Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 176

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    After opening a small “connected” store in the center of...

    2017-04-21T00:00:00Z

    After opening a small “connected” store in the center of Munich last year, Decathlon is gearing up to open a regular store of 1,500 m² in the Forum Schwanthalerhöhe shopping mall of the city next autumn

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    K-Way, the French sports apparel brand owned by Basicnet, is...

    2017-04-21T00:00:00Z

    K-Way, the French sports apparel brand owned by Basicnet, is said to be planning to open between six and seven stores per year in France, starting with one in Paris in the summer

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    Billabong has set up shop-in-shops for its RVCA brand at...

    2017-04-21T00:00:00Z

    Billabong has set up shop-in-shops for its RVCA brand at a Billabong store in Barcelona and an Element store at Hossegor, on the French Basque coast

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    Adidas has announced a multi-year agreement with USA Rugby, the...

    2017-04-21T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has announced a multi-year agreement with USA Rugby, the governing body for the sport in the U.S., which makes the brand the official kit supplier to all U.S. national teams. The global sportswear company will provide competition wear and training apparel for all age-group and representative squads. Headquartered in ...

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    Adidas will supply the official racquet for the World Padel...

    2017-04-21T00:00:00Z

    Adidas will supply the official racquet for the World Padel Tour for the next two seasons through its licensee for paddle tennis products, All For Padel

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    Adidas has unveiled details of the launch of the Parley...

    2017-04-21T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has unveiled details of the launch of the Parley editions of its UltraBoost, UltraBoost X and UltraBoost Uncaged. The three running shoes, made from up-cycled marine plastic, are the result of the firm's partnership with Parley for the Oceans, the environmental organization that addresses major threats to the oceans ...

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    Adidas eyes €5 billion in North American sales by 2020

    2017-03-31T00:00:00Z

    The Adidas Group is targeting annual sales of €5 billion in North America by 2020, a jump of nearly 50 percent compared with a turnover of €3.4 billion for the Adidas and Reebok brands last year.The target was outlined at an Investor Day held by the Adidas Group in Herzogenaurach ...

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    Planet Jogging, a French retailer of products for runners, is...

    2017-03-31T00:00:00Z

    Planet Jogging, a French retailer of products for runners, is closing its last store, located in Paris, according to sport-guide.com. It had already closed two other stores in Marseille and Nice as well as its online shop because of intense price competition in the market. Jean-François You, who founded Planet ...

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    Nike has opened its biggest Russian store, covering 23,455 square...

    2017-03-31T00:00:00Z

    Nike has opened its biggest Russian store, covering 23,455 square feet of space on five floors in Moscow's Kuznetskiy Most

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    Adidas has launched a counterfeiting suit against Asics America, charging...

    2017-03-31T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has launched a counterfeiting suit against Asics America, charging that the Japanese brand copied some elements of its fitness app. Filed in a Delaware court, the suit charges that Asics' Fitnesskeeper and Runkeeper apps, which it bought last year, breache ten patents registered by Adidas. Three years ago, Adidas ...

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    Adidas has launched its first branded fitness app. All Day,...

    2017-03-31T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has launched its first branded fitness app. All Day, available for iOS and Android, is meant to help users stay fit and healthy through tutorials covering a wide range of contents, from yoga moves to healthy recipes. The app also allows to track health-related aspects such as movement, nutrition ...

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    Craft Sportswear has agreed through its Dutch distributor a partnership...

    2017-03-31T00:00:00Z

    Craft Sportswear has agreed through its Dutch distributor a partnership to outfit the football players of PEC Zwolle, a team in the top Dutch football league, for three seasons starting from the next season

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    Bullish new CEO upgrades Adidas targets

    2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

    About two years after the launch of Creating the New, the Adidas Group has raised targets for its five-year expansion plan, to reach sales of between €25 billion and €27 billion by 2020, with an operating margin of 11 percent for the Adidas and Reebok brands.The upgraded targets were outlined ...

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    Adidas gathers growing sales and profit

    2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

    Ending the year with another buoyant quarter, the Adidas Group has continued its growth spurt with a sales rise of 14.0 percent to €19,291 billion, up by 18 percent in constant currencies, and with improved profit margins.Kasper Rorsted, the group's new chief executive, attributed much of the performance to Creating ...

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    Zalando buys a basketball-oriented store chain

    2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

    Zalando has announced the acquisition of Kickz, a German chain of streetwear and sneaker shops, for an undisclosed amount. The big European e-tailer said the acquisition is to further strengthen its position in the sports and lifestyle segment, especially in the basketball category. It will also allow Zalando to address ...

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    Zalando reaches an Ebit margin of 5.9%

    2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

    Zalando has reported an increase in net income of 121.5 percent to €60.0 million for the past year. Operating earnings (Ebit) grew by 131 percent to €207 million. Excluding extraordinary items, they rose by 101 percent to €216.3 million, resulting in an adjusted Ebit margin of 5.9 percent for the ...

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    Snow Factory will distribute the Sport, Swimwear and Snow apparel...

    2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

    Snow Factory will distribute the Sport, Swimwear and Snow apparel lines of Superdry in the sports retail channels of the Iberian Peninsula. The project will be led by Fernando Rivero, a 41-year-old veteran of Nike who has also worked in several roles for the sports apparel line of Desigual. Snow ...

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    Hej International, owner of the Kozi Kidz brand of children's...

    2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

    Hej International, owner of the Kozi Kidz brand of children's rainwear and distributor of the Wigwam brand in the U.K. aims to set up a logistic warehouse in Rotterdam next year for sales on the European continent. In the next three months, Hej International will start to sell the Wigwam ...

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    New Era has announced an exclusive partnership with Jabong, India's...

    2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

    New Era has announced an exclusive partnership with Jabong, India's multibrand fashion e-store. Through this new partnership, New Era is launching its products in India for the first time. Prior to New Era, Jabong has already introduced various international sports brands into India such as Asics, Hummel and DC, among ...

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    Mammut Sports Group has opened an office with eight employees...

    2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

    Mammut Sports Group has opened an office with eight employees in Hong Kong to support its business in Asian countries and to develop more regional product and marketing strategies. The move was outlined at Ispo Munich by Oliver Pabst, who took over from Rolf Schmid as Mammut's chief executive in ...