All General Outdoor articles – Page 166
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Arc’teryx teams up with Canadian university on non-toxic repellent
New research conducted at the University of British Columbia (UBC)’s Okanagan Campus, in partnership with Arc’teryx, has resulted in the development of a non-toxic replacement for conventional water-repellent chemicals. The study was recently published in the scientific journal Nature Sustainability. Fabric finishes typically use perfluoro compounds (PFCs) for oil and ...
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Snow Peak opens U.S. headquarters in Portland
Snow Peak, an outdoor gear and apparel company originally from Japan and sold all over Asia, in the U.S. and the UK, reported that it has opened its U.S. headquarters and a retail flagship store at 404 NW 23rd Ave. in Portland, Oregon. The brand, founded in 1958, has grown ...
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ArticleTimberland announces ambitious sustainability goals
Timberland has not only announced that it wants to plant 50 million trees around the world over the next 5 years, but also to create a net positive impact on the environment by 2030. The latter, most ambitious goal includes that the VF Corp.-owned brand wants all of its products ...
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Rumpl signs UK distributor
Rumpl, a U.S. manufacturer of technical blankets, has signed a distribution agreement with Unify Brand Partnerships, a distributor in the UK that represents a number of important sports and outdoor brands including Teva, Reef, Cotopaxi, Moonboot, Hoka One One, Under Armour Golf and Kask. Wylie Robinson, CEO and founder of ...
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ArticleIcebreaker plans to be plastic free by 2023
While Icebreaker of New Zealand celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, the brand, which has been part of VF Corp. since early 2018, has published its third annual Transparency Report as a result of a complete audit of its supply chain. From its very beginning, the brand has challenged the ...
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ArticleLloyds Fonds acquires 2.4% of Polygiene AB
As we reported earlier, the Swedish fabric technology brand Polygiene, which was founded in 2006 as a spin-off of the Swedish chemical company Perstorp, was among the winners in the Covid-19 pandemic thanks to its new antiviral treatment, ViralOff®, which was launched in April. This success also aroused the interest ...
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Arc’teryx opens new brand store in Calgary
Arc’teryx opened its first North American brand store in 2020 in Calgary’s largest retail center, the Chinook Centre, on Aug. 29. The new 130 square-meter store is the brand’s third store in the Canadian province of Alberta, and the second one in the city of Calgary. The design incorporates a ...
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ArticleGrowth of 7.0% for branded outdoor shoes in 2019
As they do every year, many brands gave us their numbers or indications of their performance in the outdoor footwear market to help establish its growth in the wholesale channel and to benchmark themselves against one another. The result of this joint study by The Outdoor Industry Compass and the ...
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ArticleAntiviral technology helps Polygiene to thrive during pandemic
Polygiene is at the center of media attention since it launched ViralOff, a fabric treatment with antiviral properties, in April. In the context of Covid-19 outbreak, demand for the garment has soared, and the group expanded its scope from initially treating protective clothing, face masks and other hospital products to ...
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News briefsLöffler is climate neutral
In contrast to many other companies, for whom the relocation of many production steps to the Far East has become the norm, the Austrian textile manufacturer Löffler is proud to have responsibly produced in Austria and Europe since the company was founded in 1947. For many years, the company has ...
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EOCA’s first online conservation fundraiser raises €16,400
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) usually organizes a Conservation Fundraiser at the OutDoor by ISPO trade show in Munich, where more than €30,000 are collected within 4 days, thanks to generous donations of gear from EOCA members, which are then sold to trade show visitors. After OutDoor by ISPO ...
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Former Microsoft sustainability expert is new VP Global Partnerships at Higg Co
Higg Co, the technology company behind the Higg Index platform, has appointed Josh Henretig, a former Microsoft executive, as its new vice president of global partnerships. Henretig, who has been with the company for 17 years, has helped shape Microsoft’s sustainability agenda from its initial public environmental commitments in 2008 ...
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Toray develops bio-based nylon
Toray, the Japanese chemical and materials company, has developed a nylon 60 percent of whose contents are drawn from a biological source – specifically, the sebacic acid in castor beans. Given the trade name Ecodear Nylon, the fiber can be spun in the same manner as conventional nylons, is both ...
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ArticleBicycle donations make a difference in developing countries
As part of the company’s corporate responsibility program, the Danish shoe brand Ecco is donating bicycles to children in Vietnam. While this is just one of the aid projects - others include donating school supplies to schools in Thailand or funding mobile libraries in Indonesia - it is a great ...
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News briefsLanxess sells organic leather chemicals business, launches bio-based Adiprene Green
The German specialty chemicals company Lanxess is selling its organic leather chemicals business to TFL Ledertechnik. The purchase price is made up from a fixed component of €80 million and a performance-related component of up to €115 million. In addition, TFL will assume certain liabilities associated with the business. Lanxess ...
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News briefsSmith & Wesson spins off American Outdoor
Smith & Wesson, the American manufacturer of firearms, completed the spin-off of its outdoor products and accessories business, American Outdoor Brands, on Aug. 24. As of the following day, American Outdoor is trading on the NASDAQ exchange under a new ticker symbol: AOUT. Each holder of Smith & Wesson common ...
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Checkerspot closes $36 million funding round
The U.S. company Checkerspot has closed a Series B financing round of $36 million, which will be primarily used for commercial development and the expansion of the company’s product and innovation platform. The financing was led by Viking Global Investors with participation from other existing investors including Builders VC and ...
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News briefsZeal Optics releases sunglasses made of grass and recycled plastic
Zeal Optics of Boulder, Colorado, is launching a line of sunglasses with frames made of a material the company calls ”See Grass,” a blend of grasses (straw, hemp, flax, rice) drawn from agricultural waste and recycled plastic bottles. Pellets of the material are manufactured in a process fueled by biogas ...
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Polygiene is restructuring its management
Polygiene is strengthening its corporate management team due to increased demand for the company’s anti-viral technology, ViralOff. Andreas Holm, who was brought in as a temporary resource during the launch of ViralOff, will assume the position of chief commercial officer on Sept. 1 at the company head office in Malmö, ...
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News briefsMarkus Wolf is the new president of SPAF
On the occasion of the second SportBusinessNetworkDay in Lenzburg, the two Swiss sporting goods associations, ASMAS (Association of Swiss Sporting Goods Retailers) and SPAF (Association of Swiss Sporting Goods Suppliers), held their general meetings. Markus Wolf was elected as the new president of SPAF as Guido Mätzler retired after 30 ...
