All Coronavirus articles – Page 34
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Oros supports Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund
Oros Apparel, an outdoor brand from Portland, Oregon, is committing $5,000 to support the Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the World Health Organization in the fight to develop a vaccine to combat Covid-19. The founders of the brand, Michael Markesbery and Rithvik Venna, announced that they will donate an additional ...
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Merrell closes U.S. stores
Effective tomorrow, Merrell will close all U.S. stores to limit the spread of Covid-19. The closure is planned until Friday, March 27, but the decision will be re-evaluated and adjusted to the situation as well as local and federal regulations. Merrell also announced that the store staff will continue to ...
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ArticleHow the industry is affected by (and dealing with) the Coronavirus
We have already given you some information about the coronavirus situation on the websites of SGI Europe and the Compass in the past weeks, but of course there are new developments every day and hour. The explosion of the coronavirus pandemic, which now has Europe completely under control, has prompted ...
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Black Diamond closes EU headquarters due to Covid-19
In view of the Covid-19 situation, Black Diamond has closed its EU headquarters in Tyrol, Austria, and will operate the company through home working until the end of March. The Black Diamond store in Innsbruck is closed until further notice, the webstore and the D2C customer service are still available.
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Petzl America orders employees to work from home
Petzl America announced last Friday that all employees in the USA who have the opportunity to do so will work from home from Monday, March 16, until further notice. Employees at the company’s distribution center will continue to process orders locally for shipment to customers in the USA and Canada, ...
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Sport 2000 Order Show 3 in Mainhausen canceled due to Covid-19
Sport 2000 Germany has canceled the Order Show 3 for the winter hardware sector planned for March 22-24 due to the current spread of Covid-19. The municipality of Mainhausen near Frankfurt am Main, where the purchasing association’s headquarters are located, has also canceled all planned events, regardless of the number ...
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Patagonia proactively shuts down operations in Europe and the U.S.
(Post updated March 13) Patagonia is temporarily closing its European headquarters in Amsterdam for at least one week. All employees – more than 100 – will continue to work from home. Ryan Gellert, general manager of Patagonia EMEA, said that the proactive closure was not an easy decision, but the ...
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La Sportiva shuts down production until April 3
La Sportiva, the Italian producer of climbing and hiking shoes and clothing, announced on March 12 the closure of its head office, store and manufacturing plant at Ziano di Fiemme in Northern Italy because of the coronavirus epidemic, at least until April 3. The facilities employ a total of 364 ...
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ArticleClarus buys a case maker, after making further progress
Clarus Corporation, the parent company of Black Diamond, Sierra Bullets and SKINourishment, continues to make acqusitions in adjacent sectors. It has announced the takeover of SKB Corporation, a leading U.S. producer of protective cases. The purchase price of around $96 million will consist of $85 million in cash and 1,153,846 ...
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American Outdoor Brands lowers guidance on coronavirus fears
American Outdoor Brands’ shares plunged by 30 percent after it sharply lowered its guidance for the current financial year, owing to the negative effects of the coronavirus outbreak. The parent company of Smith & Wesson and other operations now expects sales to stand between $650 and $660 million, down from ...
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IWA and FIBO postponed
(Updated – originally posted Feb. 29, 2020) Following the development of the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, IWA Outdoor Classics, the hunting and outdoor show in Nuremberg, will not take place as planned on March 6-9. No new dates have been given yet, but organizer NürnbergMesse GmbH will determine and announce them ...
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Sport Achat canceled
The 19th edition of Sport Achat, originally scheduled to open its doors today, March 9, was cancelled because the French government has banned events with more than 1,000 participants. Further information can be found at www.sport-achat.com.
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ArticleCorona infecting the sports and outdoor industries
On Dec. 31, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) country office in China was informed of a cluster of patients with pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan, a city of 19 million people in the Hubei Province of China. Since then, we have been witnessing the spread of the coronavirus, ...
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Assosport releases a statement on coronavirus
(Updated March 15) Assosport, the association of the Italian sporting goods industry, has published an open letter to its members from its president, Federico De Ponti, in relation to the coronavirus crisis. In the letter, De Ponti explains that Assosport has taken action through Confindustria, the Italian employers’ federation and ...
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Fourth edition of Assosport’s “Accademia IOG” canceled due to Covid-19
Update: Due to the latest ministerial provisions, Assosport was forced to cancel the event. Assosport, the association of the Italian sporting goods industry, will be organizing the fourth edition of its Accademia IOG this March. The academy is an opportunity for salespeople from specialist outdoor stores to participate in product ...
