
Performance apparel markets: business update, July 2025
Description
This report provides information, analysis and valuable insight into developments relating to the performance apparel industry in the following categories: acquisitions, divestments and mergers; events; investments; joint ventures, cooperation, licensing and distribution; and standards and test methods. Brands, companies and other organisations featured in this report include: ANTA Sports; Authentic Brands Group (ABG); BASF; DuPont; Hohenstein; Jack Wolfskin; lululemon athletica; Nibertex; OutDoor; Outdoor Collective; Puma; RE&UP Recycling Technologies; and ZymoChem.
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- SUMMARY
- ACQUISITIONS, DIVESTMENTS AND MERGERS
- ANTA Sports has announced the acquisition of Jack Wolfskin
- EVENTS
- The 2025 edition of OutDoor has been cancelled in response to a disappointing number of exhibitor registrations
- INVESTMENTS
- BASF has opened a new plant in Shanghai, China, for the production of loopamid polyamide 6 to improve circularity in the clothing industry
- Nibertex has secured seed funding to ramp up the development of its electrospun membrane for outdoor wear
- JOINT VENTURES, COOPERATION, LICENSING AND DISTRIBUTION
- Outdoor Collective has entered into a licensing agreement with Authentic Brands Group (ABG) relating to the winter sports apparel brand Spyder
- Puma and RE&UP Recycling Technologies have signed a letter of intent to scale up the use of textile-to-textile recycled polyester in Puma’s products
- lululemon athletica has entered into a joint venture with ZymoChem to help expand the company’s use of bio-based nylon (polyamide)
- STANDARDS AND TEST METHODS
- DuPont has collaborated with Hohenstein in the development of three test methods for measuring the comfort and mobility of soft body armour components
- List of figures
- Figure 1: Demonstration of the Double Curvature Compression (DCC) test
- Figure 2: Demonstration of the Edge Pressure (EP) test
- Figure 3: Demonstration of the Lower Costal Bending (LCB) test
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