All General Outdoor articles – Page 56

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    ​Higg Inc. rebrands as Worldly

    2023-05-17T15:32:00Z

    Higg Inc., an integrated software platform that helps businesses take responsibility for the impact of their supply chain, has rebranded as Worldly. More than 40,000 brands, retailers, suppliers and manufacturers around the world in fashion, outdoor, home goods, toys and other sectors currently rely on this platform, designed to offer ...

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    Lowa joins Fair Wear Foundation

    2023-05-17T13:29:00Z

    As the first footwear-only manufacturer with production in Europe, Lowa has become a member of the Fair Wear Foundation at the beginning of 2023. The German outdoor footwear specialist, celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, is thereby committed to fair and responsible production processes along the entire supply chain and ...

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    What makes the perfect industry award jury?

    2023-05-17T13:24:00Z

    A long-standing member of many award committees in the outdoor industry world, Charles Ross explains what makes a good industry award jury

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    Albrecht von Dewitz Foundation continues to support outdoor activities and environmental education in schools

    2023-05-17T12:18:00Z

    The German Vaude Sport Albrecht von Dewitz Foundation has been supporting school projects throughout Germany with the “Outdoor macht Schule” (Outdoor is school) program since 2020. The aim of the program is to link outdoor activities and environmental education with each other and make mountain sports tangible for children and ...

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    Alpkit: An outdoor brand building success through community

    2023-05-17T11:38:00Z

    Alpkit is reaping rewards from its event-based community. We look at how building a community can help generate and retain customers.

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    Millet to hold its sell-in early

    2023-05-17T09:30:00Z

    Millet Mountain Group has moved up its sell-in campaign by two weeks, to late May, in part to account for moved-up production schedules, reports CMDsport. This year, according to Hervé-Sergio Locatelli, sales director for southern Europe, the group has met expectations with a “satisfactory” first four months in Spain. Textiles ...

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    KMD Brands refinances debt with sustainability-linked loans

    2023-05-16T14:47:00Z

    KMD Brands, the New Zealand-based parent of Kathmandu, Rip Curl, and Oboz, has successfully refinanced its NZ$310 million (€177.4m) in debt with sustainability-linked, multi-currency revolvers. The three-and-a-half-year finance package, which includes a A$240 million (€147.6m) revolver and a NZ$54 million (€30.9m) revolver, provides the group with significant liquidity to support ...

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    Better Cotton offers input on US body’s Green Guides

    2023-05-16T13:28:00Z

    Cotton sustainability initiative Better Cotton has submitted feedback to the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as part of an ongoing review of its Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims (”Green Guides”). The FTC is a bipartisan federal agency of the US government that works in the ...

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    Thule opens retail space at NK in Stockholm

    2023-05-15T13:50:00Z

    Thule has opened a store at the NK (Nordiska Kompaniet) department store in Stockholm, its third store in Sweden. The 55-sqm retail space is located on the third floor of the department store. “We are very proud to now be present at NK, which is an icon in Sweden. It ...

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    IGOT announces #itsgreatoutthere grant recipients

    2023-05-15T13:49:00Z

    The It’s Great Out There Coalition (IGOT) has confirmed details of eight grassroots initiatives that have received #itsgreatoutthere grants of up to €5,000. The projects will collectively deliver more than 1,300 days of outdoor activities in six different countries. Launched in 2017 by the IGOT, the #itsgreatoutthere grant program supports ...

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    Launch of major textile recycling project in Austria

    2023-05-15T13:38:00Z

    A new industry consortium has inaugurated what has been described as “Austria’s largest textile recycling project.” Austrian companies and not-for-profit organizations have joined forces in the project, including fiber manufacturer Lenzing, Altstoff Recycling Austria (ARA), textile service provider Salesianer Miettex, Caritas Austria and Swedish pulp producer Södra – the only ...

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    Grassroots Outdoor Alliance hires Chelsea Flynn as event director

    2023-05-15T13:38:00Z

    Grassroots Outdoor Alliance (GOA), the U.S. organization dedicated to the health and growth of the outdoor specialty retail industry, has named Chelsea Flynn Director of Events. Flynn brings more than ten years of event planning experience to the position. Previously, she was events project manager at the University of Tennessee ...

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    US Outdoor Alliance presents handbook to expand outdoor recreation while fighting climate change

    2023-05-15T10:17:00Z

    Expanding access to outdoor recreation while combating climate change and preserving biodiversity are some of the key benefits of natural climate solutions. That’s according to a new policy report released by the Outdoor Alliance (OA), a nonprofit coalition of ten national advocacy organizations working to protect public lands and waters ...

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    Addnature with losses in FY22, no immediate improvement expected

    2023-05-15T09:34:00Z

    According to ehandel.se, Swedish outdoor online retailer Addnature, founded in 2000 and a wholly owned subsidiary of Internetstores Group since 2013, which in turn is part of Signa Sports United (SSU), has had a year of ups and downs. In its most recent financial statements for fiscal 2022 (October 2021 ...

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    OrthoLite further strengthens its Cirql business

    2023-05-12T16:20:00Z

    OrthoLite, the U.S.-based insole specialist, has appointed Marc Kronenberg as development and commercialization director for its Cirql business. OrthoLite Cirql is a patented foam technology that is plastics-free, recyclable, biodegradable and industrially compostable. It is meant as an alternative to conventional plastics, providing footwear brands and their factory partners with ...

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    Outdoor Research selects preferred partner for DWR treatments

    2023-05-12T15:07:00Z

    Seattle-based Outdoor Research (OR) has struck a deal with the UK’s Nikwax, which from September is to become the gear and apparel company’s “preferred partner for after-purchase Durable Water Repellent (DWR) care and treatment.” The deal aligns with OR’s gradual shift away from per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which it ...

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    Kathmandu has a new CEO

    2023-05-12T10:05:00Z

    KMD Brands has apointed Megan Welch, most recently SVP/GM for Crocs’ Asia/Pacific business based in Singapore, as the new CEO for its Kathmandu business unit starting on Aug. 7. She takes over and will report to Michael Daly, KMD’s group CEO and managing director, who added the Kathmandu responsibilities on ...

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    Helly Hansen sales rise by double-digits in Q1

    2023-05-11T13:52:00Z

    Helly Hansen, the Norwegian outdoor brand owned by Canadian Tire, generated a 22.9 percent increase in Q1 revenues to C$208.4 million (€150.6m) compared to C$169.6 million in Q1 2022. In Norwegian kroner, sales were NOK 1,576.3 million versus NOK 1,185.1 million for the period that ended March 31. The company ...

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    New distribution partner as Jack Wolfskin aims at Iberia market

    2023-05-09T13:09:00Z

    German-based apparel and footwear brand Jack Wolfskin is to enter the Iberia markets of Spain, Portugal and Andorra for the first time, via a distribution agreement with The Brand Labs sales agency. Based in Barcelona, The Brands Lab represents high-end outdoor and cycling brands in the region. Beginning May ...

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    Stio raises $20 million in capital

    2023-05-09T08:57:00Z

    US mountain lifestyle brand Stio has raised $20 million in capital to support its Mountain Studio retail locations, future product category development and a pivot towards a more diversified omnichannel approach, according to SGB. Led by Lagi Innovation Fund, the debt-equity raise comes as the mountain town brand announced it ...