All Db articles

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    Db adds Haaland, Witzøe as strategic investors

    17 June 2025

    The Norwegian bag and travel gear company welcomes two well-known Scandinavian figures to support its global expansion and brand positioning.

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    Aluula and Db collab on ultralight travel gear

    18 February 2025

    The partners unveil a new travel bag collection featuring ultralight, durable travel gear made with advanced composite materials.

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    Db unveils exclusive collection with Luis Medearis

    30 January 2025

    The snowboard filmmaker teams up with Db for a special gear collection that blends style, functionality and personal storytelling.

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    Db’s new CEO comes from Jack Wolfskin

    9 December 2023

    Source: via LinkedIn Richard Collier Db (also d_b_, and formerly Douchebags) announced on LinkedIn that Richard Collier will be the new CEO of the Oslo-based travel lifestyle brand from January 2024 after resigning from the same position at German outdoor specialist Jack Wolfskin earlier this fall. “I ...

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    Db and Safeback introduce avalanche vest

    10 November 2022

    Db and Safeback have developed the world’s first Backcountry Vest that integrates the Safeback SBX avalanche survival system. Safeback SBX, winner of the 2022 ISPO Award, is the first system of its kind to actively provide air to buried subjects in the snow, extending the survival window after an avalanche ...

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    Cake supports anti-poaching teams in Africa

    8 October 2021

    Source: Cake African rangers on Cake Kalk AP e-motorcycles Cake, the Swedish electric motorcycle manufacturer and member of Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG), has successfully delivered the first batch of electric anti-poaching bush bikes to Africa. The quiet and powerful Kalk AP e-motorcycles have been delivered to rangers ...

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    Db says „Sold exclusively not here“ to support local retailers

    1 November 2020

    In support of local retailers, Swedish ski and travel luggage brand Db, formerly Douchebags, has launched a new color collection of its best-selling bags, which are not sold through the brand’s website but exclusively through its network of retailers. The Brightside Yellow collection includes 6 models and was launched in ...

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    Db to enter U.S. market this fall with Global Sales Guys

    30 July 2020

    The Norwegian bag label Db (formerly Douchebags), founded in 2009 by freeskier Jon Olsson and engineer Truls Brataas, has partnered up with the American full-service sales and wholesale marketing agency Global Sales Guys to enter the U.S. market this fall following a successful market test in 2018-19. Seeing itself as ...