All ISPO Munich Online articles
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News briefsAfydad launches "Spain Is Sport" to push Spanish sporting goods globally
Afydad, the Spanish association of sporting goods manufacturers and retailers, has launched a new platform called “Spain Is Sport.” The aim is to bring together all Spanish sports brands to promote the image of the country’s sporting goods industry internationally. Spain Is Sport is the vehicle for an ambitious strategic ...
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ArticleTecnica launches ski boot recycling project
Tecnica has introduced Recycle Your Boots, a project that aims to promote the circular economy by transforming old, used boots into second-generation materials. A ski boot is made of up to 120 components, which typically end up in the landfill, the company explains. Any skier who plans to buy a ...
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ArticleMesse München sees first ISPO Munich Online as a success
Messe München has hailed its first fully digital ISPO Munich Online, which took place Feb. 1-5, as a success shared with the industry, thanks to its commitment to the world’s leading sporting goods event. According to the organizer, the virtual Expo Area, with 545 exhibitors, and the complementary congress with ...
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News briefsCorrection: ISPO Munich Online Brandrooms open until March 26
In today’s Outdoor Industry Compass Weekly Update newsletter, we had mistakenly written that the Brandrooms of ISPO Munich Online would be open until Feb. 15. In fact, the rooms of the participating brands will remain open until March 26. With your valid ISPO Munich Online login, you can access ...
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ArticleISPO and EOG announce Outdoor by ISPO Global Summit Edition in July, physical and digital
Source: ISPO Munich Online 2021 On Feb. 5, Tobias Gröber, executive director business unit consumer goods Messe München, and Mark Held, president of the European Outdoor Group (EOG), announced in their impulse speech at ISPO Munich Online that Outdoor by ISPO will return to Munich on July ...
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News briefsUpdate: Ortovox Diract Voice avy transceiver wins Product of the Year and Public Choice at ISPO
Source: Ortovox Diract Voice Ortovox heralds a new era in avalanche emergency equipment with the Diract Voice avalanche transceiver – and manages to score the „Product of the Year“ award by ISPO Munich in the Snowsports category. The new device was also chosen by the ISPO Open ...
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News briefsOn wins ISPO Product of the Year award
Source: On Running On Cyclon The jury that selected the ISPO Gold Awards winners at this year’s ISPO Munich Online chose two Products of the Year in the running & fitness category, namely On Running’s Cyclon shoe and Vaha’s Eton Motion Analysis mirror. On also got ...
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News briefsKästle comes close to previous year’s sales volume despite Corona
Despite an early end to the last winter season due to the Corona outbreak, the Austrian ski brand Kästle has reported that it could continue the growth of previous years and sell nearly as many skis as in 2019. However, the brand did not disclose any numbers. Kästle’s CEO, Alexander ...
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News briefsMammut introduces the world’s first climbing tracker
Source: Mammut Climbax Mammut has developed what it claims is the world’s first climbing tracker. The hardware of the Climbax, presented at this year’s ISPO Munich Online, resembles a pair of watches. Climbers put on one watch per wrist, sync them together and go about their business ...
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News briefsWomen in the sports business: Cross-gender teamwork is key
A look into the future of the sports industry was offered by Connecting Women’s Women Empowerment panel at ISPO Munich Online on Tuesday. Dr. Jeanette Friedrich, head of ISPO, suggested that the pursuit of equality should be seen as cross-gender teamwork and thus achieved together. Anna Kopp, IT director for ...
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ArticleISPO Open Innovation becomes ISPO Collaborators Club
The ISPO Group announced at the ISPO Munich Online trade show event that it is expanding its ISPO Open Innovation platform and turning it into the ”ISPO Collaborators Club.” So far, the crowdsourcing platform has brought brands and consumers together to test sports products, develop new ideas and share them. ...
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News briefsInternetstores invests in an automated returns center
Source: Internetstores Internetstores returns center, Untertürkheim Frank Aldorf, chief brand officer at German multichannel retailer Internetstores, presented the company’s digital-first strategy at ISPO Munich Online. With its 40 online stores in 14 countries, including the stores fahrrad.de, Bikester, Brügelmann, Probikeshop, Campz and Addnature, Internetstores sells 1,350 brands. ...
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News briefsKilian Jornet receives ISPO Cup 2021
For the first time in the 50-year history of the ISPO Cup trophy, which is awarded annually by ISPO to an exceptional sports personality, including legendary stars such as Pelé, Reinhold Messner, Ole Einar Björndalen, Ingemar Stenmark, or most recently Tegla Loroupe, the award ceremony did not take place as ...
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Mips divides product offering into five classes for better diversification
To help brands and consumers select and diversify its products, Mips, the Swedish provider of the eponymous helmet safety technology, has introduced a new product range to better define its helmet safety products and classify them according to their intended use. All future Mips-equipped helmets will be branded with the ...
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News briefsWest Kiteboarding is the ISPO Brand New 2021 Overall Winner
In a live digital pitch on Feb. 1, the first day of ISPO Munich Online, the ten finalists of the ISPO Brandnew Awards 2021 competed for the title of Overall Winner as the most innovative startup of the year. Each startup had 90 seconds to convince the audience in the ...
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News briefsScandinavian Outdoor Overall Award 21/22 goes to Bergans of Norway
A total of six products were honored on Feb. 1 with the Scandinavian Outdoor Award (SOA) for the autumn/winter 2021/22 season. The overall winner is a fully circular anorak with a fully circular business model by Bergans of Norway. Last year, Bergans and Spinnova already won the Scandinavian Outdoor Sustainability ...
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News briefsSympatex with new CI; activating against pessimism, resignation and procrastination
German functional specialist Sympatex Technologies has unveiled a revamped corporate identity with a reduced logo, new brand claim and bold colors. At the same time, the Munich-based ingredient brand is addressing both the industry and the end consumer, calling for voluntary action for a consistently more sustainable textile industry. It ...
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News briefsFrench Outdoor Awards Winter 2021: Virtual showroom, award ceremony on Feb. 9 (Video)
The expert jury of the French Outdoor Awards Winter 2021 (FOA) of the Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV) trade association has selected the winners, but they will not be revealed until the official awards ceremony on Feb. 9, 2021. Because ISPO Munich 2021, where the products were to be presented, only ...
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Hyosung adds multi-functional fibers to recycled regen range
Hyosung has expanded its regen offering to include 100 percent recycled multi-functional fibers, for sustainable clothing that can cross the boundaries between home wear, activewear and outdoor wear. The company will present many of its new sustainable multi-functional regen fibers at ISPO Munich Online on Feb. 1-5. In addition to ...
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ArticleISPO Munich Online 2021: Overview and most important links
Under the motto “Sport is stronger,” this week’s ISPO Munich Online ( Jan. 1-5) will offer a great variety of new products, market trends and networking. In addition, attendees will have the opportunity to discuss important social issues for the future from a sports perspective. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 ...
