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Company Intelligence13 Mar 2023

Merrell

Merrell, and its parent company Wolverine Worldwide, has amplified its focus on product innovation in recent years. WTiN analyses the outdoor brand’s product portfolio and recent R&D endeavours in light of this strategy.

RecycledApparelCompanies & Finance

ScalingInsight8 Mar 2023

Three scaling female-led innovations

In celebration of International Women’s Day, WTiN has pulled together three scaling innovations that have women at the helm: from plant-based to carbon eating and knitted wearables.

FibresYarnsSustainability

Innovation Outlook10 Feb 2023

Sample: Innovation Outlook: Fibres & Technical Yarns

This edition of WTiN’s Innovation Outlook focuses on assessing key innovations in fibres & technical yarns, comprising bio-based, conductive and recycled or recyclable materials.

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Innovation Outlook10 Feb 2023

Innovation Outlook: Fibres & Technical Yarns

This edition of WTiN’s Innovation Outlook focuses on assessing key innovations in fibres & technical yarns, comprising bio-based, conductive and recycled or recyclable materials.

FibresYarnsIndustry 4.0

Sector Analysis25 Jan 2023

Events fail to uplift protective textiles

Both the protective textiles sector and wider industry end 2022 with dampened spirts as geopolitical, economic and supply chain challenges breed caution, despite Q4 serving opportunities for community and collaboration.

FibresYarnsManufacturing Technology

Intelligence16 Jan 2023

3D printed footwear: Past, present and future

The continuous improvement of 3D printing technologies presents growing commercial opportunities for industry. This review centres on footwear, tracking its experimental use of additive manufacturing through past, present and future.

FootwearResearch & Development

Company Intelligence15 Dec 2022

Under Armour

Despite financial and operational turbulence in recent years, Under Armour stays committed to the performance-driven athlete. WTiN explores its strategy moving forward, examining the brand’s product, R&D and sustainability efforts.

ApparelSportswearCompanies & Finance

Fireside Chat30 Nov 2022

Key trends and innovations on display at ISPO

In this Fireside Chat, Jessica Basey, technical textiles lead at WTiN, talks to Madelaine Thomas live from Munich where she has been visiting ISPO - Europe's largest sporting and outdoor goods exhibition.

Technical TextilesSustainability

Company Intelligence8 Nov 2022

Black Diamond

A brand under the Clarus Corporation umbrella, Black Diamond has grown from a legacy equipment manufacturer to a holistic outdoor brand. WTiN reflects on its progression, including a look at its portfolio and sustainability efforts.

SportswearApparelCompanies & Finance

Innovation Outlook7 Nov 2022

Innovation Outlook: Dyeing & Finishing

This edition of WTiN’s Innovation Outlook focuses on Dyeing & Finishing. It assesses innovations in dyeing, finishing and wastewater management.

FibresYarnsIndustry 4.0

Innovation Outlook7 Nov 2022

Sample: Innovation Outlook: Dyeing & Finishing

This edition of WTiN’s Innovation Outlook focuses on Dyeing & Finishing. It assesses innovations in dyeing, finishing and wastewater management.

FibresYarnsIndustry 4.0

Intelligence24 Oct 2022

A case study for bio-based, circular sportswear

A project backed by the EU-supported S4Fashion consortium, BioAce asks whether sportswear comprised entirely of castor oil-derived polyamide 10,10 can be an answer to the industry’s circularity question.

SyntheticsRecycledResearch & Development

Sector Analysis17 Oct 2022

Twists and turns pressure protective textiles

The penultimate quarter offers little in the way of optimism for the protective textile sector as rising energy prices, inflation and geopolitical pressures continue to compound on difficult trading conditions.

FibresYarnsManufacturing Technology

Company Intelligence25 Aug 2022

Lululemon

WTiN provides an update on active and lifestyle brand Lululemon, focusing on its growth in both menswear and footwear atop healthy womenswear revenues, as well as its strategic materials partnerships.

SyntheticsSportswearResearch & Development

Intelligence19 Aug 2022

How next-gen could change the (leather) world

WTiN speaks with Richard Wielechowski, head of the textile programme at Planet Tracker, about the impact of next-generation materials on the textile & apparel industry, particularly within the more vulnerable leather sector.

Technical TextilesManufacturing Technology

Sector Analysis18 Jul 2022

Events fail to enthuse the protective textiles sector

Despite ample opportunities for face-to-face engagement over the last three months, the protective textiles sector heads into Q3 with trepidation as supply chain issues and rising energy costs foster pessimism.

FibresYarnsManufacturing Technology

Company Intelligence13 Jul 2022

Salomon

WTiN explores Salomon’s recent efforts to digitalise and automate its product development, while also looking at its sustainability approach, product innovation and current supply chain network.

ApparelFootwearManufacturing Technology

Review22 Jun 2022

Outdoor sector revitalised at physical ISPO reunion

WTiN wraps up some of the standout innovations and discussion points from June’s Outdoor by ISPO.

SyntheticsApparelDesign & Trends

Intelligence1 Jun 2022

Traceable sustainability target of textile regulatory shifts

In May, the WFSGI and Compliance & Risks held a joint session addressing recent shifts in global sports and textile legislations. WTiN explores these changes, highlighting strategies primed to assist compliance moving forward.

ApparelTechnical TextilesTrade

Intelligence25 May 2022

The why and how of UV protective textiles

WTiN explores the potential of UV protective textiles, particularly as factors such as skin cancer rates and climate change inflame the risks of UV-related health issues.

Technical TextilesCellulosicsDesign & Trends

Insight24 May 2022

How can innovation support the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals?

In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly (UN-GA) published 17 interlinked global targets – titled Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

ApparelFabricsManufacturing Technology

Fireside Chat11 May 2022

Innovation Outlook: Fibres and technical yarns

WTiN recently released the first edition of its quarterly Innovation Outlook. Jessica Basey, technical textiles lead, Victoria Nickerson, smart textiles lead, and Madelaine Thomas, content lead, discuss key findings.

FibresYarnsSustainability

Insight9 May 2022

Carbon neutrality focus for functional fabrics

Carbon neutrality and mitigating climate change were key areas of focus for innovations at this year’s Performance Days.

ApparelSportswearResearch & Development

Sector Analysis20 Apr 2022

Protective textiles sector looks sturdy exiting Q1

Now well into the swing of 2022, WTiN reflects on the themes and developments driving the protective textiles sector as we head into an event-packed quarter two.

NonwovensFootwearResearch & Development

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