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    OR partners with Nikwax to transition away from intentional PFAS use

    2024-01-12T08:46:00Z

    With its Fall 2024 collection, Seattle-based outdoor apparel manufacturer Outdoor Research (OR) unveils new materials and DWR technologies on its best-selling and now most sustainable rain collection, paired with the brand’s most significant sustainability efforts to date. The redesigned Foray and Aspire waterproof shell collections feature AscentShell ...

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    Renewcell to lay off 30 employees

    2024-01-12T07:30:00Z

    In November 2023, the Swedish textile recycler Renewcell announced that it had been forced to conduct a strategic review due to financial strains and liquidity problems as a result of declining sales volumes. The company has now completed the restructuring, which has led to the dismissal of 30 employees, i.e., ...

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    Pierer Mobility AG to set further turnover and sales records

    2024-01-11T07:07:00Z

    According to initial preliminary figures, the Austrian two-wheeler giant Pierer Mobility AG will achieve record consolidated sales of between €2.65 and €2.670 billion in FY 2023. Compared to the previous record year 2022, this represents an increase of around 9 percent. The Pierer Mobility Group is not only reporting a ...

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    Former Nike Brand President appointed to Columbia’s Board

    2024-01-11T06:53:00Z

    The Board of Directors of Columbia Sportswear Company, owner of the Columbia, Mountain Hardwear, Sorel and Prana brands, has appointed Charles Denson to the Board and as a member of the Audit Committee, effective Jan. 9, 2024. Denson is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the US toy manufacturer ...

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    Increasing participation in fishing in China

    2024-01-10T15:45:00Z

    The recreational fishery industry in China’s southern island province of Hainan alone recorded a total output value exceeding 4 billion yuan ($563m) in 2023, representing a year-on-year surge of 90 percent, according to preliminary data provided by local authorities. Fishing participation in the province jumped by 73 percent in 2023 ...

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    Daiwa USA moves to larger facility in California

    2024-01-10T15:42:00Z

    The fishing tackle brand Daiwa has moved into a new office and warehouse complex in Foothill Ranch, California. The new location, which features 20 truck bays dedicated to inbound and outbound shipping, doubles the space and capacity to ship products. The added square footage also enables Daiwa to have a ...

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    CoDi promotes members of the investment team

    2024-01-09T13:59:00Z

    Compass Diversified (CoDi), the Connecticut-based owner of PrimaLoft, Boa Technology, 5.11 and Velocity Outdoor, has promoted Raj Dalal from principal to partner and promoted two other members of its investment team. Dalal will lead the team in the firm’s office on the West Coast, where he will be responsible for ...

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    ​Newell restructures again

    2024-01-09T13:59:00Z

    Newell Brands, the parent of Marmot, Coleman, Contigo and other outdoor brands, will spend up to $90 million as part of a renewed reorganization that will cut about 7 percent of its office jobs, with most of the costs and reductions occurring by the end of the year. The reorganization ...

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    Icebug opens store in central Stockholm

    2024-01-09T12:13:00Z

    Swedish footwear brand Icebug is opening a 75-sqm store on Norrlandsgatan in central Stockholm. The brand already operated a concept store in Gothenburg and said it was looking for a suitable location in Stockholm. In addition to selling shoes, the new store will also have a repair workshop.

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    Camp Base allies with adventure travel agency

    2024-01-08T16:56:00Z

    On Dec. 22, according to CMDsport, Camp Base struck a deal with Manaslu Adventures. The companies’ chief executives have agreed to an exchange of shares. The Spanish mountain sports retail chain and the adventure travel agency are both looking to increase their competitiveness. At its height a few years ago, ...

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    New 1-hp exoskeleton from China for physical support during outdoor activities

    2024-01-06T09:09:00Z

    Hypershell, a Shanghai-based robotics startup funded by Y-Combinator China, will unveil the Hypershell ProX at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2024 at the Las Vegas Venetian Expo from Jan. 9-12, 2024. Source: Hypershell Hypershell ProX The Hypershell ProX is an exoskeleton designed for running, hiking, long-distance trekking ...

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    Stefanie Leege takes over event management of IWA OutdoorClassics

    2024-01-05T13:34:00Z

    On Jan. 1, Stefanie Leege took over as Event Director of IWA OutdoorClassics, the world’s leading trade show for the hunting and shooting sports industry, as part of Rebecca Renn’s team, the Executive Director Exhbitions who will continue to have overall responsibility. Leege has already been working for IWA OutdoorClassics ...

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    Renewcell ends 2023 with slight upward trend

    2024-01-05T09:43:00Z

    After a rather difficult year overall, Swedish textile recycling company Renewcell reported better, albeit not outstanding, sales for last month (Dec. 1-31, 2023), although it continues to struggle with the lack of product demand. The company said it produced about 818 tons of prime-quality dissolving pulp. About 1,000 metric tons ...

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    GOTS gains recognition in the Green Button 2.0 scheme

    2024-01-04T16:45:00Z

    Based on the recommendation of the UN-ITC, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has recognized the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) as meeting the requirements for the production processes for the Green Button 2.0.GOTS can be used as verification for the areas of production and wet ...

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    Cube launches new Factory Team for Cross Country discipline

    2024-01-04T15:48:00Z

    Bike manufacturer Cube has founded the Cross Country Factory Racing Team to expand its involvement in the Olympic sport and add the discipline of cross country to the brand’s Factory Team. Kira Böhm moves from Cube’s own development team to the new Cross Country Factory Racing Team and is joined ...

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    Amer files registration statement with SEC for projected IPO

    2024-01-04T15:35:00Z

    Finnish Amer Sports, Inc., which includes the Arc’teryx, Salomon, Wilson, Peak Performance and Atomic brands, among others, announced on Jan. 4, 2024, that it has filed a registration statement on Form F-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock. The ...

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    Aluula announces short-term loan

    2024-01-04T10:37:00Z

    Canadian materials technology company Aluula Composites Inc. has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Aluula Composites Canada Inc. has obtained a $1,000,000 term loan from a non-contracting party. The loan bears interest at 12 percent per annum and is due and payable on July 1, 2024. The company intends to ...

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    Bergfreunde takeover finalized

    2024-01-04T06:49:00Z

    As previously reported, the French sporting goods manufacturer and retailer Decathlon S.E. signed a purchase agreement in late November with the US outdoor retailer Backcountry to acquire the German mountain sports, climbing and outdoor e-commerce retailer Bergfreunde GmbH. It has now been officially announced that the transaction was completed and ...

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    ​IWA OutdoorClassics to celebrate 50th anniversary

    2024-01-03T13:26:00Z

    The upcoming edition of IWA OutdoorClassics, the event for the hunting and target sports industry, will celebrate the 50th edition of the show. The show, restricted to trade visitors, will take place at the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre from Feb. 29 to March 3. To mark the important anniversary, the organizers ...

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    Emilio Zamberlan has passed away

    2024-01-03T13:22:00Z

    Emilio Zamberlan has passed away at the age of 80. His father, Giuseppe, was the founder of the Italian footwear company Calzaturificio Zamberlan, which specializes in handmade outdoor and hunting footwear, in 1929. The company is now led by the third generation with Marco and Maria. Emilio Zamberlan projected Calzaturificio ...