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Merrell releases eco-friendly undyed line
Merrell’s new line, the Undyed Collection, has white, undyed uppers made of partially recycled mesh and outsoles made of natural rubber. According to the brand, when measured against factory-supplied averages, the Undyed Collection saves about 80 percent of the water and 50 percent of the energy expended in the production ...
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Camper in collaboration with Tencel for sustainable collection
Camper has joined forces with Tencel, a brand of the Austrian chemical group Lenzing, to produce a shoe collection using sustainable Lyocell fibers. The Spanish-based company has redesigned its Right and Upright boot and bootie to include Lyocell fibres derived from sustainably-grown wood sources. For the collection, the fiber has ...
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News briefsReebok to release a plant-based running shoe
In October, Reebok will be releasing the Forever Floatride Grow, a running shoe with uppers derived from eucalyptus trees, midsoles from sustainably cultivated castor beans, sock liners from bloom-algae foam and outsoles from plant rubber. According to Footwear News, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has conferred some sort of ...
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ArticleAnt Group debuts cross-border trade platform
Chinese fintech company Ant Group, part of e-commerce giant Alibaba, launched an international trade and financial service platform powered by its blockchain-based technology solution AntChain to facilitate the cross-border sale of products and services by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and to reduce costs for financial institutions serving these companies. ...
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Reebok partners with Maison Margiela
The French luxury fashion house Maison Margiela and Reebok have started to develop a joint product line, and the partnership is “set to span several seasons,” the companies say. The first products are scheduled for a launch on Sept. 22 in the spirit of “the cyber-industrial revolution” at the Maison ...
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Olukai updates two of its sneakers
OluKai, producer of Hawaii-inspired footwear, has taken two models of beach sneaker, the Lae’ahi for men and the Pehuea for women, and substituted full-grain leather for the mesh of the upper. These new, more upscale variants are called the Laeʻahi Lī Ili and Pehuea Lī Ili. Both have OluKai’s Drop-in ...
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Obuv Rossii offers pick-up points for Wildberries clients
Obuv Rossii has concluded an agreement under which the clients of Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer, can pick up their orders in the stores of the Russian footwear group. The first pick-up points have started to operate in 100 Obuv Rossii locations in Siberia and the Far East. By the ...
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ArticleLGBTQ collections become mainstream for the fashion, sportswear industry
The LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual and queer) fashion market has been growing over the last decade. In recent years, an unprecedented number of mainstream brands have begun to release LGBTQ collections.
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Ecco wins German Design Award for two models
Ecco has won the German Design Council’s annual German Design Award in the “Excellent Product Design” category for its Biom 2.0 trail shoe and its Exowrap all-terrain sandal. The competition for the awards came from more than 5,400 projects from 63 countries. The Biom 2.0 is a hybrid urban and ...
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ArticleSalomon introduces a recyclable sneaker and sets up a recycling network
After three years of research and development, the French outdoor brand Salomon has presented the recyclable Index.01 running shoe, which will be on the market from February 2021. “To create the Index.01, we had to construct a shoe using only two materials that could later be separated and recycled,” explained ...
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News briefsClarks celebrates its Somerset roots in new campaign
Clarks is celebrating its origins in the campaign of its autumn/winter 2020 collection called “Then. Now. Always.” The company was founded in 1825 in Street, in the English county of Somerset, where it is still based. The campaign was shot in Somerset with the contribution of 12 artists and ...
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Converse in partnership with Moncler and Hiroshi Fujiwara
Converse has entered a collaboration with 7 Moncler Fragment, a partnership between Moncler, the Italian producer of luxury down jackets, and the Japanese streetwear designer Hiroshi Fujiwara. Under the collaboration, known as 7 Moncler Fragment + Converse Chuck 70, Fujiwara has designed two Chuck 70 low sneakers as part of ...
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Polygiene and Dr. Scholl’s to team up for antibacterial and odor-free insoles
Polygiene has announced that, moving forward, Dr. Scholl’s insoles will combine two Polygiene technologies, including the antibacterial Stays Fresh Technology and the Odor Crunch treatment. The Dr. Scholl’s Massaging Gel Work Insole, designed for people who stay on their feet all day long, will be the first product to incorporate ...
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Directa Plus's G+ graphene obtains patent for rubber outsoles
Directa Plus, an Italian producer and supplier of graphene nanoplatelets based products for use in consumer and industrial markets, has been granted a patent in Italy for its G+ graphene that aims to improve the performance of rubber-based shoe outsoles. The patent covers both the formula containing G+ and the ...
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Lanxess sells organic leather chemicals business, launches Adiprene Green
The German specialty chemicals company Lanxess is selling its organic leather chemicals business to TFL Ledertechnik. The purchase price is made up from a fixed component of €80 million and a performance-related component of up to €115 million. In addition, TFL will assume certain liabilities associated with the business. Lanxess ...
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New flip flop brand FoamLife launches spring collection
FoamLife, a new brand of flip flops developed during the Covid-19 related lockdown in the U.K. by Daniel Macaulay, Karl Read, and Timo Mullen, has launched its maiden spring/summer collection to the wholesale trade. The collection comprises 12 men’s and 12 women’s designs. The materials include the use of ...
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ArticleSelfridges launches Project Earth
Selfridges has launched Project Earth, an initiative which explores “more sustainable ways to shop” by setting new sourcing standards and creating repair, resale and rental businesses. Under the scheme, the British department store pledges that by 2025 it will only stock products that respect its new sourcing standards on cotton, ...
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UFG obtains G-Star RAW license
The Dutch company Unlimited Footwear Group (UFG), through its Brands-360 subsidiary, has obtained the license to produce adult footwear under the name of the jeans manufacturer G-Star RAW. Brands-360, which is responsible for licenses, will oversee the design, production, sales and marketing of the brand from the autumn/winter 2021 season. ...
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Skechers launches Dr. Seuss collection
Skechers is bringing Dr. Seuss’ world into wearable designs in its shoes for women and kids through a new multi-year worldwide partnership. The new Skechers x Dr. Seuss collection is debuting with “The Cat in the Hat,” one of Dr. Seuss’ famous characters, featured in popular styles from Skechers Street, ...
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Timberland and BASF join forces on work shoe
Timberland’s Reaxion shoe features the brand proprietary Aerocor Energy System as well as BASF’s Elastollan thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU). Timberland’s Aerocore Energy System comprises three layers that work together for energy return, comfort and grip: the Anti-Fatigue Technology footbed, a foam midsole, and a non-marking outsole. Meanwhile, the outsole of the ...
