Performance Apparel Markets: Quarterly Analysis of High Performance Activewear

What Each Issue Contains

Four times a year, Performance Apparel Markets provides subscribers with business and market analysis of worldwide trends in high performance activewear and corporate apparel. Each issue contains a report on major developments in the global performance apparel market, focusing on new products, new technologies, new fibres and key players; a detailed, independently-researched report on one topic from a standing list — moisture management, temperature regulation, stretch, high strength, reflective wear, support wear, UV protection, windproof, waterproof and water-resistant technologies, flame retardancy and smart textiles; a company profile outlining the business, product, market and manufacturing strategies of a key player; and a summary of business news and developments, majoring on innovations, mergers and acquisitions, investments, joint ventures and financial performances.

Why Performance Apparel?

Performance apparel represents one of the fastest growing sectors of the international textile and clothing industry. Market growth is being fuelled by the emergence of new fibres, new fabrics and innovative process technologies, and boosted by changes in consumer lifestyles: people are living longer and spending more time on leisure activities. New high-tech fabrics are being developed for a wide range of active sports — aerobics, athletics, running, cycling, hiking, mountaineering, swimming, sailing, windsurfing, ballooning, parachuting, snowboarding and skiing. Innovations are emerging in fire retardant materials and those which protect against extreme temperatures, the market for corporatewear is growing and in some cases becoming increasingly fashion-oriented, and high-tech fabrics and apparel designed for high performance wear are increasingly crossing over into everyday fashion.

Issue 20: The Reports in This Section

The five Issue 20 reports presented in this section map exactly onto the publication's formula. The Business Update supplies the business news summary — financial results; joint ventures, cooperation, licensing and distribution agreements; markets; and mergers, acquisitions and divestments. Fast Track: ISPO Winter 2007 supplies the market developments report from the world's largest sports trade fair. Moisture Management Fabrics is the issue's detailed, independently-researched topic report, drawn from the standing topic list. Product Developments and Innovations surveys fabrics and membranes, moisture management technology, nanotechnology, smart fabrics, wearable technology and sports apparel. And the Profile of Ronhill Sports is the issue's company profile, examining a leading UK supplier of running apparel founded by athlete Ron Hill. Subscribers read the full reports by ordering the issue or subscribing; the summaries in this section describe each report's scope and findings.