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11teamsports launches charity line for #WeKickCorona
11teamsports, the German multi-channel retailer, has launched a charity collection together with Leon Goretzka and Joshua Kimmich, the well-known football players of Bayern Munich. The collection comprises three products - a jersey, a hoodie and a shirt - that are available via 11teamsports’ online store. Apart from the value-added tax, ...
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Galvin Green is more sustainable
Galvin Green, the Swedish golf apparel brand, is launching a range of products that are made entirely from recycled materials. All seven styles of its Insula warm layer garments, which include 24 sweaters in total, are now made from bluesign approved fabric. All of the brand’s Gore-Tex waterproof garments also ...
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News briefsSilhouette donates Evil Eye glasses to the Red Cross
Silhouette International, the eyewear manufacturer headquartered in Linz, Austria, has supported the Austrian Red Cross with 20,000 pairs of glasses of its Evil Eye brand, which has taken the place of its former licensed Adidas Eyewear collection. Some 5,000 pairs of glasses were distributed to the Red Cross employees in ...
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O’Neill uses marine waste
O’Neill has used this year’s Earth Day on April 22 to draw attention to the sustainably produced O’Neill Blue Label collection. The surf and snowwear brand is committed to protecting the oceans by producing O’Neill Blue swimwear from marine waste. Products that consist of at least 30 percent sustainably produced ...
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UYN and others make masks and do more for Covid-19
Trerè Innovation, the Italian knitter of functional garments sold under the new UYN brand name – which stands for “Unleash Your Nature” – has converted its factory in northern Italy to make 10,000 face masks per day, while gearing up gradually for a re-start of the full production process at ...
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Nike UK kids
Nike and Ukactive Kids have launched Move Crew, a new initiative designed to help children reach their 60 minutes of daily recommended activity. Ukactive is a British not-for-profit health organization for the physical activity sector. The Move Crew initiative sets daily “activity missions” for children to complete. A new Move ...
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Nike Earth Day
Nike has celebrated this year’s Earth Day (April 22) by launching a new program on nike.com that makes it easier to search, shop and learn about the sustainable features of its products. Thanks to a new “Shop Sustainable Materials” tab in the navigation, it is now easier to spot sustainable ...
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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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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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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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Vans initiates program to support small partners
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
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
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
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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Adidas’ Covid-19 auction raises over 100k
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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BCI forced labor
The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) has established a task force on forced labor and decent work. The multi-stakeholder expert group will review elements of BCI’s Better Cotton Standard System related to forced labor and decent work, and will make recommendations to improve the effectiveness of the system. These will involve ...
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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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Bluesign revises criteria
Bluesign has released revised criteria as part of its mission to help the fashion and textile industry reduce its environmental impact. Among its changes, the latest update brings increased consideration of definitions and terminology as well as the implementation of new sections, such as the criteria for fiber manufactures. This ...
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Texon seeking "zerofootprint"
Texon, the producer of materials for the footwear industry, is seeking to achieve what it calls a “zerofootprint” by 2025. It is pledging over the next five years to reduce its carbon footprint and use of virgin raw materials – particularly cellulose – by 50 percent, to increase the portion ...
