All General Outdoor articles – Page 114
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News briefsDeuter and manufacturer Vina Duke win sustainability award for global partnership
The fourth edition of the Global Business Partnerships Award (part of the German Sustainability Awards) went to German brand Deuter and its Vietnamese partner company Vina Duke. The jury honored the 30-year old corporate partnership between the two companies as outstanding in the industry. Based in Ho Chi Minh City, ...
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News briefsCMP opens first HUB superstore
Italian outdoor brand CMP, part of the Fratelli Campagnolo SpA group, officially inaugurated on Dec. 2 its new HUB CMP Sport Concept, a new superstore format “that brings together the best brands in the outdoor world.” The first superstore in Mezzolombardo (Trento) is housed in a six-story building on 1,700 ...
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News briefsCallaway expands board with additional independent director
Callaway Golf Company has expanded the company’s board of directors from twelve to thirteen members by appointing Bavan M. Holloway to the board. The company’s bylaws require that its board of directors consist of a minimum of six and a maximum of fifteen members, the vast majority of whom must ...
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News briefsZumiez Q3 income beats estimates
Beating all estimates, Zumiez reported a solid 5.5 percent increase in net income to $30.7 million for its third quarter ended Oct. 30 on 6.8 percent higher revenues of $289.4 million. The international action sports retailer’s sales were 9.6 percent higher than in the comparable quarter of 2019 when the ...
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News briefsSOG with two new members
The Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG) welcomes two new member brands from Finland: Pomar and NordShield. Pomar is a third-generation Finnish family business of shoemakers dedicated to producing sustainable, authentic and high-quality footwear that combines comfort, ease of use and Nordic design. NordShield is a Finnish ingredient brand focused on antimicrobial ...
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News briefsItalian luxury brand Zegna launches outdoor and ski capsule
Source: Zegna New Zegna logo Italian luxury brand Zegna has unveiled its latest collection, The Outdoor Capsule, themed “performance apparel and ski gear for big and small outings with elegant style.” The capsule’s exclusive pieces include ski helmets from Zegna and Kask, performance footwear from Zegna and ...
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News briefsPrana’s Responsible Packaging Movement well on track for success
PrAna, owned by Columbia Sportswear, reports that its Responsible Packaging Movement (RPM) has reached a significant milestone with the addition of more than 100 brands. The addition of partners such as Sephora, Sorel, Outdoor Research, Trek, Hoka and Burton demonstrates that the program is having an impact beyond the apparel ...
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ArticleCalzados Bestard enjoying a record year
Calzados Bestard knew in September that it would be surpassing its record for annual sales: €5.1 million, set in 2018. By late November, with a month to go before wrapping up 2021, it had generated revenues of €6.1 million for the year. The figures come from Mats Lindholm, the Spanish ...
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News briefsYKK discloses progress on 2020 management strategies, sustainable growth and sustainability initiatives
YKK Corporation has published an integrated report entitled “This is YKK 2021.” The report contains both financial and non-financial information, including management and business activities based on YKK’s corporate philosophy of the “Cycle of Good,” as well as the company’s sustainability initiatives. In April 2021, YKK underwent a global restructuring ...
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ArticleItalian fashion label Herno acquires outdoor brand Montura
The outdoor market is becoming increasingly attractive for many companies from other segments. After Helen of Troy recently attracted attention with the acquisition of Osprey Packs, Italian luxury outerwear company Herno has now announced to buy Montura, a well-known Italian outdoor brand. For Herno, this would be the entry into ...
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News briefsJoin Performance Days Loop on Dec. 1-2
Following the Covid-related cancellation of the physical Performance Days in Munich, The Loop allows visitors to digitally view and explore all fabric innovations for the H/W 2023/24 season, the focus topic Sustainable Nylon and the new color trends in the digital space on Dec. 1-2. In the Marketplace, visitors can ...
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ArticleExperts discuss different textile recycling options at meeting hosted by The Lycra Company
In the second global panel discussion of a row hosted by The Lycra Company, 28 apparel industry experts have evaluated the pros and cons of mechanical recycling versus chemical recycling and what is needed to make garment recycling a commercial reality. Mechanical recycling can also use materials from outside the ...
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News briefsDeuter employees donate to flood victims
After the German backpack specialist Deuter called on its employees to make a voluntary donation to a social institution in the area of last summer’s disastrous floods in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, €3,000 have now been handed over to the Levana School, a special education facility with a focus ...
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News briefsAustralian work boots brand Rockrooster to step into outdoor footwear market
Rockrooster, an Australian safety and work boots brand founded in 1980, announced its expansion into hiking and outdoor footwear. The company had started to sell several outdoor style boots by the end of 2020 but decided to launch a new consistent line of 15 outdoor shoes in 2022 that is ...
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ArticleHelen of Troy to bolster presence in outdoor segment with acquisition of Osprey
Helen of Troy, the El Paso, Texas-based, publicly traded company that owns a variety of brands in the Beauty, Health&Home and Housewares segments, including Hydro Flask and Oxo, has announced that one of its subsidiaries has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Osprey Packs, the backpack manufacturer founded in ...
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News briefsSwedish Rudholm Group acquires German sustainable packaging specialist EBM
The Rudholm Group (RH), a Swedish-based supplier of garment accessories, packaging and logistical services for apparel producers, has taken over Euro Brand Management (EBM), a Munich-based company specializing in sustainable packaging and supply chain management solutions in all the segments of the footwear market. Founded in 1951 by the eponymous ...
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News briefsTenson supports Adventure Travel Trade Association
Swedish outdoor brand Tenson has entered into a two-year partnership with the global Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) to support the industry summit Adventure Elevate 2022 on May 3-5 in Eugene, Oregon, USA, and the Adventure Travel World Summit 2022 on October 3-6 in Lugano, Switzerland, where the best and ...
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News briefsTeijin gets SBTi approval of new GHG reduction targets
According to mrcplast.com, Teijin Limited’s new targets for greenhouse gas emissions have been officially validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) as science-based targets (SBT) that help limit global temperature rise to well below two degrees Celsius. The company says to be the first enterprise in the Japanese chemical ...
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OpinionBlack Friday – is this the guilty secret of fashion, but a wonderful opportunity for the outdoor Industry?
The origin of Black Friday was the clearing of dead stock so that the new product, which would reach premium price in the lead up to Christmas present, had room to be displayed. Every product line is meant to sell out, but nothing ever runs that perfectly. Some lines do ...
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News briefsSuper.natural to donate products in December
Super.natural wants to counteract the discount battle days of Black Friday, Black Week or Cyber Monday by launching its Better December campaign benefitting a non-profit association. For every €150 of sales in its online store, Super.natural donates a warming neckwarmer from its responsibly produced Merino collection, made from fabric scraps, ...
