All General Outdoor articles – Page 140
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News briefsRab supports educational initiative Xhow
Rab has entered a new partnership with the project Xhow, an educational initiative founded by mountain guides in 2006 that is active mainly in the Alps region. The project offers free training for skiers, bikers and climbers under the titles snowhow, climbhow and bikehow for children and teenagers as well ...
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News briefsPolygiene Group acquires former distributor Biomaster US
As part of its U.S. expansion strategy, the Swedish Polygiene Group has acquired Biomaster US LLC, former distributor and customer of its subsidiary Addmaster Ltd. This acquisition gives the company a foothold in the U.S. and Central and South America, while BioMaster US CEO Charlie Matthews becomes part of the ...
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News briefsAcai Outdoorwear secures £3 million investment
Womenswear brand Acai Outdoorwear has secured a £3 million (€3.4 million) investment from Growth Partner, a consumer-focused investment firm that is backed by HomeServe founder and chief executive Richard Harpin. Acai’s investors since October 2019, DSW Ventures, will be exiting as part of the deal. In addition, James Worrall, investment ...
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News briefsEcovative acquires Netherlands-based Lambert Spawn Europa
New York-based mycelium technology company Ecovative has acquired Lambert Spawn Europa B.V., a mushroom spawn production facility in the Netherlands, from a subsidiary of Pennsylvania-based Lambert Spawn Co. Ecovative works with partners throughout the textiles, food and packaging industries. The acquisition allows Ecovative to integrate a major source of ...
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News briefsSAC gives an update on the Higg Index reviewing process
In a blog post published on the Sustainable Apparel Coalition’s (SAC) website, Jeremy Lardeau, the VP of the coalition, gives an overview of the process of the Higg Index review that is planned for this year. With the last review being made in 2017, the SAC is now working with ...
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News briefsPatagonia and Samsung team up to combat microplastics
Patagonia and Samsung have partnered to develop new washing machines to help reduce the microplastics resulting from textiles and laundry that pollute the oceans. Microplastics are released from laundry when we wash synthetic textiles, even on the delicates cycle, and these end up in waterways. Add-on filters and protective laundry ...
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News briefsHuman Material Loop: Startup uses human hair for textile applications
Source: Human Material Loop Utilizing human hair waste from hair salons as a raw material, the Dutch start-up company Human Material Loop is working on three different technologies to make use of the main component human hair is made of – keratin – and process it into ...
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News briefsDue diligence SaaS provider Sourcemap joins Global Innovators community
Sourcemap, a New York-based provider of supply chain transparency and traceability software, has joined the World Economic Forum’s Global Innovators community. The invitation-only group unites startups and scale-ups for ethical technological and business model innovation. As a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Innovators Community, Sourcemap wants to contribute ...
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News briefsVanessa Müller takes over as managing director of ClimatePartner Switzerland
Source: ClimatePartner Switzerland Vanessa Müller, new MD of ClimatePartner Switzerland Vanessa Müller, who joined ClimatePartner Switzerland in March 2021 and took over the team lead commercial sustainability a year later, has been promoted to the company’s new managing director. The move is part of the ongoing departure ...
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News briefsDeuter donates €4,000 to EOCA biodiversity project
German company Deuter did not offer extra discounts during its “Green Week” (an initiative started as an alternative to Cyber Week). Instead, it started an initiative to donate 10 percent of sales from its online store to a project of the European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA). Now the brand has ...
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News briefsBuff receives B Corp certification
Buff, the Barcelona-based headwear outfitter, has received the B Corp certification. B Corp certification is a private certification, provided by B Lab, of a company’s social and environmental impact. In order to achieve B Corp certification, a company must demonstrate high social and environmental performance, make a legal commitment by ...
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ArticleSolo Brands eyes deeper assortments with wholesale partners
The publicly traded Grapevine, TX company, which owns four businesses led by its Solo Stove unit, has a Direct-To-Consumer to Wholesale ratio of 85 to 15, a percentage that is likely to persist given Solo’s extreme focus on its relationship with customers. But Solo has a new partnership with warehouse ...
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ArticleEuropean Fashion Alliance summit defines roadmap to change, plans industry-wide survey
The European Fashion Alliance (EFA), founded in Summer 2022, held its first meeting during the trade show Gran Canaria Swim Week in October 2022 to specify its goals and define the alliance’s roadmap for the next years. Top of the agenda was the EU Green Deal to reduce net emissions ...
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News briefsThree European brands among winners of U.S. Outdoor Sports Retail Performance Awards
The NPD Group today announced the winners of its third annual Outdoor Sports Retail Performance Awards. The awards recognize the fastest-growing brands in U.S. outdoor and snow sports retail, based on in-store and e-commerce sales, according to data from NPD’s Retail Tracking Service. “We are excited to kick off the ...
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News briefsDidriksons expands into business outerwear
Source: Didriksons Still a jacket, but clearly fashion: The Alvina w’s coat for SS2023 The Swedish brand Didriksons enters the business fashion market with a new range of women’s business-focused jackets and coats. The collection is centered around a classic trench coat and will be available end ...
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News briefsArc’teryx drops Chinese Lunar New Year capsule
Source: Arc’Teryx Lunar New Year 2023 Alpha SV Jacket With a 2023 Lunar New Year capsule that’s “furthering Arc’teryx’s push into the perpetually profitable Chinese market”, as Hypebeast puts it, the Canadian brand splits its fan base into some that embrace collaborations and some that reject them ...
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News briefsShe is Outdoors Awards Winter registration extended until Jan. 20
The #sheisoutdoors European award for women’s outdoor products announces its deadline for product entries related to the winter season 22/23 or 23/24. All submissions must be completed by Jan. 20, 2023. Samples will be needed until Jan. 25. Relevant categories for the next winter awards are outdoor professionals and expedition; ...
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News briefsNew York bans PFAS in clothing
The State of New York has banned the production and sale within the state of clothing and other textiles containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”). The legislation is set to go into effect on Dec. 31, 2023, after Governor Kathy Hochul signed off on Senate Bill S6291A earlier this month. ...
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News briefsRenewcell begins shipping from new plant in Sundsvall
Swedish textile recycler Renewcell has announced that it has shipped its first batch of dissolving pulp produced at its new factory in Sundsvall, Sweden, to a customer. The new facility, which started up in November, adds to the other Renewcell plant in Kristinehamn, west of Stockholm. Also in November of ...
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News briefsZDHC updates MMCF Guidelines and supporting documents
The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) foundation’s Roadmap to Zero program has updated its Man-Made Cellulosic Fibres (MMCF) guidelines version 2.0 and supporting document (ready for download here). With this latest update, the ZDHC MMCF Guidelines V2.0 now include the Responsible Fibre Production Guidelines, Wastewater Guidelines and Air Emissions ...
