All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 14, Issue 13 – Page 2
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News briefsNorrøna offers transparency in e-commerce through Higg Index sustainability profile and material seal
To ensure transparent and efficient communication with consumers, Norrøna is the first brand in the outdoor industry to embed the Higg Index Sustainability Profile and Higg Index Material Seal on its e-commerce platform using a standardized scorecard. The Higg Index was developed by the Sustainable Apparel Coalition ...
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Thermore unveils new Ecodown Fibers Genius
Thermore , based in Milan, Italy, has introduced Ecodown Fibers Genius , a new filling made of free fibers 100 percent recycled from PET bottles that the manufacturer says makes free fibers a global platform for apparel and should finally win over previous skeptics who prefer rolled insulation. Thermore says ...
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News briefsMarketmedia24 forecasts growth of German athletic footwear industry until 2028
Market researchers from the Cologne-based market research and consulting institute Marketmedia24 , who calculate future prospects for numerous consumer goods markets based on scientific methods, have concluded that the German athletic footwear industry does not have to worry much about future sales. According to the report, there will be ...
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News briefsZwift is the presenting partner of the new women’s Tour de France
The online fitness platform Zwift has been named the presenting partner of the new Tour de France for women, organized by Amaury Sports Organisation (ASO). The inaugural edition of the women’s cycling event, which will be called Tour de France Femme avec Zwift, is scheduled to take place from July ...
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Solvay introduces its first bio-based polyamide
Solvay is launching globally Bio Amni , its first partially bio-based polyamide 5.6. Bio Amni is produced entirely at the company’s textile industrial unit in Brazil. Solvay’s research and innovation teams worked on creating the new textile yarn for two years, the company said. The launch of Bio Amni ...
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News briefsLucky Bike.de opens new company headquarters
After the opening of the new company headquarters of German chain store Lucky Bike.de GmbH in Bielefeld was postponed by a week due to delayed construction work on the exterior facade, the date is now set for July 2. With a total of 29 Lucky Bike and ...
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News briefsBergfreunde.de launches new branding campaign
Bergfreunde GmbH, the German online specialty retailer for mountain sports, climbing and outdoor equipment, has launched a branding campaign to make its brand values “emotionally tangible” for its customers. The storytelling focuses on Bergfreunde employees as authentic ambassadors for mountain sports and outdoor love. The brand campaign tells various stories ...
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News briefsZDHC Foundation joins Microfibre Consortium as research member
The Amsterdam-based ZDHC Foundation ( ZDHC ) became part of The Microfibre Consortium ( TMC ) as a research member to help develop science-based solutions for the textile industry to minimize fiber fragmentation and release to the environment during textile manufacturing and the product life cycle. The ...
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Short stops
Short Stops Week 25, 2021
TRADE SHOWS EVENTS +++ Winter Sports Market ( WSM ), the longest-running winter sports trade show in the U.S., announced that its next in-person trade shows would be held at the Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Cente r in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, on ...
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Superfeet acquired by private equity firm
Seattle-based private equity firm Westward Partners has acquired Superfeet , an insole manufacturer founded in 1977 and based in Ferndale, Washington, about 160 km north of Seattle. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Westward will take over majority ownership of the company from its workers since it was ...
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Articlebd-capital invests in shopping club SportPursuit
SportPursuit , a flash sales website for premium outdoor and sports gear currently selling mainly in the U.K. and Germany, announced its partnership with bd-capital , a London-based, pan-European, operationally managed private equity firm established in 2019. According to a company statement, bd-capital’s investment, which was not disclosed in a ...
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Asolo with new distribution in Benelux
Asolo Srl , the Italian outdoor footwear brand founded in 1975, will be represented in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg by Dutch agency Technolyt starting with the new spring-summer 2022 season. Asolo said it chose this new collaboration and distribution through Technolyt “because we share the same values in ...
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ArticlePentland’s report on modern slavery exposes critical supply chain practices
Source: Hermes Rivera on Unsplash In its Modern Slavery Report 2020 , Pentland Group – with its core business, Pentland Brands , managing a portfolio of owned brands including Berghaus , Endura , Speedo , Canterbury , Mitre and KangaROOS , among others ...
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ArticleAnta Sports publishes profit warning
Amer Sports’ profitability is apparently improving faster than that of the rest of the Anta Sports Group . In a profit warning, Anta, which heads up the joint venture that took over the group two years ago, says it expects a decline in the losses of a joint venture, ...
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News briefsRegistration open for WFSGI World Cycling Forum 2021
Registration is now open for the 2021 World Cycling Forum ( WCF ), which will take place in Munich on September 6 and 7, just ahead of the new IAA Mobility Show , with the main theme “ Capitalizing on the Current Bike Boom .” The WCF will consider ...
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ArticlePearl Izumi wants you to carbon offset your bike apparel
Colorado-based cycling apparel and footwear brand Pearl Izumi has launched Pedal to Zero™ , an initiative to motivate and inspire people to choose cycling as an alternative mode of transportation. Each garment in the brand’s new BikeStyle spring 2022 collection will include a statistic showing the distance one ...
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News briefsGerman bicycle retailer B.O.C. opens 38th store
German bicycle store chain and multichannel retailer Bike Outdoor Company GmbH Co. KG ( B.O.C. ) is opening its 38th stationary store nationwide on June 24 on the outskirts of the northern German city of Delmenhorst. It is located in a former electrical store with ...
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E-bike buyers are younger in Germany and Belgium than in the Netherlands
Figures from the annual GfK e-bike Monitor 2020 , which was first launched in the Netherlands in 2018, show more young e-bike buyers in Germany and Belgium than in the Netherlands. Among e-bike buyers, the age groups 50 and 65+ are less strongly represented in these countries than in the ...
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News briefsGerman B2C bicycle supplier Rose launches its first own apparel line
Source: Rose Bikes Rose Dropbar Cycling Fashion – Unpaved After more than a year of research and development, German bicycle supplier Rose Bikes unveiled its first dedicated “all-in” cycling apparel line. According to the company, the Rose Dropbar Cycling Fashion , marketed under the ...
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News briefsVaude opts for transparency and discloses product supply chains in its web store
Just days after the German parliament passed the new Supply Chain Act , outdoor brand Vaude is making a clear statement: With a new addition to the product information on vaude.com , the German brand provides full transparency of the supply chain of every Vaude product on its own ...
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