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    Equip gains Fair Wear leader status after two years of membership

    12 September 2022

    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

    2 August 2022

    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

    27 July 2022

    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

    5 July 2022

    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

    15 June 2022

    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

    13 May 2022

    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

    26 April 2022

    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

    6 April 2022

    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

    4 April 2022

    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

    23 February 2022

    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

    16 February 2022

    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

    24 January 2022

    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

    19 January 2022

    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

    25 November 2021

    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 ...

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    Rab and Lowe Alpine continue to move towards FC-free collections

    14 November 2021

    Rab and Lowe Alpine (owned by Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd.) have pledged to eradicate “all unnecessary” fluorocarbons from their products by autumn/winter 2024. Some of the more technical styles from the AW22 collections that are currently introduced to retail partners are already free of fluorocarbon or feature FC-free DWRs. As ...

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    Equip brands again receive South Pole climate neutral label

    22 October 2021

    Climate solutions provider South Pole has awarded Equip Outdoor Technologies brands Rab and Lowe Alpine with its climate-neutral label for the second year running in 2021. South Pole’s team has been consulting with the U.K. company on its climate journey since 2020, when Equip started offsetting its ...

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    Rab lets athletes speak in new podcast series

    7 October 2021

    British outdoor brand Rab (owned by Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd.) has just launched its new The Mountain People podcast, a podcast series featuring alpinists from Rab’s athlete’s roster who will talk about their love for the mountains and their lives beyond their sports. The podcast is hosted by British alpinist ...

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    Rab and Kendal Mountain Festival announce “The Mountain People Film Grant”

    17 September 2021

    Rab (owned by Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd.) will be awarding “The Mountain People Film Grant” at this year’s Kendal Mountain Festival, which will run from Nov. 18 to 21. Equip brands Rab and Lowe Alpine have been long-standing partners of the festival, and the grant is part of their support ...

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    Pertex introduces mono-material laminate Pertex Shield Revolve from recycled polymer

    15 September 2021

    Fabric specialist Pertex, based in Clitheroe, U.K., announced the go-to-market of its new range of waterproof/windproof/breathable materials named Pertex Shield Revolve. The new laminated materials are made from a single polymer (100 percent recycled polyester) in order to improve both the recyclability and carbon emissions of the fabrics. The mono-material ...

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    Rab to offer professional wash service for its Gore-Tex outerwear

    1 August 2021

    British outdoor brand Rab, part of Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd, has announced the launch of its specialist Gore-Tex Shell Wash Service. This new service, offered by the Rab Service Center, is available to end-users and retailers. Expert washing, drying and waterproofing of all Rab Gore-Tex waterproof garments by the service ...