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European Outdoor Group urges authorities to support outdoor activities
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) is calling for authorities across Europe to do more to promote participation in outdoor activities, now that the restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic are beginning to ease in many countries. Mark Held, the EOG president, addressed an open letter to politicians, the media and ...
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ArticleThe North Face, Patagonia amongst brands to support U.S. Public Lands Defense Fund
In the U.S., outdoor brands Velocio, Patagonia, and The North Face are supporting The Conservation Alliance’s effort to preserve and defend the integrity of the American public lands system in 2020. Thanks to the support of these companies, The Conservation Alliance, founded in 1989 to support grassroots environmental organizations and ...
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Half of Osprey's SecondLife profits go to British NHS charity
In the UK, backpack specialist Osprey plans to donate 50 percent of profits generated by its SecondLife program sales to the NHS (National Health Service) charity organization. The SecondLife platform sells preloved, ex-sample and repaired packs to listed members via its website ospreyeurope.com. The organization chosen for the first half ...
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Buff joins OIA Climate Action Corps
Buff has become a founding member of the Climate Action Corps, a movement promoted by the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) in the U.S. that already unites some 60 outdoor industry companies committed to measure, plan and reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and share their progress annually. The main objective ...
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News briefsSchöffel Foundation donates face masks
Peter Schöffel, managing partner of Schöffel Sportbekleidung, earlier this week published a motivational video for German small and medium-sized enterprises on Facebook, in which he called on them to emerge from a crisis stronger than before, particularly on the basis of healthy partnerships. And now, his company has organized 60,000 ...
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News briefsSpring projects to be selected by EOCA's members
The European Outdoor Conservation Association, EOCA, wants and is able to continue to fund projects during 2020 despite the corona crisis, but this time, it decided not to hold the usual public vote due to the extraordinary situation and to not ”add to peoples’ workloads at this time.” However, there ...
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News briefsIt’s Great Out There Coalition promotes #outdoorsathome across Europe
The It’s Great Out There Coalition, an international non-profit association set up by the European Outdoor Group (EOG) and registered in Brussels, has presented a new initiative in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. In collaboration with several of its members, including some of the biggest outdoor companies in Europe, the ...
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ArticleCovid-19: Letter from Mark Held, EOG President
Source: European Outdoor Group Mark Held, EOG President Mark Held, the president of the European Outdoor Group (EOG) has issued an open letter to the outdoor industry, urging businesses to work together during the Covid-19 pandemic, in order to help as much of the sector as possible ...
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News briefsHoudini’s Eva Karlsson joins government group against climate change
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, academics and ...
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ArticleThe industry’s reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic
(SGI+) We hope you have already made use of our “Corona tickers” on our SGI Europe and Outdoor Industry Compass websites, which provide you with a constant stream of new information on what the industry is doing to combat the spreading Covid-19 pandemic. We believe it is important to let ...
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ArticleAustrian retail associations join forces to prevent bankruptcies
For some of the approximately 950 members represented by the seven specialized trade associations in Austria across different sectors of consumer goods (EK Servicegroup Austria, Interspiel, ModeRing, ANWR Garant Austria, Sport 2000 Österreich, Vedes and Spielzeug-Ring), the current business shutdowns due to the Covid-19 crisis could easily end in bancruptcy. ...
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ArticleRecap of the OIA Annual General Meeting 2020: Climate, Covid-19 and Brexit
by Charles Ross The Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) started on Monday, March 16, at a time when everything was changing with speed in the UK. Developments with Covid-19 meant that only half the registered delegates turned up to the annual conference. The audience ...
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Tokyo 2020 postponed to 2021
(SGI+) The Olympic Games will not be held in Tokyo this summer. A joint statement made by the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, and the Prime Minister of Japan, Abe Shinzo, said that they will have to be rescheduled “to a date beyond 2020 but not ...
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ArticleIt’s Great Out There Coalition announces first 2020 grants
The It’s Great Out There Coalition, an international non-profit association launched in 2017 by the European Outdoor Group (EOG) and supported by some of the biggest outdoor companies and associations in Europe, has announced details of the first projects that will benefit from its grants program in 2020. Two #itsgreatoutthere ...
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Scandinavian Outdoor Group welcomes two new members
The Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG) has welcomed two new members. The first new member, Zlideon by Zip Clip Solutions AB, a Swedish company based in Stockholm, is a globally patented product that enables customers to easily repair broken zippers and thus extend the lifespan of their clothing. The Zlideon is ...
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Denmark’s Nordisk settles with American Yeti
As reported previously, the German down specialist Yeti will be completely integrated into the Danish Nordisk brand as of the 2020/21 season, with all Yeti shell products being assigned to the Nordisk brand and its down products selling under the new Red Y label. The Danish and German brands have ...
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Assosport releases a statement on coronavirus
(Updated March 15) Assosport, the association of the Italian sporting goods industry, has published an open letter to its members from its president, Federico De Ponti, in relation to the coronavirus crisis. In the letter, De Ponti explains that Assosport has taken action through Confindustria, the Italian employers’ federation and ...
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ArticleEOG: New team members and ambitious goals
The European Outdoor Group (EOG), which currently federates 110 of the world’s leading industrial and retail companies from the outdoor sector, has announced its priorities for the coming years. The focus will be on three pillars: Doing business right with the help of business intelligence; preserving the outdoors; and getting ...
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Fourth edition of Assosport’s “Accademia IOG” canceled due to Covid-19
Update: Due to the latest ministerial provisions, Assosport was forced to cancel the event. Assosport, the association of the Italian sporting goods industry, will be organizing the fourth edition of its Accademia IOG this March. The academy is an opportunity for salespeople from specialist outdoor stores to participate in product ...
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Patagonia sues OC Media over "Petrogonia" apparel
(SGI) Patagonia has filed suit in Los Angeles federal court against OC Media for trademark infringement, unfair competition and other violations of the Lanham Act. Open Caucasus Media, as it is formally called, is a Russian-language news website covering the North and South Caucasus. Its funders include the European Endowment ...
