All Houdini articles – Page 2

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    Houdini drives expansion of circular economy movement with new shareholder

    2021-09-09T09:05:00Z

    Swedish outdoor brand Houdini Sportswear announced that Italian investment firm GDTRE will join the brand’s co-founders, Hanna Lindblad and Eva Karlsson, who both hold a minority stake in the company and together own 77 percent of the company, as well as Stefan Ytterborn, founder of POC and CEO and founder ...

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    Houdini integrates connected Touchlink zippers into first garment

    2021-07-29T17:27:00Z

    Source: Houdini W’s One Parka The Touchlink interactive zipper, which debuted in October 2020, is the result of a collaboration between outfitting manufacturer YKK and wearable technology company Lifekey . Using Near Field Communication (NFC), the same technology that enables the “tap-to-pay” ...

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    ​Cotopaxi and Nemo to offer second-hand products in the U.S. through REI

    2021-06-14T08:08:00Z

    Cotopaxi and New Hampshire-based outdoor gear design company Nemo announced the launch of a new trade-in recommerce program with Trove and U.S. outdoor retail chain REI to provide customers with more options for used gear. Trove develops technology that enables brands to take control of their resale marketplaces to deepen ...

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    Houdini’s Mono Air Houdi goes Open Source to boost circular economy

    2020-10-07T07:17:00Z

    The Swedish outdoor brand Houdini has joined forces with Polartec , the manufacturer of functional fabrics, to fight for more recycling in the textile industry and is making the award-winning Mono Air Houdi fleece jacket available as Open Source. Polartec and Houdini have enjoyed a ...

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    ​Houdini partners with Johnny’s Selected Seeds in the U.S.

    2020-08-26T12:45:00Z

    Swedish outdoor clothing brand Houdini Sportswear is working with Johnny’s Selected Seeds in the U.S. to playfully educate customers about sustainability and circularity. Every order placed in Houdini’s webshop in August will be accompanied by a package of Johnny’s seeds, enabling American customers to grow organic crops ...

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    Houdini endorses the 1.5°C Business Playbook

    2020-05-22T10:02:00Z

    The 1.5°C Business Playbook was first presented at the World Economic Forum 2020 in Davos as a spin-off of the world’s leading Exponential Roadmap co-founded by Johan Falk of the Stockholm Resilience Center (SRC). The Playbook is based on four different pillars. Each of the ...

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    Regenerative Lifestyles: Exploring what a Half-Earth lifestyle could look like

    2020-05-15T08:23:00Z

    Houdini’s new whitepaper called “ Regenerative Lifestyles ,” developed in partnership with Cybercom , a digital consultancy company specializing in how digitalisation can provide solutions to global challenges and drive business innovation, is a continuation of the brand’s journey toward regeneration and co-creating a world where humans ...

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    Houdini releases whitepaper for a sustainable post-Covid-19 world

    2020-05-13T05:00:00Z

    A year ago, when Swedish brand Houdini Sportswear launched the project to explore regenerative lifestyles that could support the goals of the Half-Earth Project , no one was expecting a coronavirus pandemic with all its consequences. With Covid-19, the world has changed in profound ways and in just ...

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    Houdini’s Eva Karlsson joins government group against climate change

    2020-03-31T12:00:00Z

    The chief executive of Houdini , Eva Karlsson , was appointed one of 20 members of a government group, taking the lead in Sweden’s climate transition. With the ambition of becoming the world’s first fossil-free welfare state, the Swedish government has recruited four groups of experts representing the private sector, ...

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    First Houdini Reuse store in downtown Stockholm

    2020-03-02T09:13:00Z

    In February, the Swedish outdoor brand Houdini opened up its first “Reuse” store in downtown Stockholm. The pop-up offers secondhand Houdini clothes in a premium setting. The secondhand stock come from Houdini’s buyback system, in which customers sell back their clothes at up to €100 per item. Beyond extending ...

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    Sustainable innovations from Ispo Munich 2020

    2020-02-17T15:41:00Z

    For the 50th birthday of Ispo Munich, the sports fair claimed to be more sustainable than ever before. More and more brands are looking for solutions for more sustainable products and more sustainable consumption. This time, recycling was one of the core issues of sustainable innovation. While recycled polyester ...