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CALIDA Autumn/Winter 2025 Men’s Collection

Inspired by the captivating beauty of nature, the autumn/winter 2025 men’s collection takes you on a journey through stunning mountain and valley landscapes – from wild ferns and deep forests to imposing glaciers and the Northern Lights – brought to life by a profusion of prints and ingenious colourways. Authentic, high-quality textures are...

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CALIDA Autumn/Winter 2025 Women’s Collection

Inspired by the enchanting beauty of nature, the autumn/winter 2025 women’s collection takes you on a journey through stunning mountain and valley landscapes – from bright alpine flowers and rushing rivers to deep forests and the stunning Northern Lights, all brought to life by dreamy prints and ingenious colourways. Authentic, high-quality...

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Irem Aydin promoted to general manager of Calida brand

Calida Group has promoted Irem Aydin as the new general manager of the traditional brand Calida from July 1, 2024. The company said in a statement that she will take over from Alexandra Helbling, who decided at the beginning of the year to seek a new professional challenge outside the Calida Group. “Thanks to Irem Aydin’s natural leadership as...

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Calida Group to appoint Felix Sulzberger as chairman, CEO Timo Schmidt-Eisenhart steps down

At the upcoming annual general meeting on April 19, 2023, Calida Holding AG will propose Felix Sulzberger, Allan Kellenberger, Thomas Stöcklin and Eric Sibbern for election to the board of directors. The company said in a release that also proposed for shareholder approval will be the re-election of current independent board members Laurence...

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Calida Group achieves strong sales growth in 2022

In 2022, Calida Group sales were 323.9 million Swiss francs, up 14.4 percent. When adjusted for currency effects, organic growth was 7.7 percent. At 155.5 million Swiss francs, the company said, Calida's share of group sales expanded by 5.5 percent, adjusted for currency effects. Sales grew at currency-adjusted double-digit rates for Aubade to...

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CALIDA x FTC® Wellbeing Collection

Together with FTC Cashmere, CALIDA is once again demonstrating its commitment to high quality, sustainable and responsible fashion. This will be the latest in a series of conscious collaborations, developed in order to create more space for, and raise awareness of, innovative and sustainable approaches to design. The jointly developed, comfy and...

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CALIDA: Womenswear Collection SS22

The CALIDA Spring/Summer 2022 collection is wholly inspired by delicate pastel shades of spring. Styles that highlight CALIDA’s love of nature and all kinds of innovations, such as the Cradle to Cradle CertifiedTM biodegradable sweat styles from 100% NATURE RELAX. Whether playful, colourful, subtle or timeless – the Spring/Summer 2022 collection...

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CALIDA: Menswear Collection SS22

The CALIDA Spring/Summer 2022 collection is all about masculine blue, red and green shades, fresh spring colours and intricate details. Styles that highlight CALIDA’s love of nature and all kinds of innovations, such as the Cradle to Cradle CertifiedTM biodegradable sweat styles from 100% NATURE LOUNGE. Whether masculine, colourful, subtle or...

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Calida Group reports H1 loss, sales down 14.6 percent

The Calida Group said that it looks back on a challenging first six months of 2020 since business was seriously impacted from March onwards by the coronavirus-related closures of all bricks-and-mortar shops and points of sale at important retail partners in Switzerland, Germany and France. While online business grew by 59.2 percent and the 22.5...

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Viktor & Rolf links with Calida to launch 100 percent compostable collection

Dutch luxury fashion house Viktor & Rolf has teamed up with Swiss premium underwear label Calida to launch a cradle-to-cradle collection which is 100 percent compostable. The capsule, called ‘We Want A Better World’, comprises underwear, pajamas and t-shirts for both women and men, and is inspired by the free-spirited and eco-conscious Woodstock...

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Calida posts rise in full year sales

Adjusted for exchange rate effects, the Calida Group said, consolidated net sales increased year on year by 1.7 percent to 404.3 million Swiss francs (427.8 million dollars) in 2019. The company added that in the reporting year, 50.9 million Swiss francs (53.8 million dollars) of the sales were generated by the group as a whole, corresponding to...

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Calida sells its trademark Eider to Korean group

Calida Group has announced that it has received a binding offer from the Korean K2 Group to sell its trademark Eider, subject to a works council consultation process in France. Eider is one of the three brands of the Millet Mountain Group, a fully owned subsidiary of Calida affiliate Lafuma Group. Commenting on the development, Reiner Pichler,...