Sourcing news and insights for the sporting goods industry – Page 6
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ArticleIndian apparel sector expects boost thanks to trade agreement with Australia
The India-Australia Free Trade Agreement, officially called the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (AIECTA), is the first trade agreement India has signed with a developed economy in more than a decade. Negotiations began in 2011 but were suspended in 2015 as talks stalled over issues such as market access ...
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ArticleChina’s worst Covid outbreak since Wuhan is the next threat to the supply chain
Even before the initial problems caused by the pandemic could be solved, the war in Ukraine created new ones. And now, despite all precautions, the Omicron BA mutant of Covid-19 is spreading rapidly in China. The epicenter of infection was the northeastern province of Jilin, on the border with North ...
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News briefsU.S. Customs detains goods from Li-Ning at border
Effective March 14, 2022, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has detained merchandise produced or manufactured by Li-Ning at all U.S. ports of entry. The measure is the result of an investigation by the CBP indicating Li-Ning uses North Korean slave labor in its supply chain. In the statement, ...
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ArticleThe Climate Pledge announces nearly 100 new signatories
Amazon and Global Optimism announced that more than 300 companies have now signed The Climate Pledge, an increase in signatories of nearly 600 percent over the past year. The nearly 100 new signatories include the world’s largest container shipping company Maersk, leading enterprise software developer SAP, North American lumber company ...
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News briefsDecathlon partners with GIZ on sustainability efforts in Vietnam
Decathlon and the German Development Agency (GIZ – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) will be collaborating this year on two joint initiatives to reduce the environmental impact of Vietnam’s garment and textile factories. The two joint projects are “Climate Protection through Sustainable Bioenergy Markets in Vietnam” (GIZ BEM) and “Fostering ...
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News briefsTrusTrace starts new software solution for real-time traceability from fiber to product
Software service supplier TrusTrace, based in Stockholm and Coimbatore, India, has launched its new TrusTrace Certified Material Compliance platform, a software solution that aims to link all purchase orders to production steps, certificates, supplier declarations and quality reports for real-time traceability. The new TrusTrace Certified Material Compliance service wants to ...
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ArticleRussian footwear market faces a crisis
The Russian market is braced for major turbulence after dozens of footwear brands pulled out of the country following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent introduction of international sanctions. Adidas, Nike and Puma have joined the long list of international brands that have quit the country’s market, along ...
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ArticleSri Lanka’s apparel exports in January set 5-year record
Sri Lanka’s January 2022 apparel exports reached the highest level for that month in the last five years. This performance demonstrates the underlying strength of the industry, which has recovered from ongoing shocks from the impact of the pandemic over the past two years. Sri Lanka’s garment export revenue increased ...
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News briefsNew Bleckmann distribution center opened in the U.K.
Bleckmann, a leading Dutch provider of supply chain management services to the fashion and lifestyle market with customers such as Gymshark and Superdry, among many others, has opened a new fulfillment center in Lutterworth, its fourth location in the U.K. The brand new building at Magna Park has a floor ...
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Lockdowns affect Shenzhou’s sport apparel production
Shenzhou International, a major Chinese sports apparel manufacturer that works for Nike, Adidas and other brands, announced that all its factories in the Beilun district of Ningbo City have resumed production after temporary Covid lockdowns were lifted by local authorities. However, the factory closures in the region and others have ...
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ArticleOn sees supply chain shortages ending after H1
Suppliers in Vietnam returned to full capacity in December, and various manufacturing partners are shortening the traditional Chinese New Year shutdown to help catch up with the backlog of orders, said On Running, participating for the first time in a round table discussion in the framework of the traditional ICR ...
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Google develops geographic fiber-tracking tool
Google has added a tool to its Google Earth Engine to gauge fibers by their geographic effects on the environment (air pollution, biodiversity, greenhouse gas emissions, effects on forestry, water use, etc.) and thereby guide textile brands to reduce the carbon emissions of their raw materials procurement. Developed in partnership ...
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Karakoram to make snowboard bindings at a new U.S. factory
While continuing to get them made in the U.S., Karakoram, the American supplier of splitboard bindings founded by Bryce and Tyler Kloster in 2008, will move into a new factory in North Bend, Washington state, close to the mountain region around Snoqualmie Pass. The company has just come out with ...
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Chinese power crunch adds to viral and shipping problems
Alarming new reports are coming in about serious shortages of components and finished products made in China, which may prevent brands, distributors and retailers in all the sectors to respond to a surge in post-pandemic demand ahead of the critical Christmas selling season. One major cause is a big shortage ...
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Kingmaker prepares to reopen a Vietnam factory
After nearly three months of halted production, Kingmaker’s footwear factory in the Binh Duong Province in southern Vietnam is now ready to restart operations in several phases. The region in which the plant is located has obtained “green zone” status, and over 70 percent of the factory’s employees have received ...
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Norspo fair is cancelled, may be shifted to November
The Norwegian sporting goods show, Norspo, which was going to take place in Oslo on Jan. 9 and 10, has been cancelled like the one that was going to be held last January. Trond Evald Hansen, general manager of Norspomessen, is now betting that the new winter fair will take ...
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Sri Lanka defies supply chain problems
In contrast with some other sourcing countries, Sri Lanka seems to be poised to meet its targets for apparel exports, thanks to a successful anti-Covid vaccination campaign. An executive committee member of Sri Lanka’s Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF) told just-style that the country’s garment exports went up to $2.75 ...
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Vietnamese plants will reopen as more than a third of the population is vaccinated
Big and small sports companies relying on Vietnam to source some of their apparel and footwear are breathing a sigh of relief as the factory lockdowns imposed in mid-July are due to be lifted on Oct. 1, as expected, although it will take months to take the production back to ...
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Extended Covid Restrictions in Vietnam are hitting companies hard
Nike and other companies are expected to suffer considerable damage from a decision by Vietnamese authorities to extend their strict Covid-19 restrictions in the Ho Chi Minh City region until the end of the month. They were originally scheduled to be lifted on Sept. 15, but the measures taken so ...
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Callaway and acquired brands perform better than expected
Callaway Golf Company has upgraded its guidance for the third quarter and the full financial year after mitigating some supply issues and registering higher-than-expected results at TravisMatthews, Jack Wolfskin and Topgolf in July and August. The group said it has successfully shifted some production out of Vietnam to avoid Covid-related ...
