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Typhoon hires a new operations director
Typhoon International has named James Saunders as its new operations director, in charge of the Typhoon and ISP brands of protective clothing and lifesaving equipment as well as procurement, manufacturing, customer service, warehousing and technical procedures. Saunders has been serving for months as a consultant to the British manufacturer of ...
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ZDHC for dummies
The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Foundation has launched a free manual, entitled “Detoxing the Fashion Industry for Dummies,” to share knowledge about the use of chemicals in the fashion industry. The manual provides specific insights into the industry’s supply chain and explains why the fashion industry uses chemicals, ...
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Kurt Salmon publishes study on online stores
Kurt Salmon, the consulting company that is part of Accenture Strategy (KSA), conducted a study covering more than 70 online stores in the fashion, sporting goods and premium segment in Germany. Most online retailers are facing problems with significant delivery delays due to the current corona crisis and are hesitating ...
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Buff joins the OIA’s Climate Action Corps
Buff has become a founding member of the Climate Action Corps, a movement promoted by the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) that seeks to remove toxic residues from the natural environment. Accordingly, the Spanish neckwear and headwear brand will be measuring and reporting annually on the carbon footprint and greenhouse gas ...
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Nike signs up WNBA star
Nike has announced a multi-year shoe and apparel endorsement deal with Sabrina Ionescu. The financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed. The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) player was named Naismith Player of the Year and AP Player of the Year during her last year at the University ...
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Fibo’s event director joins EuropeActive’s board
At its general assembly this month – held online to comply with Covid-19 quarantine – EuropeActive appointed Silke Frank, event director for the fitness trade show Fibo, to its board of directors. Frank joins Alfonso Jiménez of Ingesport Go Fit, Jennifer Halsall of Basic-Fit International and Ana Damaso of Portugal ...
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Catalonia prepares plan to reintroduce sports
Spain has been one of the European countries that has been most affected by the novel coronavirus. Gerard Figueras, secretary general of sports and physical activity for the autonomous region of Catalonia, has told CMDsport that its government hopes to lift the Covid-19 quarantine of children on April 27 and ...
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News briefsEuropean Outdoor Summit postponed
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) has announced the postponement of this year’s European Outdoor Summit (EOS), which was originally planned for Oct. 15-16 in Annecy, France. While the venue will remain the same, the date of the next summit in the autumn of 2021 has not yet been announced. The ...
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Amazon wants to name the Tottenham stadium
Amazon is emerging as a contender to become the main sponsor of Tottenham’s new stadium, according to reports in the Daily Mail. The British newspaper also indicates, however, that any agreement for the naming rights of the stadium is far from complete, especially in consideration of the general uncertainty caused ...
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Wolverine changes its brand structure
By May 30 at the latest, Todd Spaletto will be stepping down as president of Wolverine Worldwide’s Michigan Brands group, which consists of the Merrell, Chaco, CAT Footwear, Hush Puppies and Sebago brands. Rather than replace him in the post, Wolverine is promoting three executives and dividing responsibility for its ...
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News briefsKlättermusen processes new type of organic cotton
With the Ansur Windproof series, Klättermusen, the Swedish outdoor brand well known for its sustainable products, is introducing a new windproof alpine and trekking outerwear line made of Katla Cotton, a new variety of organic cotton certified by the Global Organic Textile Standard. Klättermusen describes the material as an organic ...
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Anta took some market share in Q1
Anta Sports Products was apparently less affected by the coronavirus outbreak during the first quarter in its home market than the big international brands, which previously reported declines of up to 80 percent in the country. In a preliminary statement, Anta, which operates mainly in China, indicated that retail sales ...
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Sanitized combats viruses
Sanitized, the Swiss-based specialist in antibacterial finishings, has said that treating polyester with its additives can reduce viral load by up to 99 percent. The Sanitized T99-19 and T11-15 have been tested by independent laboratories, which have found them “verifiably effective” against viruses in accordance with the ISO18184:2019 standard. This ...
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Footway’s bid for Sportamore has succeeded
The tender offer launched by Footway for Sportamore has been accepted by 95.9 percent of the Swedish sports e-tailer’s shareholders. Footway, a more international-oriented online shoe retailer, is paying a total of 439 million Swedish kronor (€40.4m-$43.9m) for Sportamore. Because of its de-listing from the Nasdaq Stockholm exchange, the publication ...
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April 22 webinar on activewear colors and trends
A webinar on activewear color and fashion trends for the autumn/winter 2021/22 and spring/summer 2022 seasons is being offered at 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday, April 22, by Nora Kühner, a former member of the Ideas group of independent activewear designers. The German expert on the subject normally gives her speech ...
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Wolverine holding virtual-only AGM
Wolverine Worldwide announced on April 17 that its annual general meeting of shareholders will be held in a virtual-only format on April 30, due to pubic health consideration related to the Covid-19 pandemic. Shareholders who were registered as such on March 18 will be invited to visit a dedicated website ...
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Remote voting for Thule’s AGM
Thule Group is encouraging shareholders to exercise their voting rights remotely in advance of the Swedish company’s annual general meeting, scheduled for April 28, in order to minimize the number of people gathered at its location. They have to fill out and send a registration form by April 22 to ...
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News briefsBenQ and Stotz win Performance Days awards (digitally)
Performance Days, the trade show devoted to functional fabrics, was scheduled to take place in Munich on April 22-30, and was cancelled with no alternative event date due to the Covid-19 crisis. However, a digital fair has been put in place to allow the industry to keep informed about the ...
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EBay CEO
EBay has appointed Jamie Iannone, most recently chief operating officer of Walmart’s e-commerce division, as its new chief executive officer, effective April 27. He will succeed to Devin Wenig, who left eBay in September 2019.
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Nike launches new sandal
Nike has released the Air Max Koko, a new unconventional sandal for women. The Air Max Koko is derived from the Max Air sneaker concept, which has been turned into an atypical summer sandal.
