All General Outdoor articles – Page 63

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    Icebug switches to green power in Vietnam, CEO urges industry to follow suit

    2023-03-13T16:02:00Z

    Aiming to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels in its production process, Swedish footwear brand Icebug has been helping its factories in Vietnam install solar panels on their roofs for the past two years as part of a pilot project in collaboration with the German solar energy company BayWa r.e. ...

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    Schoeller introduces collection of recycled materials under the Re-Source umbrella

    2023-03-13T15:01:00Z

    At the coming Performance Days show in Munich (March 15-16, 2023), Swiss textile manufacturer Schoeller is introducing its new “Re-Source” line of functional fabrics made with different recycled materials such as polyester, polyamide and spandex, some of them lined with traceable merino wool provided by French supplier Nativa – who ...

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    Cotopaxi supports J-PAL LAC to empower women in Latin America

    2023-03-13T14:50:00Z

    Cotopaxi has announced a new partnership with the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab in Latin America and the Caribbean (J-PAL LAC). The purpose of the collaboration is to focus on women’s empowerment in Central America. J-PAL supports women to set and achieve goals and actively participate in the economy ...

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    Circ closes $25 million funding round backed by Zalando and Avery Dennison

    2023-03-13T14:50:00Z

    Circ, the Virginia-based fiber-to-fiber recycling tech firm, has secured $25 million in additional funds thanks to a number of new investors as well as previous investors. The new funding round was backed by European online platform Zalando and material science and digital labels maker Avery Dennison. Korean outdoor and sportswear ...

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    Lenzing’s results in FY22 were affected by challenging market conditions

    2023-03-13T14:50:00Z

    Lenzing Group, the Austrian supplier of specialty fibers, saw its revenues increase by 16.9 percent year-on-year to €2.57 billion in the 2022 financial year, primarily due to higher fiber prices. The quantity of fiber sold decreased, while the quantity of pulp sold rose, said the company. In addition to lower ...

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    Lafuma launches resale platform

    2023-03-13T14:43:00Z

    Lafuma, a brand of the French Millet Mountain Group, has launched an online resale platform for its outdoor products, dubbed Second Leaf. The website was developed in partnership with Faume, a Parisian start-up that helps companies implement resale solutions. To be allowed on Second Leaf, the item must be a ...

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    Weyco sales slightly down in Q4 due to North American wholesale business

    2023-03-10T19:54:00Z

    Weyco Group reported fourth-quarter 2022 revenue of $99.0 million, down 2 percent from a year ago, which had been expected because some wholesale orders from the third quarter of 2021 were pushed into the fourth quarter due to supply chain disruptions. The sales decline was due entirely to the North ...

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    American Outdoor Brands reports Q3 loss

    2023-03-10T16:45:00Z

    American Outdoor Brands suffered a Q3 operating loss of $3.0 million against an operating profit of $4.7 million in the period ended Jan. 31. The net loss was $2.9 million versus a profit of $3.8 million. Gross margin improved 130 basis points to 47.1 percent from 45.8 percent, but net ...

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    Deuter hires new sports marketing manager

    2023-03-10T13:23:00Z

    Source: Deuter Anna Arnert German backpack and sleeping bag expert Deuter has appointed Anna Arnert as the new marketing manager for its alpine sports division in mid-February. Arnert looks back on a long career in communications and the sporting goods industry. After studying in Germany and England, ...

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    District Vision and Suunto launch collaborative products

    2023-03-10T13:23:00Z

    Source: Suunto District Vision x Suunto shoe bag Los Angeles-based brand District Vision has integrated analog Finland-made Suunto compasses into two of its new products. The first drop of the collaboration project consists of a shoe bag and eyewear pouch, both knitted using a traditional Japanese knitting ...

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    Houdini partners with adventure travel company PRSNT

    2023-03-10T13:23:00Z

    Swedish outdoor brand Houdini has entered a partnership with globally operating women’s adventure retreats and travel company PRSNT. The travel company was founded by former pro snowboarders Kjersti Østgaard Buaas (Norway) and Chanelle Sladic (California). Through PRSNT, Houdini is hosting the first women’s winter retreat in Mammoth Lakes in mid-March, ...

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    Sympatex to launch new recycled laminates at Performance Days

    2023-03-10T09:29:00Z

    At the Performance Days Munich on March 15 to 16, 2023, Sympatex will launch new recyclable, GRS-certified, polyester-based textiles consisting of 100 percent recycled textiles, ready to be fed into the textile cycle at the end of their product life. Thus, the mono-material products already correspond to the future binding, ...

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    Schöffel reorganizes company management structure

    2023-03-10T08:40:00Z

    Source: Schöffel Stefan Ostertag Just a few weeks after the latest changes within the Schöffel management (as reported by OIC), the German company has decided to modify its management structure. As of April 1, 2023, the digital business and marketing teams will be merged and led by ...

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    Solo Brands sets FY23 revenue range

    2023-03-10T08:01:00Z

    Solo Brands, parent of Oru Kayak, Isle paddleboards, Chubbies apparel, and Solo Stoves, is forecasting 0.5 percent to 4.3 percent revenue growth in FY23 to a range of $520 to $540 million with a corresponding adjusted Ebitda margin of 16.5 to 17.5 percent. In Q4, the Texan company reported ...

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    She Is Outdoors Women’s Gear Award: A target group with much untapped potential

    2023-03-09T16:40:00Z

    A down jacket by Rab has won the Women’s Gear Award from She Is Outdoors. Five other products have received honorable mentions. The award offers the opportunity to take a holistic look at the women’s segment, and while there were many impressive submissions, it is clear that a lot of ...

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    Alpkit publishes sustainability report 2022

    2023-03-09T08:15:00Z

    Source: Alpkit U.K. brand Alpkit has published its sustainability report 2022, an illustrated book that is mainly consumer-facing and aims for an understandable overview of the company’s sustainability journey, although following the GRI reporting standards more closely than before. In the compact report, the certified B Corp ...

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    Tentree expands reforestation efforts to the oceans

    2023-03-08T15:02:00Z

    Canadian athleisure company Tentree, based in Vancouver, is expanding their planting efforts offshore. The brand, which pledges to plant ten trees for every item purchased, has planted more than 93 million trees to date and will expand its portfolio to include kelp planting and coral regeneration. According to the company, ...

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    SAC decarbonization program evolves: New decarbonization guide published

    2023-03-08T14:54:00Z

    The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has launched a new decarbonization guide (ready for download here) that aims to support the textile and apparel industry in committing to and delivering validated science-based targets (SBTs). The new guide is part of the SAC’s decarbonization program, launched last year, to drive SBT adoption ...

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    VF issues €500m green bond to support sustainability strategy

    2023-03-08T11:24:00Z

    VF Corporation, whose brands include The North Face, Timberland and Napapijri, announced the closing of a €500 million green bond issuance, the second since its inception in 2020. An amount equal to the net proceeds from the emission will be used to support programs under the company’s sustainability and stewardship ...

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    Bluesign still meets new MRSL 3.0 standard

    2023-03-08T11:15:00Z

    After ZDHC’s MRSL 3.0 update, Bluesign remains an official certification standard at ZDHC Level 3. According to the company, approximately 20,000 Bluesign approved chemical products that exceed standard MRSL 3.0 compliance are listed in the ZDHC gateway. An important requirement for Bluesign textile standard approval of a chemical product is ...