All General Outdoor articles – Page 164
-
News briefsOrtovox announces three new positions
German outdoor brand Ortovox has announced three new additions to its management team. Christine Brien, Nicole Eichmeier and Stefan Kohlbauer will be responsible for the key areas of materials, transformation and sales in the future. Brien was appointed as the new head of material management in early September 2022 and ...
-
News briefsOutnorth joins second-hand marketplace
Swedish retailer Outnorth, one of the strongest Nordic e-commerce players in the outdoor segment, is participating in a plug-and-play platform for circular trading of secondhand products, habit.se reports. Participating retailers can offer their customers and their own stores to resell previously purchased goods through the app and on the integrated ...
-
News briefsSBTi verifies Polartec’s net zero commitment until 2050
Polartec has announced that its parent company, Milliken & Company, is now pursuing science-based and approved Net Zero goals. Milliken’s short- and long-term goals were verified and validated this summer by the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi). The initiative is a U.N.-backed collective that helps companies set emissions reduction targets consistent ...
-
News briefsMontura appoints Gianluca Pandolfo as new general manager
Italian outdoor brand Montura has appointed Gianluca Pandolfo as its new general manager. Most recently, Pandolfo spent seven years at Patagonia as sales director for the EMEA region. Prior to that, he worked for more than nine years at The North Face, between 2005 and 2015, with a one-year break ...
-
News briefsArc’teryx opens new brand store and ReBird center in Vancouver
Canadian brand Arc’teryx has opened a new brand store in Kitsilano, a trending neighborhood in its hometown of Vancouver. The new 420-sqm Kitsilano location will replace the existing West 4th store that was opened in 2013. The store hosts Vancouver’s first ReBird service center, offering repair and care solutions for ...
-
ArticlePentland Brands Germany undergoes restructuring, Berghaus with comeback
Source: Pentland Brands Germany Michael Schupp With the restructuring of Pentland Brands Deutschland GmbH, founded in 2020 in Gmund in southern Germany, which as an offshoot of the British Pentland Group also distributes the group’s Endura and Speedo brands in the DACH region, the well-known British mountain ...
-
News briefsDevold of Norway brings on new CEO
Source: Norsk Sportsbransjeforening Øystein Vikingsen Fauske The Norwegian Sports Industry Association (Norsk Sportsbransjeforening) has announced that Øystein Vikingsen Fauske will become Devold’s new CEO in mid-February, and Kyrre Ufert Lømo will become the company’s new CMO at the turn of the year. Fauske joins Devold from the ...
-
News briefsMerrell releases global study on diversity in the outdoors
Outdoor lifestyle and footwear brand Merrell, part of Wolverine Worldwide, has published a report titled “Inclusivity in the Outdoors,” examining perceived inclusivity and experiences in outdoor spaces globally, with a focus on Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. While conventional outdoor research analyzes race, gender and income regionally, Merrell’s report ...
-
News briefsAdidas Terrex will reportedly not open a store in Annecy
Adidas Terrex has given up the plan to open its first French store, according to an exclusive report by sport-guide.com. The store was expected to open at the Nouvelles Galeries in Annecy, in France’s Haute Savoie department, in early 2023. Meanwhile, Sport-Guide has also revealed that Adidas Terrex will open ...
-
ArticleOutdoor Retailer Winter rebrands and shifts dates to November
Outdoor Retailer Winter, the U.S. event for outdoor and winter sports, is moving up its show dates from January 2024 to November 2023. Through the introduction of new events and a shift in future dates, the winter edition aims to provide ”more opportunities to engage in the timeframes that best ...
-
News briefsSchoeller Textil integrates traceable wool with Nativa blockchain traceability
Swiss textile specialist Schoeller Textil is offering new fabrics made with wool from Nativa – part of Chargeurs, a French specialist in combed wool. Chargeurs sources merino wool from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the U.S., Argentina and Uruguay and offers full traceability of the origins via its Nativa-branded blockchain. ...
-
News briefsHaglöfs closes again for Black Friday
As it did last year, Swedish brand Haglöfs is taking a stand against the environmental and social perils of excessive consumption on Black Friday. Haglöfs has conducted a number of protests against the sales day, from increasing prices to donating profits to charities to promote second-hand products. In 2021, for ...
-
News briefsW.L. Gore introduces 2L-laminates with recycled Bionic face fabrics
With launch partner Patagonia, W.L. Gore is introducing into its autumn/winter 2023 line two new two-layer Gore-Tex laminates with Bionic textile face fabrics made from plastic waste collected from seacoasts. Gore has invested in Bionic’s plastic recovery and sorting facility in Cóbano, Costa Rica, and is providing materials-science and supply-chain ...
-
News briefsGlobetrotter joins jury of the French Outdoor Awards
German company Globetrotter is making its debut on the jury for the next French Outdoor Awards. Globetrotter’s business-development manager, Matti Heilmann, will be helping to judge start-ups, one of the four award categories. The award itself will be presented on Feb. 1, 2023, during the Sport Achat trade show by ...
-
News briefsSilva signs two new sales representatives in Germany
Holger Befeld, owner of Handelsagentur 69, has been Silva’s new sales representative for Bavaria since Oct. 1. Based in Munich, Befeld has been active in sales for 22 years. K2 Snowboards, Ride Snowboards, Line Freeski, Electric eyewear and Roark Revival travel goods are among his references. With Stephan Graf, owner ...
-
News briefsBerghaus engages at Kendal Mountain Festival
British brand Berghaus and the Kendal Film Festival (taking place on Nov. 18-19) are broadening a partnership now in its third decade. The brand is not only presenting the film and workshop events but displaying rare apparel and equipment pieces on an archive wall. Berghaus ambassadors Leo Houlding and Ed ...
-
ArticleWeyco expects declining sales after record Q3
Weyco Group generated record sales in the third quarter of 2022, with revenues jumping by 56 percent compared to the year earlier to $97.0 million. Growth was led by its North America wholesale business and underpinned by strong consumer demand, higher selling prices and the “abnormally low” revenues seen in ...
-
News briefsClaire Bergkamp promoted to CEO of Textile Exchange
Textile Exchange has announced an upcoming leadership transition. The organization’s current CEO, La Rhea Pepper, will shift into the role of catalyst and co-founder, concentrating on an advisory and catalyst role for the textile industry in the future. She will be replaced by Claire Bergkamp, who is currently the chief ...
-
News briefsOutdoor Sports Valley appoints interim director
Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV), the French trade association dedicated to outdoor sports, has appointed Céline Brunel as interim executive director. The decision follows the departure of Benjamin Thaller, the association’s executive director since 2019, in October of this year. A new executive director is expected to be appointed in early ...
-
News briefsPatagonia opens second store in Rome
Patagonia has opened its second store in Rome. The new 150-square-meter store is located at Viale della Tecnica 221, in the EUR district, right across the former Olympic Velodrome and not far from the Palazzo dello Sport, Rome’s multi-purpose sports and entertainment arena. The other store of the Californian brand ...
