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Munich, the Spanish brand of sports and lifestyle footwear, reportedly...
Munich, the Spanish brand of sports and lifestyle footwear, reportedly raised its revenues by 17 percent to €35 million in 2017. Its own retail operations delivered a 26 percent increase to more than €10 million, thanks in part to the opening of three new stores and a growth of more ...
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Nike's Jordan brand has launched its first collaboration in the...
Nike's Jordan brand has launched its first collaboration in the women's segment through a capsule collection of two styles approved by Anna Wintour, the chief editor of Vogue in the U.S. Called AWOK, which stands for Anna Wintour Okay, it features a keychain that says, “Edited by Vogue.”
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The share of branded shoes with a sports sole in...
The share of branded shoes with a sports sole in the Russian footwear market reached 70 per cent in 2017, as compared to only 45 per cent several years ago, according to the Fashion Consulting Group. This trend is clear evidence that the women shoes with heels are rapidly losing ...
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Colmar is planning to open a store on Brewer Street...
Colmar is planning to open a store on Brewer Street in London in October. Other openings are in the pipeline in Lille, France and Kitzbühel, Austria. The Italian sports apparel brand, which has renovated its headquarters in Monza, is also looking at re-entering the U.S. market by opening a sales ...
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Wiggle, the British online retailer specializing in cycling, running and...
Wiggle, the British online retailer specializing in cycling, running and swimming products, has launched a range of outdoor products on its website in the U.K. The brands featured on the site include The North Face, Berghaus, Jack Wolfskin, Craghoppers, Marmot, Mountain Hardwear, Icebreaker and Columbia. The initiative is steered by ...
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Keller Sports launched a new online shop, called Keller X,...
Keller Sports launched a new online shop, called Keller X, earlier this month. The German high-end online retailer aims to sell selected lifestyle products and accessories by brands like Nike, Adidas, Puma, New Balance and Asics on its new web store. The number of brands will be expanded in the ...
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Calvin McDonald, who has spent the last five years as...
Calvin McDonald, who has spent the last five years as president and chief executive of Sephora in the Americas, has been appointed as Lululemon Athletica's chief executive from Aug. 20. Lululemon said that Sephora, the perfume and cosmetics retailer in the LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton group, delivered double-digit growth ...
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DW Fitness First has launched a summer campaign to promote...
DW Fitness First has launched a summer campaign to promote family fitness in the U.K., called The School Run. The initiative is to encourage parents to get active with their kids. The company has also launched a new family fitness guide, with exercise routines specifically designed to keep children entertained ...
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Changing their minds, the organizers of the Eurobike show in...
Changing their minds, the organizers of the Eurobike show in Friedrichshafen have decided to take it back to its older end-of-season schedule. Messe Friedrichshafen had proposed to stage the show next year from July 31 to Aug. 3, but it gave in to the requests for later dates by Shimano ...
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In collaboration with Polartec, Kjus launched a cooling polo shirt...
In collaboration with Polartec, Kjus launched a cooling polo shirt for golf this month. The Kjus Sami Polo is made with Polartec Delta, a fabric that incorporates recycled fibers and a sun protection screen. The four-way-stretch fabric combines recycled polyester, Tencel and elastane fibers. Kjus is part of LK International, a ...
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Lacoste has just launched a premium Olympic Heritage collection of...
Lacoste has just launched a premium Olympic Heritage collection of polo shirts, hats and other lifestyle garments and accessories in a dozen countries under an exclusive, three-year licensing deal with the Lausanne-based International Olympic Committee. The line features prominently the Olympic rings and other proprietary elements of the Olympic Games' ...
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Helly Hansen has sued Off-White, the lifestyle fashion company headed...
Helly Hansen has sued Off-White, the lifestyle fashion company headed up by Virgil Abloh, in a federal court of Illinois, claiming that it intentionally stole its black and white striped logo, using it since 2013. The suit calls for the cancellation of Off-White's registration of its logo.
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Dwyane Wade has signed a lifetime contract with Li-Ning, the...
Dwyane Wade has signed a lifetime contract with Li-Ning, the Chinese brand which he has represented since 2012. The finalization of the deal coincided with the launch of his latest shoe, the “Way of Wade 7,” at an event in Beijing on July 18. Prior to Li-Ning, the three-time NBA ...
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Just as Sports Direct International (SDI) publicized a sharp decline...
Just as Sports Direct International (SDI) publicized a sharp decline in profits caused primarily by its investment in Debenhams (see full coverage in this issue), the company's chief executive and majority shareholder lashed out at the department store group in The Telegraph, saying that he would be “smashing into [Debenhams]” ...
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An entity fully owned by Sports Direct International (SDI), Lovell...
An entity fully owned by Sports Direct International (SDI), Lovell Sports, has invested in the British field hockey and cricket market by buying a specialist retailer out of bankruptcy proceedings. It purchased Barrington Sports, which is described on its website as a retail partner for Lord's Cricket Ground, England Cricket, ...
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Thomas Lange, who started Keen Europe together with Richard Litzel...
Thomas Lange, who started Keen Europe together with Richard Litzel and two other managers 13 years ago, is leaving the company in mid-October to become the new general manager of GEB, a German voluntary group of shoe retailers specializing in higher-end footwear. The members include big names like Prange and ...
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) and...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) and the Sports & Fitness Industry Association are working together on the launch of an online database that will provide subscribers with global information on product labelling requirements for the sports and fitness industry. The database, which should be operational this ...
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Figures presented at the recent Ispo Shanghai show indicate that...
Figures presented at the recent Ispo Shanghai show indicate that five million pairs of running shoes are now been sold in China every year and that the total running market grew in 2017 by 25 percent to an estimated $6.32 billion. Around 700 million people, or half of the Chinese ...
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Macron is going to replace Nike as the technical sponsor...
Macron is going to replace Nike as the technical sponsor of Lech Poznan for the next five years, starting with the 2018/19 season. Locally known as the “holejarze,” the football team's club has been the property of the Polish Railways for many years.
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Spanish retailers specializing in paddle tennis are targeting the Italian...
Spanish retailers specializing in paddle tennis are targeting the Italian market, where the sport is growing strongly. Time2Padel is opening its first foreign store in Milan this month, working through a franchisee. Another specialist, Padel Nuestro, opened a store in Rome in 2016.
