She was an international celebrity who, to help finance her flying, endorsed luggage, cigarettes and sportswear.
While there, Manuel developed strong relationships with clothing retailers like North Face and Columbia Sportswear.
Most sportswear lines have about a hundred samples and take more than an hour to arrange.
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Sportswear giant Nike is scheduled to announce its Q3 2013 results on March 21.
He was divorced, his children were grown and his successful business--Sunbelt Sportswear--no longer thrilled him.
Sportswear companies Columbia, Adidas and Nike are experimenting with Zeroloft for use in gloves and footwear.
The Jesus Jean trademark covers clothing and sportswear, including jackets, vests, shirts, pants and belts.
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But is there a middle ground between angry, callused feet and the self-consciousness of sportswear commuting?
Lots of others produce higher-grade stuff, such as electronics goods or branded sportswear for Western companies.
Deadlines are tighter, and sportswear retail prices have slid by 5-10% in the past five years.
It juxtaposes the ideals of the Olympics with the realities of the sportswear industry.
Chinese consumers increasingly want to buy local, especially when it comes to sportswear and cellular handsets.
Imagine, for instance, if sportswear etiquette prohibited Baltimore Ravens fans from wearing their Super Bowl championship jersey.
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As other outdoor clothing companies, such as Columbia Sportswear, have gone public, Chouinard has resisted the temptation.
In July 2000 the agency sold the company for less than half that amount to Sportswear Holdings.
But after devoting three decades to building up his catalog sportswear company, he found himself losing interest.
Swim is taking a share of the market from sportswear companies, and profits are going up accordingly.
Again like Kenyon, he arrived at Old Trafford after working for sportswear company Umbro for 16 years.
Niche shops and eco-friendly firms such as Patagonia, a sportswear-maker, have been selling organic clothing for years.
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Vietnam is Columbia Sportswear's largest manufacturing base, while about 5% of the company's apparel is made in Bangladesh.
But Jamaica's are more clearly sportswear, and in color, pattern and tone, their look is joyful and lighthearted.
Why did she give covering fire during an abortive robbery of a Los Angeles shop that sold sportswear?
Kors has successfully encapsulated not only what women want from luxury sportswear, but also what Wall Street wants.
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When former No.1-ranked Serbian tennis player Jelena Jankovic was dropped by Reebok she turned to Chinese sportswear firm Anta.
He sued the Chinese sportswear and footwear manufacturer Qiaodan Sports Company last year for unauthorized use of his name.
In 1997 he created the sportswear label Osklen, which promotes a philosophy of living in harmony with the environment.
He decided to sell Sunbelt Sportswear and do something different with his life.
Only 10% of the sportswear sold by Carpi-based Navigare is made in Italy.
But Ms. Boyle kept at it and eventually grew the business into the publicly-traded company known as Columbia Sportswear.
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For example, clothes from Columbia Sportswear, a maker of fleece jackets and sweatshirts, are popular in Herberger's small-town stores in Minnesota.
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