All Lifestyle products articles – Page 14
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News briefsArklyz acquires sneaker retailer Asphaltgold
Arklyz, the owner since 2021 of The Athlete’s Foot, the sports lifestyle footwear banner previously owned by Intersport International (IIC), has added Asphaltgold, a European omnichannel provider of high-end sneakers and streetwear based in Darmstadt, Germany, to its portfolio. “The acquisition of Asphaltgold was a very strategic decision for us,“ ...
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News briefsSnipes acquires Croatian retailer Shooster
Following its successful expansion into Poland (acquisition of the Distance fashion chain in June 2021) and the takeover of the American retail chains Jimmy Jazz and Expressions in the same year, Cologne-based sneaker and streetwear retailer Snipes is continuing its expansion course with the acquisition of Croatian retailer Shooster. Alongside ...
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News briefsSanuk releases gender-neutral footwear collection in partnership with Pacific Pride Foundation
U.S. footwear company Sanuk, a division of Deckers Brands, announced the next version of its partnership with the Pacific Pride Foundation, the largest LGBTQ+ center between Los Angeles and San Francisco that works to create a thriving and visible LGBTQ+ community. Created in collaboration with artist and designer Maggie Johnson, ...
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ArticleEMEA paces Havaianas’ growth for Alpargatas
Alpargatas realized 17 percent currency-neutral growth for its rubber sandal brand outside of Brazil in the first quarter to 342 million Brazilian reais (€58.2m) as total pairs sold increased 11 percent to 8.9 million. The EMEA region led Havaianas’ sales gains internationally, rising 25 percent currency-neutral to R$207.9 million (€35.4m) ...
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News briefsCoca-Cola opens first flagship in Europe, including sportswear
Coca-Cola Great Britain runs the just opened first flagship store of the brand in Europe, located on Long Acre, Covent Garden. The new retail store is offering a range of limited-edition apparel collections and designer collaborations as well as gifts, merchandise and drinks. The Coca‑Cola clothing collections ...
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ArticleCrocs releases 2021 ESG report, ships first shoes made from partially bio-based material
U.S. footwear brand Crocs has released its 2021 environmental, social and governance (ESG) report, highlighting its efforts and plans to improve sustainability topics. As announced last year, the company plans to have become net zero and cut half of the emissions occurring during shoe production by 2030. Furthermore, Crocs wants ...
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News briefsEllesse collaborates with Michael Kors for retro capsule
American luxury fashion brand Michael Kors and Italian sportswear brand Ellesse are collaborating to celebrate the “sporty style of the 1970s.” The faces at the forefront of the collaboration are model Emily Ratajkowski and Brooklyn-based rap musician Jay Critch. The collection’s designs were staged by fashion photographer Lachlan Bailey and ...
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Moncler and Gentle Monster collaborate
Gentle Monster, an “experimental” eyewear brand from Seoul, has partnered with Moncler for a collection featuring eyewear and apparel. Some frames employ swiping mechanisms as closures, with the Moncler logo elongated as if it has been swiped over. On one pair of oversized square sunglasses, the swipe functions as the ...
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News briefsSave the Duck has new majority stakeholders
Milan-based private equity firm Progressio SGR has sold its majority stake in Save the Duck to Reinold Geiger and André Hoffmann, respectively chairman and CEO of L’Occitane International. Both Geiger and Hoffmann, who already held a minority stake in the down-free outerwear specialist, are investing in their personal capacity through ...
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Veja cooperates with luxury brand Mansur Gavriel
French shoe brand Veja has collaborated with Mansur Gavriel, the New York-based luxury shoe and bag brand, on a fresh take on Veja’s Campo sneaker. The classic Campo has been re-imagined in an array of Mansur Gavriel’s signature bright colors. Mansur Gavriel explained that each Veja x MG sneaker was ...
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News briefsNike collaborates with Billie Eilish on eco-friendly AF1 and apparel capsule
Nike and Billie Eilish, the award-winning singer and songwriter, have re-imagined the Nike Air Force 1 (AF1) using the singer’s “environmentally preferred materials.” The entire shoe is made from 18 percent post-consumer recycled content. For the AF1, Eilish chose a synthetic nubuck material that uses 80 percent recycled materials. The ...
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News briefsPangaia launches world’s first shirts made from 100% Infinna
Pangaia, a London-based materials science company, and Infinited Fiber Company, a Finnish circular fashion and textile biotechnology company, have introduced the world’s first shirts made from Infinna™, a new textile fiber produced entirely from textile waste. This is the first time a shirt made from 100 percent Infinna, a regenerated ...
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News briefsStreetwear brand Represent chooses Bleckmann as logistics partner
Source: Bleckmann Signing the contract at Represent headquarters: (from left) Michael Heaton, Robert Kiewik (Bleckmann), George Heaton British streetwear brand Represent, founded in 2012 by brothers George and Michael Heaton and selling primarily through e-commerce, temporary events and key retail partners worldwide, has selected Dutch global supply ...
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ArticleRens enters the metaverse with carbon-neutral NFTs to mark the launch of “coffee hoodie”
Rens, a Finnish sustainable fashion startup founded in 2018 by Vietnamese sneakerheads Jesse Tran and Son Chu, is adding a vegan athleisure hoodie to its successful collection made from coffee grounds, recycled plastic and bamboo viscose. The sneaker label launched in 2019 with its climate-neutral certified coffee waste and recycled ...
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News briefsRegeneration.VC launches $45 million fund for sustainable investments
The newly launched venture capital fund Regeneration.VC, based in Los Angeles, has closed its $45 million inaugural fund. The company aims to support circular business models, as initially done with materials science company Pangaia, rental service Arrive or vegan hide producer VitroLabs. Regeneration.VC’s investment strategy encompasses design (materials and packaging), ...
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News briefsHoka and Boston streetwear boutique unveil footwear capsule
Hoka, a division of Deckers Brands, has entered a collaboration with Boston-based streetwear boutique Bodega, resulting in a limited-edition line combining outdoor performance technology with urban-inspired streetwear design. The capsule includes two items: a special edition Kaha Low GTX trail hiker and the Ora Recovery Slide, available now exclusively at ...
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News briefsAbercrombie & Fitch launches new activewear line
Global textile retailer Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) has launched a new activewear sub-brand for women and men named Your Personal Best (YPB) that is currently available only in most North American Abercrombie & Fitch stores and online. Offering a size range from XXS to XXL with additional ...
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News briefsMark Wahlberg invests in sneaker brand P448’s parent company
Actor Mark Wahlberg has become a strategic investor in the New York-based company StreetTrend LLC, taking ”a significant minority financial stake” in the business. StreetTrend, a fashion footwear and streetwear brand company launched in 2017 by Wayne Kulkin, acquired the Italian sneaker brand P448 from NoThanks SpA in late 2020. ...
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News briefsOn collaborates with fashion brand Loewe
Spanish fashion brand Loewe and On have launched a limited-edition capsule collection of footwear and apparel “for modern adventure.” Designed for urban and outdoor living, the collection includes Loewe editions of On’s Cloudventure and Cloudrock performance footwear for men and women. The shoes feature On’s Missiongrip rubber outsole and Speedboard ...
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News briefsFanatics receives $27 billion valuation and raises $1.5 billion
According to reports in the Wall Street Journal and SGB, Florida-based Fanatics Inc. has raised $1.5 billion in a funding round that values the sports merchandise and memorabilia company at $27 billion. Because the transaction was private, both media rely on information received by a ”person with knowledge of the ...
