All General Outdoor articles – Page 143
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News briefsLight My Fire responds to concerns about melamine plastics
Recently, the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority raised concerns about Melamine plastic tableware that incorporates bamboo and cornmeal. The Swedish specialist for outdoor food and beverage containers and cutlery, Light My Fire, has now responded with a statement saying that its products do not contain any of the ...
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ArticleKeen turns its process for PFC-free footwear open-source
Portland, Oregon-based footwear brand Keen has developed an open-source model for manufacturing PFC-free footwear. To support this initiative, the brand has also challenged the entire outdoor footwear industry to be PFC-free by 2025. Product developers can visit www.keenfootwear.com/Detox to view details about the detoxification process Keen has followed since 2014 ...
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Black Diamond starts using NuOrder digital platform for retailers
Beginning with the fall/winter 2021 buying season, Black Diamond is organizing all of its orders on the NuOrder digital buying platform. The B2B e-commerce platform for wholesalers hosts order forms, budget control tools, campaigns, catalog creation tools, whiteboarding and more. Black Diamond will manage its wholesale operations globally through the ...
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The Lycra Company reports Higg self-assessment results for fiber production
The Lycra Company has completed the Higg Facility Environmental Module (FEM) self-assessment at all six of its Lycra fiber manufacturing sites. The impact assessment, which reviews environmental management systems, energy use, emissions, water usage, wastewater, and waste and chemical management at the facility level, helps manufacturing locations to establish an ...
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BASF and Vaude cooperate to make pants from car tires
German companies Vaude and BASF are cooperating to create a more effective product cycle for the outdoor brand’s products. The first of these is a pair of trekking pants made from recycled car tires. The pants are part of the Vaude SS 2022 collection and will be on sale from ...
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News briefsArtilect launches new global storytelling platform Culturelines
Artilect, the new performance-driven outdoor apparel brand founded by skater and snowboarder Trent Bush and Bradshaw Taylor’s Corry Taylor in Boulder, Colorado, has just launched Culturelines, a print and digital publication covering stories from the outdoors, technology, music, arts and culture. New stories will be published weekly on the storytelling ...
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Norspo in June canceled
Sportsbransjen has decided to cancel the summer edition of its Norwegian sporting goods show, Norspo, which was supposed to be held in Oslo on June 13-14, due to strict limitations set by pubic authorities on large gatherings. The current guidelines may be relaxed, but Trond Evald Hansen, the general manager ...
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ArticleEcco had a challenging 2020, but continued to invest in the future
Danish footwear brand Ecco said it has remained financially strong despite the challenges of the year 2020. The company reported sales of €1.09 billion in 2020, down 19.7 percent from €1.36 billion a year ago. Profit before taxes reached €44.7 million, down from €195.8 million in 2019. The top priority ...
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News briefsDeuter expands its existing retail training services with e-learnings
In the future, retail staff will have the opportunity to use Deuter’s sales training via a central online platform. The German company’s new online service is freely available to the entire retail sector. Deuter developed its training program more than 10 years ago to support sales staff with detailed and ...
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Sport Import distributes Chimpanzee Nutrition in Benelux and Austria
Since the start of the year, the German bicycle wholesaler and importer Sport Import has been the exclusive distributor of the Czech Chimpanzee Natural Nutrition products in Benelux and Austria. Katadyn Germany, a subsidiary of the globally active Katadyn Group Switzerland, had initially taken over the exclusive Chimpanzee distribution for ...
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News briefsRocky Brands finalizes takeover of Honeywell's footwear business
Rocky Brands has completed its $230 million acquisition of the performance and lifestyle footwear operations of Honeywell International, noting that it will be immediately accretive to its own results. The business, which includes The Original Muck Boot Company and the Xtratuf, Servus, NEOS Overshoe, Rocky and Ranger brands, generated Ebitda ...
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News briefsPerformance Days opt for another digital-only trade show week this spring
Due to travel restrictions and the uncertain pandemic situation, the Performance Days in Munich will not take place as a physical event on May 19-20, as previously announced. Instead, the digital sourcing platform “Performance Days Loop” will host the digital trade show. The platform was launched in February this year ...
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Annecy Days will have a summer 2021 edition
Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV) announced that the Annecy Days, the French event on outdoor and snow sports products, would have a summer edition this year. The young trade show, whose first edition was held as a winter event in January, will run a summer show this June. The exact dates ...
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ArticleA difficult year for Gregory and High Sierra
Samsonite’s two outdoor backpack brands, Gregory and High Sierra, recorded a significant sales decline in 2020, like the rest of the group, because of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Gregory posted a drop of 26.6 percent to $51.2 million, off by 27.5 percent on a currency-neutral basis. The more ...
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News briefsOutDoor by ISPO postponed until October
The show’s website reveals that OutDoor by ISPO – planned as a mixed digital and physical event for July – has now been postponed to Oct. 5-7, 2021. Upon inquiry, we learned from the ISPO team that the postponement was coordinated with EOG and decided upon after numerous discussions with ...
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Didriksons launches water-saving parka for World Water Day
Source: Didriksons Odin On the occasion of World Water Day on March 22, Swedish brand Didriksons is launching a new unisex rain parka called Odin. The model is limited to 150 pieces and will be sold on the brand’s own website and at Zalando.com. Made of a ...
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News briefsPrana’s waste reduction movement gains momentum
Prana, a Columbia Sportswear brand, reports great success for its Responsible Packaging Movement program, “RPM,” which launched last August. The program, designed to inspire and create industry-wide change, has welcomed nearly 60 brand partners across the industry in its first six months, including camping gear specialist GSI Outdoors. Sustainability has ...
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News briefsRumpl announces B Corp certification
Rumpl, a U.S. manufacturer of technical blankets, has received the B Corp certification. Last year, the brand had started the necessary process and took a close look at its business and products, highlighting areas of excellence and areas for improvement. The B Corp certification provides companies with a clear roadmap ...
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TNF chooses sustainable wool over down or synthetics for Heritage Collection
The North Face is taking its first steps toward incorporating more sustainable alternatives to synthetic and down insulation materials into its collections: Three styles in the new Heritage Collection are padded with HD Wool Insulation product. HD Wool Insulation is the innovation division of H. Dawson Wool, a U.K.-based international ...
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News briefsMountain Equipment adds sleeping bags to Earthrise collection
Source: Mountain Equipment Mountain Equipment is expanding its Earthrise collection to include sleeping bags filled with recycled down from the Down Cycle Project, which the company launched in 2017. According to Mountain Equipment, the down is post-consumer recycled down that is collected throughout Europe and reprocessed in ...
