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ArticleSurf icon Kelly Slater launches sustainable footwear brand
Eleven-time world champion surfer Kelly Slater has launched a new sustainable footwear brand, KLLY. Slater says KLLY Footwear fills a niche in the footwear industry by withstanding the rigors of daily wear and outdoor adventures while helping to reduce the fashion industry’s environmental impact. The first product in the KLLY ...
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News briefsSave the Duck launches first women’s swimwear
Save the Duck, the Italian brand best known for its animal-free outerwear, is introducing its first women’s swimwear products as part of its spring 2024 collection. Swimwear for men has already been part of the brand’s offering. The new collection for women, crafted from recycled nylon and polyester, comprises a ...
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News briefsPuma introduces chess-inspired sneaker with Magnus Carlsen
Source: Puma Magnus Carlsen and the Clyde Chess Puma and brand ambassador Magnus Carlsen have teamed up on a sneaker as a tribute to the game of chess. Carlsen is a Norwegian chess grandmaster and former five-time World Chess Champion. As previously reported, Puma signed a long-term ...
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News briefsModibodi and Puma collaboration to tackle a common anxiety continues
Source: Puma Puma x Modibodi Following on from the collaboration launch in March 2022, Puma and the Australian leak-proof apparel specialist Modibodi are launching the third drop of their active period underwear range. The collaboration range aims to tackle the anxiety surrounding leaks that stop many people ...
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News briefsAdidas revives Manchester United 1988-90 seasons with Originals collection
Source: Adidas Celebrating the venerated terrace wear of the late 80s and early 90s, Adidas and Manchester United have unveiled the Man Utd x Originals collection, which revisits popular pieces from the Adidas archive and integrates them into today’s soccer culture. Evoking a sense of nostalgia, the ...
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News briefsKanye West files trademark for “YZY sock shoes”
Kanye West has filed an application for “YZY sock shoes” via its holding company, Mascott Holdings, TMZ has first reported. Mascotte Holdings, Inc. was formed in June 2004 by West and agent Andre Bodiford. The new trademark application, filed on May 4 to the United States Patent and Trademark ...
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ArticleAqualung expects double-digit growth in 2023, pursues “Horizon 2027” strategy
The Aqualung Group initiated a global plan 8 months ago, “Horizon 2027,” aimed at expanding its global leadership position in diving equipment, including for military and professional applications, as well as high-performance water sports products. The renewed executive team, led by Bruno Cercley, President and CEO since December 2022, is ...
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News briefsAdidas and queer designer Mnisi launch Pride 2023 collection
Adidas announced its latest collaboration with South African queer designer Rich Mnisi with a unique collection and campaign for Pride 2023 called Let Love Be Your Legacy. With a shared ambition to encourage allyship and freedom of expression without bias in all spaces of sport and culture, the Adidas x ...
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News briefsOrganoTex and Abacus Sportswear to bring eco-aftercare to golf retailers
Swedish “cleantech” company OrganoClick’s brand OrganoTex and Swedish brand and waterproof material specialist Abacus Sportswear are to collaborate together to bring the OrganoTex product range to golf retailers. Dormy, Sweden’s largest golf retailer, is the first result of the partnership and will launch OrganoTex in selected stores and online in ...
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News briefsL.A. football club and Klarna release capsule
Angel City Football Club (ACFC) and one of its founding partners, the payment and shopping platform Klarna, have launched a small collection for women’s sports called Un Nuevo Amanecer (A New Dawn). The windbreaker, bucket hat and fanny pack were designed by Suay Sew Shop of Los Angeles and are ...
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News briefsY-3 and Adidas take on the running shoe
In the latest in its ongoing collaboration with with Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto, Adidas has for the first time released a capsule collection of running sneakers under his Y-3 brand. Yamamoto describes the Y-3 brand as a “blend of sport and style and the tension caused by mixing tradition ...
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News briefsPeloton recalls 2.2 million bikes, share price drops
In conjunction with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the connected fitness company Peloton is recalling 2.2 million of its model PL01 bikes due to a potentially faulty seat that caused a reported 13 injuries to consumers that included a fractured wrist, lacerations and bruises. Source: Peloton ...
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ArticleAdidas may have a solution for Yeezy inventory
Reports coming from Adidas’ “Hauptversammlung” (AGM) indicate that the company may now have a solution for the surfeit of Yeezy inventory it finds itself left with after terminating its partnership with rapper and fashion designer Ye (formerly known as Kanye West). As reported in its Q1 call last week, if ...
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News briefsSympatex partners with ColorDigital
Sympatex has partnered with DMIx by ColorDigital GmbH to enhance its workflows and supply chain through digitalization. DMIx’s platform enables virtual collection development, allowing parties to share designs digitally in real-time and reduce the number of physical material samples produced and transported, thus minimizing waste, CO2 emissions, water usage and ...
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News briefsAdidas strikes deal for “gated” blockchain products
Through its /// Studio (read: three stripe studio), Adidas has struck a three-year deal with Tokenproof, which will authenticate blockchain tokens for the Adidas Confirmed app. The arrangement will provide an in-app checkpoint through which only holders of the NFT collection ALTS by Adidas can purchase certain ...
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News briefsDawn of the blockchain sports prize
The winners of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia tennis tournament, scheduled for May 8-21, will be taking home “phygital” (physical + digital) trophies. Each trophy will, in other words, have an embedded NFC chip linked to an NFT, which will serve to inscribe the victory on the blockchain. This will, in ...
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ArticleBrooks Running with 20% sales growth in Q1
After a record 2022, Brooks Running carried the momentum into the first quarter of 2023, reporting 20 percent year-over-year sales growth globally, including a record 32-percent increase in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. In the first quarter, Brooks saw strong brand demand across all retail channels as ...
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News briefsK-Swiss and McLaren debut collab team collection
For the first time since announcing their multi-year partnership with McLaren Racing, L.A.-based tennis performance and heritage footwear brand K-Swiss is releasing the first of three joint collections: the Fan’s Starter Pack. K-Swiss has reimagined the McLaren Team shoe, offering its Tubes technology for everyday wear. The K-Swiss x McLaren ...
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News briefsGolf goes meta
The sport of golf has gotten a collection of NFTs, courtesy of a Korean blockchain company. Wemade has drawn inspiration from some 110 Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs – minted last year by ALTAVA Group in collaboration with Animoca Brands, The Sandbox and Elite Apes – to create some 300 ...
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News briefsPuma celebrates its mascot with new capsule
In a continuation of product releases and events to mark its 75th anniversary, Puma has unveiled the latest nod to its history: A capsule collection that celebrates the brand’s mascot, Super Puma. Originally featured in a limited comic book series created by Puma in the 1970s, Super Puma is a ...
