Trade Shows & Events – Page 3
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ArticleThe British gather at two outdoor events ahead of sales season
The Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) had its annual meet-up in Tamworth, U.K., last week, following its AGM in Sheffield last October. Andrew Denton, the CEO of OIA, brought the event back to its spring timing, meaning it took place just days before the National Outdoor Expo opened at the nearby ...
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ArticleIAA Mobility 2023 to offer bicycle test track in Munich's English Garden
During the IAA Mobility (Sept. 5-10 in Munich), the exhibitors will once again provide numerous different forms of mobility – from passenger cars to micromobility – for visitors to test. The clear focus will be on experiencing climate-neutral mobility. Cars can be driven in the city or on the highway, ...
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ArticlePerformance Days enjoys big league status
The major European ingredient sourcing show for the sports industry, Performance Days, has been constantly growing since it started 15 years ago. Just before the Covid-related lockdowns, it transferred to its new venue, Messe Munich, to meet the demand for an even larger exhibition area. This season’s Functional Fabric Fair ...
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ArticleNew Eurobike workshops on the subject of managing succession in retail
Since the average age of bicycle retailers is constantly rising and many shop owners do not know who will be able to take over the business in the future and what to look out for in the process, Eurobike (June 21 to 25 in Frankfurt) is offering the new formats ...
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ArticleSave the date: EOS 2023 in Berlin
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) has confirmed that the annual European Outdoor Summit (EOS) will be held in Berlin from Sept. 28-29, 2023. Following the post-pandemic return of last year’s EOS in Annecy, where over 300 outdoor industry executives were attending, this year’s EOS will be held in partnership with ...
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ArticlePerformance Days: Exciting innovations push recycled and biobased fibers forward
Performance Days will showcase exciting improvements in recycled and biobased synthetic fibers. Here is a preview.
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ArticleShe Is Outdoors Women’s Gear Award: A target group with much untapped potential
A down jacket by Rab has won the Women’s Gear Award from She Is Outdoors. Five other products have received honorable mentions. The award offers the opportunity to take a holistic look at the women’s segment, and while there were many impressive submissions, it is clear that a lot of ...
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ArticleWinners of the Performance Forum announced
The jury of Performance Days’ Performance Forum has announced two award winners for the Spring/Summer 2025 season. The Performance Award went to Japanese-based Green Threads Inc. for its recycled down-proof ripstop, and the Eco Performance Award to Taiwan-based Chia Her Industrial Co. Ltd. for its banana hemp. ...
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ArticleWhat can we expect at the next Performance Days?
Our fabric expert Charles Ross discusses the main trends and issues likely to affect the content of the next Performance Days in Munich.
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ArticleReview: Slide/ Winter OTS Winter Trade Show 2023
With the flip of ISPO to before Christmas and much nearer the opening of the Fall/Winter 23/24 buying window, the British show acted more as a way to wrap up order-taking for retailers. ISPO also was reorganized to have Hall B2 as the center of conversations and thinking. Munich saw ...
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ArticleEmerald acquires U.S. organizer of Overland Expo Series
Trade show organizer Emerald Holding, Inc, responsible for the U.S. trade show Outdoor Retailer, among others, has acquired all assets of Lodestone Events, a U.S. event production company that owns and operates the Outside Adventure Expo and Overland Expo event series. According to an official statement, the acquisition supports “Emerald ...
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ArticleOutdoor Retailer announces finalists for OR Innovation Awards
Outdoor Retailer (OR) announced the finalists for its fifth annual Outdoor Retailer Innovation Awards. An independent panel of experts evaluated all 132 entries to determine the 30 finalists, which include innovative new outdoor and winter sports products, fabrics and materials, and digital and retail services. All finalists will be displayed ...
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ArticleBluesign ISPO panel talk: A call for cross-industry cooperation and harmonized methods
The ISPO Munich 2022 panel talk “Bluesign – enabling a better future: a vision for sustainability” was all about the need to harmonize data and cooperate in order to speed up improvements along the whole textile supply chain. Antje von Dewitz (Vaude), Eva Karlsson (Houdini), Kilian Hochrein (W.L.Gore) and Kutay ...
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ArticleSuccessful return of ISPO Munich, new concept offering potential for the future
With so much to be said about ISPO and the industry, we’ve gathered some of the comments which capture the mood of ISPO Munich 2022.
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ArticleCircularity in retail: Retailers finding their role in a changing world
How can retailers contribute to a more circular world? What are the challenges and how can medium-sized companies overcome them? At the panel talk “Circularity in retail” at ISPO Munich 2022, Yonderland’s head of sustainability, Melanie Grünwald, and Bergzeit’s CEO Martin Stolzenberger shared interesting experiences in transforming their retail concepts ...
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ArticleEDM Expert Talk at ISPO Munich 2022
Join us for our expert talk at this year’s ISPO, where we’ll be discussing the future of the circular economy along with some special guests
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ArticleOutdoor Retailer Winter rebrands and shifts dates to November
Outdoor Retailer Winter, the U.S. event for outdoor and winter sports, is moving up its show dates from January 2024 to November 2023. Through the introduction of new events and a shift in future dates, the winter edition aims to provide ”more opportunities to engage in the timeframes that best ...
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ArticleEurobike 2023: more space, more brands and a reworked profile
Eurobike is reporting very early demand for exhibition space at the upcoming Eurobike 2023 (June 21-25, 2023), which will be held in Frankfurt for the second time next year. “Demand for space has never been so great at such an early stage as for the upcoming trade fair edition – ...
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ArticleThe global impact of functional fabrics and trims
Two very successful fabric fairs have just presented the trends for winter 24 to the sports and functional apparel industry. From Oct. 26 to 27, the Functional Fabric Fair powered by Performance Days took place in Portland, Oregon (1,200 visitors/ 185 exhibitors), followed by the Performance Days at the MOC ...
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Article500 representatives gather in Singapore for annual SAC meeting
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) held its annual meeting with around 500 stakeholders from the global fashion industry for the first time in person since 2019 in Singapore. The goal was to bring together the entire industry value chain to address pressing systemic issues related to human rights and the ...
