lululemon Introduces the Ventscape™ Run Vest – A Product Innovation that Simplifies Cold-Weather Running

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 6, 2026--

lululemon (NASDAQ: LULU) today unveiled the Ventscape™ PrimaLoft ® ThermoPlume ® + Run Vest, a new product innovation for cold-weather running, during the 2026 China International Import Expo.

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Runners in cold environments often experience distractions that can pull their focus, such as changing thermal needs, sweat, and the need to adjust layers. Ventscape addresses these issues by offering a more comfortable and consistent thermal experience from the start to the end of a run. It was tested and validated over 250 hours and across 2,500 km in lululemon’s Product Innovation lab and outside.

“Our Ambassadors expressed a common theme of how running in cold weather creates peaks and dips related to thermal discomfort. We wanted to create a solution that allows runners to embrace the weather and not view it in a negative way. By adjusting to you, Ventscape can keep you thermally comfortable regardless of whether your body is generating heat—it’s a leveling of the thermal experience so you can remain focused,” said Chantelle Murnaghan, VP of Research and Product Innovation, lululemon.

Breathable warmth comes from a patent-pending construction designed to balance insulation and ventilation, using PrimaLoft ThermoPlume+ alongside strategically placed mesh panels. The insulation keeps runners warm from the start. As their pace and effort increase, heat and humidity start to build up around the body. Ventscape’s design releases this by taking in air through the mesh vents and flushing out the microclimate.

The product innovation underwent many testing methods and prototyping to validate its performance. Modeling and simulation helped to identify the optimal combination of mesh and fill configurations. Thermal mannequin testing helped assess how the insulation performs in windy conditions at simulated running paces.

lululemon’s community of Ambassadors shaped Ventscape from start to finish, voicing how they wanted to feel while running outside and wear-testing prototypes. Leah Yingling, Ultrarunner, biomedical engineer and women’s advocate; Nikki Hiltz, middle distance runner, Olympian and advocate; and Lewis Hamilton, seven-time Formula 1™ World Champion, are among those who contributed to shaping the vest’s fit and construction, along with testing it in the brand’s cold chamber and in real-world conditions.

“With Ventscape, I can go from start to finish on runs without thinking. Having a single layer I don’t need to pack away is huge,” said Leah Yingling.

“The moment I picked up the pace, it just adjusted with me. No overheating, no chill. That’s when it clicked: This thing is actually reading my effort,” said Lewis Hamilton.

Watch the video: Introducing Ventscape™ Run Vest.

Ventscape launches globally starting December 2026. For more information, please visit lululemon.com.

About lululemon

lululemon (NASDAQ:LULU) is a technical athletic apparel, footwear, and accessories company for yoga, running, training, and most other activities, creating transformational products and experiences that build meaningful connections, unlocking greater possibility and wellbeing for all. Setting the bar in innovation of fabrics and functional designs, lululemon works with yogis and athletes in local communities around the world for continuous research and product feedback. For more information, visit lululemon.com.

Today, lululemon unveiled its latest innovation, the Ventscape™ Run Vest, developed and tested with lululemon Ambassadors including Lewis Hamilton. (Photo credit: lululemon).

Today, lululemon unveiled its latest innovation, the Ventscape™ Run Vest, developed and tested with lululemon Ambassadors including Leah Yingling. (Photo credit: lululemon).

Today, lululemon unveiled its latest innovation, the Ventscape™ Run Vest, developed and tested with lululemon Ambassadors including Leah Yingling. (Photo credit: lululemon).

ATLANTA (AP) — Zoo Atlanta’s newest pandas munched bamboo and lounged Friday during their public debut as smiling visitors lined up to welcome them.

Ping Ping, a male, and Fu Shuang, a female, arrived in September from China under a 10-year loan agreement, bringing the cuddly black-and-white bears back to the zoo after a two-year absence. After spending the past weeks getting acclimated to their habitat, the 6-year-old pandas greeted visitors in the newly renovated Arthur M. Blank Panda Grove.

Eight-year-old Rachel Sutherland and her family were visiting from Sacramento, California, and extended their vacation by a day to see the pandas.

“They’re amazing,” said Rachel. She said she was partial to Ping Ping because the name reminds her of the color pink.

Ping Ping has distinctive dark circles around his eyes, while Fu Shuang has a protruding forehead, according to Xinhua News Agency. Both were born at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China.

The Atlanta zoo's panda enclosure had been empty since 2024, after four other pandas returned from the United States to China, ending a 25-year partnership amid strained relations between the two countries.

During a news conference Friday morning, Xie Feng, the Chinese ambassador to the U.S., said the pandas' arrival “marks the renewal of a decade-long bond between China and Zoo Atlanta.”

“We trust that under the loving care of Zoo Atlanta, the two pandas will eat happily, sleep soundly and grow healthy and strong in their new home, bringing twice the joy and happiness to everyone who loves them,” the ambassador said.

Georgia Tech student Kevin Wei, 18, said he'd been counting down until “panda day,” and felt especially connected to the animals because they are from his hometown of Chengdu.

“It's kind of like having a familiar bond,” Wei said. “Although I'm living in the U.S., I still can connect with myself and to China.”

China has long used pandas as part of its diplomacy globally, deploying the bears in loan programs as expressions of goodwill and letting loan agreements lapse when tensions arise.

Zoo Atlanta is one of three U.S. zoos that now house the popular bears.

The National Zoo in Washington returned three pandas to China in 2023 before accepting new arrivals Bao Li and Qing Bao in October 2024. The San Diego Zoo debuted two pandas in August 2024.

A decade ago, the International Union for Conservation of Nature reclassified giant pandas from endangered to vulnerable, reflecting pandas' growing numbers in the wild in China.

Resident Kim Herres, 76, said she has been visiting Zoo Atlanta ever since the city first received pandas in 1999. She said she sees pandas as a symbol of the world “doing the right thing” to protect animals.

“I'm just glad we've gotten them back,” she said. “Hopefully we won't make the Chinese mad, and they won't come get them.”

FILE - In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, vehicles carrying a pair of giant pandas, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, leave the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, southwestern China's Sichuan Province, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026.(Xu Bingjie/Xinhua via AP, file)