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Kathmandu benefits from Rip Curl and online; publishes sustainability report
It was the acquisition of Rip Curl that helped Kathmandu Holdings to raise its total sales by 48.7 percent to 801.5 million New Zealand dollars in the “transformational” financial year ended on July 30, with the action sports brand contributing sales of NZ$ 315.7 million (€178.2m-$210.6m) in the first nine ...
TNF addresses inequity in the Outdoors with global Reset Normal initiative
With the Reset Normal campaign, The North Face (TNF) has launched a global initiative to encourage people around the world to redefine their lives through exploration in the outdoors. As part of this initiative, TNF is launching the Explore Fund Council, a global body that brings together experts from the ...
Vaude establishes Academy for Sustainable Business Management
Together rather than against one another: After Houdini had just made the development specifications of one of its most sustainable products available as Open Source, the German outdoor brand Vaude has now announced the foundation of the “Vaude Academy for Sustainable Business.” The academy is designed to support other companies ...
YKK wants to be climate neutral by 2050
At this week’s Copenhagen Fashion Summit, YKK, the leading manufacturer of fasteners and trims, announced the YKK Sustainability Vision 2050, which among other things is intended to serve as a roadmap for the company to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The five themes of the YKK Sustainability Vision 2050 are ...