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ENOS initiates Outdoor Sports Inclusion Award
In partnership with the EOG and the It’s Great Out There Coalition, the European Network of Outdoor Sports (ENOS) is organizing a new award series to promote greater participation in the outdoors by under-represented groups, including those with disabilities. The new Outdoor Sports Inclusion Award will recognize the brands developing ...
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News briefsWomen’s gear award #sheisoutdoors winners to be announced July 31
Premiering this year, the new #sheisoutdoors awards for innovative outdoor apparel and gear just for women are to be announced soon. The final jury meeting will take place on July 29-31. The winners of the women’s gear award #sheisoutdoors Summer 2021 will be announced on Saturday, July 31 (18:00 CET) ...
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ArticleTextile Mission publishes research report on microplastics
An interdisciplinary research project run by the Federal Association of the German Sporting Goods Industry (Bundesverband der Deutschen Sportartikel-Industrie/BSI) and worked out by its Textile Mission team (with support of the German ministry of education and science) has now published its final report on the origin and reduction of textile ...
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News briefsSchöffel receives Fair Wear Leader status for the seventh consecutive time
According to the Fair Wear Foundation, the German brand Schöffel has mastered the challenge of living up to its corporate social responsibility in the pandemic year 2020 particularly well. For the seventh time in a row, the company based in Schwabmünchen has just received the “Leader” status by the international ...
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Keen opens factory in the Dominican Republic
The Portland, Oregon-based footwear brand Keen announced the opening of a sandal-focused factory in the Dominican Republic with 5,100 square meters of manufacturing space. The plant, located in Santiago, will produce the company’s footwear, led by the Newport H2 sandal. It will have an initial annual capacity of 500,000 pairs, ...
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News briefsCimalp expands online store into German-speaking region
The French brand CimAlp has extended its offer to the entire German-speaking market: Consumers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH region) are now able to purchase CimAlp’s products directly at the brand’s website. For around ten years, the company from Saint Marcel, founded in 1964, has been ...
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ArticleTMC releases database for microfiber shedding and standardized test
After a joint effort of The Microfibre Consortium (TMC) and its members, a wide database and globally aligned and standard test method to determine the level of microfibers shed from fabric during domestic laundering has just been released. The test method and detailed database for the specification ...
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News briefsPolartec announces transition to DWR finishes without PFASs
Polartec, the U.S. functional fabric manufacturer and a Milliken & Company brand, will completely eliminate the use of PFAS (including PFC) in its durable water repellent (DWR) finishes. The functional fabrics will not make any sacrifices in terms of durability or water-repellent function despite the elimination of PFAS, Polartec said. ...
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News briefsJack Wolfskin collaborates with brrr° and Lenzing
Jack Wolfskin has presented numerous new developments in its new summer collection for 2022, both in the textile segment as well as in its footwear and equipment segments. New partnerships in textile technology are particularly noteworthy. In addition to Polartec, the brand is now also cooperating for the first time ...
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News briefsOberalp Group reaffirms its sustainability commitment in recent reports
The Oberalp Group has recently published its 2020 Sustainability Report and reaffirmed its commitment to a comprehensive strategy that focuses on employee wellness, safe factory conditions, philanthropy and environmental sustainability. The group has released its Sustainability Report for the sixth consecutive year. Despite the challenges brought on by the Covid-19 ...
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News briefsRab and Lowe Alpine to offer more recycled materials
In their new collections for spring 2022, Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd. brands Rab and Lowe Alpine have increased the share of recycled materials within their ranges. After integrating more recycled fabrics into the apparel collections in earlier seasons, the U.K. companies will also use recycled materials in their sleeping bags ...
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ArticleAnta Sports Q2 sales growth continues at slightly slower pace
Anta Sports continued to show strong sales growth in the second quarter ended June 30. However, the pace of growth slowed somewhat from the first quarter, which benefited from a strong comparison effect as strict lockdown measures were imposed in China in the first quarter of 2020. In an operational ...
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Buff reports 63% growth
Original Buff, the Spanish headwear and neckwear company, saw its revenues soar by 63 percent to €85 million during the financial year ended April 30, thanks to multiple reasons. It benefited from the increased popularity of outdoor activities during the Covid-19 pandemic, the launch of its anti-Covid face masks and ...
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ArticleMaier Sports closes product lifecycle with Design2Recycle and Recycle2Design
Maier Sports announced that it will use the Design2Recycle and Recycle2Design concept to develop its products for maximum quality recycling after use in the future. Pants, jackets and shirts from the German outdoor clothing supplier are to be based on a 100 percent sustainable, forward-looking clothing concept with a completely ...
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ArticleReview: Outdoor Trade Show (OTS) 2021
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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ArticleOpen-air premiere of The Big Gear Show with focus on retail education
After the originally scheduled 2020 premiere of The Big Gear Show (BGS) was postponed due to the pandemic and moved from an indoor venue in Salt Lake City to an outdoor venue in Park City, Utah, the final schedule for the Aug. 3-5 event has now been set. The ...
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News briefsLeki to relaunch with new corporate identity, logo and technologies
Leki, known for its ski, hiking and Nordic walking poles as well as the Trigger system, has unveiled to its business partners a new brand logo and company image after 33 years. From 2022, the new corporate identity is intended to appeal to the entire and very diverse target group ...
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ArticleSalomon announces sustainability goals around its sports marketing efforts
Salomon is committing to improving the environmental impact of its in-person events, athletes and ambassadors. The brand has outlined specific sustainability-related goals to meet by 2025, touching both the protection of local nature and the overall emissions related to sports marketing. The two-pronged approach around events and athletes will begin ...
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News briefsKarpos unveils its “Help the Mountains” project
Karpos has announced Help the Mountains, a new initiative based on the donation of 1 percent of the brand’s annual turnover to a series of activities to protect mountains and the environment. The project stems from the Italian company’s desire “to give a name and a home” to its long-standing ...
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News briefsSalewa opens brand store in Munich
South Tyrolean brand Salewa opened a new 140-square-meter mono-brand store in downtown Munich on June 25. Munich is the birthplace of Salewa. On July 8, 1935, Josef Liebhart, then the director of the Munich Saddlers’ and Upholsterers’ Purchasing Cooperative, founded Salewa as a subsidiary for saddle and leather goods. The ...
