Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 149
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Mammut is collaborating with Braun Hamburg, a German retailer of...
Mammut is collaborating with Braun Hamburg, a German retailer of luxury brands like Bottega Veneta, Moncler, Maison Margiela and Santoni. Braun is now managed by a third generation of the Braun family in the person of Lars Braun. It runs two stores in Hamburg, which opened in 1933 and 1976, ...
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At the Outdoor Retailer Snow Show, running from Jan. 30...
At the Outdoor Retailer Snow Show, running from Jan. 30 to Feb. 1 in Denver, the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), Snowsports Industries America (SIA) and the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) announced that they were forming the Outdoor Business Climate Partnership. This is the first broad coalition of trade groups ...
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The WTO will tackle e-commerce
Geo-blocking, selective distribution and other issues related to e-commerce have already been tackled by organizations like the German Cartel Office and the European Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi), which has a working group together with the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) on such topics.
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Adidas launches its new Parisian platform for start-ups
Adidas has announced the launch of “Platform A,” its new sports accelerator program, located at the Paris-based start-up campus Station F. The company said it is investing €1 million in the development of the initiative. Platform A brings together 13 start-ups that have been selected to work with Adidas on ...
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Adidas and Foot Locker call on consumers to design shoes
Adidas and Foot Locker are collaborating on a go-to-market plan that allows consumers to help create footwear with a local flavor. The plan takes inspiration from three themes: speed, cities and the open-source ideal of the computing world, where the raw code is public, free and open to changes by ...
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Shimano and Rapala to end several distribution agreements
Shimano Europe and Rapala VMC Corp. have agreed to terminate many of their distribution agreements across Europe and South-Africa by 2020. The two companies, which have been partners for more than 26 years, are now willing to control their own brands in a series of countries.Specifically, the two parties have ...
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Fast-growing Brooks changes Nordic distribution
Oy Patrol Trading, a former distributor of Asics in Scandinavia and the former owner of One Way Sport, has taken over the distribution of Brooks Running in the Nordic countries through a merger. It has taken over majority control of Brooks Scandinavia from Erik Nystedt, a former country manager of ...
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United Sports Brands (USB) is shifting to a direct distribution...
United Sports Brands (USB) is shifting to a direct distribution mode in Spain, establishing a network of sales agents throughout the country for three of its brands: McDavid, which stands for sports medicine, protective gear and apparel; Shock Doctor, which specializes in mouthguards; and Nathan, which offers running accessories. USB's ...
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As of January 2019, Grofa Action Sports is the distributor...
As of January 2019, Grofa Action Sports is the distributor in Germany and Austria for Level, the Swiss brand of snow gloves. Level was created in 1989 by Scheuing Sport of Samedan, Switzerland. The gloves were principally designed for snowboarders – hence the brand's patented Biomex system for wrist protection – ...
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The L-Fashion Group has set up a subsidiary on the...
The L-Fashion Group has set up a subsidiary on the Iberian Peninsula for the sale of its Icepeak, Lutha and Rukka brands, after terminating a distribution deal. The Finnish company has appointed Jordi Dalmau as its brand director for Spain. He served as head of sales at Rip Curl for ...
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Vibram, inventor of the glove-like FiveFingers shoe, has made Burten...
Vibram, inventor of the glove-like FiveFingers shoe, has made Burten Distribution the exclusive U.S. distributor for its Furoshiki line of footwear. The Furoshiki shoe, also known as the Wrapping Sole, takes inspiration from the Japanese art of furoshiki, in which a given object is wrapped with a single length of ...
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As of this January, Amer Sports Spain, the subsidiary of...
As of this January, Amer Sports Spain, the subsidiary of Amer Sports, is the Iberian distributor for the entire catalog of Suunto Dive
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Nathalie Favre is the new agent of Kjus in France...
Nathalie Favre is the new agent of Kjus in France
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Bründl Sports, one of the major Austrian sports retailers, has...
Bründl Sports, one of the major Austrian sports retailers, has decided to stop working with Intersport Austria, starting next Sept. 1. It has already announced the divorce by removing the Intersport Bründl name from its website, after almost 50 years of collaboration. The reason for the separation is a desire ...
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Nike has re-opened a store, called Blue Ribbon Sports like...
Nike has re-opened a store, called Blue Ribbon Sports like the original name of the company, to serve as a community space for runners in Santa Monica, California. First opened in 1967 by Nike's first employee, the original Blue Ribbon Sports store served as a hang-out for so-called “oddball athletes.” ...
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Trerè Innovation has opened its first store under its new...
Trerè Innovation has opened its first store under its new UYN (Unleash Your Nature) brand in Paris. It replaces a store that the Italian high-end knitter had opened for X-Bionic, with which it had an exclusive manufacturing and distribution deal in Europe. Three more UYN stores and a new shop-in-shop ...
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Li Ning is said to be one of several foreign...
Li Ning is said to be one of several foreign brands that are planning to open their first stores in Russia in 2019. The Chinese brand plans to open between 15 and 20 stores in the country, focusing primarily on Moscow and St. Petersburg, the company had said in a ...
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Decathlon is planning to open a distribution center in Switzerland...
Decathlon is planning to open a distribution center in Switzerland to service its growing network of stores in the country
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Columbia will open a flagship store on London's Carnaby Street...
Columbia will open a flagship store on London's Carnaby Street
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Puma and Blends, a California-based retailer of sneakers and apparel,...
Puma and Blends, a California-based retailer of sneakers and apparel, have collaborated on a new edition of the Cell Endura, a Puma sneaker originally sold in the 1990s. The upper is made of mesh and polyurethane-coated leather with metallic silver overlays and a color fade. The midsole has Puma's Cell ...
