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EMEA shines in Under Armour’s results
Under Armour’s profits and revenues for the third quarter exceeded Wall Street’s estimates, although the company has lowered its full-year revenue forecast, citing lower than planned excess inventory to service the off-price channel, ongoing traffic and conversion challenges in the direct-to-consumer channel, as well as currency headwinds. Revenues are now ...
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The North Face and Vans drive VF’s results
Despite strong earnings and robust sales, VF Corp. posted results in the latest quarter that missed Wall Street’s expectations. Total sales improved by 5 percent to $3,393 million for the company’s second fiscal quarter ended on Sept. 30, or by 7 percent in constant currencies. Adjusted to exclude the spin-off ...
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Another set of record results for Columbia
Columbia Sportswear is having a vintage year, scoring record results for the past two quarters. Revenues rose by 14 percent in the third quarter ended on Sept. 30 to $906.8 million, while net income improved by 19 percent to $119.3 million – both all-time records for the group. The gross ...
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Columbia’s “tough mother” has passed away
Gertrude “Gert” Boyle died on Nov. 3 at the age of 95. This iconic figure of the international outdoor industry, who has been often referred to, in effective advertising and elsewhere, as “one tough mother,” was the chairwoman of Columbia Sportswear.With her death, the company's chairmanship will pass temporarily to ...
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Nike has agreed to sell Hurley for an undisclosed amount...
Nike has agreed to sell Hurley for an undisclosed amount to a private equity fund, Bluestar Alliance. Nike had purchased the surfwear brand from its founder, Bob Hurley, in 2002. Bluestar, which owns many other consumer brands, including Bebe and English Laundry, says it wants to build Hurley into a ...
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Nike has extended its “Nike Live” store concept to Long...
Nike has extended its “Nike Live” store concept to Long Beach, California, and the Shibuya ward of Tokyo. The company opened an “experimental digital-meets-physical retail pilot,” called Nike by Melrose, in West Los Angeles in July of last year. To stock the store, Nike extrapolated from 18 months of consumer ...
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Nike tops the 2019-2020 Omnichannel Leadership Report, an assessment of...
Nike tops the 2019-2020 Omnichannel Leadership Report, an assessment of how brands are operating in their omnichannel strategies, from digital to brick-and-mortar and customer experiences. The report, released by Newstore, took a critical look at more than 200 luxury, premium and lifestyle brands. Newstore's researchers acted as secret shoppers to ...
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Billabong has gone in for some headbanging. Through its Billabong...
Billabong has gone in for some headbanging. Through its Billabong Lab – a platform for collaborations with artists, musicians, designers and photographers – the boardsports-apparel company will be releasing five lines in its Billabong x Metallica 2019-2020 Collection from this past October to March of next year. Each line incorporates ...
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Roksanda Ilin?i?, a Serbian fashion designer, has collaborated with Lululemon...
Roksanda Ilin?i?, a Serbian fashion designer, has collaborated with Lululemon to create an eclectic but functional and innovative capsule collection with bold color palettes and exaggerated silhouettes. According to the brand, the collection combines the designer's eye for color and volume with the technical fabrics and functionalities of some of ...
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Opening Ceremony and Hoka One One have teamed up for...
Opening Ceremony and Hoka One One have teamed up for the first time to produce a new capsule collection. The collection includes three reissues of classic Hoka footwear products: the Bondi running shoe, the Tor Ultra Hi trail runner and the Clifton trainer. In 2002, the designers Carol Lim and ...
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Canada Goose is now offering four hood options – thermal,...
Canada Goose is now offering four hood options – thermal, reflective thermal, light-weight thermal and fur ruff – on six of its parkas: the Chelsea, the Wyndham, the Carson, the Rossclair and the men's and women's versions of the Chiliwack. “Thermal” combines Arctic Tech fabric with down insulation, whereas “reflective ...
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Palm & Pine Suncare launched its natural, plastic-free sunscreen brand...
Palm & Pine Suncare launched its natural, plastic-free sunscreen brand on the crowd-funding platform Indiegogo on Oct. 29. The Portuguese company – founded by Sarah Muir, a digital marketing strategist and project manager, along with three of her colleagues – is the first to promise sun protection without pollution. Aiming ...
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Under Armour (UA) and Virgin Galactic, the space tourism start-up...
Under Armour (UA) and Virgin Galactic, the space tourism start-up that is set to operate its first commercial space flight in the near future, have unveiled a range of spacewear for passengers, designed by UA. It is the first collection ever created for private astronauts. The line includes a base ...
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BASF has developed a high-performance polyurethane for the midsole of...
BASF has developed a high-performance polyurethane for the midsole of Mizuno's new TC-01 and TC-02 athletic shoes that is said to help improve the wearer's performance and balance. The Elastopan polyurethane that has been introduced in Mizuno's new footwear has high hydrolysis resistance and good bonding strength, according to BASF's ...
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Nike has unveiled the Nike Vapor, an innovative performance swim...
Nike has unveiled the Nike Vapor, an innovative performance swim goggle. The new goggle, approved by the International Swimming Federation (FINA), is designed to minimize drag and maximize field of view, for optimal performance. It features curved, oversized, drag resistant lenses, maximizing the horizontal and vertical field of view and ...
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Spyder has teamed up with Eastman Chemical to be the...
Spyder has teamed up with Eastman Chemical to be the first brand to incorporate Eastman's Avra, a new, flat performance microfiber technology, into its performance baselayer and mid-layer products. Avra performance fibers are said to wick moisture and dry up to 50 percent faster than conventional polyester fibers. The U.S. ...
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Goldwin, which has been offering its highly technical skiwear mainly...
Goldwin, which has been offering its highly technical skiwear mainly outside Japan, has recently expanded the product range of its C3fit brand of functional apparel. Goldwin will launch an autumn/winter and spring/summer collection for the brand and cover various sports. The logo with the C3's remains, as it is well ...
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Sabic, the chemical group based in Saudi Arabia, has unveiled...
Sabic, the chemical group based in Saudi Arabia, has unveiled a new polyolefin elastomer foam solution designed for both athletic and casual footwear. Thanks to their consistency, low density and high-performance properties, the new Fortify C11075DF and Fortify C05075DF – where “DF” stands for Dedicated Footwear – provide stable foamability, ...
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Natch!, the German brand for sports accessories that belongs to...
Natch!, the German brand for sports accessories that belongs to BNS, has launched a new insole for autumn/winter. Called Thermo Soft, the insole is for trekking, skiing and running and is made with PrimaLoft Gold Eco, an insulating material 90 percent of which consists of recycled fibers from plastic bottles. ...
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Nike has launched a new “Just Do It” marketing campaign...
Nike has launched a new “Just Do It” marketing campaign in Germany. A spot for the campaign was recently filmed in Berlin and in the federal state of Brandenburg with 16 athletes taking part. Members of Nike+ received a preview on the Nike app before the launch. Nike will also ...
