All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 15, Issue 10 – Page 9
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News briefsPerformance Days: Performance Award winners announced
In the run-up to the winter season’s Performance Days and Functional Fabric Fair, the winners of the 2024/25 Performance Awards were announced this week. This year, two prizes were awarded, with the Performance Award going to Long Advance for its fabric, LPD-22015- Y4E, and the new Eco Performance Award going ...
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ArticleOur future post COP 26
Strong in the memory is Cop 26, the gathering of the great and the good in taking on the Climate Crisis emergency. The event in Glasgow in November 2021 built on the previous work. It especially concentrated on creating better finance (specifically getting investments out of fossil fuel-associated industries in favor of renewables). November sees COP 27, hosted in Egypt, and then there is COP 15 a month later.
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ArticleNext Textile on Oct. 26 to focus on “Re:Source as A Resource”
The theme of this year’s NEXT TEXTILE conference will focus on Re:Source as A Resource, as the need to rethink has never been more significant. But, conversely, opportunities through innovations have never been greater. The event will take place at Sweden Fashion Textile Center in Borås, Sweden, ...
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News briefsHelinox moves to more recycled parts and repair/replacement options
Source: Helinox Helinox frames are made using DAC’s Green Anodization process Outdoor furniture brand Helinox will move over 90 percent of its fabrics in seats, cases and accessories to recycled polyester raw materials and also switch to CO and PFC-free DWR coatings for the 2023 collections. As ...
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ArticleWinners of ISPO Awards' third 2022 round
Fidlock, Halti, Jackery, and more have been announced as the 16 winners in the latest round of the ISPO Awards 2022. In this, the third of four year-round submission and judging cycles, winners were selected from a particularly diverse field, representing a range of products. The Q3 cycle jury ...
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ArticleAnalysis: Global outdoor stock index falls by double-digits again in Q3
According to the latest Outdoor Industry Compass quarterly study of 37 select stocks which sell products into the outdoor recreation market, the segment Index fell by a double-digit percentage for a third consecutive period but by less than in the first (-17.84%) or second (-21.18%) quarters. Only four stocks – ...
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News briefsInov-8 launches trail running shoes with nitrogen-infused midsole
Source: Inov-8 New Women’s Trailfly G 280 Inov-8, based in the English Lake District, is launching its first-ever trail running shoes to include the use of nitrogen gas on Oct. 13. The brand says its new nitrogen-infused midsole foam will give runners more underfoot bounce. Wayne Edy, ...
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ArticleYou can help win vital funding for conservation projects
Thanks to the support of its members, the European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) is able to provide its highest-ever grants to fund conservation projects in key wilderness areas around the world. The association’s annual fall public election will take place over the next two weeks, and everyone is invited to ...
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News briefsNew U.S. e-bike trade show (e)revolution launches official website
(e)revolution, the first U.S. B2B2C e-bike trade show to be held June 8-11, 2023, at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, has announced the launch of its official show website, www.e-revolution.bike. (e)revolution, produced by Lost Paddle Events, has also released exhibitor pricing and now accepts registrations for the show’s inaugural ...
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ArticleBicycle Stocks Q3 2022: Weighed down by fear of global crash, yet 1/4 buck the downward trend
The Russian war against Ukraine is having such a major global impact that other issues, such as Covid, seem to be taking a back seat. The energy crisis forced by the war, combined with rising interest rates, inflation, and consequently weakening consumer demand and spending, could lead to a global recession – and even a global stock market crash.
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News briefsThe North Face's GM EMEA Van Leeuwen becomes GM Americas
Source: The North Face Jan Van Leeuwen After four years as general manager of The North Face EMEA, Jan Van Leeuwen has been promoted to the brand’s GM of the Americas. He follows Marissa Pardini, who has been filling the VP/GM role for the last two years ...
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News briefsTimberland and Ræburn launch new circular boot
Source: Timberland The new Earthkeepers by Ræburn Timberloop Utility Boots The result of the latest collaboration between Timberland and Ræburn for Fall/Winter 2022 are the new Earthkeepers by Ræburn Timberloop Utility Boots, “an innovative circular design that allows them to be fully disassembled and recycled at the ...
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News briefsKodiak introduces new workwear boots using algae-based materials
Kodiak, the 112-year-old Canadian footwear brand, is marching forward while paying tribute to its past with new men’s and women’s workwear boots in its Fall 2022 collection. The new collection features Bloom™ technology, which converts biomaterials like algae into renewable, high-performance replacements for traditional petroleum-based EVA components, continuing Kodiak’s Built ...
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ArticleUse of Higg data in marketing: SAC responds to guidance from consumer authorities
With a public statement issued online, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), owner of the Higg index, has reacted to the latest guidance by the Dutch and Norwegian Consumer Agency (NCA/Forbrukertilsynet) consumer authorities. This summer, both organizations had put a spotlight on the use of product information derived from Higg data ...
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News briefsKathmandu announces expansion plans at Paris Fashion Week
As reported by ragtrader.com.au, New Zealand-based brand Kathmandu has launched dedicated e-commerce sites for Europe, the U.K. and Canada, with plans to expand into the U.S. later this year as well. Kathmandu partnered with Paris-based retailer Leclaireur during Paris Fashion Week to unveil its 2022 fall/winter collection, which will be ...
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ArticleHoudini invests in Forward To Nature brand messaging platform; new store in Stockholm
Swedish brand Houdini launched Forward to Nature, its first global brand messaging platform that expresses the brand’s ethos focused on regenerative practices. With a six-figure investment, the largest in the brand’s history, Forward to Nature launched on Oct. 5, 2022, with a 60-second short film (see below). Forward to Nature ...
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News briefsCotton prices are dropping
Cotton prices are dropping amid economic concerns and weak demand as fears of a global economic slowdown might negatively impact demand for apparel and other goods. In its report for September, cotton market information resource Cotlook said that international cotton prices “reversed direction in dramatic fashion” during the month, registering ...
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News briefsICC calls on businesses to pilot new sustainability framework
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has launched a call to banks, corporates and tech companies to take part in piloting a framework to grade the sustainability profile of individual trade transactions. In the project’s first phase, the piloting of the new Sustainable Trade Framework will focus on the textile ...
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Short stops
Short Stops Week 41, 2022
PRODUCT & MARKETING +++ South Korean activewear firm Kolon Sport is launching a new fishing apparel brand, dubbed Weather Monster +++ German outdoor, bike and winter sports brand Schöffel has provided the athletes of the Austrian Ski Federation (ÖSV) with new team clothes for the 14th consecutive year +++ ...
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News briefsPeak Performance opens first store in China
The Scandinavian outdoor brand Peak Performance has continued its expansion by opening a brand store in the exclusive Sanlitun neighborhood in Beijing. In the store, high-tech design meets Peak Performance’s Scandinavian heritage and DNA with a passion for the outdoors in focus. The expansion into China as a new market ...
