The FTC's renewable energy rule uses a clothing example: a made with wind power claim is deceptive if wind covers only half the energy used. A companion rule covers renewable materials, and neither is about fabric the way shoppers assume.
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There is no authoritative EU to US conversion, and the reason is in the ISO standard itself. Some brands mark the foot, some mark the shoe, and ISO 9407 says the second of those does not conform to it at all.
Pima is the common name for extra long staple cotton, a USDA category defined partly by how it is ginned. The FTC has no separate pima rule, which is exactly why some labels are misleading without being illegal.
After the Supreme Court struck down IEEPA tariffs in February, importers can claim refunds through CBP's CAPE portal. Adidas booked about €200 million and Puma €29.8 million in the third quarter, which flatters their margins once.
Under federal rule 16 CFR 300.20, "virgin" or "new" wool must be fiber that has never been reclaimed from any earlier product. The term says nothing about softness, fineness or where the wool came from.
Directive (EU) 2025/1892 makes clothing and footwear producers pay for collecting, sorting and recycling what they sell in the EU. Countries must write it into law by June 17, 2027 and have schemes running by April 17, 2028.
Adidas posted record third-quarter revenue of €7,252 million and operating profit of €1,008 million, and lifted its 2026 profit outlook to about €2.5 billion. About €200 million of the quarter's profit came from a US tariff refund.
Puma's third-quarter sales fell 6.3% at constant currency to €1,776.2 million, and a €29.8 million tariff refund helped the margin. The company narrowed its 2026 operating loss range as ANTA Sports became its largest shareholder.
Yes. Velcro is a trademark of Velcro Companies, and the generic term is hook and loop fastener. George de Mestral's U.S. patent 3,009,235, issued November 21, 1961, describes the hooks and loops in plain language.
Whitcomb Judson patented a clasp locker in the 1890s, but Gideon Sundback's U.S. patent 1,219,881 of March 20, 1917 is the design behind the modern zipper. The name came from a boot company in 1923.
No single person invented the sewing machine. A French tailor patented the first working one in 1830, Elias Howe's 1846 patent set the lockstitch, and Isaac Singer's 1851 patent made it practical.
The RealReal reported record third quarter 2026 results on October 29: gross merchandise value up 23%, revenue up 19%, and a higher full-year outlook. The reported profit includes a non-cash item worth reading around.
Capri reported second quarter fiscal 2027 results on October 30, 2026. Michael Kors fell 8.6% while Jimmy Choo grew 11.5%, and the company raised its full-year revenue and profit outlook anyway.
Fill power measures how much space an ounce of down fills in a lab cylinder. It tells you about the quality of the down, not how warm a jacket is. Fill weight and construction matter just as much.
adidas does not own every version of three stripes. An EU court ruled on June 19, 2019 that one mark was invalid, and a U.S. jury later found Thom Browne's four stripes did not infringe.
Yes, but narrowly. In 2012 the Second Circuit held a single color can be a fashion trademark, then limited Christian Louboutin's red sole to cases where it contrasts with the shoe.
Prada Group's nine-month net revenues rose 15% to EUR 4,541 million, but excluding Versace growth was 4%, and Miu Miu retail sales fell 3% in the third quarter.
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