All Marketing articles – Page 29
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VF Foundation donates money for a new chairlift in Smartwool's hometown resort
The Steamboat Springs ski resort in Colorado has received an unexpected $1.5 million gift from Smartwool, the wool knit apparel brand known for its socks and underwear, which is to be used to build a new Barrows chairlift on Howelsen Hill. Smartwool was founded in the town of Steamboat and ...
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Lenzing wins Austria's state prize for innovation
The Lenzing Group has won Austria’s annual State Prize for Innovation for its Lenzing Web Technology, a production technique that combines fiber and nonwovens in a single step. By Lenzing’s account, the technique could reduce the amount of non-biodegradable fossil-fuel-derived materials (polyesters, for example) in disposable hygiene products, such as ...
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Zimtstern and Swiss Bike School cooperate
Returning to its roots in Switzerland, Zimtstern, the German-based bike clothing specialist, has entered into a long-term cooperation with the Swiss Bike School. The riding instructors from the school will be wearing Zimtstern’s mountain bike clothing with immediate effect. A special Teacher Edition has been designed for this purpose, based ...
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Ternua and Lorpen to sponsor French Alpine Associations
Ternua and Lorpen, both brands of the Basque Ternua Group, will be the sponsors of the French Federation of Alpine and Mountaineering Associations (FFCAM). The federation’s members – who amount to about 100,000 people, belonging to some 420 clubs – will be enjoying discounts from both brands. The deal takes ...
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Black Diamond partners with POW and FWT
Black Diamond Equipment announced a new partnership with Protect out Winters (POW). While it commenced with POW’s “Outdoor State” campaign in the U.S. in an effort to encourage people to vote, it is an annual partnership that will focus on climate advocacy. Additionally, Black Diamond and Pieps renewed its partnership ...
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News briefsThe winners of the French Outdoor Award 2020
Since 2017, Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV) has been presenting the French Outdoor Award in summer and winter to promote innovative French products and services in the outdoor sports sector. Usually, the winners are announced during OutDoor by Ispo in summer and Ispo Munich in winter. Following the cancellation of the ...
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News briefsOn athletes Schide and Grangier tame the Alps (Video)
In the case of the On Running ultratrail athletes Katie Schide and Germain Grangier, the conquest of the Alps can be added to their growing collection of already completed bucket-list adventures. At dawn on Sunday, July 19 this year, the two athletes started their epic journey in Cervinia, Italy, with ...
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News briefsSigma Sport and Hermann Höhing receive German Packaging Award
The Deutsche Verpackungsinstitut e.V. (German Packaging Institute) has awarded Sigma Sport and Hermann Höhing GmbH the German Packaging Prize 2020 in the category “Design and Finishing.” The packaging of the iD.Free multi-sport watch convinced the jury with its unusual shape and design. The prize has been awarded annually since 1963 ...
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News briefsSkylotec new main sponsor of Grimpday in Belgium
German professional and sports climbing and safety gear specialist Skylotec is the new main sponsor of Grimpday, an international rope rescue competition that brings together rescue teams from all around the world. Whether in the fire brigade, civil defence, the military or the police – rescuers working in altitude ...
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News briefsJack Wolfskin’s Wolftrail campaign encourages close-to-home adventures
The Wolftrail campaign launched by Jack Wolfskin in spring, which was originally located in the Carpathian Mountains in Romania, is entering its next round: Taking into account the current situation of limited travel opportunities due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the German outdoor brand now inspires its customers to embark on ...
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News briefsThe North Face introduces the Explorer Team
The North Face (TNF) has announced the launch of a new team that will involve everyone around the world who see themselves as explorers or adventurers – from scriptwriters and photographers to trail runners and powder enthusiasts. TNF took the inspiration for its “Explorer Team” from the Covid-19 period and ...
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News briefsMIPS presents its own team of sponsored athletes
MIPS, the Swedish supplier of helmet-based safety and protection of the brain, has announced the formation of its first professional athletic team, “Team MIPS.” The team will serve as an “ever-growing global force of helmet safety advocacy,” with athletes from around the world with a wide range of backgrounds and ...
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Dewerstone founder wins entrepreneurship award
Rory Atton, founder of the Dewerstone brand of outdoor apparel and sunglasses, has won an Entrepreneur for Good Award for the southwestern U.K. in the eighth edition of the Great British Entrepreneur Awards. Like the winners in the other categories, Atton received his award in a virtual ceremony – made ...
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Gucci is partnering with The North Face
Gucci has revealed that it is partnering with The North Face for an unspecified collaboration in the coming months “that celebrates the rich heritage of both brands.” For the big Italian luxury brand, it is the first collaboration of this kind since Alessandro Michele became its creative director five years ...
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Ispo Awards open for submissions from Sept 28
The 10th annual Ispo Awards will be receiving product submissions from Sept. 28 to Dec. 4. All companies in the sports industry, even non-exhibitors at the forthcoming Ispo Munich, may submit. Those who do so by Nov. 6 will enjoy an early-bird discounted rate: €125 for exhibitors, €325 for non-exhibitors. ...
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Surf photographer Todd Glaser joins Mizu’s ambassador team
Mizu, the brand founded by Finnish pro snowboarder Jussi Oksanen in 2008 and offering reusable and eco-friendly stainless steel products mainly for hydration and filtration, has welcomed Todd Glaser, the U.S. photographer, to its ambassador team. As one of the world’s most prolific and well-known surf photographers, Glaser was a ...
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Morakniv nominated for the Swedish Design Awards (Video)
The Swedish manufacturer of outdoor knives Morakniv has been nominated for the Swedish Design Award 2020 in the category film production for its commercial “Morakniv Classic” together with Kojan Film and Consid Communication. The design competition aims to promote and develop Swedish graphic design and communication. It is open to ...
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ArticleLGBTQ collections become mainstream for the sportswear and fashion industry
The LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual and queer) fashion market has been growing over the last decade. In recent years, an unprecedented number of mainstream brands have begun to release LGBTQ collections.
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News briefsEcco wins German Design Award for two products
Ecco has won the German Design Council’s annual German Design Award in the “Excellent Product Design” category for its Biom 2.0 trail shoe and its Exowrap all-terrain sandal. The overall competition for the awards consisted of more than 5,400 projects from 63 countries. The Biom 2.0 is a hybrid urban ...
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Scarpa’s Heinz Mariacher wins the Paul Press award
Scarpa’s manager Heinz Mariacher has been awarded the Paul Preuss Award 2020, which honors outstanding climbers. The prize is named after Paul Preuss, the father of free climbing. The honor was handed out by Reinhold Messner, the legendary Italian mountaineer and explorer, and Georg Bachler, the honorary chairman of the ...
