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    Rab & Lowe Alpine partner with Zillertal Tourismus

    2023-02-06T14:24:00Z

    The UK-based outdoor gear companies Rab and Lowe Alpine, owned by Equip Outdoor Technologies, have formed a partnership with Zillertal Tourismus (Zillertal Tourism). The long-term collaboration is based on common values and will be expressed through joint activities and events related to mountaineering, hiking, climbing, biking, skiing, and ski touring ...

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    Review: Slide/ Winter OTS Winter Trade Show 2023

    2023-01-30T09:46:00Z

    With the flip of ISPO to before Christmas and much nearer the opening of the Fall/Winter 23/24 buying window, the British show acted more as a way to wrap up order-taking for retailers. ISPO also was reorganized to have Hall B2 as the center of conversations and thinking. Munich saw ...

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    Rab supports educational initiative Xhow

    2023-01-19T10:31:00Z

    Rab has entered a new partnership with the project Xhow, an educational initiative founded by mountain guides in 2006 that is active mainly in the Alps region. The project offers free training for skiers, bikers and climbers under the titles snowhow, climbhow and bikehow for children and teenagers as well ...

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    Equip regaining independence, announcing management changes

    2022-12-08T12:16:00Z

    Fundamental changes to the Equip Outdoor Technologies UK Ltd. (Equip) company structure: the parent company of Rab and Lowe Alpine announced a multi-million BP financing package with British bank HSBC UK. The financial backing aims to enable Equip to repay investors, including long-time partner Mobeus VCTs, which is advised by ...

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    Rab and Lowe Alpine partner with UK National Park to inspire young people

    2022-10-21T06:33:00Z

    British outdoor brands Rab and Lowe Alpine (owned by Equip Outdoor Technologies) have teamed up with the Peak District National Park Foundation to inspire young people to discover and care for the outdoors. The initiative sees the brands work with the National Park Authority on its Ambassador Schools program to ...

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    U.K. Outdoor Industry Awards 2022 winners announced

    2022-09-20T16:06:00Z

    At its recent annual conference in Sheffield, the U.K.’s Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) has announced the winning products of this latest U.K. outdoor industry awards. This year, the categories have been expanded to include “diversity and inclusion.” The other categories are accessories, backpacks, camping equipment, climbing, clothing, tech accessories, footwear, ...

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    Equip gains Fair Wear leader status after two years of membership

    2022-09-12T14:59:00Z

    The Fair Wear brand performance check published in August 2022 sees Equip Outdoor Technologies with its brands Rab and Lowe Alpine progressing in Fair Wear’s performance requirements regarding social responsibility along their supply chains. The U.K. company that has been a member of Fair Wear since 2020 has achieved the ...

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    Equip hires new head of marketing

    2022-08-02T10:58:00Z

    Source: Equip Outdoor Technologies Trudi Boswell Trudi Boswell, a long-term outdoor industry veteran, has joined the Equip Outdoor team as the new head of marketing for the Equip brands Lowe Alpine and Rab. For over five years, Boswell has worked at Mammut, filling the role of managing ...

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    Rab and Lowe Alpine launch B2B platform for retailers

    2022-07-27T08:03:00Z

    Rab and Lowe Alpine (both owned by Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd.) have launched the Equip B2B Hub. The global B2B online portal bundles all retailer-relevant apps and services for day-to-day operations and strategic planning of orders. The services include: order management via Elastic access to the latest marketing and ...

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    Rab rolls out its second stich repair service in more countries

    2022-07-05T08:45:00Z

    Brtish brand Rab (owned by Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd.) has expanded its previously U.K.-only upcycling program into a globally available online repair service. For the past three years, Rab has offered the upcycling program “Second Stitch” at its U.K. service center in conjunction with its factory store. Now the service ...

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    Equip Outdoor releases comprehensive sustainability report

    2022-06-15T12:50:00Z

    Equip Outdoor Technologies, the owner of brands Rab and Lowe Alpine, has officially released its sustainability report 2021 at the Outdoor by ISPO show in Munich. The detailed and very transparent report unrolls the efforts and projects of the past years on 32 pages, like an increase ...

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    Rab launches new bike wear collection for summer 2023

    2022-05-13T10:40:00Z

    Source: Rab Cinder For summer 2023, British outdoor brand Rab (owned by Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd.) plans its entry into the off-road bike market. At the brand’s sales meeting, the Rab sales force was introduced to the new “Cinder” off-road bike collection, consisting of 31 styles for ...

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    Andy Styan steps down as CFO of Equip, Rob Maynard to take over

    2022-04-26T12:53:00Z

    After seven years of service as chief financial officer of Equip Outdoor (the owner of Rab and Lowe Alpine), Andy Styan is leaving the company to focus on personal projects. Styan started with Equip in 2015 and has supported the company’s revenue growth from £40m to £100m and seen the ...

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    Over 70 guests join Equip Sustainability Summit in the Netherlands

    2022-04-06T10:34:00Z

    British outdoor brands Rab and Lowe Alpine (owned by Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd.) have hosted the first Equip Sustainability Summit, on April 5 in the Netherlands. The event brought together more than 70 industry experts, retailers, stakeholders and outdoor enthusiasts to discuss options for a more sustainable outdoor industry. During ...

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    Equip Outdoor opens new Rab and Lowe Alpine service center in Canada

    2022-04-04T14:10:00Z

    Equip Outdoor Technologies has opened a new service center in Québec, Canada, for its Lowe Alpine and Rab brands. The service center will be open to retailers and end consumers in Canada, offering both repair and maintenance services for waterproof shells and Gore-Tex apparel, insulated gear, sleeping bags and equipment ...

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    Equip Outdoor intensifies partnership with Outward Bound Trust

    2022-02-23T10:13:00Z

    Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd, owner of outdoor brands Rab and Lowe Alpine, has prolonged its partnership with education charity The Outward Bound Trust for another two years. As part of the new agreement, Rab and Lowe Alpine will support the David Nieper Academy in Alfreton, Derbyshire (where Equip’s headquarters are ...

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    An increasing number of brands is entering the apparel rental business

    2022-02-16T07:10:00Z

    For outdoor and sports equipment brands, the rental business is an essential pillar for a sustainable business. And now, a growing number of companies are offering apparel as well. Here’s an overview.

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    Review: Slide/OTS Winter trade show 2022

    2022-01-24T08:21:00Z

    The British Snowsport Tradeshow happened in central England last week, on the Welsh border, to allow relatively easy travel for everyone to reach the event. Building on previous events, the exhibition had also combined with the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), so those outdoor brands had a chance to demonstrate their ...

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    Equip reports successful trial run of polybag recycling project

    2022-01-19T18:07:00Z

    Source: EOG/Rab U.K. outdoor brands Rab and Lowe Alpine (owned by Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd.), together with the European Outdoor Group (EOG), have presented the first results of their polybag recycling project, conducted as part of the EOG’s Single Use Plastics (SUP) project. In this test run, ...

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    Equip Outdoor opens European service and repair center for Rab and Lowe Alpine products

    2021-11-25T08:44:00Z

    With a newly opened European service and repair center in Leusden, Netherlands, Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd. takes another step towards its goal to reach net-zero by 2030. The new Equip service center is available to retailers and end-users in Western and Central Europe and will provide repair and wash services ...