News Briefs – Page 374
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Vans has signed on as presenting sponsor for the 2019...
Vans has signed on as presenting sponsor for the 2019 International Surfing Association (ISA) World Surfing Games (WSG) in Miyazaki, Japan, which will take place on Sept. 7-15. Alongside sporting competitions, the WSG will feature during the opening weekend a two-day Surf Festival, showcasing Japan's surfing culture and lifestyle. The ...
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Vans has launched its loyalty program, Vans Family, in the...
Vans has launched its loyalty program, Vans Family, in the U.K. The casual-footwear brand introduced the program in the U.S. in February 2018. Since then, the platform has signed up more than eight million members, who receive access to exclusive contests, sneak previews of upcoming releases and other experiences.
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The new face of Adidas x Stella McCartney for its...
The new face of Adidas x Stella McCartney for its autumn/winter 2019 collection is Grimes, the 31-year-old Canadian singer and environmental activist. The artist previously collaborated with McCartney in 2016, when she joined Madonna's daughter and Amanda Stenberg in a video to promote McCartney's Pop perfume.
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Opro, the British mouthguard specialist, has signed up Danielle Lappage...
Opro, the British mouthguard specialist, has signed up Danielle Lappage as its first wrestling brand ambassador. Born in Canada, Lappage has been a gold and silver medalist at the Commonwealth Games and silver medalist at the World Championship, among other achievements.
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The North Face (TNF) is celebrating Neil Armstrong's “giant leap...
The North Face (TNF) is celebrating Neil Armstrong's “giant leap for mankind” with a capsule collection. It was 50 years ago, on July 20, 1969, that the astronauts Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins completed the outbound half of humanity's first trip to the moon. Five-day commemorative celebrations of the ...
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Lowa, one of Tecnica Group's brands, will be a sponsor...
Lowa, one of Tecnica Group's brands, will be a sponsor of the Biathlon World Championships 2020, which starts on Feb. 12 in Antholz, Southern Tyrol. Lowa will supply the event's 1,500 volunteers with shoes and socks. In addition, Lowa recently announced that it is the new main sponsor of the International Four Day ...
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A Waffle Moon shoe made by Bill Bowerman, the late...
A Waffle Moon shoe made by Bill Bowerman, the late co-founder of Nike, with a waffle iron for the 1972 Olympics fetched a record price of $437,000 at a special auction organized on Sotheby's website in partnership with Stadium Goods, the American sneaker consignment reseller. The shoe was reportedly bought ...
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For its 50th anniversary, Micam will feature a new space,...
For its 50th anniversary, Micam will feature a new space, called the Players District, dedicated to sports and outdoor shoes. The next edition of the Milan trade show, which will take place on Sept. 15-18, will therefore host brands such as Skechers, Dolomite and Joma Sport in Hall 7. The ...
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Messe Friedrichshafen has decided not to go ahead with the...
Messe Friedrichshafen has decided not to go ahead with the premiere of Outdoor Friedrichshafen, a new trade show scheduled to take place on Sept. 17-19, 2019, and to postpone the new format, after the success of the new OutDoor by Ispo show (see our previous issue). The organizer of the ...
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HeiQ has announced a new kind of PFC-free durable water...
HeiQ has announced a new kind of PFC-free durable water repellence (DWR) that can withstand dry cleaning. The new DWR products extend the Swiss textile company's Eco Dry line, which was launched in 2013, and repel water-based stains. According to the company, they are suitable for silk and wool, and ...
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New Balance has announced two climate commitments. The company has...
New Balance has announced two climate commitments. The company has joined RE100, a global corporate initiative bringing together businesses committed to 100 percent renewable electricity. New Balance has recently reached the milestone of generating a total of more than one million kilowatt hours in solar energy at its footwear manufacturing facility ...
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The Surfrider Foundation, a non-profit organization advocating for clean water...
The Surfrider Foundation, a non-profit organization advocating for clean water and clean beaches, headquartered in California, has named Jennie Romer as a new legal associate for the organization's Plastic Pollution Initiative. She will lead Surfrider's policy efforts and legal action to reduce plastic pollution at the local, state and national ...
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Anta Sports has become a member of the Better Cotton...
Anta Sports has become a member of the Better Cotton Initiative, a non-profit organization that promotes better standards in cotton farming and practices across more than 20 countries. Anta is the first sportswear firm in China to join BCI.
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Adidas and Under Armour have been recognized at the fifth...
Adidas and Under Armour have been recognized at the fifth annual ESPN Sports Humanitarian Awards. Adidas won the first Sports Sustainability Leadership Award while UA won the Corporate Community Impact Award. The awards were handed out at The Novo, an indoor club located at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles, ...
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The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Foundation has announced...
The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Foundation has announced nine new organizations as accredited training providers for its program. The new organizations that are now able to offer ZDHC certified training sessions in chemical management, via the ZDHC Academy, are: Bureau Veritas, CEDFEM Engineering, Centro Tessile Serico, Centrocot, GSM ...
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The Textile Exchange has announced the release of Responsible Down...
The Textile Exchange has announced the release of Responsible Down Standard 3.0, the third version of the Responsible Down Standard (RDS), effective July 1. The RDS 3.0 represents “the most substantial revision” since the launch of the standard, according to the organization. The RDS, which was originally developed in 2014 ...
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Adidas and Nike are in the top five of the...
Adidas and Nike are in the top five of the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI)'s leaderboard for 2018, at the fourth and fifth place, respectively. The BCI is the Geneva-based body that campaigns for increased production and consumption of “more sustainable cotton.” Fifteen companies featured on its 2018 leaderboard, a table ...
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HeiQ has been awarded the 2019 Swiss Environmental Award for...
HeiQ has been awarded the 2019 Swiss Environmental Award for its Clean Tech dyeing process. The technology is said to reduce a textile mill's water consumption by 30 percent and to allow for 30 to 50 percent faster dyeing time for polyester fabrics, which represent around half of the world's ...
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Young Europeans are ready to pay more for products that...
Young Europeans are ready to pay more for products that are made in a sustainable manner. According to a survey by Spinnova, a Finnish bio-yarn producer, 61 percent of respondents among Europeans aged 18-30 said that they would pay more for a sustainable piece of clothing, while 41 percent would ...
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Yarns may be created out of bread waste. Akram Zamani,...
Yarns may be created out of bread waste. Akram Zamani, a senior lecturer at the University of Boras in Sweden, is exploring the possibility of growing fungi on bread waste in bioreactors and using it, in two different processes, to create yarns and produce nonwoven textiles. The fungal fibers that ...
