Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 107
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Padel Nuestro to double its international retail footprint
According to Diffusion Sport, Padel Nuestro intends to more than double its retail footprint in the padel tennis market. To its existing 35 points of sale, the Spanish group plans to add 12 own stores, six franchises and 20 Padel Nuestro Express shops. If all goes well, the endeavor should ...
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News briefsOutdoor Retailer Summer Market moves from June to August
Emerald Expositions has announced that Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2021 has been moved from its original date of June 15-17 to Aug. 10-12 as a physical trade show at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, with a digital extension for exhibitors and attendees unable to attend in person. The date ...
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Frasers takes a hit with English retail lockdown due to end on Apr. 12
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that non-essential retail stores may reopen in England on April 12 after having been closed since Jan. 4 to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Indoor leisure facilities such as gyms are also due to reopen on that date. Like in other countries, ...
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Adidas joins the Fur Free Retailer program
Adidas has joined the Fur Free Retailer program, an international initiative of the Fur Free Alliance that aims to encourage companies to go fur-free. Adidas currently does not sell products made of animal fur, but the brand has nevertheless pledged to permanently renounce fur in order to underline its commitment ...
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Adidas plans to resume dividends
Adidas’ executive board has decided a resumption of the company’s dividend payments, subject to approval by the supervisory board and at the annual general meeting of May 12. The says its decision reflects a positive outlook for the current financial year and follows a series of financing measures: it recently ...
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+++ The merchandise and training programs of the Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar, Rafael Nadal’s brainchild, based in Manacor (Mallorca), can now be purchased on Amazon following a new agreement between the two parties +++ Redipro will handle the distribution of Everlast in Spain and Andorra +++
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Kinnevik’s Zalando shares go to its own shareholders
Kinnevik, the Swedish investment fund that has been supporting Zalando since 2010, helping it to go public in 2014, has decided to transfer its 21 percent interest in the big German-based e-tailer to its own shareholders, provided they approve the move at Kinnevik’s annual meeting on April 29. The Swedish ...
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Adidas Golf signs up Brendan Lawlor
Adidas Golf has announced that Brendan Lawlor will join its roster of athletes. The Irish golfer is currently No. 4 in the World Rankings for Golfers with Disability (WR4GD). After forging a successful amateur career across both disability and able-bodied competitions, he became the first disabled golfer to compete in ...
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ArticleAdidas has decided to divest Reebok
Having completed a month-long review of the brand, the Adidas Group has decided to begin a “formal process” to divest the Reebok brand. The other option would have been to keep it in-house. The German sportswear giant had originally planned to make an announcement on March 10, during a previously ...
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ArticleThe latest on Nike’s presence on Lidl’s marketplaces
Some Nike products are being offered on the German and Spanish marketplaces of LIdl, one of the largest low-cost grocery retailers in Europe, raising some eyebrows. However, Nike released the following statement in reaction to a a report in the Spanish pres: ”Lidl is not a partner in Nike’s marketplace ...
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News briefsNike products are sold on Lidl’s marketplaces in Germany and Spain
Nike has released the following statement in reaction to an article published on our website on Feb. 15: ”Lidl is not a partner in Nike’s marketplace strategy and we are not selling product to their business.” A spokeman for Nike would not say, however, whether it is in litigation with ...
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Speedo partners with a Finnish retailer to promote swimming
Acting in cooperation with a Finnish retail member of Intersport, Speedo has signed a multi-year sponsorship deal with the Finnish Swimming Association. As part of the agreement, Intersport Sello will launch two online stores, one for active swimmers and other for recreational swimmers. The aim is to develop the position ...
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Schanner will distribute Fila skates in Germany
Schanner Eisehockeyartikel, the German specialist in ice hockey and ice skating, is taking over the distribution of Fila skates in its home market. Produced by its Italian licensee, MGM, the Fila line of skates includes a strong business in inline skates, protected by several patents, as well as ice skates, ...
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Heyconnect is helping Fila with German marketplaces
Fila is entering the German marketplace business through Heyconnect, a start-up in Hamburg that helps brands establish an online presence. Heyconnect will be serving as the sports brand’s hub for the marketplace business, logistics, partner management and brand development in the country. Fila’s German foray is beginning with the e-tail ...
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Slinger Bag enters Israel
Slinger Bag is entering yet another country, Israel, which boasts about 100,000 tennis players and 500 clubs. The producer of the combination ball launcher/carrier has made a slew of distribution deals over the past few months, covering Australia, France, Germany, Spain, India, Japan, the U.K., Ireland, Switzerland, Russia, Scandinavia and ...
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Infographics & DataEarnings - Q4 2020 Results XXL Group
This earnings briefing includes the highlights of the Q4 2020 Interim Report of XXL Group
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Adidas introduces new Terrex goggles
Marcolin, which has replaced Silhouette as the eyewear licensee for Adidas. has introduced two new Adidas Terrex snow goggles with interchangeable lenses. E-Sun’s Varia and Kolor Up lenses are both toric, but Varia adjusts to ambient light through three categories of sun protection categories within 40 seconds, while Kolor Up ...
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Slinger Bag finds a distributor for Russia
Slinger Bag has signed a five-year distribution deal for Russia with Neva Sport, which handles the distribution for Babolat in the country as well. Slinger Bag will be launching its product in the country on April 1. As we have reported over the past few months, Slinger Bag has been ...
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Sport 2000 launches sneaker.de
Sport 2000 has launched a new website, sneaker.de, as a content platform to jointly promote the products offered in the sneaker stores affiliated with the German buying group. The platform is designed as a pure content platform, not as a web store. For example, product news, campaigns and interviews, a ...
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Nike opens a concept store at Citadium Paris
Nike has opened a concept store, called “Nike by Haussmann,” on the third floor of the Citadium lifestyle-oriented department store at 50-56 rue Caumartin, near Boulevard Haussmann in central Paris. The 615-square-meter mono-brand store occupies the totality of the floor space. Although it offers both men’s and women’s products from ...
