All Coronavirus articles – Page 33
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American insole manufacturer offers to 3D print medical equipment
Superfeet Worldwide, a sandal and insole manufacturer headquartered near Seattle, Washington, opened its design and manufacturing facility to help those in the American Northwest who need immediate access to 3D printers and/or production facilities to meet short-term medical needs. Superfeet is 100 percent owned by its employees and has global ...
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ArticleGlobal recession expected, hopefully short-lived
(SGI) While the consumption of non-essential items like sporting goods is declining in Europe, the U.S. and some other parts of the world hit by the coronavirus pandemic, store traffic is picking up in China after having fallen by as much as 80 percent at the peak of the outbreak, ...
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News briefsMerrell sponsors Skyrunner World Series; circuit postponed due to Covid-19
Merrell, part of Wolverine Worldwide, is the official supplier of the Skyrunner World Series. Trail running is still one of the fastest-growing segments of the outdoor industry and remains an absolute focus for the brand in 2020. The cooperation with one of the world’s most popular trail running event series ...
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News briefsOberalp Group assumes crisis management
After our first news piece about Salewa’s commitment in the Covid-19 crisis, we now received an official company statement from the brand’s parent, Oberalp Group, with additional first-hand information. As reported earlier, the company has started to sew face masks and water-repellent protective coats. This takes place at Oberalp’s facilities ...
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Outdoor Retailer sticks to date, Mountain Hardwear cancels
In a statement last Friday, Emerald Expositions announced that the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market, scheduled for June 23 - 25 in Denver, Colorado, is still on as planned despite the current Covid-19 situation. The statement also read: ”Together with Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) and Snowsports Industries America (SIA) we are ...
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Equip announces risk management action plan for retailers
Equip Outdoor Technologies, the owner of the outdoor brands Rab and Lowe Alpine, has developed a risk management action plan to help its retail partners deal with the problems during and after the Covid-19 crisis. While the priority is clearly to protect the health and safety of everyone - retail ...
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Covid-19: Companies take action
While many countries around the world have imposed severe measures like stay at home or curfews to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, some sporting goods manufacturers are using the collapse in demand for common consumer goods to convert their production capacities to help in this crisis. According to the ...
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Fenix Outdoor suggests canceling dividend
On March 17, the board of directors of Fenix Outdoor proposed to the general meeting of shareholders that no dividend be paid this year. The board justified this proposal by saying that the market situation will remain turbulent in view of the global situation. The coronavirus and the measures taken ...
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No bike show in Taipei
The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (Taitra) has announced the cancellation of the new combined Taipei Cycle+ and Taispo+ trade shows, which were scheduled for May 14-16, as the government of Taiwan placed restrictions on international travel and events, in spite of its relatively successful containment of the coronavirus epidemic. ...
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Tecnica activates a Covid-19 insurance policy
The Tecnica Group announced on March 20 that it has activated a “Covid-19 risk insurance policy” for all its collaborators to help them in the current difficult situation, in addition to implementing all the required safety protocols. The policy, which has been subscribed with the Generali insurance company, covers a ...
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News briefsBergzeit wants everybody to stay at home
Outdoor retailer Bergzeit from southern Germany has called on its customers to show solidarity and stay at home to slow down the spread of the coronavirus. “Of course, as enthusiastic mountaineers, it is difficult for us to keep our feet still and not be out in the mountains, in the ...
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News briefsKeen gives away free shoes to frontline workers and families in need
As part of its “Together we can help” initiative, the footwear brand Keen pledged to provide up to 100,000 pairs, about $10,000,000 in shoes, to the workers on the front lines and the families at home fighting through the Covid-19 crisis. On the website, the brand wrote: “Whether these shoes ...
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Devold of Norway’s measures in times of Covid-19
The Norwegian wool clothing specialist Devold of Norway, with its European subsidiary in Buchenberg near Kempten in southern Germany and its Lithuanian factories, today commented on the measures it is taking in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Since the company is not dependent on deliveries from any other factories ...
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Staying active at home with La Sportiva
La Sportiva has launched the campaign #sportividacasa (Italian for “active at home”), in response to the coronavirus situation that is forcing people to stay at home. The company will be sharing videos of its ambassadors under taking physical activity at home via its Facebook and Instagram channels, in order to ...
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Ispo Academy offers 14 new free webinars
While the Covid-19 pandemic is forcing us to distance ourselves socially, the Ispo Academy is offering 50 different free webinars, including 14 brand new ones, on topics ranging from digitalization and retail to textile trends and the sports market in China on its website. With the Ispo Academy, the Ispo ...
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ArticleHeiQ and Polygiene help defeat coronavirus
HeiQ draws attention to the fact that its Viroblock NPJ03, an antiviral and antimicrobial textile treatment, has been tested effective against coronavirus in face-mask testing, reducing virus infectivity by more than 99.99 percent. The treatment could therefore prevent textiles from becoming a host surface for the propagation of harmful viruses ...
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Columbia closes North American and European stores
In addition to the closure of its brick-and-mortar stores in North America through Friday, March 27 (see our article here), Columbia Sportswear has now also closed, until further notice, all European retail stores owned and operated by the brand. Beyond the closures, Columbia has taken further steps to implement the ...
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Canada Goose CEO foregoes his pay
Besides closing all Canada Goose stores in North America and Europe until at least March 31 and the production facilities in Canada for at least two weeks, the company’s chief executive, Dani Reiss said that he will forego his salary for at least the next three months. The company will ...
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Vibram suspends production in Italy, resumes it in China
Vibram has decided to temporarily suspend production at its factory in Albizzate near Milan, Italy, for at least one week to allow all employees to stay safely at home. The Vibram stores in Milan, Boston and Montebelluna (Northern Italy) are also closed. In Asia, production and the headquarters in Guangzhou ...
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Lockdown doesn’t necessarily help e-tailers
The shutdown of sporting goods stores because of the coronavirus epidemic is not automatically benefiting the pure online players. While Amazon says it is recruiting 5,000 more workers in the U.S. to face a surge in online orders, Tradeinn, the biggest Spanish online store for sporting goods, has told CMDsport ...
