INFLUX OF FEMALE ATHLETES PROPELS WOMEN’S PROTECTIVE SPORTS GEAR MARKET
May 6th, 2024
Across the world, women are increasingly participating in what were in the past male-dominated sports such as boxing, football, rugby and ice hockey, creating new niche for performance and protective textile and apparel manufacturers.
In football (soccer in the US and Canada), for example, the number of female players worldwide increased by a quarter between 2019 and 2023, reaching 16.6 million, according to international governing body FIFA (the Fédération Internationale de Football Association) (1). Ice hockey, too, is seeing an upswing in female players, ...
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