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    Deportes Sevilla, an important regional sporting goods retail chain, has...

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Deportes Sevilla, an important regional sporting goods retail chain, has joined Base Detall Sport, the Spanish buying group that recently joined Sport 2000 International. As CMD Sport reports, the deal bolsters Base's presence in Andalusia and establishes it for the first time in the autonomous community's capital, Seville. Founded in ...

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    Rapha has set up a partnership with Wiggle, the British...

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Rapha has set up a partnership with Wiggle, the British online and offline cycling retailer that has since merged with Chain Reaction Cycles. Certain items from Rapha's Core, Classic and Pro Team collections already appear on the Wiggle website. The partnership's stated purpose is to eliminate redundancies at Rapha's London ...

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    Decathlon plans to open a 38,000-square-foot store in Montreal's Eaton...

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Decathlon plans to open a 38,000-square-foot store in Montreal's Eaton Centre before the end of 2019

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    Champion has opened its first store in Boston, which will...

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Champion has opened its first store in Boston, which will be its fourth one in the U.S.

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    Adidas has filed suit in South Florida District Court against...

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has filed suit in South Florida District Court against a further 200 websites for the sale of counterfeit Yeezy, Adidas and Reebok shoes. It is seeking the seizure of their domains, the scrubbing of their URLs from search engines and $2 million in statutory damages per defendant.

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    Adidas is said to be close to signing a record-breaking...

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Adidas is said to be close to signing a record-breaking €1.1 billion sponsorship contract with the Real Madrid club for the next ten years. The deal would guarantee a minimum of €110 million per year, up strongly from the current fee of €38.7 million and way above the €85 million ...

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    The Brazilian e-tailer Netshoes has reported a net loss of...

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    The Brazilian e-tailer Netshoes has reported a net loss of 136.4 million Brazilian reais (€31.9m-$36.5m) for the third quarter of this year, roughly triple the net loss reported a year ago. Sales for the period were down 3 percent to R$ 417.8 million (€97.8m-$111.7m), while the gross margin shrank fourfold ...

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    Fanatics boosts management as it internationalizes

    2018-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Fanatics has continued the strong international deployment of its vertical manufacturing and merchandising model by signing a new long-term partnership with the strong German Football Association (DFB). It will handle the sourcing of a greater range of licensed products for the DFB that will be available to fans all over ...

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    Keller Sports, the German online retailer of selected sporting goods,...

    2018-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Keller Sports, the German online retailer of selected sporting goods, says it has raised an eight-digit amount of equity financing from Reimann Investors, which was already its lead investor, and from the Co-Investor Group. The new financing round, which is described as the largest one in the company's history, is ...

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    Adidas has opened a new event center and staff restaurant...

    2018-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has opened a new event center and staff restaurant at its headquarters in Herzogenaurach. The new building, encompassing 14,000 square meters, is called Halftime. By April 2019, Adidas will also open a new building with workplaces for 2,000 employees, a new car park, meeting spaces and areas for sports ...

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    Adidas has appointed a new general counsel, Jan Heinemann, who...

    2018-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has appointed a new general counsel, Jan Heinemann, who will report to Kasper Rorsted, the company's chief executive. The previous general counsel, Frank Dassler, left the company earlier this year, and Paul Ehrlich had stepped in on an interim basis. Ehrlich will resume his post as general counsel for ...

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    Oy Sultrade, one of the major distributors of sports products...

    2018-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Oy Sultrade, one of the major distributors of sports products in Finland and the Baltic countries, has a new chief executive, Sari Rosin, replacing Risto Salo, the former CEO of Halti, who is leaving the company. Rosin, 46, will remain CEO of Oy Transmeri Ab, one of the subsidiaries of ...

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    Jorcani has been appointed as the distributor of Capranea, the...

    2018-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Jorcani has been appointed as the distributor of Capranea, the Swiss brand of high-end skiwear, in Spain and Andorra

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    Rossignol has opened a flagship store in Paris, near the...

    2018-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Rossignol has opened a flagship store in Paris, near the Opéra theater. It features skiwear and urbanwear along with a premium selection of winter products. The new store, which was inaugurated on Oct. 22, is located at 21, boulevard des Capucines, and the French ski brand is planning to open ...

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    Blue Tomato plans to open four new stores by the...

    2018-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Blue Tomato plans to open four new stores by the end of this year. The Austrian-based retailer of products for snowboarding, freeskiing, skating and surfing will also be entering the Dutch market by the end of this year with its first store in the Netherlands. It plans to open a ...

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    Aiming for a major expansion in the U.K., Decathlon has...

    2018-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Aiming for a major expansion in the U.K., Decathlon has embarked on its second automation project with Omnia Retail, a Dutch-based company whose software provides dynamic pricing and helps execute online marketing. Dating back to 2016, the initial project developed with Omnia had reportedly increased conversion rates by 80 percent ...

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    J. Lindeberg has reopened its flagship store in Stockholm, where...

    2018-10-31T00:00:00Z

    J. Lindeberg has reopened its flagship store in Stockholm, where the brand was founded in 1996, featuring a new design inspired by the ‘70s. The 200-square-meter store is located at Bibilioteksgatan 6. J. Lindeberg has about 90 mono-brand stores and 35 shop-in-shops around the world. It is also sold in ...

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    Tradeinn has been awarded Spain's Ecommerce Awards as the Best...

    2018-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Tradeinn has been awarded Spain's Ecommerce Awards as the Best Digital Company in the country. The awards, which reached their ninth edition this year, saw the participation of more than 150 companies. The sporting goods e-tailer was honored as Spain's Best Webshop Crossborder. Tradeinn posted revenues of €120 million in ...

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    Palace Skateboards is opening a flagship store in Tokyo, at...

    2018-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Palace Skateboards is opening a flagship store in Tokyo, at 5-9-20 Jingumae, Shibuya-Ku. The inauguration is scheduled for Nov. 3. It will be the third global location for the London-based brand. Palace currently operates stores in London and New York City. To promote the Tokyo opening, the brand has called ...

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    In December Sneakersnstuff is opening a 3,450-square-foot store in Los...

    2018-10-31T00:00:00Z

    In December Sneakersnstuff is opening a 3,450-square-foot store in Los Angeles, in close proximity to Venice Beach. The store will be designed by Jenny Askenfors of Bofink Design Studio, Sneakersnstuff's official design partner. According to reports by Footwear News, the company's co-founder, Erik Fagerlind, has said the next cities in ...