All Germany articles – Page 3
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ArticleMunich bike retailer Alpha Bikes parts ways with Specialized, opens Giant flagship
Since founding Alpha Bikes in 1992, owners and CEOs Gerhard Wagner and Daniel Castro have worked hard to create an indispensable bike community in the German city of Munich. When they teamed up with Specialized in 2008, they even gave up their own brand. That was the year they opened ...
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News briefsMcTrek to offer parcel shipping and pickup
Customers of 22 branches of the German outdoor retailer McTrek can now drop off their DPD parcels or have them sent directly to the branch or redirected there, in addition to their usual outdoor product shopping. As part of a new cooperation between McTrek and the parcel service provider DPD, ...
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ArticleStudy: Germans want to continue to invest in outdoor equipment
Three-quarters of Germans want to buy outdoor equipment in the next 12 months. Albeit, the products that are of interest change slightly.
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News briefsGlobetrotter opens second city store in 2022
On April 28, outdoor equipment supplier Globetrotter is opening its newest store in downtown Augsburg in southern Germany. On three floors and around 1,000 square meters, the store in Annastrasse offers a broad outdoor range from the hiking, trekking, travel and everyday outdoor segments as well as brand stores from ...
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News briefsUvex Sports takes over distribution of Hiplok
Starting May 1, Uvex Sports will take over the distribution in Germany and Austria of the British brand Hiplok, provider of high-quality security and storage solutions for cyclists and other sportspeople. The Hiplok range includes portable chain locks and U-locks, as well as cable locks and lockable wall and floor ...
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News briefsKupilka launches circular economy pilot project
Kupilka, the Finnish manufacturer of ecological dishware and survival equipment, launched a circular economy pilot program in Germany on Jan. 1 in cooperation with the company’s German distributor, Impress Markets GmbH. During the pilot phase, customers residing in Germany will be able to send their Kupilka products to Impress Markets’ ...
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Supply bottlenecks in German retail sector worsen again; cycling products particularly affected
According to a survey by the research institute Ifo, supply problems in German retail have worsened again in February. In February, 76.3 percent of overall retailers said they did not receive all the goods they ordered. A month earlier, the figure was 57.1 percent. The situation is particularly tight for ...
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News briefsEuropean Outdoor Group in search of brand partners for European merino project
After carrying out a small feasibility study around the possibility of growing European merino wool earlier, the European Outdoor Group (EOG) is currently in funding negotiations with the German Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food to let the project come live. According to EOG’s sustainability manager Katy Stevens, “it is ...
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Trend ReportsGerman study: Fewer new fashion purchases thanks to second-hand shopping
84 percent of second-hand shoppers in Germany say that buying second-hand clothing has replaced buying a new garment. Another 71 percent say they spent less money on clothing because they bought used items. These are results of the current Second Hand Fashion Report 2022, for which the second hand online ...
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News briefsGfK sees pandemic and inflation clouding consumer sentiment in Germany
According to the latest GfK consumer climate study, consumer sentiment in Germany cooled off noticeably in December. Both economic and income expectations and propensity to buy fell significantly. With the propensity to save also rising again, GfK forecasts a consumer climate of -6.8 points for January 2022, five points lower ...
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News briefsGerman Retail Association calls for bold action from new federal government
On the occasion of the inauguration of the new German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, and the federal ministers on Dec. 8, the German Retail Association (HDE) has called on the new government to show courage and determination. The dynamic development of the Covid-19 pandemic calls for targeted and coordinated political action, ...
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News briefsGermany to adopt “lockdown for the unvaccinated”
The German Bund-Länder-Konferenz, a conference between the prime ministers of the German states and chancellor Angela Merkel and her successor Olaf Scholz, has decided on contact restrictions for the unvaccinated and an expansion of the “2G” rule in response to high Covid infection rates in the country. The 2G rule, ...
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News briefsDeuter employees donate to flood victims
After the German backpack specialist Deuter called on its employees to make a voluntary donation to a social institution in the area of last summer’s disastrous floods in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, €3,000 have now been handed over to the Levana School, a special education facility with a focus ...
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News briefsFirst German helicopters equipped with Recco SAR detectors
In Bavaria, two helicopters were equipped with Recco SAR detectors this fall, making Germany the fourth country in the Alps after Austria, Switzerland and Italy to be fitted with the tracking system used for finding missing and injured people or those in need of help in the outdoors. The SAR ...
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Germany may impose lockdowns to get latest Covid wave under control
The German government is not ruling out any measure, including a lockdown, to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in the face of rising case numbers nationwide, according to media reports. Health minister Jens Spahn called the situation dramatic in some states. Just recently, the government had approved the ...
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ArticleAustria imposes a general lockdown, Germany approves a new infection protection act
Without waiting for the end of a previously imposed confinement for the unvaccinated, which started on Nov. 15, the Austrian government decided that everybody will go into a general, nationwide lockdown for a maximum of 20 days on Monday, Nov. 22, and that it will be extended for unvaccinated people ...
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News briefsHövding strengthens German and Austrian markets
Swedish brand Hövding is strengthening its presence in the German-speaking market through a new partnership with Alpina Sports, part of the German Uvex Group. Sales of Hövding airbags for cyclists have increased significantly in Germany in recent years. The new business model is designed to provide an even stronger presence ...
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News briefsOberalp Group opens Germany’s first Mountain Shop
The South Tyrolean Oberalp Group opened its first Mountain Shop in Germany in the city center of Augsburg in late October. On 150 square meters, the group has created a meeting point for the mountain sports community with its brands Salewa, Dynafit and – from summer 2022 ...
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Dakine with new distribution for Germany, Austria
Dakine, founded in Hawaii in 1979 and headquartered in Oregon, has been working exclusively with Stuttgart-based Trade Art Distribution GmbH as its sales partner for Germany/Austria since Oct. 1, 2021. The agency is led by long-time business professionals, managing directors Hardy Tunnissen and Heiko Grelle, supported by new sales manager ...
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ArticleBike-Components joins forces with brick-and-mortar retailers
The German e-commerce bicycle platform Bike-Components (managed by BC GmbH & Co. KG) is launching a new business segment next year: BC Remote is an ordering platform for brick-and-mortar bicycle dealers only. The background to this is that bicycle shops, in times of supply bottlenecks, sometimes search for missing parts ...
