Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 111

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    Adidas has unveiled the Uniforia, the official match ball for...

    2019-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has unveiled the Uniforia, the official match ball for Uefa Euro 2020, named in honor of the unity and the euphoria that football can bring, the brand explained

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    Adidas has introduced the second generation of the FutureCraft Loop,...

    2019-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has introduced the second generation of the FutureCraft Loop, its first 100 percent recyclable shoe. Like its predecessor, the second-generation shoe is also a 100 percent recyclable performance running shoe, but is created using a mix of raw materials and recycled components from the first-generation shoe. This means that ...

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    Stadium has given up in its expansion into Germany after...

    2019-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Stadium has given up in its expansion into Germany after five years on the market and is closing its only three stores in the country, all located in Hamburg. The management of the Swedish sports retailer mentioned a difficult market situation combined with high rents. In addition to Sweden, Stadium ...

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    Deportes Alaska, a well-known ski and mountaineering shop in Madrid,...

    2019-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Deportes Alaska, a well-known ski and mountaineering shop in Madrid, has moved to new premises. In tripling its area to 430 square meters, the shop has gained a storefront 12 meters wide on Calle Cristóbal Bordiú and, at last, a parking lot. The old shop had been tight for years ...

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    Through AliExpress, Alibaba is inviting Spain's retailers to partner with...

    2019-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Through AliExpress, Alibaba is inviting Spain's retailers to partner with it to fend off the threat of Amazon. Spain is Alibaba's third-largest market worldwide, after China and Russia. About a year ago, several large retailers in the country signed on to become pick-up points for purchases made on Alibaba's portal. ...

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    New records for Alibaba’s Singles Day

    2019-11-28T00:00:00Z

    The gross merchandise value (GMV) generated by Alibaba’s 11th Singles Day hit a record of 268.4 billion yuan renmimbi (€34.7bn-$38.3bn), eclipsing last year’s score by 26 percent, thanks in part to a longer pre-sales period, a larger assortment of discounted products, the extension of the festival to new markets outside ...

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    Nike stops with Amazon’s marketplace

    2019-11-28T00:00:00Z

    A few days after the appointment of a new chief executive, John Donahoe, who previously ran eBay, the Swoosh announced that it will stop a pilot program, initiated in 2017, to sell selected products on the Amazon Retail marketplace. Nike justified the move with its “focus on elevating consumer experience ...

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    Intersport opened its biggest flagship store in Europe on Nov....

    2019-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Intersport opened its biggest flagship store in Europe on Nov. 14 in Graz, Austria. The family business Tscherne, which manages 12 Intersport stores in Austria, invested €6 million, and construction began three months ago. The 7,500-square-meter store includes a 100-square-meter ski hut as well as a tree house and ice ...

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    Peloton, the U.S. fitness brand, has launched a pop-up store...

    2019-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Peloton, the U.S. fitness brand, has launched a pop-up store concept with Sport Schuster, the big Munich-based sports retailer. Since Nov. 20, the fitness brand has been presenting new indoor bikes with fixed screens in Sport Schuster's store in the center of Munich. Peloton is producing training content for the ...

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    Munich, the Spanish brand of sneakers, has opened two stores...

    2019-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Munich, the Spanish brand of sneakers, has opened two stores in Madrid – one at Las Rozas The Style Outlets and another at X-Madrid – raising its total points of sale overall to 19

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    Honma Golf, the Japanese golf brand, has opened its first...

    2019-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Honma Golf, the Japanese golf brand, has opened its first European store in Paris' Boulevard Pereire, in the Porte Maillot district of the French capital city

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    Bringing its Genius project to Germany, Moncler opened a pop-up...

    2019-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Bringing its Genius project to Germany, Moncler opened a pop-up store in Breuninger's main department store in Stuttgart on Nov. 7. Under this project, the Italian designer apparel and lifestyle brand will feature collaborations with various designers, such as Poldo, the dog couture brand, Craig Green, the British designer, and ...

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    China’s Topsports doesn’t disappoint with first results since IPO

    2019-11-28T00:00:00Z

    After raising $1.01 billion in an initial public offering on the Hong Kong stock exchange last month, Topsports International Holdings, the sports retailing arm of Belle International, published strong results for the six months ended on Aug. 31. Sales rose by 12.4 percent as compared to the year-ago period to ...

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    CMDsport reports that the management of Deportes Cronos has spent...

    2019-11-28T00:00:00Z

    CMDsport reports that the management of Deportes Cronos has spent the year strategizing to make up for a projected loss in revenue of about €4 million next year, when it will stop distributing Nike products to its associated retailers. The American sports giant has determined that from now on retailers ...

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    With three more stores due to open in Spain next...

    2019-11-28T00:00:00Z

    With three more stores due to open in Spain next month, Courir will be meeting its goal of operating 15 stores in Spain before the year is out. It will have opened 11 during 2019. The 12th of these opened just a few days ago at the X-Madrid “anti-mall” in ...

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    Nike, the NFL and Fanatics have signed a new global...

    2019-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Nike, the NFL and Fanatics have signed a new global partnership that extends Fanatics' exclusive consumer product licensing rights to manufacture and distribute all Nike NFL adult products worldwide. The new agreement is an upgrade to the deal they signed in 2018, which covered only the U.S.

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    Zalando is raising standards and fees

    2019-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Zalando has taken a series of measures to make its delivery services more efficient, to increase revenues and profitability, and to reduce the environmental impact of its operations. One such measure is to terminate home pick-up for premium German customers who wish to return items. This service, which was part ...

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    Good sales momentum for Foot Locker

    2019-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Foot Locker reported a 5.7 percent increase in comparable store sales for the third quarter ended on Nov. 2, indicating an improvement from the previous quarters as the increase for the first nine months of the year was only 3.8 percent. However, the management predicts that the increase on a ...

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    J. Lindeberg has opened a new store in the Illum...

    2019-11-28T00:00:00Z

    J. Lindeberg has opened a new store in the Illum shopping center of Copenhagen