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News briefsGlobetrotter adds Dometic products to assortment, plans to expand partnership
Besides the mobile coolers it is already carrying, Globetrotter has added more Dometic products to its online presence, with plans to expand the offerings. According to Dometic, the retailer will widen the brand’s selection within the coming months, aiming to be fully stocked for the start of the 2023 camping ...
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News briefsSlide & OTS Winter announce sustainability breakfast
The organizers of Slide & OTS Winter have announced the second Sustainability Breakfast on on Jan. 11 for the 2023 winter edition of the show in the Newport Suite at Telford International Centre. Sponsored by Equip brands Rab and Lowe Alpine, all exhibitors and show attendees are invited to register ...
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News briefsFox Factory invests $1 million in Trail Trust scheme in its first year
U.S.-based manufacturer of mountain bike suspension systems Fox Factory announced it has invested $1 million in its Trail Trust scheme in one year alone. Trail Trust was created in November 2021 to lead the way in delivering sustainable adventure to everyone. Its goals include building and maintaining new trail systems, ...
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News briefsNewell Brands elects Stephanie Stahl to its board of directors
Newell Brands, whose portfolio includes Marmot, Coleman, and Campingaz, announced the election of Stephanie Stahl to its board of directors, effective Jan. 1, 2023. With her appointment, the company’s board will increase from ten members to eleven. “We are delighted to welcome Stephanie, a dynamic business leader with a proven ...
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News briefsNikwax creates MRSL limiting use of hazardous chemicals in manufacturing and products
British-based manufacturer of waterproofing aftercare products Nikwax has created a comprehensive Manufacturing Restrictive Substances List (MRSL) that restricts the input of hazardous chemicals in its manufacturing process and products. The step is the latest in Nikwax’s transparent and open-source Chemical Management System (CMS), implemented in 2021 to ensure workers, consumers, ...
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News briefsSarah Seifert joins OR as new VP e-commerce
Source: Outdoor Research Sarah Seifert Seattle-based brand Outdoor Research (OR) has hired Sarah Seifert as its new vice president e-commerce. Seifert has been e-commerce manager at Eagle Creek most recently. Prior to that, she worked for seven years as director of e-commerce for Smartwool. Her experience also ...
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News briefsMarmot announces distribution changes in Italy and Austria, new sponsoring partner
Marmot starts into the fall/winter sales season with new partnerships in Italy and Austria. In Italy, the company is working with Premiere Distribution (based in Bolzano), starting with the FW 2023 collection. The new partner’s sales team is responsible for all sales topics, from key account management to new customer ...
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News briefsRetailer Globetrotter joins juries of ISPO Brandnew and FOA
German retailer Globetrotter is joining two major product award juries of our industry: As of this year, the Hamburg-based outdoor outfitter is part of the ISPO Brandnew Awards jury made up of international industry experts. The company will contribute its expertise in the outdoor industry and in start-up promotion to ...
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News briefsShimano presents 2022 study on e-bike attitudes in Europe
Are you interested in a detailed country report on the attitudes toward e-bikes in several European countries? If so, you should keep an eye on Shimano’s “State of the Nation 2020” report. More than 15,500 people in 12 European countries were surveyed for this fourth annual report from the world’s ...
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News briefsRunning Industry Alliance partners with OTS
The Running Industry Alliance (RIA) has announced a partnership with the Outdoor Trade Show (OTS) that includes a dedicated RIA Trail Running Area at next year’s show. OTS claims to be the U.K.’s only large-scale outdoor sport and leisure-focused trade show. Its 17th edition will be held at the Exhibition ...
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News briefsSalewa Alp Trainer 2 Mid GTX Hiking Boots voluntary product recall
Salewa has launched a voluntary recall for the product Alp Trainer 2 Mid GTX (item code men’s version: 61382 - item code women’s version: 61383), manufactured before April 2022. If the recalled AT2 boots are loosely laced or not laced, not laced in the ankle area, not laced through the ...
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News briefsDynafit becomes first official partner of ITRA
ITRA (International Trail Running Association), considered the world’s leading umbrella organization for the sport of trail running, and Dynafit have announced a collaboration. Since its founding in July 2013, ITRA, based in Lausanne, Switzerland, has been committed to the professionalization and further development of trail running. The safety of competitions, ...
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News briefsThis year’s winners of the Scandinavian Outdoor Award
The Overall Winner of this year’s Scandinavian Outdoor Awards is not a new product but a catalog item on the market for the past 11 years. The Swedish merino-wool specialist Woolpower took, in the words of the jury, “a very bold step in changing the way we think about outdoor ...
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News briefsYear-long PETA investigation in Asia unveils “unspeakable cruelty to ducks”
The People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has unveiled the findings of an investigation that it said it carried out into Vietnamese down suppliers, where it found evidence of “unspeakable cruelty to ducks.” For 13 months, between November 2021 and November 2022, PETA Asia investigators visited duck farms and ...
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News briefsEOG has a new president and VP
Source: Equip Matt Gowar, new EOG President At its extraordinary general assembly on Nov. 27, European Outdoor Group (EOG) selected Matt Gowar to succeed Mark Held as its president now that Held’s second term has ended. Gowar is CEO and owner of Equip Outdoor Technologies, owner of ...
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News briefsCanyon Bicycles appoints former road bike athlete as COO
Source: Canyon Alison Jones, new Canyon COO As part of the company’s executive leadership team, German DTC bicycle supplier Canyon Bicycles GmbH has brought Alison Jones on board. She fills the open position of chief operations officer (COO). In this role, the former road bike athlete will ...
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News briefsVaude passes Green Button 2.0 certification
As the first company, Vaude has passed the revised and tightened requirements of the German government’s textile standard “Grüner Knopf” (Green Button). Since Aug. 2022, companies have been able to be audited in accordance with the Green Button 2.0 standard. Their requirements newly include introducing measures to promote living wages ...
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News briefsPatagonia sues Gap for allegedly copying its signature flap pocket
Patagonia has filed a lawsuit against The Gap Inc., accusing it of unlawfully copying the flap pocket Patagonia has used on its Snap-T pullover fleece for more than 30 years. The complaint was filed in the San Francisco federal court on Nov. 23, Reuters reported. Patagonia introduced its Snap-T ...
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News briefsORCC announces integration into the European Outdoor Group, publishes first annual report
The Outdoor Retailer Climate Commitment (ORCC), a network of European outdoor retailers engaging in climate protection in the outdoor industry, will be integrated into the European Outdoor Group (EOG) as a working group. With more than 100 members from the entire value chain of the outdoor industry, EOG is the ...
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News briefsAn exhibition in the heart of the Dolomites to tell the Salewa story
A new exhibition at Lagazuoi Expo Dolomiti, titled “La terra, il cielo e la montagna in mezzo” (”The earth, the sky and the mountain in between”), tells the story of Italian outdoor brand Salewa, with a focus on the relationship between man and the environment. The exhibition, curated by Anna ...
