All Coronavirus articles – Page 12

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    Vans initiates program to support small partners

    2020-04-16T19:45:03.697Z

    To support the many independent skateboard shops that have had to close during the Covid-19 pandemic in Europe, Vans is launching a program called “Foot The Bill.” The company is granting access to its Vans Customs platform to stores in the U.K., Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands. There they ...

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    Skechers makes donation to Petco

    2020-04-16T19:45:00Z

    Skechers has donated more than $509,000 to the Petco Foundation, bringing its total contributions toward animal welfare agencies to more than $5.45 million. The latest donation stems from the proceeds of the Bobs from Skechers collection. Petco is helping pet shelters and other such agencies in the U.S. handle some ...

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    Adidas partners with Carbon to make face shields

    2020-04-16T08:47:42.740Z

    As we reported at the time, Adidas began working in 2017 with an American 3D-printing start-up called Carbon to produce midsoles for the Futurecraft 4D model with a proprietary technique called Digital Light Synthesis (DLS). Now, to help with the Covid-19 pandemic, the two companies are using the same technique ...

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    Crocs offering free shoes to medical personnel

    2020-04-16T08:42:28.710Z

    Crocs is offering medical personnel in the U.S. battling the Covid-19 pandemic a free pair of Crocs, shipping included. According to Footwear News, the American company began gearing up in late March to dispatch up to 10,000 pairs a day in response to online requests. In addition, Crocs plans to ...

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    Spanish retailers petition the government for rent relief

    2020-04-15T16:31:00Z

    CMDsport reports that seven trade organizations – the Spanish Confederation of Commerce (CEC); the Spanish Association of Buying Groups (Anceco); the retail, service and restaurant associations Amicca, Comertia, Acotex and Eurelia; and the Spanish Federation of Home Appliance Merchants (Fece) – have submitted a formal letter to the Spanish government ...

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    Adidas’ Covid-19 auction raises over 100k

    2020-04-15T16:31:00Z

    A 10-day auction launched by Adidas France and called “Athlètes et Solidaires” – which translates roughly to “Athletes Pitching In” – came to close on April 14, having raised a total of €107,730 for the Hospitals of Paris - Hospitals of France Foundation to help deal with the Covid-19 pandemic. ...

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    Ispo survey to help sports & outdoor retail in times of Covid-19

    2020-04-14T10:07:00Z

    Ispo has developed a Covid-19-related retail survey, inviting all sports and outdoor retailers to participate, whatever their size and the countries in which they operate. The results and insights will be helpful for the Ispo Group to develop digital alternatives and tools to support the sporting goods business as much ...

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    German suppliers fear that government aid is insufficient

    2020-04-08T18:00:00Z

    On April 6, the German government announced a package of additional financial aid for small and medium-sized companies with 11 to 250 employees. The government will assume 100 percent of the credit risk on loans of up to €800,000 without an assessment of the risks, depending on the size of ...

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    Interesting anti-virus action online

    2020-04-08T16:11:00Z

    Provided that they have sufficient staff at their warehouses, brands are still able to sell products online that cannot be sold by retailers whose stores are closed because of national coronavirus lockdowns. In a nice gesture of solidarity, brands like Ortovox and Leki in Germany are giving a portion of ...

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    Spaniards project a recovery in March 2021

    2020-04-08T16:11:00Z

    According to a recent survey of 1,187 Spanish industry professionals conducted by CMDsport, the general sense in the national sporting goods industry is that the market will return to its pre-crisis level sometime between September 2020 and March 2021. But uncertainty reigns. The projections listed in the questionnaire ran from ...

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    Decathlon, Nike and others make anti-virus gear

    2020-04-08T08:35:00Z

    (Updated on April 8) After a successful experiment in Italy (see our previous issue), Decathlon is working with the same Italian 3D printing specialist to adapt its Easybreathe snorkeling masks for the production of respiratory masks that it is donating to hospitals in France and Spain. It has taken all ...

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    Sport 2000 explores the post-corona future with suppliers

    2020-04-07T21:27:00Z

    Instead of standing still and just waiting for the end of the confinement period, the retail organizations of Sport 2000 in Germany and Austria are taking action by studying new opportunities for cooperation with vendors.

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    Columbia and VF executives cut their paychecks

    2020-04-07T21:25:00Z

    Without going as far as Tim Boyle at Columbia Sportswear, Jim Rendle, chairman, president and chief executive of VF Corp., has pledged to cut his compensation in half for the next four months to help save cash for the fight against the coronavirus outbreak. Boyle, president and CEO of Columbia, ...

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    More donations for coronavirus

    2020-04-07T21:19:00Z

    (Updated on April 8) Italy’s Cisalfa Sport is supporting Hope, the non-profit organization that helps children and disadvantaged communities in Italy and the Middle East, through the project #CorsaPerLaVita (the Italian for “Run for Life”). The objective of the project is to raise funds for the purchase of lung ventilators, ...

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    Survey estimates €3.1bn loss in industry revenues in France

    2020-04-07T17:30:00Z

    According to a survey among its members by Union Sport & Cycle, the French sporting goods and cycling industry association, the Covid-19 pandemic has so far led to losses of €3.1 billion and to the layoff of 50,000 employees across the supply chain in the industry at large. More than ...

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    Wintersteiger proposes a drying cabinet for disinfection of face masks

    2020-04-05T10:01:00Z

    To support emergency and medical personnel in times of the Covid-19 pandemic, Wintersteiger has developed a new drying cabinet: The Pure CO18 is used for the chemical-free disinfection of protective masks and hygiene-related utensils. In addition to the drying process, ozone is used to effectively reduce germs. The Austrian ski ...

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    Boardriders acts to mitigate coronavirus impact

    2020-04-05T09:07:00Z

    After being downgraded by a couple of rating agencies (SGI Europe Vol. 31 N° 9+10), the management of Boardriders announced a series of actions to lower the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on its finances. It said that it was pausing a range of business activities, reducing the related costs ...

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    Asics introduces three shoes virtually

    2020-04-03T15:35:00Z

    Asics has announced the release of three new models of shoes: the Metaracer, the Metarise and the Metasprint. The Japanese company had planned to introduce the shoes at an Asics Innovation Summit in Tokyo. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, however, it has opted instead to produce its first virtual ...

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    OutDoor by Ispo 2020 cancelled

    2020-03-27T08:58:00Z

    Messe München announced the cancellation of the upcoming OutDoor by Ispo show in Munich, which was to take place from June 28 to the first of July, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The decision was taken following the recommendations of the Bavarian state government and health authorities and in close ...

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    How the industry is reacting to the Coronavirus

    2020-03-27T06:12:00Z

    (Updated on March 27, early morning time) We have been making use of our new SGI Europe and Outdoor Industry Compass websites to give you a constant flow of new information on what the industry is doing about the spreading Covid-19 pandemic in a dedicated “Corona Ticker.” We feel that ...