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News briefsAustrian metaverse conference scheduled for spring
The next annual Metagonia conference, on Web 3.0, is scheduled for March 31 to April 2 in Kitzbühel, in Austria’s Tyrol region. This year’s edition will focus on NFTs and art while also covering the basics: What digital worlds are emerging? What are the opportunities/problems? How do you ...
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News briefsJanuary edition of Munich Fabric Start attracts 14,000 visitors
The latest edition of Munich Fabric Start, which was held at MOC Ordercenter München on Jan. 24-26, attracted around 14,000 professional visitors from 58 countries. Most visitors were from the DACH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland), but many also came from Scandinavia, Benelux, the U.K. and Turkey. Around 900 international ...
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News briefsNew partnership for the Eurobike Industry Award 2023
The Eurobike Award 2023 for innovative products in the bicycle and future mobility industry will be staged for the first time at Messe Frankfurt this year. After a one-year break and the relocation of the international Eurobike trade show from Lake Constance to the Main River, the trade show is ...
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News briefs2023 UK National Running Show was the most successful in its history
The fifth edition of the National Running Show, which took place on Jan. 21-22 at the NEC Birmingham, saw exhibitor and sponsorship revenues increase by 38 percent this year. Raccoon Media Group, which organizes the show, claimed that the 2023 event recorded the largest visitor audience it has ever attracted. ...
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News briefsPadel Trend Expo attracted 18,000 visitors
The first edition of Padel Trend Expo, which was held at Allianz Mico in Milan on Jan. 13-15, attracted more than 18,000 visitors. About a hundred brands and 90 companies had registered for the trade show. A new edition in 2024 has already been confirmed. Padel Trend Expo is organized ...
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News briefsCircle Economy and Deloitte to launch the Circularity Gap Report 2023
Amsterdam-based impact organization Circle Economy and Deloitte have announced a livestream event to launch the latest Circularity Gap Report 2023. The livestream will comprise a presentation of the outcomes of the Circularity Gap Report 2023 and a panel discussion and will explore tangible solutions that can be created across the ...
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News briefsOeko-Tex publishes new regulations, offers online webinar on changes
Oeko-Tex has now published its new regulations, which will come into force in the first quarter of 2023 after a transition period. Part of the new standards is a general ban on the use of perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS/PFC) in textiles, leather and footwear for the Oeko-Tex Standard ...
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News briefsPreview of the upcoming Fitur show
The next edition of Fitur Sports will be taking place on Jan. 19 at IFEMA Madrid and addressing such matters as sporting events, training camps and sports holidays. Organized in collaboration with the Spanish Sports Association (Afydad), the show bills itself as a meeting of the tourism and sports industries, ...
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News briefsCIP to attend this month’s Padel Trend Expo
The International Pádel Cluster (CIP) will be exhibiting at Padel Trend Expo Milan, as will many of its associated brands: Babolat, Bullpadel, Enebe, Gimpadel, Head, Just Ten, Kelme, Mejorset, Mondo, Okatent, Paddeo, Padel Courts Deluxe, Padel Galis, Playtomic, Set, Softee, Starvie, Stop Sudor, Vibor-A and Wilson. Scheduled for Jan. 13-15, ...
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News briefsAFYDAD partners with Fitur to present the Fitur Sports Tourism Summit
The AFYDAD Spanish Sport Association has partnered with the international tourist trade fair for inbound and outbound markets in Latin America, Fitur, to organize a new section for the 2023 event, Fitur Sports. As part of the trade show running from Jan. 18-22 at IFEMA Madrid, the Fitur Sports monographic ...
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News briefsBunkered Live golf show to return in 2023
The Bunkered Live consumer golf show, which debuted this year, will return in 2023. The exhibition will return to the NEC in Birmingham on Feb. 24-26, followed by a second event at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh on March 24-26. Bunkered Live is an evolution from the Scottish Golf ...
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News briefsMove City Sport to continue as a biennial event
The organizers of Move City Sport have announced a second edition of the event, which is set to take place on Oct. 23-24, 2024, in Bergamo, Italy. The announcement comes on the heels of the success of the inaugural show, which was held earlier this year, also in Bergamo, on ...
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News briefsDates for Prowinter 2023
Prowinter, the B2B event for snow, rental and mountain innovation, is back in Bolzano with a new date. Prowinter 2023 will be a two-day event held Jan. 11 - 12, 2023. Explaining the new timings, Prowinter states: “Markets change quickly. This is just as true for the worlds of winter ...
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News briefsSupply chain challenges: is nearshoring the solution?
One of the panel discussions presented by NOW Partners at ISPO Munich addressed the ubiquitous issue of supply chain resilience and the potential solution to be found in nearshoring. Recent years have shown that the “just in time” concept that used to be the holy grail of streamlined business efficiency ...
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News briefsFESI renews president, elects board
The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI) held its general assembly at an unusual location, this year’s ISPO Munich, to mark the show’s post-lockdown reopening. At the meeting, FESI reappointed president Neil Narriman for a new three-year term and elected a new board, with representatives from five brands ...
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News briefsSIMA plans consumer exhibition at Huntington Beach
The Surf Industry Members Association (SIMA) has announced plans to organize a consumer exhibition, called SURFscape, on surfing and adjacent adventures in the U.S. The two-day show includes equipment tests and workshops, offering a “total brand and product experience.” The first Surfscape will be held on April 29-30, 2023, in ...
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News briefsSaltex’ visitor numbers return to pre-pandemic levels
Nearly 15 percent more visitors than the 2021 show attended the 2022 edition of Saltex, Europe’s turf management show, which was held at Birmingham NEC on Nov. 2-3. More than 8,300 attendees reached the show from across the U.K. and over 50 countries, signaling a return to pre-pandemic levels. Saltex, ...
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News briefsSympathy Lab and ISPO invite young professionals to participate in workshops
The Sympathy Lab plans five workshops on the three days of the coming ISPO Munich trade show to develop approaches and solutions for the industry together with Gen Z professionals. The aim of the textile technology company’s sessions is to learn from young professionals in the sporting goods industry to ...
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News briefsTopgolf Callaway Brands and PGA Show sign new multi-year participation agreement
Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. has announced a new multi-year participation agreement with the PGA Show, beginning Jan. 24-27, 2023, in Orlando, Florida. In 2023, Callaway will activate a new brand of educational experience in the PGA Show Equipment area, where the company will showcase its range technology, Toptracer, focusing on ...
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News briefsPerformance Days Award winners announced
In the run-up to the winter season’s Performance Days and Functional Fabric Fair, the winners of the 2024/25 Performance Awards were announced this week. This year, two prizes were awarded, with the Performance Award going to Long Advance for its fabric, LPD-22015- Y4E, and the new Eco Performance Award going ...
