Italy Save the Duck first release down jacket without animal materials

Save the Duck, an Italian outdoor clothing brand known for its down jacket, announced that it will launch the first “down jacket” without any animal material.

At the last Pitti Uomo men's show, Nicolas Bargi, founder and CEO of Save the Duck, revealed to the media that the brand will launch a product line made entirely of recycled waste plastic bottles as raw materials. "In addition to protecting animals," Bargi said: "We will also pay more attention to the recovery of various types of waste."

The series will be sold at the brand's online stores as well as at Rosewholesale Coupon Code other multi-brand retailers. In addition to the lightweight "down jacket", the series also includes waterproof suits, off-road jackets and sports casual wear. The available colors include jungle green, navy, black, white, coral and turquoise. Unlike the other series of the Save the Duck brand, the new eco-friendly collection will have a unique green logo, which will appear in all the “recyclable” series launched by the brand in the future.

In fiscal year 2017, Save the Duck had sales of 31.5 million euros and EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, and depreciation amortization) of 7.2 million euros.

Save the Duck brand originated from Forest Bargi's garment workshop, which was founded in 1914. Initially, it was mainly engaged in the production of waterproof garments, and gradually expanded to become a professional clothing manufacturing brand. The parent company, Forest S.r.l, is currently run by Nicolas Bargi, the grandson of the founder Forest Bargi, who also owns the casual clothing brand Ganesh.

In January of this year, Italy’s private equity company Progressio SGR SpA announced the signing of an exclusive investment agreement with Forest Srl. (See “Gorgeous Chi” previously reported: Save the Duck, an Italian down Coupon Code for Shein apparel brand, is expected to receive private equity investment, and the parent’s valuation is 70 million. Euro) and reached a final agreement on the acquisition in March this year. Progressio will work with Save the Duck's founder and current shareholder, Nicolas Bargi, to acquire the controlling stake in Forest S.r.l.

Progressio and Nicolas Bargi said that they plan to strengthen Save the Duck's global wholesale and online sales channels in the future while improving the retail network and introducing new retail concepts. Nicolas Bargi said: "I believe Save the Duck has the ability to more than double the size of the business in the next two to three years."