All Patagonia articles – Page 4
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News briefsKearney releases circular fashion report 2022, with outdoor brands doing relatively well
Consulting company Kearney has released its Circular Fashion Index 2022. It assessed 150 fashion brands from 20 countries and six categories (luxury, premium and affordable luxury, mass market, fast fashion, sports and outdoor, lingerie and underwear). The methodology includes a score based on seven dimensions that affect ...
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ArticleThredUp debuts Recommerce 100 report, sees rapid growth of brand’s resale programs
U.S.-based company ThredUP, a large online resale service provider and platform for women’s and kids’ apparel, shoes and accessories, has started a monthly index that tracks which brands and retailers have launched resale programs and monitors their potential impact on the planet. The monthly Recommerce 100 report, conducted by the ...
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News briefsPatagonia Films releases new film, Newtok
Patagonia Films has released its latest documentary, Newtok, a film about a community on the front lines of climate change. The tiny Yup’ik village of Newtok, perched on a delta on the edge of the Bering Sea, has struggled for decades with melting permafrost, river erosion and decaying infrastructure. To ...
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News briefsPatagonia places repeat order for Indian Khadi denim fabric
After making its first purchase in December last year, Patagonia has placed its second order for Khadi Denim fabric, the Indian Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) has announced. Khadi Denim is an ancient textile technique originating in India. The repeat order is for 17,050 meters of the ...
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News briefsPatagonia sues two companies
Patagonia has filed two separate trademark lawsuits in California district court over its multicolored P-6 logo against New York-based KirillWasHere LLC and affiliates and Virginia-based The Fratty Guard, LLC. According to the lawsuit, the defendants intentionally sold clothing and other products online and through social media bearing the logo. In ...
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ArticleOutdoor Retailer returns to Utah
Outdoor Retailer is returning to Salt Lake City, Utah. The last show in Denver will be OR Summer from June 9-11, 2022.
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News briefs1% for the Planet launches new Planet Impact Fund in its 20th anniversary year
In the year of its 20th anniversary, 1% for the Planet draws a positive balance of both the number of members and the donations collected. Initiated in 2002 by Patagonia’s Yvon Chouinard together with Craig Mathews, founder of Blue Ribbon Flies, the organization’s global network now consists of more than ...
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News briefsDownlite Outdoor partners with Debrand for product disassembly and recycling
Ohio-based Downlite Outdoor, a U.S. specialist in down processing and supplier for outdoor brands like Patagonia, The North Face, Haglöfs, Cascade Designs, Canada Goose and others, has officially named its long-term cooperation partner Debrand as the company of choice for the “Reverse Logistics” of product at the end of their ...
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News briefsPatagonia doubles donations for emergency aid in Ukraine
Joining the group of brands and companies committed to helping those affected by the war in Ukraine, Patagonia has pledged to match all donations received through the Patagonia.worldcoo.com website. For every euro donated, Patagonia gives two. The brand has selected three fundraising campaigns for the cause: Polish Humatiarian Action, Fundacja ...
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ArticleSport 2000 Germany reports best result in company history; Outdoor particularly on the rise
Sport 2000 GmbH continues to grow in Germany. The factored purchasing volume and external sales of the affiliated partner companies in Germany gave Sport 2000 the best result in the company’s history in 2021. As a result, Sport 2000 defends the position it already held in 2019 as Germany’s largest ...
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OpinionIs being waterproof the most important part of our apparel?
The outdoor industry has been characterized by the hero product made from Gore-tex (other shell materials are available). Is this really the focus of design thinking that should be championed? One of the great marketing case stories of the last 30 years is that those seeking to equip themselves now ...
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ArticleIf OR moves back to Salt Lake, could an exhibitor boycott loom?
Several outdoor companies announced Monday they would boycott the Outdoor Retailer (OR) trade show events if they were moved from Denver to Salt Lake City. Their reasoning is that they suspect the Utah state government has unacceptable plans for some state national monuments and public lands. The announcement came after ...
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News briefsPatagonia’s Worn Wear Tour returns to the Alps
After a two-year hiatus, Patagonia is returning to the slopes of Europe with its Worn Wear repair team for the 2022 Worn Wear Snow Tour. The Worn Wear trailer, styled like a tiny home, will travel to the Alps to offer skiers and snowboarders free repairs on broken zippers, tears, ...
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ArticleU.K. e-tailer SportsShoes.com stocks Patagonia’s Hike and Trail line
SportsShoes.com, an online retailer of running, hiking and fitness products headquartered in Shipley, Yorkshire, has entered into a retail partnership with Patagonia for the Californian brand’s Hike and Trail collection. Brett Bannister, managing director of SportsShoes.com, commented to local news website T&A: “We are hugely excited to have a brand ...
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News briefsSamsung and Patagonia team up to develop microplastic-retaining laundry machines
According to a press release from the consumer electronics company, Samsung is collaborating with Patagonia on a “feasible, effective and expandable way to combat the microplastics that result from textiles and laundry.” Samsung says it is developing an advanced new washing machine that will allow people to safely wash their ...
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Patagonia and Nike among brands charged with forced labor
The European Center for Constitutional Rights (ECCHR), with the support of human rights lawyers Prakken d’Oliveira, has filed criminal complaints against several Dutch and U.S. textile and fashion brands that have their European headquarters in the Netherlands. They argue that Patagonia, Nike, C&A and State of Art may have been ...
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ArticlePatagonia calls for moratorium on seabed mining
Together with Volkswagen Group, Triodos Bank and Scania, Patagonia joined growing calls for a moratorium on emerging deep-sea mining. Along with other major companies such as BMW Group, Volvo Group, Samsung SDI, Google and Philips, the companies pledge not to use minerals from the deep sea in their products. The ...
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News briefsPatagonia receives environmental sustainability award from Council of Fashion Designers of America
The first environmental sustainability award ever given out by the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) went to Patagonia. In an award ceremony held in New York, the outdoor brand was recognized for its commitment to reducing the environmental impact of consumption, conducting awareness campaigns and reducing waste. Carolyn ...
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News briefsPatagonia continues to boycott Facebook advertising
You may recall that in June 2020, Patagonia joined other companies and retailers in shutting down all paid advertising on Facebook due to alleged hate speech and misinformation about civil rights issues, democracy and climate action. Patagonia’s boycott continues 16 months later, and while the company acknowledges that the decision ...
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News briefsPolartec adds fabric library to Browzwear for digital 3D design solution
The Milliken & Company brand Polartec started a new partnership with Browzwear, a provider of 3D digital solutions for the apparel industry (headquartered in Singapore, with seven offices globally). Browzwear software users will now be able to design and create with Polartec’s performance fabric range. The library ...
