Sentences with phrase «armour all»

Second, but way back, was Under Armour's (ua) Kevin Plank, a young sports apparel exec who makes a bit more sense as a popular choice among readers.

Under Armour's stock is down about 20 percent over the past 12 months.

But Baltimore - based Under Armour, the second - largest U.S. athletic - gear maker after Nike (nke), is envisioning a world where professional and casual athletes can track their movements, workouts, sleep, and other metrics.

The shoe is packed with technology like Under Armour Smartweave for lightweight stability, GORE - TEX uppers for waterproof construction, and an integrated lacing system for a locked - in fit.

• Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank leaves Trump's economic advisory council.

For now, sports marketing experts say that Under Armour has, believe it or not, restrained from marketing Spieth too hard.

The growth in North America bested the latest quarterly results from Under Armour (up 21.5 % in North America) and Nike (sales were roughly flat).

Under Armour (uaa) is getting in the game with «athlete recovery sleepwear,» a collection of $ 80 shorts and $ 100 Henley shirts endorsed by Super Bowl - winning quarterback Tom Brady.

He then began to tell the story of how he launched Under Armour shortly after he'd graduated, starting with just $ 17,000 in seed money he'd earned selling flowers.

Adidas was underperforming top rival Nike (nke) in the key U.S. sportswear market and even found itself confronting headlines that it was trailing Under Armour (ua), a far smaller upstart brand.

This is a surprise, considering how heartily golf fans and pundits bought into the premise that without Rory and Tiger, Nike must surely be kicking itself, watching in frustration as Spieth brought attention to Under Armour.

Despite all the discussion and hype around Under Armour getting big brand benefit from its endorsement of superstar Jordan Spieth, it still didn't generate the same buzz on social media as Nike.

By finding a genuine tie to the product, Under Armour's creative spot seamlessly and successfully brings women empowerment to its marketing.

Kevin Plank, Under Armour chairman, president and CEO, and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady discuss the company's newest endorsement deal and its strategy to expand its brand.

Under Armour is the one laggard, says Pete Najarian.

Kevin Plank, Under Armour CEO, discusses celebrity endorsement deals, including Tom Brady and competing with Nike.

In North America, Under Armour's first - quarter revenue dropped 1.1 % to $ 871.3 million after a 26 % increase the prior year.

Under Armour had flagged in July that third - quarter sales would slow, mainly because of the loss of retailer Sports Authority as a customer due to bankruptcy.

That metric is now higher than Nike (32.2 % in the most recent year), but is under what Under Armour spent in 2016 (37.8 %).

But to help get back to his peak form, the swimming legend got some help from the suite of fitness technology by his sponsor Under Armour (ua).

Still greatly dwarfed by sales of Under Armour shirts and shoes, the company sees investments in tech as a way to compete more aggressively in the athletic wear space in the future.

To coincide with the sleepwear launch, Under Armour debuted an app - based coaching assistant that tallies sleep duration and other metrics over a 14 - day period to assign a sleep score.

He pointed out that the only reason he had $ 17,000 with which to start Under Armour was that he'd started a previous business at Maryland, selling roses by the dozen.

This year's British Open was up 29 % in ratings, grabbing 1.94 million eyeballs, all of which repeatedly took in an Under Armour - clad Jordan Spieth.

Created in collaboration with the world famous football star, Under Armour's Athlete Recovery Sleepwear use bioceramic particles that absorb infrared wavelengths emitted by the body and reflect back far infrared energy, helping the body recover faster while promoting better sleep.

Under Armour's connected fitness platform, which contains a mix of apps, fitness tracking bands, and other «smart» devices, carefully monitors four quadrants: sleep, fitness, activity, and nutrition.

While some will see this sleepwear as just pricy pajamas, Under Armour views it as a coaching tool to encourage athletes to think less about training and more about passive actions like sleep.

To be sure, Nike's business is still by far the largest, generating $ 3.74 billion in sales in the most recent period versus $ 877.6 million for Adidas and $ 827 million for Under Armour.

But in 2008, in the midst of the financial crisis, we started noticing that young people were doing some awfully significant things, whether in the financial world (Meredith Whitney had just made her bold call against Citigroup), in the tech world (Facebook was beginning to crank into high gear), or in other industries (Kevin Plank's apparel upstart Under Armour was giving Nike a real run for its money).

Better sleep equates to a better workout, according to Glenn Silbert, senior vice president of global product at Under Armour.

As it turns out, the relationships Plank formed as a football player helped him form connections that would spur Under Armour's early growth.

Under Armour just continues on its golf high.

Under Armour's «I Will What I Want» ad leverages the insight that women are pushing back against the idea of perfection and embracing themselves.

Under Armour, the No. 2 U.S. sportswear maker, reported its slowest quarterly sales growth in six years, hurt by slowing growth in North America, its biggest market.

Exclusively engineered for Cam Newton, the Under Armour C1N MCs are ultra-supportive, breathable, and lightweight for explosive speed.

Many athletes also told their girlfriends about the t - shirts — and soon, Under Armour was making women's shirts.

The spike follows Under Armour's announcement that it will change the ticker symbols of its Class A (UA) and Class C (UA.C) common stocks.

Brands like Nike, Adidas, and Under Armour all offer shoes so good looking, you wouldn't expect to see them on a golf course.

«Despite the overall robustness, there are a few emerging signs that Under Armour is now headed into a tougher period.

Under Armour's apparel revenue rose 18 percent to $ 1.02 billion in the third quarter ended Sept. 30.

Of the portion of those posts that mentioned a brand, Nike grabbed 40 % to Under Armour's 29 % and Adidas's 28 %.

Adidas provided outfits for 14 teams, Under Armour outfitted 10 teams, and Russell Athletic outfitted three.

Gear from Air Jordan, Adidas, Nike, Timberland, ASICS, Under Armour, and New Balance are included, so act now.

Product engineers redesigned the pads and body armour for Canada's Olympic hockey team from scratch.

Mike Lee recently sold his startup, MyFitnessPal, to Under Armour, where he continues to work closely with the executive team; meanwhile, Bluemercury founder Marla Malcolm Beck is bringing innovate ideas to Macy's.

Masters champion Jordan Spieth talks this year's tourney, the need to step it up and the latest from his deal with Under Armour.

As expected, getting into the shoe business hasn't been the easiest for Under Armour.

Smaller rival Under Armour's UA 0.27 % sales in the region leapt 29 % for the first nine months of 2014.

Under Armour has said its $ 500 - million women's business can one day be as big if not bigger than its men's business.

Within two weeks, the parties had agreed that Under Armour would acquire the startup for $ 150 million, and Thurston would remain atop MapMyFitness and become Under Armour's chief digital officer.