Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 166
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Adidas has unveiled a new app that is meant to...
Adidas has unveiled a new app that is meant to deliver a personalized shopping experience. The Adidas Sports & Style app uses Salesforce technology including Commerce Cloud, Marketing Cloud and Service Cloud. The app gets to know the consumer's preferences, and proposes personalized news stories, blog posts, articles, videos and ...
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Intersport Twinsport, the largest Intersport retailer in the Netherlands with...
Intersport Twinsport, the largest Intersport retailer in the Netherlands with 12 stores, has agreed to take over another five stores from Intersport Duo. The five outlets neatly complement Twinsport's business as they are situated in the province of North Holland, not far from Amsterdam. The Twinsport stores are in other ...
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Snowleader, a French online retailer of snow sports products, has...
Snowleader, a French online retailer of snow sports products, has added Spain to the country list of its online boutiques, with the launch of a new “.es” e-commerce site. The announcement was made by Thomas Rouault, the co-founder and chief executive of Snowleader, on the occasion of the first conference ...
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2XU has signed a partnership agreement with GXG, a Chinese...
2XU has signed a partnership agreement with GXG, a Chinese fashion retailer, which will make 2XU products widely available to Chinese consumers. 2XU is planning to open up to 50 retail stores in mainland China over the next three years. 2XU currently operates 26 retail and outlet stores in Australia ...
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Flipkart has reportedly formed a partnership with Decathlon to sell...
Flipkart has reportedly formed a partnership with Decathlon to sell the French retailer's private labels, in a bid to increase its share in the growing Indian sports retail market. The Indian e-commerce giant is said to have a customer base of over 100 million, which will allow Decathlon to increase ...
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Tor-Andre Skeie, who plays a key role with two Norwegian...
Tor-Andre Skeie, who plays a key role with two Norwegian sporting goods retailers, Sport Outlet and Sport Norway, has been named as a finalist for this year's Entrepreneur of the Year, organized by Ernst & Young, across all categories for the West region of the country. Skeie was nominated for ...
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As expected, Canada Goose has opened its first European store,...
As expected, Canada Goose has opened its first European store, covering about 460 square meters at 244 Regent Street in London
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Asics has opened its fourth German “performance store” at 55a...
Asics has opened its fourth German “performance store” at 55a Schildergasse in Cologne
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Salomon has opened its first single-brand store in Andorra, located...
Salomon has opened its first single-brand store in Andorra, located in the Carlemany shopping center, through the biggest local sports retailer, Viladomat
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Lowa and Schöffel have opened their 32nd dual-branded store in...
Lowa and Schöffel have opened their 32nd dual-branded store in Nuremberg, measuring 190 m², through a franchisee who is affiliated with Intersport Germany
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Lolë is testing its first European pop-up store in the...
Lolë is testing its first European pop-up store in the Labege shopping center of Toulouse and in a couple of other medium-sized French cities, Reims and Pau
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Adidas announced on Instagram that it has teamed up with...
Adidas announced on Instagram that it has teamed up with N.E.R.D., an American funk rock band, to launch what it has called the Training Gear collection. The company indicates that the range was inspired from the styles of the band members Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo and Shay Hayley. Williams already ...
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Adidas presented the official match ball for the 2018 World...
Adidas presented the official match ball for the 2018 World Cup in Moscow, in the presence of Lionel Messi. The Telstar 18 is a re-edition of Adidas' first match ball for the World Cup, which it developed for the tournament in Mexico in 1970.
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Adidas signs a three-year sponsorship deal with the Derry City...
Adidas signs a three-year sponsorship deal with the Derry City football team in Northern Ireland
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Rossignol inaugurated a new flagship store in Oslo on Sept....
Rossignol inaugurated a new flagship store in Oslo on Sept. 29. Located at Holmens Gate 2, in Norway's capital city, the new store of the French manufacturer of alpine, snowboard and Nordic equipment has a surface of 270 square meters on two floors. The ground floor is dedicated to apparel, ...
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Under Armour (UA) has unveiled its first-ever subscription service, ArmourBox....
Under Armour (UA) has unveiled its first-ever subscription service, ArmourBox. This service allows customers to get a mix of products shipped directly to their front door on a regular basis. Similar to other subscription services like Birchbox or Five Four, ArmourBox allows customers to try on the products and keep ...
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Moncler has enlarged its flagship store in Milan, which now...
Moncler has enlarged its flagship store in Milan, which now covers 800 square meters on two floors, one for women's wear and the other for men's wear, making it the brand's largest mono-brand store in the world. It had been first opened in 2013 at a prestigious location: 1, via ...
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Valentino is opening sport-inspired pop-up shops in major cities around...
Valentino is opening sport-inspired pop-up shops in major cities around the world as part of the promotion of its Resort collection 2018. The pop-ups will sell limited edition tracksuits, basketballs, sneakers, yoga mats and other products for physically active customers. The limited-edition items all feature a new logo, “VLTN.” The ...
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Sport-Guide.com reports that a Patagonia store in Grenoble is to...
Sport-Guide.com reports that a Patagonia store in Grenoble is to shut down around the end of October. The store has been open for several years but the owner apparently struggled to reach a sustainable level of sales, which he blamed on the lack of international tourists in Grenoble. The closure ...