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    Peloton sets up a health advisory council

    2020-09-02T16:45:00Z

    Peloton has established a Health and Wellness Advisory Council to find ways to foster the “physical, mental and emotional wellbeing” of its subscribers worldwide. The council’s five members are doctors, researchers and other specialists in cardiovascular medicine, cardiopulmonary exercise, neurology and neuroscience. According to the company’s president, William Lynch, Peloton’s ...

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    Lloyds Fonds acquires 2.4% of Polygiene

    2020-09-01T14:35:00Z

    As we reported earlier, the Swedish fabric technology brand Polygiene, which was founded in 2006 as a spin-off of the Swedish chemical company Perstorp, was among the winners in the Covid-19 pandemic thanks to its new antiviral treatment, ViralOff®, which was launched in April. This success also aroused the interest ...

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    ViralOff helps Polygiene to thrive during pandemic

    2020-08-27T21:50:00Z

    Polygiene is at the center of media attention since it launched ViralOff, a fabric treatment with antiviral properties, in April. In the context of Covid-19 outbreak, demand for the garment has soared, and the group expanded its scope from initially treating protective clothing, face masks and other hospital products to ...

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    Polygiene is reorganizing the management

    2020-08-24T07:13:00Z

    Polygiene is strengthening its corporate management team due to increased demand for the company’s anti-viral technology, ViralOff. Andreas Holm, who was brought in as a temporary resource during the launch of ViralOff, will assume the position of chief commercial officer on Sept. 1 at the company head office in Malmö, ...

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    Strong recovery and an award for Polygiene

    2020-07-09T14:42:00Z

    Polygiene is recovering strongly, thanks to its anti-viral technology. In a preliminary statement, the Swedish company indicates that its sales grew by 37 percent in the second quarter, keeping the gross margin at around 70 percent and generating breakeven operating results, compared with a loss of 4.2 million Swedish kronor ...

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    NPD measures the impact of Covid-19 in Europe and China

    2020-07-04T06:29:00Z

    The NPD Group estimates that there was a drop of around 24 percent in sales of sports shoes during the first half of 2020 in Germany, France, Italy and Spain – the four European countries where it uses a retail panel of multi-sport specialty stores, combined with sell-out data from ...

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    Polygiene announces ViralOff+ with lifetime washability

    2020-07-02T13:23:00Z

    Polygiene announced at a press conference that it is developing a new formula for its ViralOff technology that will provide a testable lifetime of virus reduction in garments. Products treated with the new ViralOff+ will continue to reduce more than 99 percent of viruses within two hours, even after 30 ...

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    Gore presents a new, ambitious sustainability framework

    2020-07-01T14:03:00Z

    (OIC) W. L. Gore & Associates has released a new Sustainability Framework for its Gore Fabrics Division. The framework reflects the evolution of the company’s sustainability strategy and provides a cohesive, tangible expression of the company’s diverse and long-term commitment. In particular, it demonstrates Gore’s commitment to protecting people and ...

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    More insulation options from Thermore

    2020-06-18T05:43:00Z

    Thermore has expanded its line of blow-in Ecodown fibers, offering five different options in terms of weights and thicknesses with its heat-regulating technology. That includes a new Ecodown Fibers Light version, which provides a soft, ultra-light and packable insulation that is said to be 20 percent warmer than comparable products. ...

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    Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof to centralize sports logistics

    2020-05-27T14:39:00Z

    While threatening to close about one-third of its department stores, Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof (or Galeria), the new holding company formed in 2018 from the merger of the Galeria Kaufhof and Karstadt department stores, has decided to centralize the logistics for its sporting goods segment, using some extra capacities at its ...

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    Hummel replaces Umbro as Everton’s kit supplier

    2020-05-22T08:04:00Z

    Hummel has agreed to a three-year deal as the new kit sponsor of Everton, the English football club that competes in the Premier League. The agreement is reportedly worth more than double the expiring contract with Umbro, which called for fees of between £4 and £5 million per year. The ...

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    Down supplier makes masks

    2020-05-20T19:15:00Z

    Allied Feather & Down, the down supplier and maker of bedding, is switching a large portion of its bedding production over to face masks. The company will be using the tightly-woven cotton that it normally employs for pillows and comforters to make washable two-layer face masks. Allied has also partnered ...

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    UA and others commit to pay suppliers for certain cancelled orders

    2020-05-19T09:00:00Z

    Under Armour has committed to the PayUp campaign, an initiative that urges fashion brands to pay their garment factories for orders that are both completed and in production, and yet cancelled or delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The campaign was launched by Remake, a workers’ rights organization, at the ...

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    Umbro to replace Canterbury as England Rugby’s kit supplier

    2020-05-07T15:07:00Z

    Umbro will be the new kit supplier for England Rugby in a new four-year deal, effective Sept. 1. It will be the first involvement with professional rugby for Umbro, which will take over from Canterbury of New Zealand, a brand owned by Pentland that has been England Rugby’s official ...

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    Sporting goods suppliers face long-term coronavirus effects

    2020-05-05T15:21:00Z

    The current coronavirus pandemic is having a major impact on the suppliers of sporting goods, particularly in terms of orders, material shortages and cash. Reports from China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Myanmar and other major sources indicate that many of them are resorting to massive layoffs or facing labor shortages ...

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    Galvin Green is more sustainable

    2020-04-30T12:14:00Z

    Galvin Green, the Swedish golf apparel brand, is launching a range of products that are made entirely from recycled materials. All seven styles of its Insula warm layer garments, which include 24 sweaters in total, are now made from bluesign approved fabric. All of the brand’s Gore-Tex waterproof garments also ...

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    Polygiene is trending up

    2020-04-24T09:48:00Z

    Polygiene stabilized its business in 2019, with sales declining by just 0.3 percent to 68.8 million Swedish kronor (€6.34m-$6.82m), with cash flow improving and turning positive. Sales actually grew by 6.3 percent excluding the divested Protective Surfaces business, but the operating margin declined and the company ended up with a ...

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    Antiviral products help Polygiene thrive

    2020-04-13T10:09:00Z

    Polygiene said its revenues grew in the first quarter of 2020, despite production being halted across Asia due to the coronavirus outbreak. According to preliminary estimates, the Swedish company’s sales rose by 4.3 percent from the year-ago quarter, which the management partly attributed to the group being able to deliver ...

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    Analysis: What is happening with Covid-19 on the retail front?

    2020-04-09T20:00:00Z

    The retail lockdown in Germany is estimated to have caused a drop of 60 percent at brick-and-mortar stores in the fashion sector in general in March, as compared to the same month a year ago, although they were open in the first few days of the month. The trend will ...

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    German suppliers fear that government aid is insufficient

    2020-04-08T18:00:00Z

    On April 6, the German government announced a package of additional financial aid for small and medium-sized companies with 11 to 250 employees. The government will assume 100 percent of the credit risk on loans of up to €800,000 without an assessment of the risks, depending on the size of ...