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Adidas announces further progress on recycled materials
In 2021, more than 60 percent of Adidas’ products will be made with sustainable materials such as recycled polyester or sustainable cotton, according to the company. By 2024, the brand will only use recycled polyester. All of the cotton it uses, the company adds, has been of the sustainable variety ...
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Zalando hires a “circularity director” away from H&M
Laura Coppen, who has been a major contributor to H&M’s sustainability efforts for almost five years, is joining Zalando to serve as “circularity director,” charged with implementing a program to promote greater transparency among its partner brands in the area of environmental protection. Her appointment follows a number of initiatives ...
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Adidas opposes a proposed Thom Browne mark
In its latest move to defend its Three Stripes, Adidas has filed an opposition with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) against a trademark application filed by Thom Browne in February. Adidas charges that the New York-based designer intends to use a logo consisting ...
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An anti-trust probe against Alibaba
The Chinese government’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) has launched an anti-trust investigation against the Alibaba Group to verify charges that its marketplaces require merchants to sign exclusive agreements that prevent them from offering products on other internet platforms. At the same time, the People’s Bank of China, which ...
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Mizuno establishes European headquarters in the Netherlands
Joining many other sports brands that have their European hub in the Netherlands, Mizuno has established a new company for its European business, Mizuno Europe B.V., headquartered in the Dutch city of Rotterdam. The new company, which is a 100 percent subsidiary of Mizuno, will begin operations on Jan. 1, ...
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Adidas and Fear of God enter long-term basketball partnership
Adidas and Fear of God, the Californian fashion company founded and led by Jerry Lorenzo, have announced a long-term partnership that will see Lorenzo drive the creative and business strategy for Adidas basketball globally. The partnership will also solidify the establishment of Fear of God Athletics, a third sub-label of ...
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+++ Go Sport has unveiled a new more digital store concept at its 1,800-square-meter location on Place de la République in Central Paris +++ Intersport has opened two new modern franchised stores with optimized visual merchandising in Switzerland, located in Sierre and Grindelwald +++ Sporthaus Saemann, a German sports retailer ...
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DISTRIBUTION
+++ Zerofit base layers will be distributed in the U.K. and Ireland by ProQuip Golf, which has acquired exclusive distribution rights for these territories +++
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ArticleE-tailers and fewer ski resorts escape new anti-Covid measures
Frasers Group, the parent company of the Sports Direct chain, was the first major retailer in the U.K. to withdraw its guidance for its current financial year after the government, on Dec. 19, ordered the shutdown of all stores selling non-essential products in London and Eastern and Southeastern England. They ...
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Spalding is switching distributors in Europe
United Sports Brands is set to become the distributor of Spalding’s basketballs and related equipment for most of Europe. It will be taking over the license from Germany’s Uhlsport, which has held the rights since 2002. According to Patrick Cloots, its senior vice president for international business, United Sports Brands ...
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Sport 2000 Gigasport is Sports Retailer of the Year in Austria
Sport 2000 Austria is delighted that two of its retail members are among the three winners of this year’s Austrian sports business award, Victor. First place went to Sport 2000 Gigasport, with Bründl Sports, a former Intersport member located in Kaprun, coming in second. Sport 2000 Simon from Saalfelden made ...
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Dubai-based GMG Group acquires Royal Sporting House
Gulf Marketing Group (GMG) has acquired Royal Sporting House from the Al-Futtaim Group. The financial details of the deal have not been disclosed. GMG Sports, one of GMG’s divisions, is described as the largest sports retailer and distributor in the Middle East, with more than 200 stores across the Gulf ...
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News briefsAdidas collaborates with a porcelain manufactory
Adidas is collaborating with Europe’s oldest porcelain manufactory, Meissen, on a very expensive leather sneaker with ceramic overlays. The ZX800 was inspired by Meissen’s “Krater” vase of 1856, with its 130 floral patterns. Of these, 15 were selected for hand-painting on each pair. One pair of the sneakers is being ...
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ArticleDigital, China and EMEA help Nike to grow strongly
The Nike group reported good results for its second fiscal quarter ended on Nov. 30, boosted by sharply higher online sales and double-digit growth in the EMEA region and China. On a constant-currency basis, the Nike brand’s sales rose by 8 percent to reach a level of $10,700 million, driven ...
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Burton is paying sales commissions to wholesalers and retailers
According to Boardsport Source, Burton has initiated in certain European countries a pilot version of the “Sales Incentive Program” it has set up in the U.S. Employees at its wholesale partners in in Germany, Austria and Switzerland are receiving a commission, or “cash bonus,” on the sale of Burton x ...
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News briefsOn Running opens a highly digital global flagship in New York
On Running has opened its first global flagship store. Located in New York City’s NoHo (short for north of Houston Street), the store is designed to become, in time, a “seasonal hub” for runners and athletes. For now it is serving digitalized personalization. “Hidden gait-cycle analysis” via a “custom-built invisible ...
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Nike opens flagship store in Barcelona with Italy’s Percassi
Nike has inaugurated a new megastore in Barcelona’s Paseo de Gracia, one of the city’s major avenues and a main shopping and tourist area. Studded with digital features, it provides many options for product customization. The floor is made with some 80 tons of recycled materials, equivalent to 188,000 football ...
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Infographics & DataThe Spanish Sports Retail Market
This interactive chart shows the largest spanish sports retailers by revenue, total market size 2019, market shares and revenue development vs the previous year. This chart can be downloaded as JPG, PNG or PDF.
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Wintersteiger creates a Nordic subsidiary
Wintersteiger, the Austrian supplier of ski rental and ski service systems, has decided to acquire Board & Ski Teknikk, a Norwegian company that has been its distributor for over 30 years, servicing the Swedish market as well. The move is linked to the retirement of the distribution company’s founder and ...
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Slinger Bag pursues its international expansion
Slinger Bag, is widening further the international reach of its portable tennis ball launcher through an exclusive five-year distribution agreement with Color Sports, which will be covering the Gulf States of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates (UAE), as well as the markets of Egypt, Tunisia, ...
