eSports has long been a billion-dollar market - but what is really important to eSports enthusiasts and eSports consumers? In the survey "eSports - The future of Sports" ISPO Open Innovation has identified connecting points for companies and brands. The complete study is available as a free download.

With the ISPO Award 2021, ISPO honours outstanding products and services in the sports industry for the tenth time. Companies from the entire sports industry can submit their innovations until 4 December 2020 and profit from the early-bird bonus until 6 November.

The new CEO of Patagonia is Ryan Gellert. This has now been officially announced by the Californian company. And the clothing and equipment division is also getting a new CEO.

Robert Gore revolutionized the outdoors with his invention of the Gore-Tex membrane. Now the innovator has died at the age of 83.

Exhibitors and visitors can generally enter Germany even from outside the EU to participate in a trade fair. This has been decided by the German government. This clears the way for participation in ISPO Munich 2021.

As a medium in difficult times, sports and outdoor offer opportunities for cross-industry growth. This is the conclusion of the new White Paper published by ISPO and the rheingold institute. In three hypotheses it shows why sports and outdoor are the perfect partner for people and brands in times of crisis. The White Paper is now available to download free of charge for everyone.

The current general travel warning issued by the German Federal Foreign Office for some 160 countries will expire at the end of September. After that, travel warnings will be issued specificly for Covid-19 high risk areas.