Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 127

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    An Under Armour store is set to open soon in...

    2018-12-04T00:00:00Z

    An Under Armour store is set to open soon in Milan in a former building of Luxottica on via Orefici, next to Levi's and Tommy Hilfiger

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    Woolrich has opened a directly operated store in the Austrian...

    2018-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Woolrich has opened a directly operated store in the Austrian ski resort of Kitzbühel

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    Bogner, the German luxury sports brand, has expanded into China,...

    2018-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Bogner, the German luxury sports brand, has expanded into China, where it has opened its first franchise space. The store is located in the Thaiwoo ski resort, northwest of Beijing and a three-hour drive from China's capital city. The shop will be open seven days a week. Thaiwoo will play ...

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    Zalando is launching a new strategy, called Connected Retail, to...

    2018-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Zalando is launching a new strategy, called Connected Retail, to integrate online and offline channels as part of its evolution from an online retailer to an open ecosystem, or platform. Through Connected Retail, Zalando's fashion partners can take orders from Zalando customers themselves and ship the goods directly from their ...

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    El Corte Inglés has entered a wide-ranging cooperation with the...

    2018-12-04T00:00:00Z

    El Corte Inglés has entered a wide-ranging cooperation with the Alibaba Group, covering cloud computing, trading, logistics and smart payments. The Spanish department store chain, which is a major player in the domestic sporting goods market, will have access to Alibaba's software solutions for large data analysis and customer relationship ...

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    Sportiv, a new premium sports retailer in Russia

    2018-12-04T00:00:00Z

    A group of Russian investors has officially opened the first store under the banner of a new sporting goods retail chain, called Sportiv, in Moscow. Until the end of 2018 new stores are slated to be opened in the biggest shopping centers of the Russian capital, according to the Arendator ...

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    Decathlon plans to open a 38,000-square-foot store in Montreal's Eaton...

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Decathlon plans to open a 38,000-square-foot store in Montreal's Eaton Centre before the end of 2019

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    Adidas and Nike were among the 237 brands that generated...

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Adidas and Nike were among the 237 brands that generated sales of more than 100 million yuan renmimbi (€12.6m-$14.4m) at Alibaba's Single's Day consumption festival on Nov. 11. New Balance was also a winner with 60,000 pairs of shoes ordered during a pre-sales program. Overall, consumers placed orders for a ...

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    Adidas is performing well globally

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    The Adidas Group is predicting a global sales increase of between 8 and 9 percent in local currencies for the current financial year, down from a previous forecast of 10 percent, due to continued lower-than-expected sales results in Western Europe. However, it has revised upwards its expectations for profitability, predicting ...

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    More signs of fatigue for Adidas in Europe

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    After a strong rally between 2015 and 2017, the Adidas brand has performed so far this year less well in Europe generally than Nike, Puma or Under Armour. In the third quarter, its sales in Western Europe were off by one percent in euros and by two percent in constant ...

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    Runtastic, the mobile fitness company owned by Adidas, has announced...

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Runtastic, the mobile fitness company owned by Adidas, has announced that its co-founder and chief executive, Florian Gschwandtner, will withdraw from operational management and leave the company, effective Dec. 31, 2018. He has been with the start-up for nearly ten years. Alfred Luger and Christian Kaar, respectively chief financial officer ...

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    Adidas has filed suit in South Florida District Court against...

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has filed suit in South Florida District Court against a further 200 websites for the sale of counterfeit Yeezy, Adidas and Reebok shoes. It is seeking the seizure of their domains, the scrubbing of their URLs from search engines and $2 million in statutory damages per defendant.

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    Adidas is said to be close to signing a record-breaking...

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Adidas is said to be close to signing a record-breaking €1.1 billion sponsorship contract with the Real Madrid club for the next ten years. The deal would guarantee a minimum of €110 million per year, up strongly from the current fee of €38.7 million and way above the €85 million ...

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    Zalando appointed two new vice presidents this month. Sara Diez,...

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Zalando appointed two new vice presidents this month. Sara Diez, previously working as senior buying director for Europe and the Middle East at Nike, became vice president for Zalando's product line for woman. Diez succeeds Dalbir Bains, who left Zalando after four years. Before her career at Nike, Diez worked ...

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    Champion has opened its first store in Boston, which will...

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Champion has opened its first store in Boston, which will be its fourth one in the U.S.

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    The Brazilian e-tailer Netshoes has reported a net loss of...

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    The Brazilian e-tailer Netshoes has reported a net loss of 136.4 million Brazilian reais (€31.9m-$36.5m) for the third quarter of this year, roughly triple the net loss reported a year ago. Sales for the period were down 3 percent to R$ 417.8 million (€97.8m-$111.7m), while the gross margin shrank fourfold ...

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    Rapha has set up a partnership with Wiggle, the British...

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Rapha has set up a partnership with Wiggle, the British online and offline cycling retailer that has since merged with Chain Reaction Cycles. Certain items from Rapha's Core, Classic and Pro Team collections already appear on the Wiggle website. The partnership's stated purpose is to eliminate redundancies at Rapha's London ...

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    Sportamore is launching a new business model and technical platform,...

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Sportamore is launching a new business model and technical platform, involving Adidas as its first strategic partner. The idea behind the Swedish online sports retailer's new platform is to enable suppliers to sell and deliver goods directly from their own warehouse to consumers via Sportamore's customer interface, starting with a ...

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    Deportes Sevilla, an important regional sporting goods retail chain, has...

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Deportes Sevilla, an important regional sporting goods retail chain, has joined Base Detall Sport, the Spanish buying group that recently joined Sport 2000 International. As CMD Sport reports, the deal bolsters Base's presence in Andalusia and establishes it for the first time in the autonomous community's capital, Seville. Founded in ...

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    Nike has inaugurated its flagship store in New York City,...

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Nike has inaugurated its flagship store in New York City, dubbed as “House of Innovation 000.” The six-level space, including a below-street-level floor, covers around 68,000 square feet on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 52nd Street. The store has been designed to offer services that are highly customizable and effortlessly ...