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Eastpak is teaming up for the first time with Maison...
Eastpak is teaming up for the first time with Maison Kitsuné, the French label founded by Gildas Loaëc and Masaya Kuroki, on a capsule collection of travel bags and backpacks. The Maison Kitsuné X Eastpak collection features the iconic “Camo Fox” print of the French-Japanese brand on five Eastpak models. ...
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Omega Pacific is recalling about 1,900 G-First series aluminum carabiners...
Omega Pacific is recalling about 1,900 G-First series aluminum carabiners in the U.S. because they can break while in use. They were sold between February and October this year at U.S. specialty stores and online at prices of $31 to $51.
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Schoeller Textil has won the Design Preis Schweiz 2017/18 in...
Schoeller Textil has won the Design Preis Schweiz 2017/18 in the textile category for its heated E-soft-shell. The award was announced in Langenthal, Switzerland on Nov. 3. According to Schoeller's description, E-soft-shell is an electrically heated fabric which can be cut to size without affecting the embedded technology. This technology ...
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Woolrich is again associating its name with Supreme, the disruptive...
Woolrich is again associating its name with Supreme, the disruptive American brand of skate-inspired streetwear, for a co-branded wool throw blanket with the image of a rather cheeky smiley. Made at the Woolrich Woolen Mill, the oldest facility of the kind in the U.S., the limited edition of about 1,000 ...
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Salomon has put out a limited-edition collection, called Fondation Salomon....
Salomon has put out a limited-edition collection, called Fondation Salomon. All the proceeds will go to the brand's foundation, which has helped more than 300 mountain professionals who have suffered an accident or an illness and their families, in cooperation with various French institutions.
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Moncler has decided to eliminate its two top-of-the-range collections, which...
Moncler has decided to eliminate its two top-of-the-range collections, which it has been presenting at fashion shows. The two lines, Gamme Rouge and Gamme Bleu, were designed by Giambattista Valli and Thom Browne, who are going to stop working for Moncler to concentrate on on their own fashion collections.
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Teijin Frontier has unveiled a new version of its Solotex...
Teijin Frontier has unveiled a new version of its Solotex polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT) fiber, called Solotex Thermo, which is said to offer excellent insulation properties and thermal retention. The fiber absorbs near infrared sunlight and converts it to heat through carbon-based inorganic particles that are mixed into the fiber's monocular ...
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Nemo Equipment has announced the introduction of the first-ever portable...
Nemo Equipment has announced the introduction of the first-ever portable swinging and reclining camp chair. The Stargaze Recliner is a suspended engineered chair that allows the dynamic swinging motion of a hammock with hands-free “just-lean-back” reclining. The company said the development and testing of the new chair took four years ...
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++ The Ternua Group has signed a contract to cooperate...
++ The Ternua Group has signed a contract to cooperate with Tecnalia, a Spanish-based private institute for applied research and technology that works with more than 1,500 experts of 27 nationalities to find new technological solutions
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Decathlon is going to launch a new private label for...
Decathlon is going to launch a new private label for Nordic walking, called Inovik, during the autumn/winter 2018/19 season. It recently introduced other new private brands: Itwit for paddle sports, and Olaian for surfing. Sport-guide indicates that it is also working on a brand for rugby.
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Faradei, a Russian supplier of sports equipment and footwear, has...
Faradei, a Russian supplier of sports equipment and footwear, has expanded its product range by adding an Arctic line, consisting of footwear that can withstand extremely cold temperatures, down to -60 degrees centigrade. For Faradei, which generates about 60 percent of its revenues from contracts with the Russian Army, the ...
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Thermore has announced the introduction of Thermore Freedom, a new...
Thermore has announced the introduction of Thermore Freedom, a new type of synthetic thermal insulation that is said to stretch and move with an elasticity improved by up to 40 percent as compared to the similar products available on the market. The Italian company has also announced that Peta (People ...
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Dickies and Prana have joined HeiQ's list of brand partners...
Dickies and Prana have joined HeiQ's list of brand partners that use its technical textile finishing products. Dickies presented its new Cooling Tees empowered with HeiQ Smart Temp to retailers at this year's Outdoor Retailer (OR) Summer Market trade show, which took place in Salt Lake City on July 26-29. ...
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Decathlon has launched a small range of Nordic walking shoes...
Decathlon has launched a small range of Nordic walking shoes under its Newfeel label, which focuses on walking. The French retailer explains that the Nordic Walking shoes were designed to be flexible, with a special Flex-H concept for the outsole, while providing traction and cushioning. The company has added an ...
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Wetsleeve has raised more than five times its target in...
Wetsleeve has raised more than five times its target in a Kickstarter campaign started in June for its lightweight and refillable hydration solution, to be worn on the forearm. The U.S. firm says it has teamed up with Development Never Stops (DNS), a Swiss design company, to make hydration easily ...
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Vibram is introducing a new Vibram Litebase technology which, it...
Vibram is introducing a new Vibram Litebase technology which, it says, reduces by up to 30 percent the weight of the outsole without affecting the properties of Vibram's normal soles. The new technology will be tested on a shoe with Vibram's Megagrip compound by the members of the Trailrunning Team ...
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Primus launched its first collection of cooling backpacks, made by a...
Primus launched its first collection of cooling backpacks, made by a production partner in China, at the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen. The line includes three different models of insulated bags. Primus also presented its first barbeque grill at the show.
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Entre-Prises, a French manufacturer of holds that has been developing...
Entre-Prises, a French manufacturer of holds that has been developing customized sport climbing solutions, won this year's French OutDoor Award for its new 3D climbing structure, Monkey Space. This innovative training system, made at the company's own production site in Spain, consists of a self-standing, modular structure, available in four sizes, with various ...
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Italy's Climbing Technology is launching Click Up+, a new and...
Italy's Climbing Technology is launching Click Up+, a new and more ergonomic system protected by a new patent
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Keen Footwear demonstrated its new robotic technology for the manufacture...
Keen Footwear demonstrated its new robotic technology for the manufacture of its Uneek shoe at the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen. The labor- and time-saving technology will be soon applied to a new shape. Meanwhile, the company is working on a customization project that may see the light in about three ...
