All Germany articles – Page 3
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News briefsVaude’s sustainability manager appointed to the German Federal Ministry’s advisory board on environment and sport
For the second time, Hilke Patzwall, Vaude’s sustainability manager, has been appointed as a subject matter expert to the “Environment and Sport” advisory board of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMUV). Initiated in 1994, the advisory board is an important advisory body to the federal government and consists ...
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News briefsSpecialized to establish European innovation center in Germany
Specialized has announced the merger with Denk Engineering, an independent design office in the cycling industry from Freiburg, Germany. “This merge is an important part of a larger strategy to develop our European Innovation Hub,” Scott Maguire, CEO of Specialized, said. “We will build a new state-of-the-art innovation center facility ...
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News briefsOutdoor continues to grow for Sport 2000
Sport 2000 Germany continues to expand its outdoor segment. In 2021, outdoor sales of €929 million were generated via the affiliated retailers, according to the retail group. Currently, the outdoor share of Sport 2000 total sales is 34 percent (2019: 22 percent). The forecast for 2022 indicates a further increase ...
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ArticleFirst Norrøna Store opens in Germany
Norwegian outdoor brand Norrøna opened its first German flagship store on July 15, with 400 sqm of space on Sendlinger Straße at the entrance to the Asamhöfe in downtown Munich, previously home to Geox, the shoe brand. The Norrøna store opening is part of a large-scale sales and marketing initiative ...
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Evoc takes over its distribution in Germany from BikeAction
Evoc Sports, specializing in protective bags and bike packs, will take over the distribution of its product in Germany from its current agency BikeAction, in charge since 2008, as of September 2022. The agency will continue to provide support, deliveries and customer care until Aug. 31, 2022. The German market ...
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News briefsFolding kayak start-up wins Globetrotter as distribution partner
With its kayak VIK 3.8, made of one piece and completely foldable, the German start-up CLR Outdoor GmbH has now secured Globetrotter as its exclusive distribution partner for the 2022 season. Sales start is June 1. As part of its InnoLab start-up support program, Globetrotter had already assisted CLR Outdoor ...
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News briefsE-bike development center Munich is now called Kiska
The international brand and design agency Kiska is expanding to Munich. For this purpose, the EBDC (E-Bike Development Center), founded two years ago by Kiska and Alexander Thusbass in 2020, has been renamed Kiska Munich. Thusbass, who was already a senior designer at Kiska from 2004 to 2007, is the ...
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News briefsGerman Automobile Club now also assists with bicycle breakdowns
All members of the German automobile club ADAC now receive roadside assistance if their bicycle breaks down due to a defect. The service is available around the clock for bicycles of any type and at any location that the roadside assistance teams can reach with their emergency vehicles in accordance ...
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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, ...
