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Date of publication: 20 January 2009
Adidas acquisition signals mass market beckons
Textronics, a leader in the development of wearable textile sensors has been acquired from its venture capital ownership by Adidas International – indicating that the burgeoning market for wearables for health and sports monitoring is poised to go mainstream.