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Complementing the financial information given last month in connection with...
Complementing the financial information given last month in connection with its refinancing, Macintosh Retail Group reported a net loss of €31.2 million for the first half of this year, compared with a loss of €17.3 million in the year-ago period. Operating losses (Ebit) increased to €27.5 million from €15.3 million, ...
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Primaloft is launching a completely redesigned website, at www.primaloft.com, as...
Primaloft is launching a completely redesigned website, at www.primaloft.com, as part of a change in branding the company announced in January this year. Along with new brand visuals, the website features multiple platforms dedicated to educating the consumer about all aspects of the company. The “Performance Guide” includes, among other ...
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JD Sports Fashion is moving its multi-channel content and production...
JD Sports Fashion is moving its multi-channel content and production team to The Sharp Project in Manchester. The British sports and fashion retailer has taken 10,400 square feet of production space at the complex on a £2 million (€2.50m-$3.36m) long-term lease. The Sharp Project, home to more than 50 digital entrepreneurs ...
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Digital marketing can be very effective. Selena Gomez reportedly got...
Digital marketing can be very effective. Selena Gomez reportedly got 865,000 likes after introducing her new shoe collection to her 12 million followers on Instagram. The line is a collaboration with Neo, the young and affordable shoe brand of the Adidas Group.
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Retailing over the internet dropped for the first time in...
Retailing over the internet dropped for the first time in Germany across all product segments in the second quarter of 2014, according to the German E-Commerce and Mail Order Catalog Association (BEVH). It fell by 5.2 percent to €9.5 billion as compared to a very strong quarter a year ago. ...
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Houdini Sportswear will open an eco-sustainable store in Gothenburg in...
Houdini Sportswear will open an eco-sustainable store in Gothenburg in September. The Swedish company claims it will be Sweden's greenest store. This will be made possible through the collaboration with Vasakronan, a major real estate firm managing 192 properties in the country with a total area of around 2,600,000 square ...
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Element will open its first stand-alone store in the U.K....
Element will open its first stand-alone store in the U.K. in November or December. The U.S.-based skateboarding clothing and footwear brand will open a 2,816-square-feet flagship store at 13 Shorts Gardens near Covent Garden in central London, in a space that was previously occupied by Berghaus. The three-floor shop will ...
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Pearl Izumi will open its fifth European factory outlet store...
Pearl Izumi will open its fifth European factory outlet store in the U.K. this autumn. The sports apparel maker has opened four other factory outlet stores in Europe in four years, located in the Dutch city of Valkenburg, Palma de Mallorca, Vienna and Paris. The new store that will open ...
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Keen has hired Michael Minter as its first in-house vice...
Keen has hired Michael Minter as its first in-house vice president of creative. Minter was most recently global creative director/global director of marketing at Sanuk. He brings years of experience from the outdoor, action sports, surf and footwear industries. At Sanuk, he led the design and development process as global ...
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Intersport wants to renew and sharpen its image in Sweden...
Intersport wants to renew and sharpen its image in Sweden with the launch of a new website, advertisements and an increased social media presence aimed at strengthening ties with consumers. The exact launch date of the new website has not yet been announced, but television advertisements featuring a range of ...
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Safilo said that it plans to increase the share of...
Safilo said that it plans to increase the share of house brands - Polaroid, Carrera, Smith Optics, Safilo and Oxydo - to 40-45 percent of the group's total revenues in five to seven years from about 20 percent currently - through organic growth and through possible new acquisitions. Although it ...
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Kesko Oy reported sales declines of 11.2 percent at Intersport...
Kesko Oy reported sales declines of 11.2 percent at Intersport Finland and 13.8 percent at Intersport Russia for the second quarter ended June 30. For the first six months of this year, they were off by 10.5 percent and 21.9 percent, respectively. The profitability of Intersport Finland remained at a ...
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Paul Stratta is going to leave after 15 months as...
Paul Stratta is going to leave after 15 months as interim chief executive of Karbon Kinetics, the London-based company behind the high-end, collapsible Gocycle e-bike, after the upcoming Eurobike trade show. The company has announced a 53 percent increase in units sold for the first six months of this year. ...
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Garmin's sales in the Fitness segment jumped by 79 percent...
Garmin's sales in the Fitness segment jumped by 79 percent to $150.7 million in the second quarter ended June 28 on the strength of its Vivofit fitness trackers, its lower-priced Forerunner watches and the new Edge 1000 cycling computer. This led the segment's operating margin to improve to 42 percent. ...
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According to local reports, Mike Weccardt has left as chief...
According to local reports, Mike Weccardt has left as chief executive of Sport Eybl, the leading Austrian sporting goods retail chain recently acquired by Sports Direct International. His position is said to have been transferred to Thomas Bittermann, an attorney who was involved in the takeover proceedings. Other top managers ...
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Lynx Golf has taken action to stop the sale of...
Lynx Golf has taken action to stop the sale of counterfeit products by a U.K.-based golf distributor. Fake Lynx products were discovered for sale on eBay and Lynx' legal team tracked down the distributor. The company agreed an out of court settlement after the distributor acted quickly to shut down ...
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Mark King, the former chief executive of Taylormade Adidas Golf...
Mark King, the former chief executive of Taylormade Adidas Golf who was appointed at the helm of Adidas North America in April, has told American reporters that he wants to narrow the focus of the brand in terms of sports categories, and to have a more far-reaching involvement in the ...
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- Together, the Nike group and the Adidas Group made...
- Together, the Nike group and the Adidas Group made up 57.9 percent of the global athletic footwear market in 2013.
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Exceed Company has once again announced a postponement of the...
Exceed Company has once again announced a postponement of the extraordinary shareholders' meeting to vote on a merger agreement that would lead to its chairman and chief executive, Shuipan Lin, taking over 64 percent control of the company, which trades in China under the Xidelong brand. First proposed last Dec. ...
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Base-Detallsport, the second-largest Spanish buying group, is inviting all the...
Base-Detallsport, the second-largest Spanish buying group, is inviting all the members of a regional splinter group, Giro 180, to rejoin the cooperative, which is said to be holding discussions with another buying group, Twinner. At the same time, Base is reportedly discussing a possible cooperation in purchasing with Intersport España. ...
