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    Polartec focuses on sustainability with new initiatives

    30 August 2024

    Polartec is advancing sustainable textile production by incorporating recycled materials, minimizing waste, and committing to responsible manufacturing practices.

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    66° North appoints Strategy and Business Development Director

    23 March 2024

    Source: 66° North Josefine Laigaard 66° North, the Iceland-based sustainable outerwear brand, has announced the appointment of Josefine Laigaard as Strategy and Business Development Director. She will work in the brand’s new satellite head office in Copenhagen and “will play an integral role” in the company’s expansion ...

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    66°North opens US headquarters, announces executive appointments

    22 December 2023

    66°North, an Iceland-based sustainable outerwear brand, is opening a US headquarters in New York City as part of its global expansion plans. Justin Warren has been named Sales Director for North America, where he will also establish the New York office and oversee the launch of wholesale in the US ...

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    66°North opens European flagship in London

    12 December 2022

    66ºNorth has opened a retail store in the heart of London’s West End, on Regent Street. The 3,500-sqm store also serves as the brand’s European flagship. It is the first store of the Icelandic outerwear brand outside of Iceland and Denmark. 66° North recently opened a pop-up store in London’s ...

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    66° North launches James Merry collaboration capsule

    8 December 2022

    James Merry, an artist living in Iceland and known for his artful hand-embroidered upcycling apparel as well as his highly imaginative masks and eccentric headdresses for singer-songwriter Björk, has designed a capsule collection for the Icelandic brand 66° North. The flower featured in his design is the Arctic fireweed (“Eyrarrós” ...

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    66°North opens temporary store in London for 66 days

    26 September 2022

    The Icelandic brand 66°North has opened a pop-up store in London’s Soho district that is open only in the afternoons and sells a selection of the company’s bestselling outdoor styles and accessories. Located on the corner of Air Street and Brewer, the store will remain open for 66 days until ...

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    66°North becomes first certified B Corporation in Iceland

    2 March 2022

    Since the end of January 2022, 66°North (based in Iceland’s greater Reykjavík area) is the first Icelandic company to receive B Corp certification. The brand, founded in 1926 as a workwear supplier for fishermen, operates in Denmark, Iceland, Latvia and the U.K. and has earned an overall score of 93.5 ...

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    Polartec Apex Award winners 2021 range from startups to global giants

    11 November 2021

    The Milliken & Company brand Polartec has just announced the winners of its 2021 Apex Design Awards for creative use of the company’s fabrics and design. Every year, a panel of expert judges selects the most outstanding products made with Polartec fabric technologies. The list of winning products represents the ...

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    Polartec announces winners of Apex Design Award

    10 November 2020

    Polartec has announced the winners of the Polartec Apex Design Awards, the ingredient brand’s annual design awards program that has been held annually since 2008. As usual, the winning products of 2020 were selected based on the skillful and creative use of Polartec materials: 66 North Sudureyri NeoShell Coat ...