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CMD Sport reports that the owners of a fast-growing climbing...
CMD Sport reports that the owners of a fast-growing climbing hall in Málaga intend to develop their business through more openings and franchising around Spain. The climbing hall was established about three years ago by the Spanish climber Bernabé Fernández, with his friend Antonio Gámez, another climber and businessman. The ...
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Vaude has been honored with the Demography Excellence Award 2017,...
Vaude has been honored with the Demography Excellence Award 2017, in the category “fremd heimisch” (foreign and familiar), for its commitment to refugees. The company accepted the award at a ceremony at the Hotel InterContinental in Berlin on Aug. 31. The Demography Excellence Award has been presented since ...
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MSR, the specialist in outdoor water filtration and purification solutions,...
MSR, the specialist in outdoor water filtration and purification solutions, has announced it has donated more than 100,000 of its Aquatabs disinfection tablets to the Haitian Health Foundation to help Haitians cope with the consequences of hurricane Matthew. The company had already donated 100 community chlorine makers, which have been ...
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CORRECTIONS: Like his predecessor, Steve Meineke, Casey Sheahan is the...
CORRECTIONS: Like his predecessor, Steve Meineke, Casey Sheahan is the new president of Keen Footwear, not its CEO – Bradshaw Taylor is not the European distributor of Icebreaker, but only its agent for the U.K., Denmark, Greenland and Finland.
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The North Face (TNF) has officially released a clean sport...
The North Face (TNF) has officially released a clean sport policy against doping as part of opening elite registration for the upcoming 50-mile Endurance Challenge Championship, which will be held on Dec. 3 in Marin Headlands, near San Francisco. Athletes who have been banned from competition by the International Association ...
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Stephan Siegrist, the Swiss Mammut Pro Team professional alpinist, has...
Stephan Siegrist, the Swiss Mammut Pro Team professional alpinist, has set a world record by walking the world's highest highline at 5,700 meters above sea level. The highline where the athlete achieved the new record is 20-meter long and stretches between two rock towers on Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania. No one ...
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Polar Bottle said it will donate the $2,684.76 in revenues...
Polar Bottle said it will donate the $2,684.76 in revenues from online sales of its limited edition Pride bottle to a Pulse Nightclub victims fund. The limited edition bottle, a version of the company's 24oz Sport emblazoned with a rainbow graphic, was originally meant to celebrate the start of Pride ...
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CORRECTION: The article that we published on April 13 about...
CORRECTION: The article that we published on April 13 about the new cooperation between Italy's Assosport and the Italian Outdoor Group contained a mistake. Assosport has 39 members that produce outdoor products, not 21.
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Atomic and Salomon, two ski brands owned by the Amer...
Atomic and Salomon, two ski brands owned by the Amer Sports group, have teamed up with We Powder to create Mountain Academy, which provides online snow safety education. The online platform features a series of high-quality videos, pictures, animations and self-tests, which help students to identify various types of avalanches, ...
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CORRECTION: Montane and Rab are using two different types of...
CORRECTION: Montane and Rab are using two different types of Pertex Shield fabrics, which were presented at recent international trade shows. Montane has adopted Pertex Shield AP, whereas Rab s new Flashpoint Jacket is made with a lighter-weight version called Lightweight Pertex Shield+.
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CORRECTION: Scarpa's turnover last year was equivalent to US$105 million,...
CORRECTION: Scarpa's turnover last year was equivalent to US$105 million, not €105 million.
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The George Fisher outdoor store in Keswick made an April...
The George Fisher outdoor store in Keswick made an April Fool's Day joke, which we fell for, about using drones to fly lunch packages to hikers this summer, but it wasn't such a far-fetched thought after all. While U.S. authorities are preventing Amazon from using drones for safety reasons, the ...
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George Fisher's project to use drones to deliver sandwiches to...
George Fisher's project to use drones to deliver sandwiches to customers hiking in England's Lake District was an April Fool's Day hoax. The high-end British retailer in Keswick is aiming high with its premium positioning, but not as high as this. However, Crocs did use drones to catch the customers' ...
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Oboz has launched a new website at www.obozfootwear.com that is...
Oboz has launched a new website at www.obozfootwear.com that is designed to cater to mobile users, although it also serves desktop or laptop researchers with simple navigation and functionality. The new design fits small to large screens while big, mobile-friendly buttons lead and load quickly to product information. Users can ...
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Keela has produced a guide aimed at those planning a...
Keela has produced a guide aimed at those planning a trip into the mountains entitled “Spare Five Minutes. It could save your life.” The guide has been compiled in association with Scottish Mountain Rescue and Mountain Rescue England Wales, two U.K.-based mountain rescue groups. The company is inviting ...
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Primus, the Swedish stove specialist, has outlined its plans until...
Primus, the Swedish stove specialist, has outlined its plans until 2020 with regard to production, development, product assortment and sales. The plan includes a new logo, which was launched this January, a new product assortment, sub-divided into several segments (expedition, trekking and campfire) as well as a new website, which ...
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CORRECTIONS: Bruno Feltracco is in charge of The North Face...
CORRECTIONS: Bruno Feltracco is in charge of The North Face brand in the Asia-Pacific region, including China. He is not responsible for the other brands of VF Corporation in the region. At the regional office of TNF in Shanghai, a regional product and merchandising director, Eric Tosello, a marketing manager, ...
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We incorrectly published a projected 2014 turnover of 200 million...
We incorrectly published a projected 2014 turnover of 200 million U.S. dollars for Icebreaker in the last issue. These were actually New Zealand dollars, equivalent to about US$170 million and €125 million. A spokesman for the company said that about 40 percent of that will come from Europe and 40 ...
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Correction: In the last issue of this publication we misspelled...
Correction: In the last issue of this publication we misspelled the name of the member of the executive board of Black Yak and the new president of Nau. His name is Jun Suk Kang. We apologize for the mistake.
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Thaller & Sappel Mediaworks from Munich is publishing a new...
Thaller Sappel Mediaworks from Munich is publishing a new outdoor magazine for tablets. The magazine, launched on Sept. 15, is directed to alpine beginners and professionals. The first issue of Mountain4U, which can be downloaded via iTunes and Google-Play stores, includes information on companies, products, tests and videos ...
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