All General Outdoor articles – Page 156
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ArticleWFSGI to assist the sporting goods industry to bridge period of recovery
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has shared the outcome of the October edition of its WFSGI Covid-19 Impact Survey. As a summary, the federation said that “the industry has a plan, but will need time to adopt and adapt to changes triggered by the pandemic.” Executive ...
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Emerald will have a new CEO and President
The board of directors of Emerald Holding Inc., the U.S. company operating over 140 events each year including the trade shows Outdoor Retailer and Surf Expo, has appointed Hervé Sedky to the position of president and chief executive officer of the company. Sedky will assume his new role on Jan. ...
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News briefsGet a sneak peek of Haglöfs Restored on Green Friday
Haglöfs’ Green Friday initiative has become known for its commitment to tackle the environmental and social dangers of excessive consumption. In recent years, the company closed stores and webstores on Black Friday, and last year even increased prices, with profits going to non-profit environmental organizations. This year ...
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News briefsEOCA funding announced for new conservation projects
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) has announced the newest conservation projects it will be supporting this year. In line with its current Plastic Free: Mountain to Sea focus and its target to clear 3,000 km of habitat, trail and beach of plastic waste and pollution, all projects concentrated on ...
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Microfibre Consortium tests over 200 materials for global database
The Microfibre Consortium (TMC) has provided an update on its fiber fragmentation test program started by TMC and University of Leeds (UoL) in late 2019 to measure microfiber material loss from textiles. Working in collaboration across its membership, including brands, retailers, suppliers and research organisations, TMC has now tested in ...
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Calida makes a formal offer for Lafuma’s remaining shares
The Calida group has published a formal offer to buy all the shares it doesn’t own yet in the Lafuma group, with a squeeze-out provision for the minority shares that are not be tendered. The offer follows the previously reported favorable opinion expressed by Lafuma’s board of directors and the ...
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News briefsSanuk launches second SustainaSole collection
Sanuk, a division of Deckers Brands, has announced the second generation of its SustainaSole footwear collection, which it calls its “most ecological innovation” since its debut in July 2020. The second collection includes the two vegan slippers Donna (women) and Skuner (men) and is comprised of 55 percent total recycled ...
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News briefsPolygiene launches improved washable update of ViralOff
Polygiene has developed a new formula for its ViralOff® technology, which now comes with what Polygiene calls “lifetime of garment washability,” a claim limited to 30 washes. ViralOff has a proven performance against SARS-CoV-2 with a more than 99 percent reduction of microbes in the material within two hours simply ...
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ArticleGregory dropped by 13% in Q3, in group that fell by 65%
Gregory’s sales declined by 13.0 percent to $15.9 million in the third quarter. They again outperformed the results of Samsonite International’s less functional brand of backpacks, High Sierra, which plunged down by 70.2 percent to $4.5 million. Across all the numerous brands of Samsonite, sales went down by 74.6 percent ...
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ArticleA glimpse into next year’s Ispo shows
(SGI) The three top executives of Messe München charged with Ispo’s development and digital transformation – Tobias Gröber, Jeanettee Loos and Markus Hefter – gave a few details about the format of the next Ispo Munich and OutDoor by Ispo shows at the end of the virtual general assembly of ...
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Alibaba with record Singles Day, but shares drop with new rules
This year’s Singles Day raked in a gross merchandise volume (GMV) of 498.2 billion yuan (€63.67bn-$75.19bn) for Alibaba up sharply from the RMB 268.4 billion reported a year ago. The rival Chinese e-tailer Jd.com had sales of about ¥271.5 billion (€34.71bn-$40.99bn). Lasting 11 days this year, Alibaba’s Chinese sales festival ...
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News briefsAnna Ferrino is Assosport's new president
Anna Ferrino, the 58-year-old president of the eponymous Italian brand of outdoor products, has been elected as the new president of Assosport, the Italian sporting goods industry association. After four years on its executive board, she is taking the place of Federico De Ponti for the next two years. Anna ...
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Ecco names global head of specialty sales
Danish shoe brand Ecco has named Erik Walcott its new global head of specialty sales. Most recently serving as vice president of sales for U.S. outdoor blanket manufacturer Rumpl, Walcott has previously worked with Ecco for nearly a decade from 2005 to 2014 and will now oversee Ecco’s Outdoor division’s ...
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News briefsOdlo is POW’s latest partner
The environmental NGO Protect our Winters (POW) has entered into a long-term partnership with Odlo, effective immediately. The cooperation is embedded in a long-term sustainability strategy by Odlo that is intended to redesign the brand’s presence in the market and in society. Knut Are Høgberg, chief executive of Odlo, said: ...
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Didriksons hires sales manager for new business
Tomas Frydebo has been appointed sales manager for new business, a newly created position at the Swedish outdoor brand Didriksons. Frydebo has extensive experience in the textile and sports fashion industry and was most recently export manager at Henri Lloyd. In his new position, he will lead the sales force ...
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News briefsGlobetrotter opens city store in Dortmund
Globetrotter, the German outdoor retail chain, which opened its first store in Hamburg in 1979 and was bought by the Swedish Fenix Group in 2014, is opening a new city branch in the city of Dortmund in spring 2021. On almost 800 square meters of sales space across two floors ...
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News briefsPolartec announces winners of Apex Design Award
Polartec has announced the winners of the Polartec Apex Design Awards, the ingredient brand’s annual design awards program that has been held annually since 2008. As usual, the winning products of 2020 were selected based on the skillful and creative use of Polartec materials: 66 North Sudureyri NeoShell Coat ...
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ArticleSpinnova, Bergans and Halley Stevensons launch second Collection of Tomorrow product
One year after the Finnish fiber company, Spinnova, and outdoor company Bergans of Norway presented their innovation project called The Collection of Tomorrow, which aims to develop 100 percent circular textile products only using renewable resources, the two partners are launching a second product, the Spinnova x Bergans Shirt. ...
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News briefsNew chairmen for German BSI’s Outdoor specialist group
The Outdoor group within the Federal Association of the German Sporting Goods Industry (Bundesverband der Deutschen Sportartikel-Industrie e.V., BSI) elected a new chairman and deputy chairman to represent the interests of the outdoor industry within the association. Jan Lorch, managing director sales & CSR at Vaude, was confirmed in office ...
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ArticleGoPro's DTC approach drives profits
The American action camera specialist managed to post a profit for the third quarter thanks to a more intense direct-to-consumer (DTC) approach and strong sales of new products, which helped boost total revenues by 114 percent to $280.51 million. Analysts expected revenues of $234.5 million. GoPro’s net income for the ...
