We spoke to Craghoppers' co-owner, Joanne Black, about the firm's new Autumn/Winter 2020 International Range, in which 70 per cent of the products will be made from recycled materials - a huge increase from the A/W2019 line, when only 12 per cent of the products were made from recycled material.

We talked with Jochen Lagemann, Senior Vice President and Managing Director Europe and Asia PrimaLoft, about the launch of the firm’s new P.U.R.E technology.

After its successful debut in Manchester last year, OTS returns again with the sector fully behind a unified UK trade show, having incorporated both the KORS and ROKS shows, to produce what may well be the market's strongest showing for some time.

Battery life, it seems, is the ongoing issue of the digital age. Where phones, tablets and other portable devices excel in technological advancements at an almost daily rate, battery life can be the achilles heel of many of these products.

New to the range is the ‘Karraig,’ a waterproof backpacking boot which continues Keen’s reputation for dependable comfort and performance.

The more switched-on participants among you have already forwarded materials to us in anticipation of our ISPO 2019 preview, which we can confirm we are, of course, running this year.