versatile shells for the trail and everyday use. ...
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ArticleMammut expands repair service
Since 1992, the repair service of Swiss mountaineering outfitter Mammut has been ensuring that customers’ products remain in use for even longer. By anchoring reparability in the design process, with new service partners from summer 2023, and with proactive communication, Mammut now wants to encourage even more people to choose ...
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News briefsOrtovox to stop using PET-recycled polyester
Ortovox has announced that it will no longer be pursuing its switch to recycled polyester from bottles, saying that “bottles remain bottles and clothes remain clothes.” In its annual Planet Report 2023, the company calls this type of recycling too short-sighted, explaining once bottles have been processed into clothing, they ...
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News briefsLuhta's parent's sales increase 25% in 2022
Luhta Sportswear Company, the parent of the Luhta, Icepeak, Rukka and Dachstein brands, reported a €10.3 million profit in 2022, up from €2.35 million a year earlier, as total revenues increased by 25 percent to €245 million from $196 million. During the year, the Finnish group returned to a normal ...
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OpinionThe mountain and the metaverse – Synergy or contradiction?
Following our interview with Christoph Engl, the CEO of Oberalp, conducted at the 5th Oberalp Summit, we present a follow-up article by sportswear expert Alexa Dehmel, who looks at the event on the topic of “Metaverse” from a designer’s perspective.
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ArticlePetzl exceeded its reuse and recycling goal in 2022
Petzl, the French mountaineering equipment supplier, has released its Impact Report 2022, its second after the first edition last year that referred to 2021. The new report reiterates the company’s CSR commitments, which include: reducing its carbon intensity by 50 percent, with 2019 as a baseline; recovering 100 percent of ...
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News briefsUK Outdoor Industry Award finalists announced
The finalists for the 2023 UK Outdoor Industry Awards were announced on June 14 in a presentation at the 2023 Outdoor Trade Show Social. All award finalists, including products from Silva, Berghaus, Ortlieb, Petzl, Edelrid, Montane, Picture Organic, Exped, Gruezi Bag, Goal Zero and TentBox, can be viewed on the ...
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News briefsNew Head of Sales at Royal Robbins
Source: Royal Robbins Todd Gordon California-based outdoor company Royal Robbins, founded in 1968 by climbers and adventurers Royal and Liz Robbins, has hired Todd Gordon as Director of Sales. In his new role, he will drive strategic initiatives, build strong partnerships and further strengthen Royal Robbins’ position ...
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ArticleHyosung to unveil expanded ocean conservation initiative at OR Summer Market
South Korean sustainable textile solutions provider Hyosung has expanded its ocean conservation initiative to include a wider range of regen ocean yarns made from discarded fishing nets. These will be showcased at the Outdoor Retailer (OR) Summer Market, June 19-21, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Hyosung began its ocean conservation ...
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News briefsOberalp opens Milan showroom
The Oberalp Group, the owner of Salewa, Dynafit and other mountain brands, has opened a new showroom in Milan. Located at Open336 in Viale Sarca 336, the 1,000-square-meter space, which also houses the group’s offices, reportedly represents an investment of more than €500,000. Headquartered in Bolzano, Italy, the Oberalp Group ...
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News briefsNaturkompaniet opens flagship store in Oslo
Source: Glenn Pettersen Naturkompaniet - Hegdehaugsveien 29, Oslo Knowledge and sustainability are the focus of Naturkompaniet’s new flagship store on Hegdehaugsveien in Oslo. Originally founded in Sweden in 1991, this is the company’s sixth store in Norway, offering well-known brands such as Fjällräven, Patagonia, Arc’teryx, Osprey, Devold, ...
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ArticleEquip offers pioneering Material Facts data platform to the industry, calls for action
Last year, UK outdoor company Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd, owner of Rab and Lowe Alpine, launched Material Facts to the industry, a very straightforward and open CSR communications platform, to focus on accuracy and transparency after it became frustrated with the lack of clarity around sustainability criteria. The program is ...
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ArticleReset EOG State of Trade study shows growth of +11.5%
At OutDoor by ISPO 2023 in Munich, the European Outdoor Group (EOG) released new data from its State of Trade (SoT) market research program showing growth in sales value and volume across all categories through 2022. The figures for the year were released following some notable updates to the project ...
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ArticleOutDoor by ISPO provided community and inspiration again in 2023
Three days, over 650 exhibitors and satisfying visitor numbers. OutDoor by ISPO 2023 is over and has been hailed as a success. Now in its second year at the MOC Event and Order Center, the mood was once again that of a community coming together, whether that be for business ...
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ArticleAirMarker Balloon: A new innovative mountain rescue device from Switzerland
AirMarker, a start-up from Switzerland, has unveiled the AirMarkers R.One, the world’s first balloon rescue system – a portable, ultra-light signal balloon. The system speeds up the search process for accident victims or missing persons and represents a new category of its own in the outdoor market. The AirMarker system ...
