All United Repair Centre articles
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ArticlePatagonia brings Worn Wear repair services to Riva
Patagonia’s Worn Wear repair team will provide free clothing repairs during European Outdoor Week as part of its ongoing circularity initiative.
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OpinionPerformance Without Toxicity: An exhibition at The Mills Fabrica in London, opening late January
In this opinion piece, OIC columnist Charles Ross explores how a new London exhibition challenges petrochemicals, pricing, and performance norms.
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ArticleDecathlon Germany expands textile repairs with URC
The multisport retailer partners with the Dutch repair provider to expand sustainable textile repair services across Germany.
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News briefsHaglöfs Restored relaunches with fresh collection of upcycled gear
The Swedish brand reopens its Restored program, offering repaired and upcycled outdoor gear that blends premium performance with sustainability.
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News briefsGore-Tex tests online repair portal in UK
Gore-Tex debuts an online repair portal in the UK powered by United Repair Centre, offering high-quality fixes for damaged gear.
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OpinionSlide: A trade show where there was snow and snow products
Snow-covered roads didn’t stop the British Slide & OTS Winter show, where sustainability, innovation and high-quality networking stole the spotlight.
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News briefsSlide & OTS Winter 2025 to showcase winter sports innovations
The latest winter sports products and your opportunity to network with key players at the UK’s leading snow industry trade show from Jan. 7–9, 2025.
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News briefsUnited Repair Centre and Nikwax partner for sustainability
The partnership promotes repair and maintenance for garment longevity.
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OpinionEOS 2024: Particularly good, but are we our own worst enemies?
At the 2024 European Outdoor Summit in Cambridge, leaders reflected on sustainability achievements, emphasizing the need to celebrate industry successes more often.
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ArticlePatagonia: Free repairs at European climbing and bouldering spots
This spring, the Worn Wear Repair Team will be heading to climbing and bouldering spots in Europe as part of the Patagonia Worn Wear Climb Tour 2024. Source: Patagonia Patagonia Worn Wear’s custom-built repair vehicle The two custom-built repair vehicles, designed in-house to reach even the most ...
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News briefsRapha partners with United Repair Center
Cycling apparel brand Rapha has announced a partnership with United Repair Center (URC), an apparel repairs operation based in Amsterdam. The collaboration is part of Rapha’s commitment to circularity and “a more sustainable future for the cycling apparel industry,” the company said. The repairs will take place at URC’s new ...
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News briefsPatagonia collaboration brings repairs to the UK
Patagonia has once again teamed up with United Repair Centre, to open a new repair center in London, handling its UK repairs business. The newly-opened location is also in collaboration with the social enterprise, Fashion-Enter. The UK-based center is the second of its kind, with a repair center opened in ...
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News briefsPatagonia scales up its after-sales repair services
Building on a long-standing tradition of repairing clothing, Patagonia has launched a new phase of its Worn Wear initiative in Europe and launched an online “Repair Portal.” Patagonia’s goal is to increase the number of repairs fourfold to 100,000 per year until 2028. To achieve this goal, the new online ...
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News briefsNew repair center in Amsterdam opened by Makers Unite and Patagonia
The creative textile platform Makers Unite and outdoor clothing brand Patagonia have opened the United Repair Center (URC) in Amsterdam. According to the Amsterdam Economic Board, the URC is capable of annually carrying out 300,000 clothing repairs for affiliated brands and their customers. In addition to Patagonia, other clothing brands ...
