COMPANY NAME CHANGE
    - Mountain High Hosiery has changed its name to Mountain High Knitwear

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
    - Nike, Patagonia, Prana, Recreational Equipment Incorporated (REI) and Timberland have been named as
        frontrunners in environmentally-friendly and sustainable business practices

FINANCIAL RESULTS & OUTLOOK
    - Columbia Sportswear: Third quarter 2007 & Fourth quarter 2007
    - Perry Ellis: First quarter 2007/08 & First nine months 2007/08
    - Puma: Third quarter 2007 & First nine months 2007
    - Quiksilver: Fourth quarter 2006/07
    - Timberland: Revenues, Profits, Outlook
    - Under Armour: Revenues, Profits
    - Unifi
    - VF Corporation: Third quarter 2007 & First nine months of 2007
    - Yue Yuen

INVESTMENTS
    - DuPont plans to undertake its biggest expansion of Kevlar fibre production capacity since 1965
    - Invista plans to open a new plant in China
    - Puma has set up a subsidiary in Romania
    - Recreational Equipment Incorporated (REI) has opened a new distribution centre
    - Under Armour has opened its first branded retail store

JOINT VENTURES, COOPERATION, LICENSING AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTS
    - Adidas and the Spanish Football Federation have announced the extension
        of their sponsorship deal until 2014
    - Converse has announced plans to offer its one star collection exclusively to Target Corporation
    - Nike and Foot Locker have launched a new store
    - Srixon Sports Europe has teamed up with Import Services

MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTMENTS
    - Billabong has acquired the Tigerlily brand
    - Dick's Sporting Goods has acquired Chick's Sporting Goods
    - Gander Mountain has acquired Overton's
    - Gildan Activewear has completed its acquisition of Prewett
    - Nike has reached an agreement to acquire Umbro
    - Nike has sold the starter brand to Iconix Brand Group
    - Quiksilver has sold Roger Cleveland Golf Company to SRI Sports Limited

TRADE FAIRS AND CONFERENCES
    - The Performance Textiles Association held its textiles at work annual trade show
        at a new venue in March 2008

• Yue Yuen: breakdown of sales by product category, first nine months 2005/06 and first nine months 2006/07
• Yue Yuen: breakdown of sales by region, first nine months 2005/06 and first nine months 2006/07"

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