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News briefsFitnessBoutique introduces an exercise bike made in France
FitnessBoutique is introducing an exercise bike manufactured in France, Sport Guide has reported. French-based FitnessBoutique, part of N4Brands, is a retail company specializing in fitness equipment and food supplements that sells both online and offline. The new home bike, which will start retailing in March, is dubbed André Martin after ...
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News briefsFabletics takes its performance wear expertise into medical apparel
Active lifestyle apparel brand Fabletics has released a line of activewear scrubs, bringing performance wear to the medical apparel category in what Fabletics is calling a world-first crossover. The range of twelve pieces includes tops, bottoms, underscrubs and jackets for men and women and is available in eight colorways. Each ...
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News briefsDecathlon to support research on adaptation to climate change
Decathlon has become an equipment partner in the new Deep Climate study, a research project by researcher Christian Clot and the Human Adaption Institute that looks at how humans adapt to situations of change and crisis. Together, they are conducting an expedition to three extreme climates (arid/hot, cold and tropical) ...
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News briefsPulp manufacturer Renewcell with triple-digit sales growth
Renewcell, the Swedish dissolving pulp manufacturer, reported net sales of 12.6 million Swedish kronor (€1.1m) for the full year to Dec. 31, 2022, up from SEK 2.8 million (€253K) in the previous year. Through its patented process, the company produces a dissolving cellulose pulp known as Circulose from 100 percent ...
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News briefsFiber-to-fiber consortium gets a new member
A fiber-to-fiber consortium founded in 2022 by On, Puma, Salomon, Patagonia and the green biotech company Carbios, has welcomed a new collaborative partner: Fashion company PVH Corp (which includes brands Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger). According to the consortium agreement, during the two-year collaboration, member brands will test and enhance ...
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News briefsMichael Jordan’s birthday fills grassroots organization’s budget with $2.3m
Basketball legend Michael Jordan celebrated his 60th birthday on Feb. 17, 2023. On the occasion, Jordan and his namesake label Jordan Brand have donated $2.3 million in community grant awards to 48 grassroots organizations in the U.S. Besides reinvestments in five organizations from 2021, 43 new organizations were introduced to ...
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News briefsRemondis and H&M launch joint venture to close the textile loop
The Remondis group, a service provider for recycling, water management and alternative fuels, and H&M have founded a new company, owned 50 percent each by the two partners. The new standalone venture Looper Textile Co. intends to collect, sort and sell used and unwanted garments and textiles. According to H&M, ...
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News briefsReebok Mexico teams up with sustainable designer
Reebok Mexico has collaborated with designer Mauro Garfias to create an upcycled collection that gives new life and function to once-recycled Reebok products. The collection debuted last week at the opening of Reebok Mexico’s headquarters in Mexico City.
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News briefsHummel takes new steps to protect textile workers in Pakistan
Danish sportswear brand Hummel has taken a step forward in its commitment to worker safety by signing the Pakistan Accord. The initiative, which is part of the expanded International Accord for Health and Safety in the Textile Industry, of which Hummel is already a member, aims to ensure a safe ...
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News briefsRegistration open for Better Cotton Conference 2023
Tickets for the coming Better Cotton Conference 2023, held in Amsterdam on June 21 and 22, can now be purchased for early-bird ticket prices (discounted only before March 15). The conference will be opened with a welcome reception on the evening of June 20 and hosted in a hybrid format ...
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News briefsSalomon publishes first-ever annual sustainability report
Following its sister company Atomic’s impact statement, Salomon has also published its first-ever annual sustainability report. After a full carbon inventory, the French brand’s science-based targets have been officially approved for 2022 (aiming for a 50 percent absolute reduction in Scope 1 & 2 carbon emissions and a 30 percent ...
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News briefsECHA publishes updated PFAS restriction list
On its website, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published updates on current restrictions on the production, sale and use of more than 10,000 per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) proposed by Danish, German, Swedish, Dutch and Norwegian authorities last month. Taken together, the agencies estimate that an additional 4.4 million metric ...
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News briefsSustainability less of a priority in German purchases
The latest GfK Sustainability Index shows that consumers in Germany are planning fewer purchases based on sustainability in the near future. The index for January 2023 now stands at 93.3 points, 6.7 points less than the average for 2022. The index shows the importance of sustainability aspects in consumer purchasing ...
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News briefsSecond-hand isn’t second best, says Unidays fashion report 2023
Unidays, a digital marketplace for student discounts and a networking platform, has conducted a new study among 3,279 of its (27 million worldwide) users in the U.S., U.K., and Australia. As Unidays is a student-only offering, the company connects with a purely Gen-Z target group. The Unidays Fashion Report 2023 ...
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News briefsPuma joins Zero100
Puma has joined Zero100, a community of industry leaders that aims for a zero percent carbon, 100 percent digital supply chain. Zero100 has dual headquarters in London and New York City. Puma’s move comes after the company announced significant carbon emission cuts last year. In 2022, Puma announced that it ...
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News briefsDecathlon signs Spanish mobility manifesto
Decathlon has signed the Manifesto for Active Mobility, one of four such documents put forth by a public-private joint partnership in Spain called (in translation) The Future of Mobility. (The other three concern multimodal mobility, urban logistics and electric mobility.) The objective is to decarbonize transport so as to “generate ...
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News briefsAuthentic Brands Group partners with Global Citizen
Authentic Brands Group and Global Citizen, an international advocacy organization on a mission to end extreme poverty, have announced a multi-year alliance. The four-year partnership, described as “the first-of-its-kind for both companies,” will include the creation of an exclusive brand mark for consumer products, marketing activations, donation programs and more. ...
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News briefsCanada Goose launches U.S. resale platform powered by Trove
Trove, a service provider that powers the secondhand stores of Patagonia, Lululemon, REI, Arc’teryx, On and Allbirds, is now also the partner for Canada Goose’s new authorized reselling platform: Canada Goose Generations. Consumers can trade in their used Canada Goose products online, for assessment and authentication. Canada Goose will compensate ...
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News briefsEU Commission advocates sustainable purchasing with new campaign
With its new “ReSet The Trend” international campaign, the European Commission aims to engage Europeans in the fight against fast fashion and raise public awareness of the EU Sustainable and Circular Textiles Strategy. Source: European Commission According to the Commission, the amount of clothing produced, worn and ...
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News briefs“Consider everything. Compromise nothing.” – Atomic releases impact statement
Austrian ski manufacturer Atomic has released its first-ever Impact Statement, with the approach, “Consider everything. Compromise nothing.” The 38-page, data and science-driven report details the steps Atomic is taking to address the challenges posed by the climate crisis and to minimize environmental impact. Atomic has declared three science-based targets in ...
