All articles by Charles Ross – Page 3

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    Review: Outdoor Trade Show (OTS) 2021

    2021-07-06T11:46:00Z

    From Tuesday to Thursday, retail buyers came to browse the assortments of more than 120 brands, from big players like Mammut to perennial market players like Helinox and new ventures like Dirtbags. Source: Charles Ross Andrew Denton, CEO OIA, opening the Sustainability Breakfast Over three days, the ...

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    Opinion

    Digital is here - but what is it missing for the Ingredient Sourcing Industry?

    2021-04-23T08:11:00Z

    The one positive thing agreed is that Covid-19 has accelerated the transformation to digital. It has offered more than a stop-gap solution, but has it provided a complete solution? If this question had been asked 18 months ago, everyone had made plans for a digital version this decade, but not ...

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    Opinion: The drip feed of the new product releases of this millennium

    2021-04-07T03:08:00Z

    As this decade starts to establish itself after the restricted conditions around the beginning of last year, there is a call out to Build Back Better. What this means is the re-establishment of the Outdoor Industry as Covid comes under control. However, the big change crept in while everyone was ...

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    Opinion

    Biodegradability: The next battle in the war of greenwashing?

    2021-02-15T09:37:00Z

    One of the main incoming extra features attached to synthetics this spring is biodegradability. Synthetics have come in for much criticism as they are seen as the primary source of plastics in the ocean, so would it make sense to have the visible part of them break down quicker: Is ...

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    ReGenerative Agriculture: How natural ingredient sourcing can create a climate positive garment

    2021-02-11T08:18:00Z

    ReGenerative Agriculture (ReGenAg) is becoming a buzzword with several brands: Patagonia is using this type of cotton, Finisterre is sourcing the wool, Timberland – the leather, while The North Face (TNF) has already launched product using this wool but is currently integrating the cotton within ...