All Product articles – Page 47
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Dragon adds two goggles to its line
Dragon Eyewear is releasing two new goggles for the forthcoming winter season. The PXV2 is a new version of the PXV, with the addition of a Swiftlock on its lens. The RVX OTG features a new version of the Swiftlock itself, Swiftlock 2.0, thanks to which it can be worn ...
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Johnston & Murphy returns to golf
Johnston & Murphy, the American brand of men’s shoes owned by Genesco, is launching its first line of golf shoes in nearly 20 years, capitalizing on the rising popularity of golf because of the corona pandemic. The new collection is made up of hybrid golf shoes that can also be ...
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Early launch of Swix’ next-gen fluoro-free race wax
Swix Soirt has launched its latest gliding wax collection, Swix Pro, comprising three lines called Performance Speed, High Speed and Top Speed, with both solid and liquid waxes available in the stores this autumn. The new line has been in development for over ten years and was originally planned for ...
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News briefsNew brand identity and new products for avalanche airbag pioneer ABS
SpinCapital, the Munich-based owner the ABS since 2017, is reinventing the well-known avalanche airbag brand founded in 1985 with a new strategy, a new brand identity, new products, a digital offensive and stronger trade marketing.The founder of SpinCapital and chief executive of ABS, Stefan Mohr, is responsible for the newly ...
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Gucci teams up with The North Face
Gucci has revealed that it is partnering with The North Face for an unspecified collaboration in the coming months “that celebrates the rich heritage of both brands.” For the big Italian luxury brand, it is the first collaboration of this kind since Alessandro Michele became its creative director five years ...
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Reebok to release a plant-based running shoe
In October, Reebok will be releasing the Forever Floatride Grow, a running shoe with uppers derived from eucalyptus trees, midsoles from sustainably cultivated castor beans, sock liners from bloom-algae foam and outsoles from plant rubber. According to Footwear News, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has conferred some sort of ...
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News briefsNew Tencel fibers receive CarbonNeutral certification
Under the Tencel brand, the Austrain firm Lenzing is releasing Lyocell and Modal fibers that have received CarbonNeutral® certification. In other words, they comply with the carbon-neutral protocol set up – originally in 2002 – by Natural Capital Partners. In Lenzing’s summation, “the emissions associated with the fibers’ production, manufacturing ...
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Dakine updates its Heli Pack series
Dakine is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its Heli Pack backpack by releasing a refitted, more durable iteration of the series, with recycled materials in its construction. The company describes the original backpack, released in 1996, as the “first low-volume backpack designed specifically for backcountry snowboarders and skiers.” It was ...
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Merrell releases eco-friendly undyed line
Merrell’s new line, the Undyed Collection, has white, undyed uppers made of partially recycled mesh and outsoles made of natural rubber. According to the brand, when measured against factory-supplied averages, the Undyed Collection saves about 80 percent of the water and 50 percent of the energy expended in the production ...
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YKK and Polygiene collaborate on self-cleaning zippers
YKK has incorporated Polygiene’s ViralOff into a line of zippers, making them “essentially self-cleaning.” The Japanese company – which has business lines in fasteners, architectural products, and machinery and engineering – is presenting its first zippers of this kind at the Lineapelle show, scheduled for Sept. 22-23 in Milan. ViralOff, ...
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Puma takes inspiration from Italy’s renaissance
Puma has introduced three new jerseys for the Italian Football Association (FIGC), which it sponsors, that are inspired by Italian renaissance art and fashion culture. They have been designed in collaboration with The Football Gall, a design studio for customized football jerseys.
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On launches a unique “circular” subscription service
On Running seems to have found a very clever way to engage customers. Like Peloton Interactive’s subscription system for fitness workout programs, its new Cyclon project is designed to maximize customer retention though subscriptions, but at the same time, it will be reinforcing the Swiss brand’s image as a supporter ...
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Ellesse comes out with a skiwear line again
Ellesse, the fast-growing sports lifestyle brand of Pentland Brands, is bringing out a line of skiwear for the autumn/winter 2020 season for the first time in many years, while drawing inspiration from archive designs for its new footwear collection. In addition, an Ellesse collection of fitness clothing for the studio ...
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Reebok partners with Maison Margiela
The French luxury fashion house Maison Margiela and Reebok have started to develop a joint product line, and the partnership is “set to span several seasons,” the companies say. The first products are scheduled for a launch on Sept. 22 in the spirit of “the cyber-industrial revolution” at the Maison ...
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Aphetor to hold influencer games
Through its founder, Carsten Thode, Aphetor has put together a series of games for internet influencers in the hopes of appealing to Gen Z. According to Thode, this has entailed “stripping back how we traditionally consume sport and creating an ecosystem” in which influencers can “compete, capture their own content, ...
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Fitbit’s ECG app cleared for sale in the U.S. and EU
Fitbit has earned regulatory clearance in the U.S. and the EU for an electrocardiogram (ECG) app that detects atrial fibrillation, or AFib – an irregularity of the heartbeat that can increase the risk of a stroke. Specifically, the device has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...
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Horizon Fitness to release new treadmill line
Horizon Fitness, a subsidiary of Johnson Health Tech of Taiwan, has announced its 2020 Studio Series of treadmills: the 7.0AT, 7.4AT and 7.8AT. All three models can connect by Bluetooth to any of the major subscription streaming services and apps for exercise, among them Peloton and Zwift. In the summation ...
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PrimaLoft Bio styles available from 16 brands in the autumn
Primaloft is partnering with more than 15 outdoor sports, fashion, lifestyle and home furnishing brands to introduce PrimaLoft® Bio™ to consumers in the autumn. According to the company, PrimaLoft Bio is the first biodegradable synthetic insulation and performance fabric made from 100 percent recycled materials, primarily plastic bottles. Specifically, 93.8 ...
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Decathlon recalls Domyos exercise balls
Decathlon is recalling about 510 Swiss balls for exercising – model numbers 8529175, 8529176 and 8529177 – sold under the Domyos brand in the U.S. and through www.decathlon.com from February 2019 to March 2020. Decathlon USA knows of at least 26 cases worldwide – none in the U.S. – in ...
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Salomon to release a shoe model designed for recycling
Next February, Salomon will be introducing a running shoe for the circular economy, using recycled polyester that can subsequently be re-purposed for the brand’s ski boots, in time for release in winter 2022. The fruit of a purported three years’ research at the brand’s Annecy Design Center in the French ...
