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Arc'teryx is opening its first French flagship in Chamonix, the...
Arc'teryx is opening its first French flagship in Chamonix, the famous skiing resort in the Haute-Savoie department. The store will be operated in partnership with Jean-François Coquoz, a local retailer. The 100-square-meter store is located at 306 rue Paccard, in the center of the French town. The move is part ...
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China will overtake the U.S. to become the world's biggest...
China will overtake the U.S. to become the world's biggest retail market in 2016, with estimated total sales of $4.886 trillion, compared with $4.823 trillion for the U.S., according to Emarketer. The New York-based research firm added that China will remain the world's largest retail e-commerce market, with sales forecast ...
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Go Sport is launching Go Sport Montagne, a new banner...
Go Sport is launching Go Sport Montagne, a new banner for mountain enthusiasts, just a few months after the launch of another new banner called Bike+. For Go Sport Montagne, the French retailer is looking at 100 franchised stores, which will rely on the network of sporting goods retailers affiliated ...
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Canada Goose has opened a 4,500-square-foot flagship store in Toronto,...
Canada Goose has opened a 4,500-square-foot flagship store in Toronto, its home town
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Arc'teryx has opened its second store in Toronto, measuring 2,825...
Arc'teryx has opened its second store in Toronto, measuring 2,825 square feet and located in the Yorkdale Mall
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Reebok has opened its first Spanish Fithub concept store in...
Reebok has opened its first Spanish Fithub concept store in partnership with a local retailer in a shopping center of Murcia
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The Adidas Group is opposing a pending trademark registration by...
The Adidas Group is opposing a pending trademark registration by Barcelona football club in the U.S., for a design with seven blue and red stripes. As reported by several Spanish newspapers, the Adidas group has filed an opposition document with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) last month, claiming ...
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Adidas has unveiled a new jersey for the New Zealand...
Adidas has unveiled a new jersey for the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team. The jersey, which comes after two years of development in collaboration with the team itself, features a new fabric which has been digitally woven together. This manufacturing process is said to help reduce the likelihood of ...
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Adidas and London-based Palace Skateboards have launched their new collaboration...
Adidas and London-based Palace Skateboards have launched their new collaboration with a humorous video that makes fun of Adidas' serious sportswear campaign. The collection includes tracksuits, terry hoodies, socks, hats, crewnecks as well as the new Palace Indoor sneaker, which is similar to Adidas' retro Superstar shoe but with recent ...
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Adidas has unveiled a fully biodegradable running shoe made from...
Adidas has unveiled a fully biodegradable running shoe made from Biosteel fiber, a nature-based and completely biodegradable replication of natural silk. The Futurecraft Biofabric, which has been developed in partnership with AMSilk, was presented on Nov. 17. at the Biofabricate Conference in New York, where Adidas and AMSilk also announced ...
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Adidas posts a strong Q3, driven by sneakers
The Adidas Group reported a strong lift in third-quarter sales, which rose 17 percent on a currency-neutral basis, and the new management confirmed that it is on track to meet targets for a record year. In reported euros, group sales went up by 14 percent to €5,413 million.Adidas brand sales ...
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Adidas’ new CEO launches Reebok’s overhaul
In his first public speech after taking the helm of the company on Oct. 1, Adidas' new chief executive, Kasper Rorsted, took the opportunity of the group's strong third-quarter results to give an insight into his plans for the group.While confirming the planned divestiture of TaylorMade, Adams and Ashworth, for ...
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Alibaba posts higher-than-expected sales
Alibaba posted sales of 34.3 billion yuan renminbi (€4.6bn-$5.1bn) for the quarter to Sept. 30, representing a 55 percent increase on an annualized basis. For the second consecutive quarter sales exceeded Wall Street's expectations. Income from operations was RMB 9,045 million (€1,201.8m-$1,337.8m) against RMB 6,395 million in the comparable quarter ...
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The Adidas Group is resuming its share buyback program today,...
The Adidas Group is resuming its share buyback program today, based on the authorization given at its annual meeting on May 12. After two previous tranches of stock repurchases conducted in the last two years, involving a total of 9,018,769 shares that represented 4.31 percent of its share capital, the ...
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Nike is reportedly set to open a store of 3,000...
Nike is reportedly set to open a store of 3,000 square meters in early 2017 on Moscow's Kuznetsky Most, which will be the largest in Russia and in Eastern Europe. It was announced by A3 Retail Group, one of Nike's partners in Russia, which manages eight Nike brand stores and ...
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Sport-Tiedje, a German retailer of fitness equipment, has signed a...
Sport-Tiedje, a German retailer of fitness equipment, has signed a contract with Karstadt Sports for the distribution of its products for the next three years. In 21 Karstadt Sports stores in Germany, Tiedje will introduce its shop-in-shop concept on 60-110 sqm, with three employees per store. Sport-Tiedje has 45 stores ...
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Blue Tomato, the Austrian-based action sports retailer owned by Zumiez,...
Blue Tomato, the Austrian-based action sports retailer owned by Zumiez, opened its first store in Switzerland. Managed by Danijel Susic, is located in Zurich and covers 530 sqm on two floors, offering products from the snowboard, skateboard and surf segments as well as streetwear, shoes and accessories. Blue Tomato now ...
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Decathlon has inaugurated a logistical platform of about 40,000 square...
Decathlon has inaugurated a logistical platform of about 40,000 square meters near Barcelona, in the industrial park of Can Margarit in Sant Esteve Sesrovires. Called the CAR Barcelona, it brings together two other centers and will thus serve as a distribution center for about 40 stores in all of Catalonia, the ...
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The first flagship store of Canada Goose has been officially...
The first flagship store of Canada Goose has been officially opened in the brand's hometown of Toronto. It covers 4,500 square feet in the city's Yorkdale Shopping Centre. Among other services, customers can book appointments with some of the brand's “ambassadors.” They can leave items purchased in storage while they ...
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The Philippines are the latest Asian country where the Decathlon...
The Philippines are the latest Asian country where the Decathlon group has confirmed a store opening, to take place next spring in Alabang, near Manilla. The store of 3,000 square meters is to sell only private labels, covering about 70 sports. The French group indicates that the largest categories in ...
