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    On publishes 2024 Impact Progress Report, highlights achievements and challenges

    24 April 2025

    Swiss sportswear brand On unveils bold progress – and key hurdles – in its 2024 sustainability journey. 

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    On announces leadership transition and executive appointments

    1 April 2025

    The Swiss brand transitions to a single-CEO structure with Martin Hoffmann, while Marc Maurer steps down and four top executives join the company’s global leadership.

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    Beyond ownership: The future of omni-channel sports retail in a circular economy

    26 March 2025

    As the outdoor and sports industry grapples with rapid change, a two-part series by our expert contributor Sébastien Willefert explores the opportunities and pitfalls of circular business models in retail.

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    Carbios and several partner brands unveil first 100% ‘fiber-to-fiber’ biorecycled T-shirt

    30 October 2024

    The French biotech company, along with On, Patagonia, Puma, PVH Corp and Salomon, introduces the world’s first T-shirt made entirely from biorecycled textile waste.

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    Footwear brands launch collective to drive the transition to a circular economy

    8 November 2023

    Athletic and outdoor footwear brands Brooks Running, New Balance, On, Vibram, Crocs and Ecco, along with US lifestyle brand Reformation and US retailer Target, have partnered with EarthDNA to launch The Footwear Collective (TFC), a non-profit initiative dedicated to uniting the global footwear industry to accelerate the ...

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    Consumers’ top-rated outdoor and cycling brands

    1 June 2023

    Our latest exclusive big data analysis reveals which brands top the consumer ratings for outdoor and cycling brands from over 145,000 reviews

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    Patagonia, Salomon and others joined by new member in fiber-to-fiber consortium

    20 February 2023

    A fiber-to-fiber consortium founded in 2022 by Patagonia, Salomon, On, Puma, and the green biotech company Carbios, has welcomed a new collaborative partner: Fashion company PVH Corp (which includes brands Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger). According to the consortium agreement, during the two-year collaboration, member brands will test and enhance ...

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    From circular products and business models to circular ecosystems

    7 November 2022

    We explain the opportunities for your company to engage with circularity and explore you some successful examples.

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    On expands its outdoor range

    5 September 2022

    On is expanding its outdoor footwear range with a new iteration of the Cloudrock Waterproof, a waterproof version of the Cloudvista and a brand new Cloudwander Waterproof model, all of which will be available in September. The Swiss sports performance brand is also presenting a new enhanced version of its ...

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    On takes over Spanish sales with new subsidiary

    26 November 2021

    CMD Sport reports that On Running will take control of its business in Spain through its own subsidiary. The Swiss company has officially announced the consensual termination of its business relationship with Siker Sport, the brand’s distributor over the past 7 years. As of Jan. 1, 2022, the business will ...

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    On to make running shoes from carbon waste

    5 November 2021

    Swiss sports brand On, following its IPO in New York in mid-September, has announced a shift away from petroleum-based resources with the development of a new foam material called CleanCloud™. CleanCloud is made from carbon emissions as a raw material. On is the first company in the footwear industry to ...

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    On runs to New York Stock Exchange to go public

    16 September 2021

    Source: On Running On runs to NYSE 100 runners, along with the founders of On, David Allemann, Caspar Coppetti and Oliver Bernhard, and co-CEOs Martin Hoffmann and Marc Maurer ran alongside the Hudson River and over to Wall Street on the morning of Sept. 15 to ring ...

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    On Holding files registration for IPO

    25 August 2021

    On Holding, the Swiss company that owns On, the performance brand specializing in running and trail running founded in Zurich in 2010 by Olivier Bernhard, David Allemann and Caspar Coppetti, has announced that it has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a proposed ...

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    On opens temporary travel agencies for local recommendations in Berlin and L.A.

    23 August 2021

    On Aug. 26, On will launch the new Cloudaway, a new hybrid outdoor shoe, sustainably produced, ultra-lightweight and flexible, created for the new travel, which On says is all about moving consciously, walking slower, staying longer and being mindfully present. Source: On The new Cloudaway outdoor hybrid shoe ...

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    Sustainable sports retailer Sportgreen opens first stores

    14 July 2021

    After launching its online platform for sustainable sports products In April 2021, Sportgreen has opened a physical flagship store of 800 square meters under the same name and with the same products in the German town of Ingelheim. The new store adds up to two smaller Sportgreen shops that were ...

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    ​On switches to recycled packaging

    28 June 2021

    Source: On SS21 Sustainable Packaging Swiss running brand On is changing its packaging to 100 percent recycled materials. The company says it expects to save 40 tons of ink, paper and plastic as a result, equivalent to about 160 tons of CO2 per year. Consumers around the ...

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    On Running said to be eyeing IPO again

    6 May 2021

    On, the Zurich-based sports brand backed by Roger Federer, publicly denied a report in a Swiss newspaper last July that it was planning to go public in 2021. Citing a source close to the matter, Reuters reported again on April 30 that On was making preparations for an initial public ...

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    On wins ISPO Product of the Year award

    4 February 2021

    Source: On Running On Cyclon The jury that selected the ISPO Gold Awards winners at this year’s ISPO Munich Online chose two Products of the Year in the running & fitness category, namely On Running’s Cyclon shoe and Vaha’s Eton Motion Analysis mirror. On also got ...

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    On opens tech-driven global flagship store in New York

    18 December 2020

    Source: On Running On Running NYC flagship store On Running has opened its first global flagship store. Located in New York City’s NoHo, the store is designed to become, in time, a “seasonal hub” for runners and athletes. For now, it is serving digitalized personalization. “Hidden gait-cycle ...

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    On athletes Schide and Grangier tame the Alps (Video)

    9 October 2020

    In the case of the On Running ultratrail athletes Katie Schide and Germain Grangier, the conquest of the Alps can be added to their growing collection of already completed bucket-list adventures. At dawn on Sunday, July 19 this year, the two athletes started their epic journey in Cervinia, Italy, with ...