COVID-19 – Page 6
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Interesting anti-virus action online
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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ArticleDecathlon, Nike and others make anti-virus gear
(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
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
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
(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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ArticleSurvey estimates €3.1bn loss in industry revenues in France
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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ArticleWintersteiger proposes a drying cabinet for disinfection of face masks
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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Asics introduces three shoes virtually
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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OR and other shows are cancelled or postponed
Outdoor Retailer (OR) announced in a “letter to the community” that the OR Summer Market, initially scheduled for June 23-25 in Denver, Colorado, had to be cancelled. Marisa Nicholson, senior vice president and show director of OR, wrote that the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 summer show was made ...
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ArticleHow the industry is reacting to the Coronavirus
(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 ...
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Global recession expected, hopefully short-lived
While the consumption of non-essential items like sporting goods is declining in Europe, the U.S. and some other parts of the world hit by the coronavirus pandemic, store traffic is picking up in China after having fallen by as much as 80 percent at the peak of the outbreak, according ...
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Tokyo Olympics are postponed, other sports events cancelled
(Updated on March 24) It’s now official. The Olympic Games will not be held in Tokyo this summer. A joint statement made by the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, and the Prime Minister of Japan, Abe Shinzo, said that they will have to be rescheduled “to ...
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ArticleHeiQ and Polygiene help defeat coronavirus
Both HeiQ and Polygiene are drawing attention to the anti-viral properties of their textile treatments.
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ArticleCoronavirus depresses Adidas’ and others’ sales in China
COVID-19 or the novel cronavirus, as the virus is now named, has already infected more than 79,000 people in 30 countries around the world, according to the World Health Organization, but it remains largely concentrated in China. While it has been expanding at a slower rate recently in the country, ...
