All Marketing articles – Page 25
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News briefsUnifi announces annual Repreve Champions of Sustainability
Unifi, a specialist in recycled and synthetic yarns, announced the winners of its Repreve Champions of Sustainability awards, which recognize brand, textile and retail partners that have demonstrated a commitment to using fiber made from recycled material in their products. In the fourth year of the award, a total of ...
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News briefsFenix brands well-perceived for their sustainability efforts
The Sustainable Brand Index, a consumer ranking brand study that examines how brands are perceived in terms of sustainability in Scandinavia, the Baltic States and the Netherlands, has rated Fjällräven the most sustainable brand in Sweden in the “Clothing & Fashion - Brand” category. Fjällräven won the ...
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News briefsBergans' Collection Of Tomorrow wins DOGA Design Award
Bergans of Norway’s Collection Of Tomorrow, an innovation project realized in collaboration with the Finnish fiber producer Spinnova, has been awarded the Norwegian DOGA Award. The goal of Bergans’ collaboration is to develop new technology that makes it possible to produce textiles in a more sustainable way. The future.labs.05.A bag ...
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News briefsISPO BrandNew launches new “Basecamp of Inspiration” with Globetrotter
The online application for the new “Basecamp of Inspiration” of the ISPO BrandNew startup competition by Messe München is open. Three winners will be selected during a live public voting. The first-place winner will win an Innolab grant from outdoor retail chain Globetrotter and will be included in the Globetrotter ...
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News briefsUnisync and Helly Hansen Workwear sign partnership for Canada
Unisync Group Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canada’s Unisync Corp and a leading provider of full-service, managed apparel programs for major corporations and government-related entities, has entered into a preferred partnership agreement with Helly Hansen for all tenders and contracts in the Managed Service Industry sector across Canada. The agreement ...
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Bollé signs new partnerships in pro and am cycling
Bollé Brands announced a new series of sponsorship deals in the professional and amateur cycling sectors. The brand will sponsor and equip the professional team B&B Hotels p/b KTM (BBK) with both helmets and sunglasses, a premiere in its history. BBK is one of the 22 teams selected to participate ...
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ArticleFirst Benno e-bikes in use for African pilot projects
Since the end of January, three cargo bikes from the U.S. e-bike company Benno Bikes have been in solar power use in the West African country of Benin. As part of a mobility pilot project, Ibee Studer, a Swiss industrial engineering firm specializing in the development, financing and operation of ...
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News briefsProfessional climber Söderlund is the latest brand ambassador for Haglöfs
Source: Haglöfs Swedish professional sport climber Matilda Söderlund has joined the team of “Outsiders by Nature”, Haglöfs’ team of ambassadors and athletes. Last May, the brand already brought mountain athlete Maria Granberg into the team. Söderlund has been climbing the world’s most challenging routes around the globe ...
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News briefsRab presents free online premiere of “Over The Edge” for International Women’s Day
To mark International Women’s Day 2021, British outdoor manufacturer Rab presents the free online premiere of Over The Edge. The film (see trailer below) was initiated by Rab to mark the fifth anniversary of the Women’s Trad Festival and tells the story of the women behind the event. It follows ...
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Buff is a sponsor of the Tour of Flanders
Buff has joined for the first time the sponsor roster of the Tour of Flanders, the iconic road cycling race that is part of the UCI World Tour. This year’s edition of the Tour of Flanders is scheduled to take place on Sept. 18, after being postponed from the original ...
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News briefsOrtlieb launches new brand campaign (Video)
Ortlieb kicks off the 2021 season with a new brand campaign created by the Nuremberg-based marketing agency Stilbezirk that has already worked for other sporting goods brands, including Adidas, Uvex or Vaude. Merging emotional images from the Ortlieb factory in Heilsbronn, Germany, with those from a bike and hike trip ...
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News briefsNew Berghaus ambassadors to support diversity, inclusion and mental health
Berghaus has added four new brand ambassadors, Rhiane Fatinikun, Zahrah Mahmood, Ed Jackson and Iona Rendall, to its team. The new lineup is part of the brand’s effort to promote the outdoors as a place for everyone and highlight the mental health benefits of spending time in nature. Fatinikun is ...
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News briefsVibram wants those who care to resole their shoes
Vibram has presented the new digital “Repair if you care” campaign to encourage consumers to have their shoes resoled and avoid waste. The campaign focuses on the concept of reuse and repair as a sustainable approach. It also aims to reintroduce people to the fact that repair is a valuable ...
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News briefsVon Dewitz receives GEM Award for pioneering leadership
Antje von Dewitz, CEO of German outdoor brand Vaude, has received the GEM Award 2021 for her successful sustainable brand management. The Berlin-based ”Gesellschaft zur Erforschung des Markenwesens e.V.” (Society for the Study of Brands, GEM) is a platform that supports companies in their brand activities with scientific arguments and ...
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News briefsRobert Jasper becomes brand ambassador for Soto
Source: Robert Jasper Japanese stove and camping tableware manufacturer Soto has signed German extreme mountaineer and expeditionist Robert Jasper as brand ambassador. “We are very pleased to welcome Robert, an absolutely authentic athlete, as our brand ambassador,” Akira Yamamoto, CEO and president at Soto/Shinfuji Burner said. “He ...
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News briefsLa Sportiva adds three international names to its mountain running team
Source: La Sportiva Jan Margarit La Sportiva has expanded its mountain running team with the arrival of Jan Margarit, Mimmi Kotka and Alexis Sevénnec. Margarit, 23, was born in Matadepera, near Barcelona, and made his debut in trail running in 2015. Kotka, a 39-year-old athlete from Sweden ...
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News briefsOsprey launches new generation of Talon and Tempest with AGAIN campaign
U.S. backpack specialist Osprey has released an open letter to the outdoor community and its retail partners to signal hope on the horizon after the tough year of 2020. With the message explore AGAIN™, the letter highlights the importance of the outdoors to physical and mental well-being. Together with Osprey ...
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Petzl adds Alexander Megos to its roster of athletes
Petzl, the French mountaineering equipment supplier, has announced Alexander Megos as a new member of its team of sponsored athletes. Megos is qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, set to take place this summer due to the pandemic. Among his numerous performances and records, listed on his official website, Megos’ ...
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ArticleWinners of the French Outdoor Awards Winter 2021
A jury of experts appointed by the French trade association Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV) has selected the three winners of this winter’s French Outdoor Awards in the categories of Innovation, Sustainability and Start-up. The winners were announced at a virtual OSV awards ceremony on Feb. 9 in the French winter ...
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News briefsVivobarefoot wins sustainability award for algae-based footwear
Vivobarefoot is one of the winners of Arizona-based Footprint Foundation’s 2021 Ocean Hero Awards, which recognize innovative champions that are positively affecting the environment on a global scale. Vivobarefoot was honored with an Innovative Engineering Award “for developing the first footwear made from algae, a renewable aquatic resource.” Footprint, a ...
