News Briefs – Page 10
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OIA announces board election results
The U.S. Outdoor Industry Association ’s ( OIA ) annual board elections ended May 28 with the election of Toad Co CMO Sarah Matt and Merrell CMO Janice Tennan as new board members. They will begin their three-year terms in July. The election also resulted in ...
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U.S. outdoor industry applauds governmental proposal to expand funding for Great American Outdoors Act
U.S. Outdoor Industry Association ( OIA ) has welcomed the U.S. Departments of Interior and Agriculture ’s Fiscal Year 2022 proposal to allocate $2.8 billion in funding for projects authorized in the Great American Outdoors Act , a landmark conservation legislation. OIA applauded the Biden Administration ’s continued commitment ...
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News briefsGripwalk® receives ISO certification
The International Organization for Standardization has confirmed ISO standard 23223 for the Gripwalk ski boot binding system from MDV Sports . The system, which was first presented at ISPO Munich in 2016 and enables easier and more comfortable walking in ski boots, is already used by ...
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Bluesign Technologies has a new CEO
Daniel Rüfenacht has been appointed CEO of Bluesign Technologies , effective June 1. He replaces Jill Dumain , who has become global vice president for sustainability solutions at SGS Group , the global testing, inspection and certification company of which Bluesign is a part. Rüfenacht began his career with ...
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News briefsSwiss lift operators start the 2021 summer season
The Swiss mountain lift operators report that the 2021 summer season starts on schedule, with all protective measures against Covid-19 infections in place. Some Swiss resorts are already in operation. The lift operators have taken the necessary precautions to implement all the requirements of the authorities for the safety of ...
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News briefsAerosol researcher advises against abolishing compulsory masks in stores
Germany’s Handelsblatt reports that German aerosol researcher Gerhard Scheuch , former president of the International Society for Aerosols in Medicine , believes mandatory masks should first be removed outdoors and in large halls before tackling retail stores. To be sure, he said, masks are not a universal remedy ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
