All Coronavirus articles – Page 31
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News briefsLöffler produces face masks
For almost two weeks, the Austrian outdoor and sportswear supplier Löffler has been producing face masks at its headquarters in Ried im Innkreis. Using about half of its workforce, the company is producing 2,500 to 3,000 face masks a day. “With this, we want to face the emergency and make ...
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News briefsMcTrek files for insolvency
Yeah! AG of Germany, operator of 43 McTrek outdoor stores and an online shop, filed for insolvency at the district court of Hanau, Germany, on April 1. The company employs 420 people. Yeah! AG was founded by Peter Dausien, founder also of the German outdoor brand Jack Wolfskin, and has ...
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News briefsUSWE starts foundation to support U.S. sports events
USWE – a Swedish company that manufactures bounce-free backpacks and has action sports events in its corporate DNA – has established the Ride It Out Foundation to support U.S. event organizers suffering under the Covid-19 crisis. The company noticed that once the virus started spreading many events in USWE’s segments, ...
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News briefsOeko-Tex adjusts renewal processes during Covid-19 crisis
Due to the current coronavirus crisis, Oeko-Tex temporarily adjusted the processes related to the renewal of certificates, thereby reducing the workload for production facilities. For existing and known certificate holders, the responsible institutes will initially renew the certificates Ecopassaport, STeP, Leather Standard and Standard 100 without the necessity of submitting ...
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News briefsMilliken scales up U.S. production of BioSmart fabric
Milliken & Company, the new owner of Polartec, has increased U.S. production of its BioSmart® fabric, a patented bleach-activated technology that uses the power of readily available chlorine bleach to kill 99.9 percent of bacteria and viruses. With the increased need for medical protective clothing during the ongoing corona crisis, ...
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News briefsNew anti-virus treatment from Polygiene
Polygiene announced the launch of a new product called ViralOff®. According to the Swedish specialist in freshness and odor control technologies, over 99 percent of the viruses on a garment treated with ViralOff are killed within two hours. All viruses so far tested according to ISO18184:2019, from Influenza A, BirdFlu, ...
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News briefsLa Sportiva is producing masks and scrubs
La Sportiva had already stopped production lines at its factory in Italy ahead of the ministerial order imposing the closure of the factories for unnecessary goods. Now the outdoor company is converting part of the machinery, originally designed for cutting and sewing leather and rubber, for the production of masks ...
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More than 20,000 store closings expected in the U.K. in 2020
The Centre for Retail Research in Norwich, U.K., expects that thousands of retail stores will not open after the lockdown in the U.K. Most were under great pressure even before the outbreak of the epidemic, because of weak customer demand, a high “business rate” tax and rapidly rising online competition. ...
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ArticleInterview with Heiner Oberrauch, president of the Oberalp Group
Heiner Oberrauch Source: Oberalp Group We recently heard a lot about the Salewa brand and its operational decisions and support programs during the Covid-19 crisis. After the interview with Salewa’s managing director Stefan Rainer, the Compass now had the opportunity to speak to Heiner Oberrauch, president of ...
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ArticleCovid-19: Letter from Mark Held, EOG President
Source: European Outdoor Group Mark Held, EOG President Mark Held, the president of the European Outdoor Group (EOG) has issued an open letter to the outdoor industry, urging businesses to work together during the Covid-19 pandemic, in order to help as much of the sector as possible ...
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News briefsSkiStar ends the ski season in Sweden
So far, Sweden has followed its unique way within Europe to cope with the Covid-19 crisis, including that the country’s ski resorts will initially remain open until the end of the regular season. SkiStar has now decided to close its ski resorts in Åre, Sälen and Vemdalen from Monday, April ...
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Free online outdoor movies to survive #stayhome
The Banff Mountain Film Festival is making some of the festival’s films available free of charge on its website to brighten up the long quarantine days during the coronavirus crisis. The list of films is constantly updated in collaboration with the directors and athletes who appear in the films. The ...
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News briefsMedi produces cotton face masks
The company Medi, which also owns the compression sock brand CEP, started producing textile fabric masks for mouth and nose in its ready-to-wear department. The company from Bayreuth in Germany cooperates with the Corona Nachbarschaftshilfe (“neighborhood help”) Weiden in northern Bavaria. The organization provides the fabric and coordinates the distribution ...
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Outdoor Research converts Seattle facility to produce protective equipment
Outdoor Research, a U.S. outdoor brand from Washington state, is converting its onshore manufacturing facility in Seattle to produce personal protective equipment (PPE) for the medical community in response to the Covid-19 crisis. Outdoor Research said it will be able to produce more than 200,000 masks per day. This commitment ...
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Grassroots cancels the show, offers digital Connect
The Grassroots Outdoor Alliance, a U.S. organization dedicated to the health and growth of the outdoor retail industry, will not meet for its spring Connect trade show, originally planned June 12-15, due to the direct impact of Covid-19. Instead, Grassroots will introduce a collaborative digital framework to support the spring ...
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News briefsSchöffel-Lowa stores start online shopping and delivery service
Now that the total of 36 joint Schöffel and Lowa stores in Germany, Austria and northern Italy have been closed for the time being due to the current situation, customers can choose online what they would like to buy and order by e-mail. If a consultation is required, assistance ...
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ArticleThe industry’s reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic
(SGI+) We hope you have already made use of our “Corona tickers” on our SGI Europe and Outdoor Industry Compass websites, which provide you with a constant stream of new information on what the industry is doing to combat the spreading Covid-19 pandemic. We believe it is important to let ...
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ArticleThe industry stock value dips by 32.3% in Q1 2020
In a highly volatile market for stock-listed equities in general, the share price of 12 major publicly trading companies that play a substantial role in the outdoor sporting goods market declined on average by 32.3 percent between the beginning of this year and March 27, due to the coronavirus pandemic. ...
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ArticleAustrian retail associations join forces to prevent bankruptcies
For some of the approximately 950 members represented by the seven specialized trade associations in Austria across different sectors of consumer goods (EK Servicegroup Austria, Interspiel, ModeRing, ANWR Garant Austria, Sport 2000 Österreich, Vedes and Spielzeug-Ring), the current business shutdowns due to the Covid-19 crisis could easily end in bancruptcy. ...
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Mountain Khakis for coronavirus workers
Mountain Khakis has announced The Responder Project, a discount program to support the workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. The program is available to nurses, medical and emergency staff, police, firefighters, military and teachers in the U.S. through a registration process. Once registered, they benefit from a ...
