All Digitalization articles – Page 2
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Emerald launches B2B e-commerce platform
Emerald Holding, organizer of the Outdoor Retailer (OR) and Surf Expo trade shows, among others, today announced the launch of the new Digital Market technology platform from its Elastic Suite division. Emerald had acquired PlumRiver, the international provider of the Elastic Suite software solution, in January. The technology enables retailers ...
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Opinion
Digital is here - but what is it missing for the Ingredient Sourcing Industry?
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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Mips with redesigned, consumer-centric brand website
Mips, the Swedish provider of the eponymous helmet safety technology, has unveiled a completely redesigned website aimed at making “helmet safety more transparent and easily understandable to everyday people.” The brand’s latest evolution goes far beyond simple cosmetic changes, with language and design focused on maximizing consumer benefits. The website ...
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YKK opens digital showroom
Zipper and fastening products manufacturer YKK has launched a digital showroom to improve contact with its customers – virtually and regardless of time or location. YKK calls the concept behind the online showroom „connection,” a play on the brand’s expertise as a fastening product manufacturer. The digital space, modeled after ...
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Article
Tencel launches e-commerce platform
Lenzing Group’s Tencel™ textile brand has launched the Tencel eShop. This first e-commerce site from a sustainable fiber manufacturer “bridges the divide between manufacturers and the end-consumer by curating a diverse mix of apparel and home goods made of Tencel branded fibers,“ the company said. The debut marks a new ...
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Jack Wolfskin pushes digitization of its supply chain logistics
Jack Wolfskin integrated a forwarder booking API into the cloud-based SCM software OSCA from Setlog, a German provider of customized supply chain management (SCM) solutions, into its transportation process earlier this year. The brand’s suppliers have since been able to transfer new transport bookings via the interface directly into the ...
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MTB Tourism Congress 2021 more international and digital-only
“Roots - exploring the trail ahead” - under this title, the organizer, Mountainbike Tourismusforum Deutschland, invites participants to the sixth German Mountain Bike Tourism Congress. This year, due to the Corona pandemic, it will open its doors digitally only from May 4-6. Apart from that, the organizer promises more international ...
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Black Diamond starts using NuOrder digital platform for retailers
Beginning with the fall/winter 2021 buying season, Black Diamond is organizing all of its orders on the NuOrder digital buying platform. The B2B e-commerce platform for wholesalers hosts order forms, budget control tools, campaigns, catalog creation tools, whiteboarding and more. Black Diamond will manage its wholesale operations globally through the ...
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Deuter expands its existing retail training services with e-learnings
In the future, retail staff will have the opportunity to use Deuter’s sales training via a central online platform. The German company’s new online service is freely available to the entire retail sector. Deuter developed its training program more than 10 years ago to support sales staff with detailed and ...
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Sportfish 2021 goes virtual
Sportfish, the annual game and fly show in the U.K., will be held as a virtual event this year. The show, scheduled to take place on April 17-18, will be free to join via Sportfish’s Facebook and YouTube channels. The show will feature talks with angling personalities, fly tying lessons, ...
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Article
Lightspeed acquires Vend to drive global retail expansion
Montreal, Canada-based omnichannel commerce company Lightspeed POS Inc. has announced the imminent acquisition of New Zealand-based competitor Vend Limited, a cloud-based retail management software company, by the end of April. The expansive move will grow Lightspeed’s customer base by more than 20,000 customer locations worldwide, roughly doubling the company’s current ...
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Prowinter 2021 goes digital
After a virtual-only edition in 2020 because of the coronavirus, Prowinter, the Italian B2B event for mountain resort operators, is going digital again this year for the same reason. Prowinter Digital 2021, organized by Fiera Bolzano/Messe Bozen, will be held on April 12. Registration for the virtual show is free ...
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Free IWA Studio Edition with up-to-date industry topics on March 12
As part of the “Road to IWA 2022,” the IWA Studio Edition, a new virtual industry show by Messe Nuremberg, will go live on March 12. From 15:00 until 18:00 (CET), participants can expect a compact package consisting of current industry topics, company presentations and socializing in the virtual “Studio ...
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Edelrid launches new B2B and B2C information platforms
Edelrid, a specialist in alpine and professional climbing equipment based in Southwest Germany, is going online with a comprehensive new offering for information and training around its products. The digital Brand Room for retailers, which spearheads Edelrid’s digital offensive, is service-oriented and “focused on real life-questions.” It features a media ...
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Performance Days and Reed launch global digital sourcing platform
Design & Development Textile Consult, the organizer of Performance Days in Munich, and Reed Exhibitions’ Functional Fabric Fair powered by Performance Days, its U.S. counterpart since 2018, have announced the launch of Performance Days Loop. The new digital platform provides access to a comprehensive, 365-day marketplace for functional fabric manufacturers ...
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New agenda, new board member at ZEG
Source: ZEG Fred Schierenbeck In order to continue offering customers high-quality, state-of-the-art products in the future, the supervisory board and management board of Europe’s largest bicycle dealer group and cooperative, ZEG (Zweirad-Einkaufs-Genossenschaft eG), have launched a holistic, long-term corporate strategy. An important part of this “Agenda 2030” ...
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Article
Messe München sees first ISPO Munich Online as a success
Messe München has hailed its first fully digital ISPO Munich Online, which took place Feb. 1-5, as a success shared with the industry, thanks to its commitment to the world’s leading sporting goods event. According to the organizer, the virtual Expo Area, with 545 exhibitors, and the complementary congress with ...
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Tough Mudder and Marvel team up for digital challenges
Source: toughmudder.com Tough Mudder, a U.S. operator of extreme obstacle races, has joined forces with Marvel in the creation of Tough Mudder Challenges: Marvel Series. The collaboration will offer a collection of six digital fitness adventures ”designed to test one’s strength, agility, and stamina while overcoming fears, ...
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Grassroots cancels Connect buying show in June 2021
The Grassroots Outdoor Alliance (GOA), an association of independent U.S. outdoor retailers and brands, has announced the cancellation of its spring Connect buying show, originally scheduled for June 7-10 in Knoxville, Tennessee, due to the ongoing Corona pandemic. “This is an unfortunate but entirely correct decision. We are now focusing ...
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Deckers appoints DTC and digital specialist to its board
Deckers Brands has appointed Maha S. Ibrahim to its board of directors, effective Feb. 1. Mike Devine, chairman of the board, said he especially values her experience identifying trends and driving growth in the direct-to-consumer and technology sectors. He also said Ibrahim’s insights and capabilities align with management’s focus on ...