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News briefsKeen launches “You Buy, We Donate” for Cyber Week in partnership with EOCA
Keen will donate €5 (up to €10,000 total) from every purchase made on www.keenfootwear.com during Cyber Week (Nov. 19-29) to a European conservation organization working to improve the health of our planet. The initiative is being carried out with the support of Keen’s longtime partner, the European Outdoor Conservation Association ...
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Keen reorganizes German sales team
Ralph Hermann, so far Keen’s representative in Baden-Württemberg with his agency “Die Berg Agenten”, will be Keen’s new country manager for Germany. Baden-Württemberg as well as Bavaria will be taken over from fall/winter 2022 by the agency Frotscher, which also looks after brands such as Havaianas, CMP, Inuovo and Hoff ...
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News briefsKeen receives award for PFC-free Detox the Planet initiative
U.S. publication Good Housekeeping has honored Portland, Oregon-based brand Keen with the Good Housekeeping 2021 Sustainability Innovation Award for its Detox the Planet initiative, launched in 2014, which aims to ensure the brand completely eliminates perfluorochemicals (PFCs) and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from its footwear. These so-called “eternal chemicals” ...
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News briefsKeen launches bonus program for social commitment
Keen has launched the “Keen Corps” program, a bonus program for voluntary work, donations to non-profit organizations and purchases. With the loyalty program, the company aims to reward those who give back to the community. Registered customers can earn points in exchange for access to exclusive products and events. Individual ...
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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 ...
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ArticleKeen turns its process for PFC-free footwear open-source
Portland, Oregon-based footwear brand Keen has developed an open-source model for manufacturing PFC-free footwear. To support this initiative, the brand has also challenged the entire outdoor footwear industry to be PFC-free by 2025. Product developers can visit www.keenfootwear.com/Detox to view details about the detoxification process Keen has followed ...
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Keen to sell in South Korea via LF
Keen Footwear has signed a distribution contract with LF for the importation and sale of Keen footwear in South Korea, effective in mid-March. Keen footwear will be sold online and offline via LF Mall and LF’s Raum Edition department stores. LF, which stands for Life in ...
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Keen named one of the most admired companies in the state of Oregon
U.S. footwear brand Keen has been named one of the most admired companies in the U.S. state of Oregon in 2020 by the Portland Business Journal for the third year in a row. According to the 400 respondents to the annual survey, which was conducted throughout Oregon and ...
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News briefsKeen and Garcia Family team up for limited edition and good cause
Much to the chagrin of all “deadheads” – the nickname for fans of the band The Grateful Dead – on this side of the Atlantic, it probably won’t be available in Europe, but it’s worth noting that Keen has teamed up with the Jerry Garcia Family ...
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News briefsKeen gives away free shoes to frontline workers and families in need
As part of its “ Together we can help ” initiative, the footwear brand Keen pledged to provide up to 100,000 pairs, about $10,000,000 in shoes, to the workers on the front lines and the families at home fighting through the Covid-19 crisis. On the website, the brand wrote: ...
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