All Suppliers articles – Page 4
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ArticleYue Yuen’s growth stopped in Q3
The disruption of the supply chain and the geopolitical situation in China have seriously started to affect Yue Yuen in both of its business segments. Its latest financial update for the month of October showed a year-on-year sales decrease of 21 percent, including drops of 18 percent in manufacturing and ...
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ArticleSupply chain disruptions move Austria’s ÖSFA fair and others forward
Ordering cycles throughout the supply chain are being pushed forward by between three and five months, depending on the products. The current supply chain challenges are creating real or potential product shortages that are leading vendors to place earlier and bigger orders with the factories to secure sufficient supplies for ...
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ArticleNice Footwear is valued up to €16.5m in IPO
Nice Footwear, an Italian company specializing in the production and sourcing of sneakers, is being listed on the Euronex Growth market in Milan. The company set a price range of €9.00-€11.00 per share, valuing the company at between €13.5 million and €16.5 million, representing 4.87 to 5.95 times last year’s ...
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Out Of, the Italian sun lens start-up, gets Elite status
Out Of, a young company that recently launched the first electronic lens that adapts its tint to ambient light automatically in less than a second without using a battery, is one of 20 Italian start-ups that have joined Elite, a private market of the Italian Stock Exchange, with the support ...
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ArticleHeiQ unveils high-performance cellulose yarn derived from carbon-negative materials
HeiQ unveiled what it calls a potential game-changer for the textile industry on Oct. 26 in a digital presentation. HeiQ AeoniQ is a high-performance cellulose yarn derived from a wide range of natural, carbon-negative sources, including wood pulp and algae. The new fiber is currently advancing to pilot production prior ...
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ArticleStella recovers and remains "cautiously optimistic"
The Hong Kong-based shoe manufacturer and retailer Stella International has reported a 27.5 percent year-over-year increase in third-quarter revenues to $439.3 million. The period marked a slowdown from the company’s recovery in the first half, due to a tougher comparative basis. In the first nine months of the year, the ...
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News briefsPrimaLoft starts first consumer-facing campaign, making the unseen visible
PrimaLoft has launched its first consumer-facing image campaign for its insulation solutions under the headline “Seek the Unseen”. The advertising spot wants to inspire users to recognize the surprising emotional moments in life that often pass unnoticed – just like the components of a garment that have an impact on ...
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Polartec adds fabric library to Browzwear for digital 3D design solution
Polartec has started a new partnership with Browzwear, a provider of 3D digital solutions for the apparel industry headquartered in Singapore, with seven offices around the world. Browzwear software users will now be able to design and create new styles with Polartec’s range of performance fabrics. An internet-based library of ...
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Vietnam woes penalize Yue Yuen and other producers
Yue Yuen’s revenues were down by 24 percent to $541.5 million year-on-year in September, with decreases of 22 percent in manufacturing and 25 percent at retail. Total revenues were still up by 6 percent to $6.44 billion for the first nine months of this year. The company relies on Vietnam ...
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Brazilian surf brand incorporates Polygiene treatment
Oceano Surfwear has incorporated Polygiene’s Stay Fresh anti-odor treatment into a shirt collection, called Legends, developed in cooperation with a Brazilian surfing champion, Everaldo “Pato” Teixeira. The shirts, says Polygiene, “come with a guarantee that you can wear more and wash less – lightening the load on our planet and ...
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Kingmaker prepares to reopen a Vietnam factory
After nearly three months of halted production, Kingmaker’s footwear factory in the Binh Duong Province in southern Vietnam is now ready to restart operations in several phases. The region in which the plant is located has obtained “green zone” status, and over 70 percent of the factory’s employees have received ...
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Norspo fair is cancelled, may be shifted to November
The Norwegian sporting goods show, Norspo, which was going to take place in Oslo on Jan. 9 and 10, has been cancelled like the one that was going to be held last January. Trond Evald Hansen, general manager of Norspomessen, is now betting that the new winter fair will take ...
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Blackroll partners with the German Tennis Federation
A Swiss-based supplier specializing in sports preparation and recovery products, Blackroll, is the newest partner of the German Tennis Federation (DTB). With immediate effect, Blackroll will equip all four DTB national bases in Hanover, Kamen, Stuttgart and Oberhaching with products from the areas of activation and regeneration. This is intended ...
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PrimaLoft to save up to 70% carbon emissions with updated P.U.R.E. technology
PrimaLoft has launched an updated version of its PrimaLoft P.U.R.E. (“Produced Using Reduced Emissions”) manufacturing technology. Using its proprietary P.U.R.E. technology, originally launched in 2019, it claims to further reduce carbon emissions by up to 70 percent. Three new products featuring the latest version of PrimaLoft’s PURE manufacturing technology will ...
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News briefsPittards returns to profits as sales recovery gathers momentum
Pittards, a British leather and leathergoods manufacturer that is a major supplier to the sporting goods industry, returned to profit in the first half and said there are “clear signs” that a recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic was gathering momentum, with orders at their highest level in two years. Pre-tax ...
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News briefsJoining Hefter at Polygiene, Eva Doll takes charge of the customer experience in EMEA
Polygiene has hired Eva Doll as its new customer experience manager for the EMEA markets. Doll has extensive experience in the sporting goods and outdoor industries. She comes to Polygiene with a solid background as a freelance editor and content creator for several sports brands, sports publications and news platforms. ...
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News briefsGore-Tex unveils new, more sustainable ePE membrane
W. L. Gore & Associates has announced that the consumer unit of its Gore Fabrics Division will introduce the use of expanded polyethylene (ePE) as a new and more sustainable, complementary material platform that will serve as the basis for its future membrane technologies. The new ePE laminates (membrane and ...
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News briefsOutDoor by ISPO Global Summit Edition 2021 is cancelled
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) and the ISPO Group have announced this evening (Sept. 27) that the OutDoor by ISPO: Global Summit Edition will not take place as planned on Oct. 5-7. A letter from the president of the EOG, Mark Held, was just received minutes before our daily Outdoor ...
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Sugi is licensing Sergio Tacchini footwear for Europe
Sergio Tacchini Europe has signed a long-term licensing deal with Sugi International for the development, production and distribution of a new line of Sergio Tacchini footwear that will “significantly upgrade the quality and breadth” of the line, while expanding its distribution. The deal covers many countries in Europe, including Russia, ...
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New investor for Finland’s FootBalance
FootBalance, the Finnish manufacturer of custom insoles, has entered into a partnership with a new investor, London-based IPGL Limited, which has acquired Scope Growth II L.P.’s shares in the company. “FootBalance has during our ownership evolved from a local provider of insoles to become a global category leader in foot ...
