All General Outdoor articles – Page 224
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ArticleBritish delivery service fears uncontrollable Black Friday
London-based delivery service ParcelHero said that it’s forecasting an £8.49bn (€9.5bn-$11.5bn) monster Black Friday to Cyber Monday weekend. It warns that stores must learn from the disaster of Black Friday 2014 or delivery chains could snap once again this year. In 2019, Britons spent a £5.55bn (€6.2bn-$7.4bn) on Black Friday-Cyber ...
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News briefsRussian Post now also delivers goods purchased on Wildberries to foreign countries
Russian Post has inked a contract under which the state-owned mail operator will deliver goods purchased on Wildberries’ online store to customers outside of Russia. In Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, where Wildberries has strong positions, Russian Post will deliver orders to the post offices of its local partners. In ...
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HeiQ Viroblock wins Swiss Technology Award 2020
HeiQ, a Swiss company founded in 2005 for scientific research, production of specialty materials and branding of ingredients for consumer products, has won the first prize of the Swiss Technology Award 2020 for its antiviral textile technology HeiQ Viroblock. The technology offers durable surface protection against viruses including SARS-CoV-2, sanitization ...
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ArticleAnalysis: Pushing the boundaries of what a sports store can be
Everyone has a sport. We’re not talking about a gym membership, but full immersion into a discipline, where we have to have the right clothing, equipment and an app to help with training and motivation. Whether it’s working towards a black belt in Taekwondo, competing in triathlons or mastering yoga inversions, sport has become serious. In addition, there are other driving factors such as the increasing interest in wellness, more female participants in more sports and the acceptance of leisure wear in almost all areas of life. This is pushing growth in the sporting goods market, and it also has a knock-on effect on what we expect from our sports stores. If we’re prepared to spend a good amount of our disposable income in this area, we want the brands we chose to offer above and beyond the everyday retail journey.
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News briefsPatagonia hires Beth Thoren as environmental action & initiative director
Source: Patagonia Beth Thoren, new Environmental Action & Initiatives Director, EMEA Patagonia is strengthening its mission “We’re in business to save our home planet” with the hire of Beth Thoren as environmental action and initiative director, EMEA. With her extensive previous experience, Thoren’s addition is supposed to ...
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ArticleGoldwin’s profits dwindle
Goldwin’s revenues dropped by 16 percent in the second quarter to ¥19,358 million (€157.4m-$182.5m), while net income tumbled by 59 percent from the year-ago period to ¥915 million (€7.4m-$8.6m). The company’s gross margin fell by 1.4 percentage points to 50.6 percent. The company said that the impact of the coronavirus ...
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f.re.e 2021 postponed to April
The German travel and leisure consumer show f.re.e 2021, originally scheduled for Feb. 24-28 in Munich, has been postponed to April 21-25. Croatia will be the partner country. As usual, the Munich Car Days will be held parallel to the show, which has been renamed f.re.e special edition just for ...
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ArticleCanada Goose wants to keep the planet cold and the people warm
After unveiling its Sustainable Impact Strategy in April and building on these core values and outlining its vision for the future, Canada Goose has now presented a new digital platform called Humanature that unites the brand’s sustainability and values-based initiatives and represents the “driving force of Canada Goose’s enduring purpose ...
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Carla Murphy will be Adidas Outdoor’s new GM
Adidas has appointed Carla Murphy as general manager of its Adidas Outdoor business unit, starting on Dec. 14. She will assume one of the two roles of Tim Janaway, who has been with the group for more than 20 years, serving most recently as general manager for the outdoor and ...
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ArticleArc’teryx opens first Icon Store with flexible DTC services
Arc’teryx has launched a new retail store concept called The Icon Store. The first store was opened in Walnut Creek, California, on Nov. 12 with 77 square meters of floor space, inspired “by wood-frame backcountry huts.” The compact store is designed to streamline the shopping experience by showcasing only a ...
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News briefsWe aRe SpinDye closes last link for circular textile production
The Swedish fashion tech company We aRe SpinDye®’s aim is to make the dyeing process of clothes completely environmentally friendly. After introducing a unique and extremely resource-efficient dyeing process, first applied by the Swedish outdoor brand Fjällräven in 2017, the company is now closing the last link for a circular ...
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ArticleOdlo successfully pursues its sustainability goals
Swiss performance sportswear brand Odlo has published its sustainability report for the 2019/2020 financial year, in which the brand has achieved significant improvements in terms of product, environmental and social responsibility. Despite the effects of the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic, the brand has made significant progress and demonstrated its long-term commitment ...
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Registration open for Outdoor Retailer Winter Online
Registration is now open for Outdoor Retailer Winter Online. Outdoor Retailer’s new digital marketplace and online experience will connect the outdoor and snowsport industries this winter as the place to discover new brands and products, learn from experts, and network with the community. Winter Online will be accessible throughout the ...
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Zeal Optics plants trees for every eyewear product sold
U.S. eyewear brand Zeal Optics celebrates its fifth annual “Buy A Zeal, Plant A Tree” campaign, applicable site-wide on zealoptics.com and throughout more than 1,000 retailers globally. In partnership with the National Forest Foundation (NFF) and 1% For The Planet, the brand will plant a tree for every sunglass, goggle ...
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News briefsNixon releases watch made from reclaimed ocean plastics
The California-based watch and accessory brand Nixon has introduced the High Tide, a new tide watch tailored to the needs of surfers and made from upcycled ocean plastics. The High Tide, which is at the top of Nixon’s tide watch collection, follows Nixon’s redesigned H2O Yeah! recycled-ocean-plastics bags collection. The ...
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News briefsB-Corps Cotopaxi and MiiR collaborate to tackle single use plastics
U.S. outdoor brands Cotopaxi and MiiR have partnered to not only address the disposable plastics crisis, but also to reinvent corporate expectations of “collaboration before competition”. The brands, both B-Corp certified, have joined forces to launch a new line of water bottles called the Cotopaxi x MiiR Llama water bottle ...
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ArticleWFSGI to assist the sporting goods industry to bridge period of recovery
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has shared the outcome of the October edition of its WFSGI Covid-19 Impact Survey. As a summary, the federation said that “the industry has a plan, but will need time to adopt and adapt to changes triggered by the pandemic.” Executive ...
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Emerald will have a new CEO and President
The board of directors of Emerald Holding Inc., the U.S. company operating over 140 events each year including the trade shows Outdoor Retailer and Surf Expo, has appointed Hervé Sedky to the position of president and chief executive officer of the company. Sedky will assume his new role on Jan. ...
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News briefsGet a sneak peek of Haglöfs Restored on Green Friday
Haglöfs’ Green Friday initiative has become known for its commitment to tackle the environmental and social dangers of excessive consumption. In recent years, the company closed stores and webstores on Black Friday, and last year even increased prices, with profits going to non-profit environmental organizations. This year ...
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News briefsEOCA funding announced for new conservation projects
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) has announced the newest conservation projects it will be supporting this year. In line with its current Plastic Free: Mountain to Sea focus and its target to clear 3,000 km of habitat, trail and beach of plastic waste and pollution, all projects concentrated on ...
