All Coronavirus articles – Page 32
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ArticleWolverine wants to save $500 million
As reported in a separate article, Wolverine Worldwide was the company in our industry that got the biggest hit on the stock exchange between Jan. 1 and March 27. On March 26, Wolverine released a detailed statement about the proactive and precautionary measures that it is taking to navigate through ...
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Gore comments on Gore-Tex and Covid-19
W.L. Gore & Associates has issued an official statement that “Gore-Tex materials are NOT designed and engineered to provide adequate airflow to assist human respiration when used in the manufacture of personal protective equipment, including face masks, and are NOT a viable alternative to protection against Covid-19.” Gore said that ...
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Care Plus provides medical centers with necessary supplies
Care Plus, a Dutch brand specializing in anti-insect, first aid, hygiene and sun protection products, is providing the German Doctors Association with K95 FFP2 Face masks. The brand that belongs to the Travel Health Group usually aims at the outdoor and travel market. Arnoud Aalbersberg, CEO of the company, told ...
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Calida to revise board leadership
To weather the storm of Covid-19, the Calida Group is withholding its financial forecasts and asking its shareholders not to pay a dividend for the 2019 financial year. The Swiss owner of the Lafuma, Millet and Oxbow brands has also nominated Hans-Kristian Hoejsgaard for the presidency of its board of ...
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MLS Textiles making protective gear for Covid-19
According to the Spanish trade magazine Tradesport, MLS Textiles – owner of the 30-year-old, family-run company Lurbel – has redirected part of its production in the Spanish city of Ontinyent, in Valencia province. In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, the factory there has added gloves and masks to its usual ...
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Chiruca is helping to produce medical supplies
Chiruca, the Spanish brand of mountain boots, is one of several companies in Arnedo, the largest town in the province of La Rioja, to coordinate with the local government to set up a production line for masks, gloves, waterproof gowns, reusable gowns, goggles, hand gel and other necessities in the ...
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ArticleRecap of the OIA Annual General Meeting 2020: Climate, Covid-19 and Brexit
by Charles Ross The Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) started on Monday, March 16, at a time when everything was changing with speed in the UK. Developments with Covid-19 meant that only half the registered delegates turned up to the annual conference. The audience ...
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News briefsOutDoor by Ispo 2020 canceled
Messe München announced the cancelation of the upcoming OutDoor by Ispo 2020 in Munich, which was to take place from 28 June to 1 July, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The decision was taken following the recommendation of the Bavarian state government and health authorities and in close consultation with ...
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News briefsUK Outdoor Trade Show postponed to 2021
The Outdoor Trade Show (OTS), the UK’s only large scale outdoor sport and leisure focused trade show, has been postponed from originally July 7-9, 2020 to June 29 - July 1, 2021, and then to be held in the brand-new Event City exhibition venue. The decision was made a ...
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Performance Days canceled
After extensive internal and external consultation, the organizers of the Performance Days functional fabric fair announced that the next show, originally scheduled for April 22-23 in Munich, is canceled. In separate FAQ papers on the website, the organizers offer answers and advice to exhibitors and visitors. Although there will be ...
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News briefsXXL lays off 1,000 store employees
As a direct consequence of the significant drop in sales following the forced closure of stores due to the Covid-19 crisis, the Norwegian multichannel retailer XXL decided, in accordance with its contingency plan, to temporarily lay off around 1,000 store employees in Norway and to start cooperation negotiations in Finland ...
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ArticleSalewa cancels SS 2021 textile collection: Interview with Stefan Rainer
To support its retailers during and beyond the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the Italian outdoor brand Salewa decided to skip the SS 2021 textile collection. Outdoor Industry Compass spoke with Stefan Rainer, managing director of Salewa, about the rationale and context of this decision. Source: Alex Moling/Storyteller-Labs Stefan Rainer, ...
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Grüezibags supports offline dealers with online sales
Grüezibags, a Bavarian manufacturer of sleeping bags, has offered its retailers, who have not yet set up their own online shop, that their customers can order directly from the company’s online shop as long as the physical shops have to remain closed. All the retailer has to do is publish ...
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Contradictory reports from Russia on the coronavirus epidemic
(SGI) Russian sporting goods retailers reported a 28 percent increase in sales during the first week of March as compared to the same period of the previous year, according to the Russian government. The explanation offered by Tass, the state-owned news agency, is that the coronavirus epidemic has encouraged a ...
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ArticleAdventure travel and outdoor experiences: The way out?
The areas of outdoor equipment, outdoor retail and outdoor travel are moving closer together. Several premium outdoor brands have already acquired or partnered with outdoor guides and tour operators, the most recent examples are Norrøna Hvitserk Adventures and Arc’Teryx Trips or Jack Wolfskin’s Wolftrail, but let’s not forget the Mammut ...
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German government approves aid for citizens and corporations
(SGI) As the corona crisis sweeps across Germany, the government has assembled an aid package to support families, renters, employees, freelancers and companies. The cabinet, under the leadership of German chancellor Angela Merkel, agreed on Monday to several vast protective measures and far-reaching changes to the legal code. The Bundestag, ...
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ArticleAnta has a strategy for loss-making Amer
(SGI) Anta Sports Products reported a 30.3 percent increase in net income to 5,344 million yuan renmimbi (€695.4m-$752.2m) for 2019, while revenues increased by 40.8 percent to RMB 33,927 million (€4.4bn-$4.5bn). The gross margin and the operating margin reached a five-year high, but the net profit margin fell to record ...
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Evo uses vacation days to fund hourly pay
Evo, an American multi-channel retailer of outdoor gear and fashion apparel, has encouraged its executives to give up vacation days and transform them into hourly pay for workers on furlough because of the coronavirus pandemic. So far at least 37 of them have made the sacrifice, each donating eight to ...
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O’Neills produces medical scrubs with Polygiene antibacterial finish
After receiving an enquiry from the Northern Irish health trust where there was a severe shortage in the area, sportswear producer O’Neills this week started production of 55,000 scrubs treated with Polygiene biostatic stays fresh technology. The technology proved to be active against both bacteria and virus in studies by ...
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Tokyo 2020 postponed to 2021
(SGI+) The Olympic Games will not be held in Tokyo this summer. A joint statement made by the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, and the Prime Minister of Japan, Abe Shinzo, said that they will have to be rescheduled “to a date beyond 2020 but not ...
