Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 140
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Skechers and Adidas have reached a settlement in their dispute...
Skechers and Adidas have reached a settlement in their dispute over footwear stripes. A filing by Skechers on July 29 at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California asked for the dismissal without prejudice of a lawsuit brought by Adidas, which had claimed that Skechers' Goldie-Peaks shoe infringed its Three Stripes ...
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Adidas is reportedly considering putting a deposit on sports shoes...
Adidas is reportedly considering putting a deposit on sports shoes – as in Germany's “Pfandsystem” (Pfand means “deposit”) – similar to what is often done with plastic and glass bottles. According to reports in sportstextiles.com, the brand is exploring charging a returnable deposit of €10 on a pair of shoes ...
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Zalando improves, Asos does not
Zalando, a fashion-oriented retailer that is making a big push into the sports apparel and footwear market with its marketplace, reported a 20.1 percent increase in revenues to €1,597.3 million for the second quarter of this year. Including its marketplace, the gross merchandise volume (GMV) rose by 23.7 percent to ...
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Mark King, a former president of Adidas North America who...
Mark King, a former president of Adidas North America who is now 60 years old, has been made chief executive of Taco Bell, one of the American fast-food chains owned by Yum! Brands
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Munich, the Barcelona-based footwear brand, has settled on a single...
Munich, the Barcelona-based footwear brand, has settled on a single distributor in Portugal for both its fashion and the sports collections. Bedivar, as the company is called, has its headquarters and an extensive logistical network in the country, distributing important brands like Crocs, Fila, Merrell and New Era, in addition ...
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Martini, the Austrian-based sportswear brand, has signed distribution agreements for...
Martini, the Austrian-based sportswear brand, has signed distribution agreements for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. From the autumn/winter 2020/21 season, Martini will be distributed by Galfy in Slovakia and by Freelife in the Czech Republic. The family-owned company develops apparel for running, hiking, climbing, biking and cross-country and alpine skiing ...
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Compressport has signed a distribution agreement for Italy with Artcrafts...
Compressport has signed a distribution agreement for Italy with Artcrafts International, based in Florence. Artcrafts, founded in 1958 by Carla and Maurizio Ponziani, and run by Simone Ponziani, is the exclusive distributor for Italy of Teva, Crocs and Toms, as well as the exclusive distributor worldwide of Mou. It also ...
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Pierre Cote is stepping down as general manager of Tecnica...
Pierre Cote is stepping down as general manager of Tecnica Group Canada after 26 years with the company. Antonio Dus, chief executive of Tecnica Group SpA, the parent of Tecnica Group Canada, has decided that the time is therefore right to restructure the Canadian leadership. The overall group has already ...
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Chris Sports has appointed a new manager in charge of...
Chris Sports has appointed a new manager in charge of trade marketing and sales support for three of the brands it distributes in Switzerland: Bell, Giro and Evoc. He will take care of clinics, events and other forms of support for the retail clients. He has worked most recently for ...
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Decathlon has announced plans to open a second brick-and-mortar store...
Decathlon has announced plans to open a second brick-and-mortar store in the San Francisco area. It will be located in the Potrero Center shopping mall, at the corner of 16th Street and Bryant Street. The new 38,370-square-foot store, which is scheduled to open in November, will feature a large community ...
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Nike has re-opened its store in Tokyo's Harajuku neighborhood, at...
Nike has re-opened its store in Tokyo's Harajuku neighborhood, at 1 Chome-13-12 Jingumae, Shibuya City. The refurbished location features enhanced services, including a dedicated Nike Women's floor. Additionally, customers can now reserve and scan products and benefit from instant checkout, among other new services, all through Nike App at Retail, ...
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StockX, the e-commerce platform focusing on the sneaker resale market,...
StockX, the e-commerce platform focusing on the sneaker resale market, is launching an Italian version of its app and website. StockX was founded in Detroit in 2016, and made its European debut in October 2018.
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21run, the German-based online store specializing in running, has been...
21run, the German-based online store specializing in running, has been acquired by All4Sports, the Dutch online retailer that owns various online stores, including the All4Running online store. 21sportsgroup, a major German online retailer with European ambitions, said in January that it will phase out one of its online stores, 21run, ...
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Intersport reports that it has completed about three million transactions,...
Intersport reports that it has completed about three million transactions, with a total value of €20 million, since the introduction of its digital voucher system in Germany in 2016. The uniform digital voucher system was introduced together with Epay, a full-service provider for vouchers and prepaid solutions as well as ...
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Fratelli Campagnolo has announced the opening of its first CMP...
Fratelli Campagnolo has announced the opening of its first CMP stores outside Italy, after the inauguration in April of its 20th Italian store in Florence. The first one was inaugurated in a pedestrian area of Salzburg, Austria, a few weeks ago, followed by one in Chamonix, France, which replaced a ...
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Garmin has opened a new directly operated store at a...
Garmin has opened a new directly operated store at a shopping center in Madrid called Plaza Norte 2. It's the brand's second store in Spain, after the one it opened in Barcelona last September.
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Adidas is going to replace Nike as the sponsor of...
Adidas is going to replace Nike as the sponsor of the Boca Juniors football club in Argentina, reportedly paying $100 million over the next ten years. It will also pay additional bonuses for victories and royalties on the sale of jerseys. Adidas is also the sponsor of a rival Argentinian ...
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Adidas has come up with a new video ad, titled...
Adidas has come up with a new video ad, titled “The Deal,” for its FW19 football boot pack. In the video, Paul Pogba, Leo Messi, Mesut Ozil and 18 other players speak in close-up directly into the camera and lay out the terms of the deal – the way in which ...
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Fanatics has signed a long-term partnership deal with the Union...
Fanatics has signed a long-term partnership deal with the Union of European Football Associations (Uefa) that will see the company handle the merchandising and official fan shop for the events of Uefa's national teams. The deal is set to cover the Euro 2020 tournament, the Nations League Finals, the European ...
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The new face of Adidas x Stella McCartney for its...
The new face of Adidas x Stella McCartney for its autumn/winter 2019 collection is Grimes, the 31-year-old Canadian singer and environmental activist. The artist previously collaborated with McCartney in 2016, when she joined Madonna's daughter and Amanda Stenberg in a video to promote McCartney's Pop perfume.
