All E-Commerce & DTC articles – Page 11

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    An increasing number of brands is entering the apparel rental business

    2022-02-16T07:10:00Z

    For outdoor and sports equipment brands, the rental business is an essential pillar for a sustainable business. And now, a growing number of companies are offering apparel as well. Here’s an overview.

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    Dutch camping specialist Obelink wants to become a marketplace

    2022-02-09T14:06:00Z

    Retailtrends.nl reports that camping outfitter Obelink has just opened its online shop to third-party suppliers from the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, becoming the first specialized camping and outdoor marketplace. In addition to its web store, the retailer, which was founded in 1960, also operates a megastore with around 72,500 square ...

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    RevolutionRace keeps up sales momentum

    2022-02-08T17:16:00Z

    Swedish DTC outdoor company RevolutionRace (RVRC) says it is seeing continued robust growth at the start of the third quarter of its fiscal year, after sales in the second quarter increased by 58 percent to 392 million Swedish kronor (€37.5m-$42.8m) amid continued strong demand for multifunctional garments. On a constant ...

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    ​U.K. e-tailer SportsShoes.com stocks Patagonia’s Hike and Trail line

    2022-01-27T16:01:00Z

    SportsShoes.com, an online retailer of running, hiking and fitness products headquartered in Shipley, Yorkshire, has entered into a retail partnership with Patagonia for the Californian brand’s Hike and Trail collection. Brett Bannister, managing director of SportsShoes.com, commented to local news website T&A: “We are hugely excited to have a brand ...

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    New CEO for Decathlon

    2022-01-26T07:07:00Z

    Source: Decathlon Barbara Martin Coppola Decathlon has announced the appointment of Barbara Martin Coppola as the group’s new CEO, starting in mid-March. She will take the place of Michel Aballea, who has held the helm of the world’s largest sporting goods retailer since 2015. The French-based company ...

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    Bike24 launches online shops in Italy and France

    2022-01-24T18:20:00Z

    As part of its international expansion, Bike24, a Germany-based e-commerce bike platform listed on the stock exchange since mid-2021, has launched country-specific webshops in France and Italy, two major European cycling nations. “These new shops give our customers a shopping experience tailored to them without any language barriers,” said Andrés ...

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    Hohenstein and Presize cooperate to reduce textile returns

    2022-01-24T12:00:00Z

    Hohenstein, a German provider of textile testing and a founding member of Oeko-Tex, has joined forces with digital pioneer Presize to offer an all-around service that ranges from size chart creation to digital scaling for automated size recommendations in online stores. The combination of classic size charts, reliable fit and ...

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    Bergfreunde leads ranking of Germany’s climate-conscious companies

    2022-01-20T10:34:00Z

    In their ranking of “Germany’s climate-conscious companies,” the market research company Statista and the business magazine Capital have named the online specialist retailer Bergfreunde the company with the strongest climate awareness in Germany, based on data from over 2,000 German companies. The analysis focused on the question of which companies ...

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    Equip reports successful trial run of polybag recycling project

    2022-01-19T18:07:00Z

    Source: EOG/Rab U.K. outdoor brands Rab and Lowe Alpine (owned by Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd.), together with the European Outdoor Group (EOG), have presented the first results of their polybag recycling project, conducted as part of the EOG’s Single Use Plastics (SUP) project. In this test run, ...

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    Fristads introduces online tool to calculate environmental impact of workwear

    2022-01-19T11:34:00Z

    Fristads, a Swedish workwear manufacturer that also expanded into the outdoor segment in 2020, has made it easier to be aware of the environmental footprint of its workwear by developing its so-called Green Calculator. The digital tool uses real data to calculate the difference that choosing eco-friendly workwear can make ...

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    Arc’teryx continues global brand store expansion

    2022-01-13T14:16:00Z

    Source: Arc’teryx Arc’teryx has increased the number of its own brand stores by 15 percent Canadian brand Arc’teryx Equipment opened 21 stores internationally in the past twelve months, ending 2021 with a total of 159 brick-and-mortar brand shops globally. In addition to the new stores, Arc’teryx also ...

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    Teijin launches new Future Navigation website

    2022-01-12T16:04:00Z

    Japanese fiber and fabrics specialist Teijin has launched an interactive website named Future Navigation to interact with individuals and groups interested in discovering and discussing solutions that address social issues in the modern world. The project is connected to the 100th anniversary of the company in 2018 when the first ...

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    U.S. retail and experience brand Evo acquires snowsports retail and rental chain Rhythm Japan

    2022-01-12T08:55:00Z

    Rhythm Japan, a Japanese snowsports retail group established in Niseko in 2005 by two Australian snowsports professionals, has been 100 percent acquired by Seattle-based outdoor retail and experience brand Evo. Evo operates 9 stores in the U.S. and Canada, two All Together skateparks, as well as lodging and travel businesses, ...

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    Tradeinn records another strong increase in annual sales

    2022-01-12T04:21:00Z

    Spanish e-tailer Tradeinn enjoyed a stellar year in 2020. The results for 2021 surprised even its CEO, David Martín, as he confessed to CMDsport. The effects of the pandemic produced a 52 percent increase in annual sales to €288 million for 2020, which was followed by a further 31 percent ...

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    Alibaba tops Greenpeace’s environmental ranking among China’s e-com platforms

    2022-01-10T16:32:00Z

    Greenpeace East Asia has ranked China’s largest e-commerce platforms based on their commitment to combating climate change, actions already taken, level of disclosure and steps taken to manage the marketplaces responsibly and sustainably. According to the climate activist group, Hangzhou-based e-commerce platform Alibaba, which last December pledged to become carbon ...

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    Goldwin opens flagship store in Beijing

    2022-01-04T08:14:00Z

    With the opening of Goldwin Beijing on Dec. 27, 2021, the Japanese brand is consistently following a long-term global growth strategy. After Goldwin San Francisco (2019) and Goldwin Munich (2020), Goldwin Beijing is the third brand-owned flagship store outside Japan. Goldwin Beijing, placed in the heart of Chinese winter sports, ...

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    Devold launches German-language website with online store

    2022-01-04T08:01:00Z

    With the start of the new year, Devold of Norway strengthens its web presence in the German-speaking markets and launches an online store. The new website presents its brand strategy concerning the value chain with its own production facilities in Europe and the traceability of the raw materials used. The ...

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    Horizon Worlds social VR platform goes live

    2021-12-21T10:07:00Z

    Social VR platform Horizon Worlds by Meta (formerly Facebook) was launched last week for people in the U.S. and Canada ages 18 and older. The platform is Meta’s first attempt at releasing something resembling CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of the “Metaverse.” Originally just called Horizon, you need a Facebook account ...

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    Signa Sports United goes public

    2021-12-15T08:08:00Z

    Signa Sports United (SSU) completed its previously announced merger with Yucaipa Acquisition Corporation on Dec. 14, following approval by Yucaipa shareholders at a special meeting on Dec. 13. The combined company will operate under the name Signa Sports United and its common stock will begin trading on the New York ...

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    Blue Tomato expands to Norway

    2021-12-14T11:55:00Z

    Source: blue-tomato.com The new Blue Tomato store at Grensen 13 in downtown Oslo. Blue Tomato has opened its first store in Norway. The Austrian company, which is part of the U.S. action sports retailer Zumiez, moved into a 425-square-meter store at Grensen 13 in the heart of ...