All General Outdoor articles – Page 52
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News briefsLongtime CoDi director retires
Compass Diversified Holdings (CoDi), the Connecticut-based owner of several sporting goods brands, including Boa Technology, 5.11, Marucci Sports, PrimaLoft and Velocity Outdoor, announced that C. Sean Day has retired from the company’s Board of Directors effective June 30, 2023, for personal health reasons. Day joined the board in 2006, coinciding ...
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ArticleNemo expands Endless Promise circular economy program in the U.S.
Nemo, an independent designer of outdoor gear and accessories based in the U.S., has announced a recycling partnership with Ambercycle, a leading recycled textile innovator based in Los Angeles. Ambercycle uses a novel molecular regeneration technology to transform end-of-life textiles into high-quality, virgin Cycora® material. This collaboration, launched as an ...
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News briefsNew CEO for Fristads
Source: Fristads Petra Öberg Gustafsson Petra Öberg Gustafsson has been appointed as the new CEO of Fristads, a Swedish workwear manufacturer that also expanded into the outdoor segment in 2020. Öberg Gustafsson most recently served as CEO of Teng Tools AB and held board seats at H. ...
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News briefsMoncler’s Remo Ruffini receives honorary degree from University for the Creative Arts
Remo Ruffini, the chairman and CEO of Moncler, has accepted an honorary degree in fashion and entrepreneurship from the University for the Creative Arts (UCA), a specialist art and design university with campuses in Surrey and Kent, England. Ruffini was honored “in recognition of his outstanding contribution to fashion and ...
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News briefsGlobetrotter and Myclimate calculate the carbon footprint of many outdoor products
The outdoor retailer Globetrotter together with Myclimate have calculated the Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions of 40 product groups in a new project. The emissions from upstream and downstream processes in supply chains for products including backpacks, hiking boots and rain jackets were calculated. In addition, the average CO2 savings ...
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News briefsAMG appoints new managing director
AMG Group, a U.K.-based outdoor outfitter, along with its investor Growth Capital Partners, has announced that Rob Birrell, the company’s Marketing Director, will assume the role of Managing Director and related responsibilities, effective July 3. Over the past twenty years, Birrell has worked in and led several key areas of ...
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News briefsCocona Labs wants to scale its 37.5 temperature-regulating technology beyond synthetic fabrics
Colorado-based Cocona Labs is reportedly working to move beyond synthetic fibers with its 37.5 Technology, Sourcing Journal has reported. It will do so with the help of its supply chain partners, the company has explained. Created by Cocona Labs, the patented 37.5 Technology utilizes natural volcanic minerals that are permanently ...
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ArticleNew Wave Group acquires Tenson
New Wave Group, the Swedish parent company of Craft, Seger, Auclair, Derby of Sweden, D.A.D. Sportswear and a total of nearly fifty brands in business, sports and leisure, gifts and home textiles, has acquired 100 percent of the shares in outdoor and lifestyle brand Tenson AB. Tenson, also from Sweden, ...
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News briefsSnow Peak introduces more sustainable packaging
Japanese camping and outdoor brand Snow Peak announced that as a part of its CSR activities, it is supporting several new sustainably-focused projects, including a comprehensive overhaul of its product packaging. The redesign of product packaging is aimed at making products more environmentally friendly than ever before. By the end ...
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News briefsKodak opens a textile test facility
Kodak has announced the opening of a textile test facility in the company’s Eastman Business Park in Rochester, New York. The facility will provide a wide range of testing services for use by textile developers, manufacturers and academic institutions to assess specific performance attributes and properties of fabrics. The new ...
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News briefsIs TSG looking to divest Backcountry.com?
TSG Consumer Partners, a private equity firm based in San Francisco, California, is considering options for Backcountry, including a sale of the online outdoor gear and ski apparel retailer, according to Bloomberg News. Backcountry was founded in 1996 in a garage in Park City, Utah. The company sells gear for ...
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ArticleSSU is hoping the worst market disruptions are over
Signa Sports United (SSU), while bracing for less-than-stellar FY23 results impacted by macroeconomic headwinds and high industry inventory levels, is taking steps to generate €100 million in Ebitda savings by FY25 and less operational complexity in FY24 that will return it to profitable, long-term growth. Meanwhile, the Germany-based e-commerce company, ...
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News briefsAmerican Outdoor Brands shrinks Q4 loss despite lower sales
American Outdoor Brands reported an operating loss of $4.0 million against a loss of $70.8 million in Q4 ended April 30. Period revenues declined by 8.0 percent to $42.2 million from $45.9 million, but gross margin improved by 130 basis points to 45.2 percent from 43.9 percent. Outdoor lifestyle sales ...
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ArticleSwedish study warns of PFAS risk in traditional summer diet
The movement to ban the use of PFAS is growing. Now a new study by a Swedish environmental group has revealed the extent of the presence of these “forever chemicals” in food.
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News briefsLa Sportiva acquires Italian shoe upper supplier
Outdoor footwear specialist La Sportiva has acquired a majority stake in Meet Italia, an Italian shoe upper producer and one of Sportiva’s suppliers for more than 20 years. Founded in 1985 by the Morellato family, Meet Italia is based in the outdoor industry cluster of Montebelluna in the Veneto region. ...
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ArticleSuccessful fundraising campaign by EOCA during Earth Day and OutDoor by ISPO
To mark both Earth Day 2023 and the annual fundraiser held on the association’s stand during OutDoor by ISPO, a large number of its members used the opportunities to show their support for the European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) and nature conservation by raising additional funds. Earth Day has ...
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News briefsMaterial Exchange creates global “Deadstock Depot”
Material Exchange, a digital sourcing platform with its head office in Stockholm, has launched a “Deadstock Depot” service to reduce the amount of excess materials that goes to landfill or incineration. Fabrics that deteriorate in warehouses will now be available globally for brands to use. Material Exchange will market ...
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ArticleData, legislation and climate crisis in focus at Better Cotton conference
Better Cotton, the world’s largest cotton sustainability initiative, concluded its annual conference, held June 21-22 in Amsterdam. The event, held both in-person and online, was attended by more than 350 industry stakeholders from 38 countries around the world who addressed four key themes: climate action, sustainable livelihoods, data & traceability ...
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News briefsITMA welcomed more than 111,000 visitors this year
The latest edition of ITMA, the quadrennial textile machinery trade event, which was held at Fiera Milano Rho on June 8-14, welcomed more than 111,000 visitors from 143 countries, the organizers have reported. Most visitors were from the host country, Italy (29 percent), followed by Germany, Turkey and India (6 ...
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ArticleEcco sales up 30% in 2022, but earnings lower than before Covid
In 2022, Ecco’s revenues rose by 30 percent to €1,586 million from €1,218 million a year earlier and exceeded a pre-Covid-19 turnover of €1,360 million posted in 2019. Comparable sales were up by 18 percent. In January 2022, the Danish footwear and leather group acquired a controlling interest in Ecco ...
