Graphics: W.L. Gore & Associates Component suppliers play a huge role in the development of high performance gloves. Technical materials are crucial to how gloves wear and hold up under a wide range of conditions. So we reached out to our friends at W. L. Gore, to...
There's lots of innovation happening at PrimaLoft®, one of the outdoor industry's leading suppliers. Their team is working hard to make consumers a lot more comfortable, across a wide range of activities. We recently had the opportunity...
Rising prices are one of the greatest business challenges for retail buying organizations. The challenge is to manage costs in a way that doesn't affect the consumer appeal of your product. As we showed...
Labor costs, leather and other raw material costs, freight, costs associated with consumer safety testing ...
The founders of Talon Athletics were working at a local day camp when the idea of protecting players' hands for the game of GaGa stung them like a bee. Young players were...
The only thing worse than cold hands, is cold and wet hands. In a recent post, we covered warmth and insulation solutions. But client specs usually call for designing gloves that keep hands both...
Until about 40 years ago, hands were protected with shell materials like heavy weight deerskin or bison and lined with fur or hand knit wool. Now we have a wide variety of technologies that make the outdoors a better experience in all weather conditions. Great materials exist....
If you manage a product line, it's a good idea to periodically conduct a line review. Do you have a process to do this annually or biannnually? Today we'll pull back the curtain on our...
Two key leather fairs take place over the next two weeks. Lineapelle will take place in Bologna this coming week. APLF (Asia Pacific Leather Fair) will be the first few days of April. It...
Your glove brand should deliver on the key performance characteristics that matter most to your end user, and enhance his or her product experience. As glove manufacturers and designers, our goal is to help you do this, by raising the bar on glove performance, within your...
