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Early this year, Uwe Gottschalk became a member of the...
Early this year, Uwe Gottschalk became a member of the executive board at Vaude, the German maker of mountain-sports gear. For the past three years, Gottschalk has led the Products Division at Vaude, focusing on sustainability and innovation. During his tenure, the proportion of sustainable Green Shape products in apparel ...
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Black Diamond Equipment and its sister brand Pieps have become...
Black Diamond Equipment and its sister brand Pieps have become the official suppliers and safety partners for the Freeride World Tour for the next three years. They will be providing the athletes with tools, such as airbags, beacons, shovels and probes, and organizing safety workshops during events, such as the ...
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Black Diamond Equipment has become the exclusive brand partner of...
Black Diamond Equipment has become the exclusive brand partner of Whisper Ridge, an expansive ski resort in Utah, about an hour north of Salt Lake City. Whisper Ridge specializes in heli- and cat-skiing, using its two helicopters and a fleet of snowcats. Black Diamond, which is based in Utah, will ...
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Tom Ceulemans has been hired by Nemo Equipment to serve...
Tom Ceulemans has been hired by Nemo Equipment to serve as its first European sales manager, reporting to a newly appointed vice president of global sales, Mike Welch. Both have already been connected with the rather original American brand of camping equipment, which has been growing rapidly in recent years, ...
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Timberland continues to hire new people in a bid to...
Timberland continues to hire new people in a bid to regain some momentum. As of Feb. 1, Chris McGrath is Timberland's new vice president of global footwear design, for men's, women's and children's footwear. He reports directly to Jim Pisani, the company's global brand president, and will be relocating from ...
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Garsport is resurrecting the San Marco brand of hiking boots,...
Garsport is resurrecting the San Marco brand of hiking boots, starting with its relaunch for the autumn/winter 2019/20 season, under a licensing agreement with Head. The Italian brand was very popular in the 1980s and 1990s, before it was acquired by the Austrian company, which is now considering a move ...
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DamartSport, the sports version of the French brand of heat-preserving...
DamartSport, the sports version of the French brand of heat-preserving clothing, will participate in the Ispo Munich trade show for the first time to introduce a new high-tech range of clothes designed for sports activities in various weather conditions, based on patented technologies. It has developed a new seamless fitting ...
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The Oberalp Group has streamlined the distribution of its brands...
The Oberalp Group has streamlined the distribution of its brands in the U.K. by appointing Angus McKendrick as U.K. sales manager. He will take care of all its brands except for Wild Country, which has been taken up by a territorial distributor, Beta Climbing Designs. McKendrick, who had previously worked ...
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Mammut is collaborating with Braun Hamburg, a German retailer of...
Mammut is collaborating with Braun Hamburg, a German retailer of luxury brands like Bottega Veneta, Moncler, Maison Margiela and Santoni. Braun is now managed by a third generation of the Braun family in the person of Lars Braun. It runs two stores in Hamburg, which opened in 1933 and 1976, ...
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The fitness division of Brunswick Corp., which includes Life Fitness,...
The fitness division of Brunswick Corp., which includes Life Fitness, Cybex, Hammer Strength, Indoor Cycling and SciFit, reported flat sales of $1,038.3 million for the 2018 financial year, just as the group is gearing up to spin it off by the end of the present quarter, or soon thereafter. In ...
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Champion's centennial marketing campaign is a celebration of teamwork called...
Champion's centennial marketing campaign is a celebration of teamwork called “100 Years for the Team.” This year, the company will be putting out a limited-edition “Century Collection.” It will highlight teams large and small through social media, a dedicated website, special product lines, events and other partnerships. A few such ...
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Vista Outdoor, the parent company of Camelbak, has confirmed the...
Vista Outdoor, the parent company of Camelbak, has confirmed the appointment of Dirk Ostertag as its new senior sales director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The German executive is taking over the responsibility for the region from a British executive, Andy Shand, who was based in London, ...
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A petition filed under the name Saiqa Noreen on change.org...
A petition filed under the name Saiqa Noreen on change.org alleges that a logo on the sole of Nike's Air Max 270 shoe spells out “Allah.” The petition calls for a worldwide recall of the shoe, lest the name of Islam's Prophet be trampled. As of this writing, it has ...
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Microban, which develops chemical treatments for textiles to control odor...
Microban, which develops chemical treatments for textiles to control odor and prevent the spread of microbes, has appointed Maté Dzakula to the post of business development manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Dzakula was born in Croatia and raised in Sydney. He will be working out of ...
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Ecco has teamed up with Dow Chemical and Dassault for...
Ecco has teamed up with Dow Chemical and Dassault for a project called Quant-U. With Dow supplying elastomer and Dassault supplying software, the three companies have come up with a midsole that is made of liquid silicone rubber. It can be produced with a 3D printer, fitting the shape and ...
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Nike has opened its first city-inspired SNKRS pop-up shop at...
Nike has opened its first city-inspired SNKRS pop-up shop at 711 10th Street NW in Atlanta. From Jan. 26 to the end of March, the shop will have a rotating selection of limited-edition styles – such the Ten collection and Air Force 1 drops – chosen specifically for Atlanta. Hoodies ...
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Stadium, the Swedish sporting goods retailer, has decided to close...
Stadium, the Swedish sporting goods retailer, has decided to close the Stadium Pulse concept store that it opened only recently at the Mall of Scandinavia, located just outside of Stockholm. The store is now heavily discounting its stock. The reasons given for the phaseout are that the new concept simply ...
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Odlo is one of the numerous companies that have received...
Odlo is one of the numerous companies that have received this year's Ispo Gold Award. Its new intelligent thermal regulation technology, I-Thermic, had already received an innovation award in the wearable technologies category at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in January along with Clim8, a French software ...
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HeiQ has upgraded its family of odor control technologies with...
HeiQ has upgraded its family of odor control technologies with some more sustainable options, including silver-free and recycled silver salt options. The HeiQ Fresh FFL is a bio-based amino sugar polymer that is said to be silver-free and not an anti-microbial. According to the company, the HeiQ Fresh FFL removes ...
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Jörg Tichy will be serving as marketing director at Löffler as of...
Jörg Tichy will be serving as marketing director at Löffler as of February 2019. He succeeds Reinhard Hetzeneder, who is retiring. Tichy worked previously as marketing director for Komperdell, the Austrian manufacturer of ski poles. Before joining Komperdell, the 43-year-old worked for several years in Fischer Sport's marketing department. In his new position ...
