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News briefsKlättermusen launches entirely organically insulated outdoor jacket
The Swedish brand Klättermusen has launched what it claims to be the first completely organically insulated outdoor jacket, the Farbaute. The jacket won gold in the outdoor category and the Sustainability Achievement Award at Ispo Munich earlier this year. The jury praised the jacket’s durability, functionality and design. At the ...
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Smith partners with Austrian Ski Federation (ÖSV)
Smith has signed a multi-year contract with the Austrian Ski Association (ÖSV), guaranteeing Smith’s long-term commitment to ski racing. The focus in the first season will be on the junior division and the European Cup. Starting with the 2021/22 season, Smith will also support Austrian World Cup competitors. In addition, ...
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News briefsAntonio Dus is leaving Tecnica
The Tecnica Group says that its chief executive, Antonio Dus, is leaving in December 2020 “in order to be able to devote himself to other personal and professional projects.” The company’s chairman, Alberto Zanatta, will be acting as CEO on an interim basis with effect from Nov. 1. Reaching Ebitda ...
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ArticleColumbia posts lower sales and earnings
After a difficult first half of 2020 due to the impact of the pandemic, Columbia Sportswear Company performed better in the third quarter, but results remain far below those of last year. Its net income tumbled by 47 percent from the year-ago quarter to $62.8 million, while sales dropped by ...
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ArticleColumbia restructures senior leadership to support omni-channel, digital plans
Columbia Sportswear Company announced a series of senior leadership changes executing on transition plans, supporting the company’s omni-channel plans for growth and unlocking digital opportunities. Before Thomas Cusick, executive vice president and chief operating officer, will retire from the company after 18 years in the second half of 2021, he ...
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News briefsPOC creates Aspired Collective to support and protect passionate talents
POC, founded in 2005 in Sweden, has created the Aspired Collective, an approach which the brand calls “a new pathway for POC to promote and grow talent in snow sports and cycling.” Focused on the brand’s safety and protection mission, the Aspired Collective is designed to give athletes, and those ...
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Bollé launches augmented reality experience for contactless sales
This summer, Bollé launched an app that allows users to try out Bollé’s Phantom Glass technology directly on a smartphone, a first on the sports market. Now the company introduced a new augmented reality (AR) filter with the help of its partners QReal and M7 Innovations. Consumers can not only ...
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Brav centralizes its management
The Brav Group – owner of the Swix, Toko, Lundhags, Ulvang, Helsport and Hard Rocx brands – resorted to video conferencing this spring to achieve a reorganization at the height of the Covid-19 quarantines. Leading the charge was the company’s new chief executive, Espen Falck Engelstad, who was instated with ...
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Marcolin launches high-tech Adidas Terrex snow goggles
As the new licensee for Adidas eyewear, the Marcolin Group has announced the availability of two Adidas Terrex Snow Goggle models, each with a different lens and both made in Italy. The E-SUN™ VARIA™ lens on the SP0039 has a toric shape and adjusts in less than 40 seconds to ...
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ArticleClarus expects lower sales for Black Diamond
While releasing preliminary results for the third quarter, Clarus Corp said it expects another quarter of declining sales for Black Diamond (BD), the group’s biggest brand. After recording a 47 percent drop in the second quarter, hit by store closures in Europe and America, BD will post a 10 percent ...
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News briefsTaiwanese industry veterans launch outdoor jacket made from upcycled coffee grounds
COOR™, a Taiwanese outerwear brand, officially launched its Kickstarter campaign for its 3-in-1 outdoor jacket manufactured from Singtex™ coffee yarn technology. According to the manufacturer, the jacket is made of zero-waste fabrics and designed to be ever-lasting. It combines leading performance technology with bio-based fabrics and multifunctional 3-in-1 design. COOR™ ...
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News briefsFjällräven Polar dates postponed
Due to the current development of the Covid-19 pandemic, Swedish outdoor brand Fjällräven has adjusted the schedule for its Fjällräven Polar. The 2020 event has now been postponed to 2022 and there will be no global online campaign in 2021, which means that the global application process for Fjällräven Polar ...
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Norspomessen is canceled
The Norwegian trade show Norspomessen Vinter 2021, which was originally scheduled to take place Jan. 10-11 at X Meeting Point on Hellerudsletta, was canceled due to uncertainties about the developments of the Covid-19 pandemic. Norspomessen hopes that this early announcement will give suppliers and retailers time to find alternative solutions ...
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Anta Sports Products is back in full form
Anta Sports Products is back in full form, boosted by China’s strong economic recovery after the pandemic. In an operational update for the third quarter, it said that retail sales for the Anta brand recorded low single-digit growth compared to the same period of 2019. Fila jumped by between 20 ...
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News briefsMammut kicks off digital brand convention
Chief executive Oliver Pabst kicked off Mammut’s Digital Brand Convention on Monday, Oct. 19 at 1 pm CET, with a public event. The convention will continue throughout the week. Normally, the Mammut community meets in person for the convention, but due to Covid-19, it was moved online. Most of the ...
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News briefsOR Winter Market will be digital only
Outdoor Retailer (OR), the largest U.S. trade show for the outdoor industry, is launching Outdoor Retailer Winter Online, a “digital marketplace and enhanced online experience” designed to bring the winter sports and outdoor communities together online to network, learn and discover what’s new in the industry. As a result of ...
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News briefsMountain Hardwear with new distribution partner for Germany, Austria
Edgar Tremmel Marketing, based in Ravensburg, Germany, is taking over the exclusive distribution of the American mountain sports brand Mountain Hardwear for Germany and Austria for five years with immediate effect. Mountain Hardwear was founded in California in 1993 and is wholly-owned subsidiary of Columbia Sportswear Comany and its products ...
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ArticleNew owners for 4FRNT
According to an article in SNEWS, the independent U.S. freeride and backcountry ski company 4FRNT has been taken over by a group of private entrepreneurs from former owner Jason Levinthal, who acquired the brand from former founder Matt Sterbenz in 2017. The article was written by Levinthal himself. The new ...
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ArticleMajor fire in Fischer’s Ukrainian ski factory
Various news sources have reported that a fire broke out in a ski factory in Ukraine last week. According to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES), the roof of a large one-storey building at the JSC Tysa ski factory caught fire on Oct. 12 at 2:00 a.m. Kyiv time. ...
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ÖSFA to be split across two dates in 2021
To ensure the safety of the visitors and to meet the Covid-19 pandemic-related requirements of the Austrian government, the Austrian Association of Sports Goods Manufacturers and Suppliers (VSSÖ) and organizer Brandboxx will split the annual Austrian sporting goods show ÖSFA across two dates. ÖSFA Start will take place from Jan. ...
