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Adidas has a signed a sponsorship deal with the Real...
Adidas has a signed a sponsorship deal with the Real Kashmir football club, which plays in India's first division
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Zalando has once again reduced its guidance for the current...
Zalando has once again reduced its guidance for the current financial year, indicating that a very hot and long summer affected its sales, resulting in heavy discounting, and delayed the switch to autumn/winter season. The big e-tailer is now expecting its revenues to grow at the low end of its ...
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Adidas tops the Textiles, Apparel and Luxury Goods sector in...
Adidas tops the Textiles, Apparel and Luxury Goods sector in the latest Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), an annual evaluation of companies' sustainability practices. The German sportswear brand has been included in the DJSI for the 19th consecutive year. The annual DJSI review assesses the sustainability performance of the largest ...
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Adidas has extended its sponsorship agreement with the Scottish Football...
Adidas has extended its sponsorship agreement with the Scottish Football Association through 2022
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Media reports have been suggesting that Adidas is about to...
Media reports have been suggesting that Adidas is about to ink a 10-year clothing deal worth £6.5 million (€7.3m-$8.6m) per year with Naomi Osaka, the tennis player who recently won the US Open in New York. The news was initially reported by The Times of London on Sept. 10, and ...
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The third edition of the Bread & Butter by Zalando...
The third edition of the Bread & Butter by Zalando fashion festival in Berlin registered 35,000 visitors, 16 percent more than in the previous year. It ran from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2, and the marketing event organized by the online retailer was apparently sold out every day. The festival ...
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Fanatics, the American team sports retailer that is expanding internationally,...
Fanatics, the American team sports retailer that is expanding internationally, has signed a partnership with Chelsea FC to become the official global online retailer of the English Premier League club. Chelsea had been using a network of regional online stores operated by local distributors.
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Alibaba grows fast, earning less, and expands in Russia
Alibaba Group Holding continued to grow fast in the first fiscal quarter ended June 30, but its gross margin fell to 11.0 percent from 29.2 percent in the year-ago period, the lowest level since the leading Chinese e-commerce operator went public in 2014.Due also to extraordinary charges and high investments ...
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Adidas placed a series of equity-neutral convertible bonds worth a...
Adidas placed a series of equity-neutral convertible bonds worth a total of €500 million on Sept. 5. The transaction was 2.7 times oversubscribed. The convertible bonds mature in five years with a coupon of 0.05 percent. The issue price was set at 104 percent of the nominal value of €200,000 ...
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The change in European leadership reported at the Adidas Group...
The change in European leadership reported at the Adidas Group last month has revealed several other changes, particularly the appointment of Markus Baumann as senior vice president in charge of global product operations for Adidas. Baumann has already been with the Adidas group for eleven years, the last three of ...
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The Adidas Group has appointed Mediacom, which is part of...
The Adidas Group has appointed Mediacom, which is part of the WPP group, for its global media business from September. The two hubs for the global business will be London for Adidas and New York City for Reebok, with Mediacom staff also positioned around key focus locations for the brands ...
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Adidas has announced the early renewal of its long-standing partnership...
Adidas has announced the early renewal of its long-standing partnership with the German Football Association (DFB) to 2026. The move was described as a demonstration of trust in the German football team, despite its defeat in the recent World Cup, and as a sign of support for the promotion of ...
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Adidas has launched the Tango app for the football community,...
Adidas has launched the Tango app for the football community, and as a rallying point for participants in the Tango League, a grassroots football competition. The group said that the app became available on Sept. 3 in the U.S., the U.K., Germany, France and Spain, to help football enthusiasts ...
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Zalando comes out of the red
Zalando managed to book a net profit of €51.8 million for the second quarter of this year, up from $47.4 million in the second quarter of 2017, after taking in a loss of €15 million in the first quarter of this year. While the operating margin fell slightly to 7.1 ...
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Adidas Group raises profit margins
Sharp sales increases in China and North America bolstered the Adidas Group's turnover and profits in the second quarter, but it was affected by a faster than projected slowdown in Europe and declining sales for the Reebok brand.The group reported a 4.4 percent sales increase to €5,261 million for the ...
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Adidas appoints new European leader after a slowdown in the region
The Adidas Group has replaced its management in Western Europe, due to unspecified distribution issues that apparently caused it to slow down more rapidly than anticipated in the company's second-largest regional market in the second quarter.Arthur Hoeld, who previously helped to build up Originals for the Adidas brand, was appointed ...
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Adidas its set to take over the sponsorship of the...
Adidas its set to take over the sponsorship of the English Arsenal team from Puma, which has just signed to sponsor Manchester City, the current champion in the Premier League, for £50 million (€56m-$64m) annually after its contract with Nike expires in June 2019. The Big a is said to ...
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Zalando is bringing out an exclusive line of garments and...
Zalando is bringing out an exclusive line of garments and shoes for women in collaboration with Under Armour, covering training, yoga and other sports including running and boxing, with prices ranging from €44.95 for shirts to €129.95 for leggings. The partners are being aided on the marketing side by three ...
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Adidas and Ikea have initiated a strategic collaboration to learn...
Adidas and Ikea have initiated a strategic collaboration to learn more about people's interests in terms of active lifestyles and training, in order to possibly connect them with different housing solutions. In a press release, Ikea says that the two companies want to encourage people to choose good living patterns ...
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Adidas took six of the top ten spots in a...
Adidas took six of the top ten spots in a recent ranking of world's most Instagrammed sneakers. Meanwhile, the survey found that 53 percent of the world's most Instagrammed sneakers were Nike models. The Adidas NMD, which took the top spot, was mentioned in 5.7 million posts, followed by the ...
