News Briefs – Page 337
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Deutsche Telekom launches program at the crossroads of fashion and technology
With “Telekom Fashion Fusion,” Deutsche Telekom has launched a program at the crossroads of fashion and technology. The program has previously promoted talent in prototype development in cooperation with events, such as the IFA trade show and the #Fashiontech Conference, both in Berlin. Only in 2019 did the program begin ...
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Head introduces lightest snowboard range on the market
Head has announced the introduction of the lightest snowboard range on the market with boards made of innovative material combinations following the “Lyt Tech” principle. The brand applies the principle also to other product lines, including skis and ski boots. The idea is to focus only on essentials during product ...
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Lolë expands into the men’s and travel categories
The Canadian brand Lolë, which until now has focused exclusively on women’s athleisure apparel, has announced its expansion into the men’s and travel categories. This move appears as a direct result of the arrival of actor and outdoor enthusiast Josh Duhamel as equity owner and investor as well as ambassador ...
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Polartec to present a lighter version of Power Air fabric at Ispo Munich
Polartec will present a lighter version of its two-year-old Power Air fabric at Ispo Munich 2020. The polyester fabric is made from a single yarn, is fully recyclable and has a higher content (73 percent) of post-consumer recycled (PCR) resin. It works by encapsulating air-trapping fibers. This results in a ...
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Ispo Awards 2020 winners have been selected
The winners of the Ispo Awards 2020 have been selected but, as usual, cannot be announced before the official award ceremony at Ispo Munich on Jan. 26 at 4.30 p.m. As the organizers report, the jury has selected the highlights from over 430 entries in four segments: snowsports, outdoor, fitness ...
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Multiple brands adopt Gore-Tex Pro tech
Arc’teryx, Mammut, Mountain Equipment, Mountain Hardwear, Montbell, Norröna and Patagonia are among the apparel brands that have adopted three new Gore-Tex Pro technologies for their autumn/winter 2020/21 collections. Segmenting its offer of solutions for waterproof/breathable fabrics, W.L. Gore & Associates has developed a “most rugged technology,” a “stretch technology” and ...
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Rab to present its first skiwear collection at Ispo
Rab will present its first skiwear collection, called Khroma, at Ispo Munich. The British outdoor brand describes it as a natural progression of its own history. Khroma is a clothing system to keep ski mountaineers warm, dry and comfortable at all times. The step does seem natural, as Rab has ...
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Balenciaga introduces new chunky shoe
Will chunky and colorful sneakers continue to be in fashion? Balenciaga, which launched the new trend a few years ago, presented a much smaller sneaker, called Zen, at its recent fashion show in Paris under the slogan “take it easy.” Made of polyurethane, the more minimalistic Zen shoe has a ...
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TNF and Fusalp adopt the “intelligent heating technology” developed by Clim8
The North Face and Fusalp have adopted the “intelligent heating technology” developed by Clim8, a four-year-old French firm, in the wake of Odlo, Ixon and Burton. For the next autumn/winter season, TNF will be using it in some versatile mid-layers and sport chic jackets, and Fusalp in gloves. Similar functionalities ...
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Anta develops its first graphene-enhanced garment
Anta has developed its first graphene-enhanced garment, the A-Flame down jacket, in collaboration with researchers at Xiamen University. Graphene is used in the jacket to radiate far infrared rays and help keep the wearer warm in cold temperatures. The company said that it plans to use graphene in a wide ...
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Asics launches Tokyo-inspired collection of footwear and apparel
Asics is launching a new Tokyo-inspired collection of footwear and apparel to celebrate its Japanese heritage. The collection features two lines, Retro Tokyoand Modern Tokyo, and comprises multiple categories, including running, volleyball, tennis and sportstyle. The design of the collection is inspired by Japanese culture and craftsmanship, with breathable panels ...
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UA discontinues UA Record app
Under Armour will pull UA Record out of the market at the end of March, encouraging users of its mobile app for fitness workouts to transition to the company’s MapMyFitness app, which is launching a new feature, Workout Routines. By Dec. 31, 2019, UA Record had already been removed from ...
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Clariant partners with FFE on color project
Clariant, the color expert and manufacturer, has partnered with Francesco Franceschetti Elastomeri (FFE) on an in-depth research and color-finding project that has led to a solution for high-end ski boot application. Early in the summer of 2019, Clariant and FFE joined forces on an exhaustive study of the Italian ski ...
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Philips accuses Fitbit, Garmin, others of copyright infringement
In December, the Dutch electronics conglomerate Philips filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission to allege that Fitbit, Garmin, the distributor Ingram Micro and two Chinese manufacturers, Inventec and Maintek, have been stealing its wearable technology, in violation of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930. The ...
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Ping Europe loses appeal
The Court of Appeal, the highest court within the Senior Courts of England and Wales, has upheld the findings of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) that Ping Europe Ltd acted illegally in banning the online sale of its products. The Court has dismissed Ping’s appeal against an infringement decision ...
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Steven Gerrard wins copyright dispute with Lotto, Erreà
Steven Gerrard, the former player who now manages the Rangers in the Scottish Premiership, has won a legal fight with two Italian sportswear firms – Lotto and Erreà – that attempted to block his clothing range. In 2018, Gerrard launched a menswear line, called SGG Apparel, comprising polo shirts, hooded ...
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EC releases report on intellectual property
According to the European Commission’s new “Report on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in third countries,” clothing and footwear remain the most pirated goods. The report is aimed particularly at small and medium-size enterprises based in the EU and doing business abroad. It underscores the importance of ...
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Stella International Holding's consolidated revenues drop by 10.9%
Stella International Holding posted consolidated revenues of $345.4 million in the final quarter of 2019, representing a 10.9 percent drop as compared to the same period in 2018. The Chinese group experienced an 8.6 percent decline to 13.8 million pairs in the volume of manufactured shoes, accompanied by a drop ...
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Fusalp opens three pop-up stores
Fusalp will have three new pop-up stores set up in three countries over the next weeks. The temporary “corner” in the men’s department at Le Bon Marché, the department store on the Left Bank of Paris, will be open through March 1; the pop-up at the Reel Mall in Shanghai ...
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Sportspar continues its internationalization
Sportspar.de, the German online outlet shop for surplus sports products, continues its internationalization. Having starting with internet-based factory outlet shops for France (sport-outlet.fr), Italy (Scontosport.it) and Benelux (sport-korting.nl), it is now setting up similar shops for the markets of Spain and Poland. Spain should go online in the first quarter ...
