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- <text id=90TT0872>
- <title>
- Apr. 09, 1990: Business Notes:Sportswear
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- Apr. 09, 1990 America's Changing Colors
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- BUSINESS, Page 67
- Business Notes
- SPORTSWEAR
- Blazing Hot And Way Cool
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> Surfers and snowboarders have been blinded lately by a
- dazzling brilliance. It's not glare from the snow or water, but
- the neon-colored outfits of their companions. From the
- California coast to the Alps, the hottest look under the sun
- is the "acid bright" sportswear produced by the O'Neill company
- of Santa Cruz, Calif. The parkas, swim trunks, rucksacks and
- other splashy items are hard to miss, since O'Neill emblazons
- them with the company name in huge letters. O'Neill's sales
- reached an estimated $100 million last year, up more than 30%
- from 1988.
- </p>
- <p> Started as a wet-suit manufacturer in 1952, O'Neill branched
- into sportswear five years ago with a line of trunks and tops.
- Clothes for snowboarding were a natural extension, since that
- sport is favored by many surfers. O'Neill's winterwear ranges
- from insulated shells ($90) to full suits made for
- extra-strenuous performance ($350).
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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