Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 188

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    Evasion Running, a specialized Spanish retailer, has gone into receivership,...

    2016-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Evasion Running, a specialized Spanish retailer, has gone into receivership, according to the Spanish media. The company had already closed two of its stores, in Barcelona and Valencia, leaving it with another store in Valencia and five franchises in Spain and France.

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    Canada Goose has announced the opening of its first two...

    2016-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Canada Goose has announced the opening of its first two stand-alone stores this coming autumn. The stores are set to open on New York's Wooster Street, in the heart of SoHo, and in the Yorkdale Shopping Centre in Toronto. Each store, covering a surface of more than 4,000 square feet, ...

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    Jaked will open two new stores in Milan in July....

    2016-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Jaked will open two new stores in Milan in July. According to reports in Corriere della Sera, the stores will be located on corso Vercelli and corso Buenos Aires, with plans for more openings in Bologna and Napoli. The Italian sportswear brand, which was established in 2008, is owned by ...

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    North Sails plans to open its first German store in...

    2016-06-01T00:00:00Z

    North Sails plans to open its first German store in Hamburg on June 23, to be followed by others in the country. The Italian company already has 45 stores in the rest of the world.

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    Arc'teryx has opened its 7th U.S. store in the SoHo...

    2016-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Arc'teryx has opened its 7th U.S. store in the SoHo district of Manhattan and plans to add two others before the end of the year in Chicago and Toronto

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    Several heirs of Adi Dassler, the founder of Adidas, have...

    2016-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Several heirs of Adi Dassler, the founder of Adidas, have teamed up to try and take more control of his legacy, according to Capital, the German magazine. Most of the heirs stayed away from the spotlight after the sale of Adidas in the early nineties by the four daughters of ...

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    Mark King, president of Adidas North America, has reaffirmed the...

    2016-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Mark King, president of Adidas North America, has reaffirmed the brand's strategy to sign dozens of endorsement deals with U.S. sports players in the coming years. The Adidas brand's sales shot up by 31 percent in North America in the first quarter of this year, but the rise was strongly ...

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    Igor Landau, supervisory board chairman of the Adidas Group, has...

    2016-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Igor Landau, supervisory board chairman of the Adidas Group, has told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung that the company intends to stick with its partnership with Fifa, which runs until 2030, despite the governance issues that have been plaguing the football organization. Landau said that the company deplored what occurred at ...

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    Li Ning Company reports that orders from franchised distributors at...

    2016-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Li Ning Company reports that orders from franchised distributors at its trade fair held in March, for deliveries in the fourth quarter, moved up at a high single-digit rate compared with the same period in 2015. The increase was driven by low single-digit growth in footwear and a rise at ...

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    Adidas to start talks for golf assets sale

    2016-05-17T00:00:00Z

    The Adidas Group has decided to reduce its interest in the golf market by starting talks for the sale of the TaylorMade, Adams Golf and Ashworth brands. While pulling out of the golf equipment market, it would focus its golf apparel and footwear business on the Adidas brand.After a slump ...

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    The Adidas Group blazes ahead

    2016-05-17T00:00:00Z

    The Adidas Group blazed ahead in the opening quarter of this year, carried by soaring demand for its sneakers and the run-up to the European football championships.Herbert Hainer, the group's chief executive, said in a conference call that Adidas “flew off the starting blocks.” The performance was supported by Creating ...

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    Hydra Ventures, the venturing arm of the Adidas Group, has...

    2016-05-17T00:00:00Z

    Hydra Ventures, the venturing arm of the Adidas Group, has become an investor in 360fly, a Californian company that specializes in single-lens cameras capturing 360-degree videos. Hydra Ventures came on board as part of a Series C round of financing worth $40 million. It joins L Catterton and Qualcomm Ventures, ...

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    Mavic, a brand of Amer Sports, will soon be distributed...

    2016-05-17T00:00:00Z

    Mavic, a brand of Amer Sports, will soon be distributed in the Netherlands directly by Amer's Dutch office. Mavic, a French bicycle parts maker, has been part of Amer Sports' portfolio since 2005, and has been distributed in the Benelux by Codagex. The change in the distribution strategy is effective ...

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    Confirming our earlier report, the Rossignol Group has changed the...

    2016-05-17T00:00:00Z

    Confirming our earlier report, the Rossignol Group has changed the distribution of its products in Sweden and Norway. Starting on June 1, a new subsidiary of the French group in Sweden will handle both markets. It will be headed up by Jerker Nyman, former head of purchasing for selected brands ...

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    BM Sportech will handle the distribution of Adidas' textile and...

    2016-05-17T00:00:00Z

    BM Sportech will handle the distribution of Adidas' textile and footwear offerings for pádel, the Spanish version of tennis, from the spring/summer 2017 season. BM Sportech is already the Spanish distributor of Prince and K-Swiss.

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    From the 2016/2017 ski season, Avafrost will handle sales in...

    2016-05-17T00:00:00Z

    From the 2016/2017 ski season, Avafrost will handle sales in Sweden of 4frnt snow sports products. The American ski and skiwear brand was previously distributed by Dsporter. Avafrost is a company run by André Amonsson, a mountain guide who also runs Skier, an event agency located in the Swedish ski ...

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    Jorcani Sports has added Starboard to its portfolio of surf-related...

    2016-05-17T00:00:00Z

    Jorcani Sports has added Starboard to its portfolio of surf-related brands distributed in Spain and Portugal, which includes Bic Sport, Liquid Force and Mystic

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    Sports Direct International (SDI) is among the parties that have...

    2016-05-17T00:00:00Z

    Sports Direct International (SDI) is among the parties that have reportedly shown interest in acquiring BHS, a British retailer with 164 stores specializing in clothing and household items, which went into administration (a form of bankruptcy) earlier this month. Talks held with Mike Ashley, majority shareholder of SDI, fell through ...

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    Karstadt's online business has become profitable, said the manager in...

    2016-05-17T00:00:00Z

    Karstadt's online business has become profitable, said the manager in charge in an interview with the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ) last month. Klaus Haensch took over this function in May last year and he has made far-reaching changes at the German retailer's online business, leading to a reduced offering on ...

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    Keller Sports, the German high-end pure internet retailer, has decided...

    2016-05-17T00:00:00Z

    Keller Sports, the German high-end pure internet retailer, has decided to open its first physical store. Its so-called Brand Experience Store will open its door on June 22 at Auenstrasse 120 in Munich.