All Legal & Institutional articles – Page 31
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Japan prolongs state of emergency to June 20
The Japanese government has extended a state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas of the country due to the Covid-19 pandemic to June 20, just over a month before the planned start of the Toyko Olympics on July 23. The restrictive measures currently in place, which are less rigid ...
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ArticleSustainable Apparel Coalition and Higg launch new transparency program
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), a global, non-profit, multi-stakeholder alliance for the consumer goods industry, and its technology partner, Higg, have just launched the first phase of a transparency program for the public sharing of data on a product’s environmental impact, starting with its material content. The program’s main components ...
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News briefsSwitzerland rejects new trade agreement with the EU
The Swiss cabinet has rejected a comprehensive trade agreement with the EU, known as the EU-Swiss Institutional Framework Agreement. On May 26, the government said that there remain “substantial” differences between Switzerland and the EU and that the conditions for signing the agreement were not met, adding that it has ...
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Textiles Circularity Centre opens in the U.K.
The Textiles Circularity Centre (TCC), one of five circular economy centers funded by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centres Programme, opened its doors on May 24. The center aims to turn post-consumer textiles, crop residues and household waste into renewable materials for use in textiles. In ...
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ArticleIs blockchain technology just a hype or helpful?
Blockchain technology (BT) is generally associated with cryptocurrencies, but it is rapidly being adopted in other sectors to streamline bureaucracy and foster transparency. In February 2019, the Italian industry ministry announced plans to set up, jointly with the computer giant IBM, a national scheme using BT to guarantee the traceability ...
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News briefsTwo outdoor NGOs join forces to support outdoor activities
The It’s Great Out There Coalition has teamed up with another non-profit organization to get more people active in the outdoors. A partnership with Outdoor Gear for Good will see proceeds from the sales of goods contribute to the delivery of grassroots #itsgreatoutthere participation projects throughout Europe. ...
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Alé and Union Européenne de Cyclisme extend their partnership
Alé and Union Européenne de Cyclisme (UEC), one of the five confederations of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), have renewed their partnership until 2024. The UEC is the organizer of the European Cycling Championships in different disciplines: road cycling, mountain bike, BMX, track, cyclo-cross and indoor cycling. As a UEC ...
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News briefsGreenpeace investigates Amazon warehouse, uncovers destruction of returned goods
With the help of an undercover investigator at Amazon, the environmental organization Greenpeace has documented the destruction of returned new products at the retailer’s logistics facility in Winsen, Germany. A documentary aired on prime-time German television showed eight workplaces that Amazon calls “destroy stations”. According to Greenpeace research, this is ...
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News briefsEOG supports expansion of database for outdoor benchmark report
Pauline Shepherd, head of research and insights at the European Outdoor Group (EOG), and Richard Payne, from market research firm Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS), recently held a webinar on the current state of the European outdoor trade and the association’s plans for the evolving “Outdoor Benchmark Report” managed by SMS. ...
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Columbia sues Wuxly over heat-reflective design
Columbia Sportswear is suing Wuxly, an outerwear company registered in Canada, for allegedly infringing a design patent regarding heat-reflective material. The lawsuit (U.S. number 655,921) was filed on April 27. According to the plaintiff, Wuxly’s Sabertooth line of jackets uses lightweight underlining that infringes Columbia’s Omni-Heat reflective material. More specifically, ...
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A round table on the future of Italy’s outdoor industry
The Italian Outdoor Group (IOG) hosted an online round table for the actors of the Italian outdoor industry on April 29, titled “Outdoor: domani è adesso” (tomorrow is now). The IOG is part of Assosport, the Italian association of sporting goods manufacturers. The event was moderated by Benedetto Sironi, chief ...
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Data & AnalysisHow outdoor and sports companies are dealing with Brexit
The European Parliament voted on April 27 to approve the agreement signed by the British government and the EU on Christmas Eve to regulate trade relations after the U.K.’s official exit from the European Single Market on Jan. 1. It’s been hard for the companies in our sector, especially the ...
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Joint social media campaign of vds and other German associations calls for store reopening
With #wiederöffnen („reopen“), the Association of German Sports Retailers (vds) has launched a joint social media campaign with other national retail trade associations, which all German retailers are invited to support by sharing on their own social media channels. “We want to achieve that the customers recognize ...
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Afydad launches online marketplace
Afydad, the Spanish association of sporting goods manufacturers and retailers, has launched a new website, www.spainissport.com, to serve as an omnichannel B2C marketplace and B2B showroom. The marketplace is operational, can take orders from final customers and can “geolocate” for them the nearest distributor or retailer of a given product. ...
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European Parliament to vote on Brexit deal April 27
On April 27, the European Parliament will vote on the post-Brexit trade deal agreed between the EU and the U.K., its spokesman, Jaume Duch, said on Twitter. EU lawmakers are expected to clear the deal, which faces an end-April deadline for approval and was backed last week by parliamentary committees. ...
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German Parliament wants to set new rules for Click&Meet and Click&Collect
The German Bundestag has decided to raise the minimum threshold for non-essential retail Click&Meet services for counties or municipalities where 150 out of 100,000 residents are infected with Covid-19. If the incidence is higher for three consecutive days, only Click&Collect is possible. The Federal Council is scheduled to take a ...
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Two new SOG members
The Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG) has announced two new members for 2021 with Dometic and Superstainable. Dometic is a Swedish brand offering solutions for mobile living, providing products for recreational vehicles, vans and boats and now expanding into product categories solving the same needs but without installation into a vehicle. ...
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News briefsMicrofibre Consortium approves first third-party lab member
The Microfibre Consortium (TMC) has officially approved the Swiss verification, testing and certification company SGS as its first third-party laboratory member. TMC, founded in 2018, facilitates the development of solutions for the industry to minimize textile fiber fragmentation and its release into the environment from textile manufacturing and the product ...
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ArticleHDE calls for new retail regulations; retailers fear 60% loss with compulsory corona testing
In view of the amendment to the Federal Infection Protection Act announced for next week, the German Retail Federation (HDE) is calling for targeted measures to effectively contain the third wave of Corona currently affecting the country. The HDE is critical of a possible further lockdown with store closures by ...
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European Fishing Tackle Trade Association confirms move from London to Brussels
The European Fishing Tackle Trade Association (EFTTA) has confirmed its plan to relocate its headquarters and EFFTEX trade show subsidiary from London to Brussels later this year. EFTTA confirmed the move to its members in its latest newsletter, according to a report by Angling International, explaining that the decision was ...
