August 7, 2025 Footwear report identifies gender and racial gaps in outdoor participation
OIA’s 2025 report shows a strong market for footwear, but highlights low diversity in hiking. Can the outdoor industry close the gap?...
August 7, 2024 Waterless and PFAS-free footwear finishing solution takes big step forward
Empel Nø-Wick tech provides world’s leading footwear fabric supplier with what they claim to be the highest performance and most sustainable solution on the market....
August 22, 2019 Running Faster Side by Side
Launched in 2018, Project Clean Run relies on collaboration and believes in tracing and sharing best practices in the footwear industry, with a focus on trail running. After the completion of its first phase, where is it heading? The key...
June 16, 2019 Rapid[a] Recycling
Known for first class outdoor footwear and its bold environmental and social responsibility projects, traditional Italian shoe manufacturer AKU lives up to its reputation with the all new AKU Rapida Air multi-terrain shoe....
June 16, 2019 Stepping into the Circular Economy
Soft goods in the outdoor industry has already learned that recycling can be good for business. For footwear, this begins now....
March 15, 2019 DriTan – Reinventing the Industry
The tanning process was always thought to be impossible without the use of large amounts of water. ECCO Leather's new DriTan™ technology breaks the paradigm....
February 8, 2019 Traceable & Transparent
Producing directly in Europe, AKU has been able to trace every single component of their footwear. Now they're taking the next step by making this information public....
February 7, 2019 Repairs at the Elite Level
From the Swedish Alpine National Team to conscious consumers – more and more people are discovering the advantages of Kavat’s repair service....
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