All articles by Outdoor Industry Compass Editorial Team – Page 18

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    Repreve life cycle data confirms environmental benefits of recycled polyester

    27 July 2023

    Unifi, a Greensboro, North Carolina-based manufacturer of recycled and synthetic yarns, has announced the results of an independent, peer-reviewed life cycle assessment (LCA) showing that recycled polyester from its Repreve brand reduces the potential for climate change compared to virgin polyester. Repreve has so far transformed more than 35 billion ...

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    Garmin opens Firstbeat Analytics Lab in Finland

    27 July 2023

    Garmin has announced the soft opening of the Firstbeat Analytics Lab in Jyväskylä, Finland. This is an innovative fitness lab and testing facility with custom fitness equipment, measurement systems and proprietary monitoring technology that will be used by Garmin physiologists and data scientists to develop even more innovative features for ...

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    Restructuring process for Swedemount Sportswear & Fashion AB approved

    27 July 2023

    As the border between Norway and Sweden was closed during the pandemic and therefore, important stores along the Norwegian border were shuttered and severely affected, the Swedish company Swedemount Sportswear & Fashion AB suffered significant losses in sales. The Covid support the company received during this period exceeded the amount ...

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    ThredUp publishes second annual impact report

    26 July 2023

    US-based online resale platform ThredUp has published its second annual Impact Report. Through transparent reporting and disclosure, the report provides a comprehensive overview of ThredUp’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) profile. It outlines the company’s business and brand-focused ESG strategy and highlights the progress the company has made on ESG ...

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    Outdoor Research enters mountain bike apparel category, sponsors Crankworx Whistler

    22 July 2023

    Outdoor Research (OR), the Seattle-based outdoor apparel manufacturer, is entering the mountain bike category in spring 2024 with its new Freewheel MTB collection, an eight-piece mountain bike range. The collection brings the technical design expertise and material innovation for which OR has been known for more than 40 years to ...

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    Crazy undergoes strategic reorientation

    21 July 2023

    Source: Crazy Valeria Colturi Crazy, a brand founded in 1989 by Valeria Colturi, a top Italian cross-country skier, offering mainly products for ski mountaineering, trail running and trekking, has presented a new logo, emphasizing “the union between the quest for technical innovation that has always characterized the ...

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    Dynafit to open new headquarters in Kufstein in December

    21 July 2023

    In the Bavarian town of Kiefersfelden on the border with Austria, the Dynafit brand is building its new headquarters, the Dynafit Speed Factory, as reported last year. The futuristic building made of steel and glass will not only be the location for around one hundred employees from December 2023 but ...

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    Outdoor sales down slightly in the U.S.

    19 July 2023

    Overall sales in the outdoor industry were down by 1 percent in dollars and 4 percent in units over the year from May 2022 to April 2023. Industry volume amounted to $28 billion, or 24.4 percent more than the annual figure for calendar 2019. So reported analytic firm Circana’s executive ...

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    Better Cotton signs UN pledge for traceability and transparency

    13 July 2023

    Better Cotton, the world’s largest cotton sustainability initiative, has signed the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Sustainability Pledge ahead of the launch of its traceability solution in late 2023. The Pledge is an open set of policy recommendations, guidelines and standards that enable industry players to authenticate their ...

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    Rebike Mobility with strong growth in the 1st half of 2023

    23 June 2023

    The bicycle and e-bike market is facing a fundamental change. The ongoing professionalization of the used market, availability of young used bikes from the popular service bike leasing contracts as well as the longevity of premium e-bikes are positively boosting the second-hand market and promoting circular business models. This is ...

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    Start of Eurobike 2023: Global bicycle industry remains optimistic

    22 June 2023

    After moving from one high to the next during and right after the pandemic, the bicycle industry recently returned to a more normal pace. But at the opening of Eurobike 2023, the bicycle industry – represented by international experts at the official business press conference – is highly optimistic in ...

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    26 May 2023

    It’s the most important event of the year, and we’ll be there! Find out more about the free panels we’re hosting and the experts joining us

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    Better Cotton Conference addresses livelihoods and traceability

    25 May 2023

    Better Cotton, the world’s largest cotton sustainability initiative, will hold its annual conference next month, June 21-22, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The event, to be held at the Felix Meritis, will bring together more than 300 industry stakeholders representing all stages of the supply chain – in person and online.