Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 133
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Karstadt Warenhaus has moved into the curated fashion shopping category...
Karstadt Warenhaus has moved into the curated fashion shopping category by taking over assets of Kisura, a start-up launched in Berlin in 2013, which filed for insolvency earlier this year
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Golfino, the golfwear specialist based in Hamburg, has redesigned its...
Golfino, the golfwear specialist based in Hamburg, has redesigned its online store at www.golfino.com. The main feature of the site is a new shopping system, based on a software called “Shopware,” which is said to significantly enhance the customer's shopping experience. According to the company's description, the revamped site features ...
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JD Sports started expanding in Spain again last month with...
JD Sports started expanding in Spain again last month with three openings in Alcalá de Henares, Salamanca and Fuengirola, which raises the retail brand's Spanish store total to 43, as reported by CMD Sport
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Adidas has developed a new yoga collection in cooperation with...
Adidas has developed a new yoga collection in cooperation with Wanderlust, using polyester made of recycled plastic from oceans. 80 percent of the waste that is in oceans and on coasts is plastic. As with some other Adidas products already launched, Parley for the Oceans, the environmental organization that addresses major ...
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Adidas has signed up the University of Wyoming, covering the...
Adidas has signed up the University of Wyoming, covering the school's 17 athletic team. The Cowboys teams were previously split between Nike and Under Armour.
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Adidas has signed a five-year sponsorship deal with an Irish...
Adidas has signed a five-year sponsorship deal with an Irish rugby team, Leinster
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Kasper Rorsted, chief executive of the Adidas Group, has agreed...
Kasper Rorsted, chief executive of the Adidas Group, has agreed to be one of the speakers at the Ispo Digitize Summit, the event organized by Messe München in June around the digital economy. Other confirmed speakers include Günther Althaus, chief executive of the ANWR Group, Philipp Roesch-Schlanderer, co-founder and chief ...
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Adidas’ growth slows down in Europe
The Adidas Group has seen a slowdown in its sales growth in Europe and in Originals in the first quarter of this year, but the company held on to its guidance due to robust expansion in North America and China as well as further margin improvements.The group's sales were up ...
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Zion Armstrong takes the lead at Adidas North America
Zion Armstrong, who has played a pivotal part in the Adidas brand's expansion in North America in the last three years, is to take over as president of Adidas North America at the start of July, after the retirement of Mark King.The Adidas Group said that King decided to step ...
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Adidas has started serial production of its AM4NYC running shoe...
Adidas has started serial production of its AM4NYC running shoe at its Speedfactory in Atlanta. The shoe, whose name stands for Made for New York City, became available in the U.S. at retail on April 27. As previously reported, the company's American facility and its German Speedfactory in Ansbach are ...
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Adidas and Reebok top the 2018 edition of the Fashion...
Adidas and Reebok top the 2018 edition of the Fashion Transparency Index, which reviews and ranks global fashion and apparel brands and retailers based on how much information they disclose about their value chain and its social and environmental impact. The Index, issued by Fashion Revolution, was first launched in ...
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About 200 people moved into Adidas France's new head office...
About 200 people moved into Adidas France's new head office last month, in the business district of Strasbourg-Archipel, across from the European Parliament. The office has been transferred there from Landersheim, a small village in the Alsace where Adidas France was built up by Horst Dassler from 1973, after a ...
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With the opening of a store of about 1,500 square...
With the opening of a store of about 1,500 square meters in Karlsruhe a few days ago, Decathlon has started a program of seven openings in Germany, which should enable it to end the year with 57 stores around the country. The next openings include a store after the summer ...
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Gin Kiteboarding has opened a flagship store at the St-Joux...
Gin Kiteboarding has opened a flagship store at the St-Joux kite spot in La Neuveville, in the Swiss Jura. The store features a unique concept that combines a boutique, showroom, rental station, information center and meeting place. The objective is to provide the local community with a place to relax ...
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Karstadt's employees are to receive a special payment as the...
Karstadt's employees are to receive a special payment as the German department store group reportedly achieved a profit of €1.4 million last year. The retailer had been unprofitable since 2007 but it went through a restructuring program launched after the takeover of a majority stake by Signa Holding in 2014. ...
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Hoka One One has opened a pop-up concession until May...
Hoka One One has opened a pop-up concession until May 6 in the men's shoe department for the Selfridges flagship store on Oxford Street in London
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Thule has opened a new concept store in Stockholm. The...
Thule has opened a new concept store in Stockholm. The store is located on the city's central shopping street, the Kungsgatan, where neighbors include the likes of The North Face, Fjällräven, Haglöfs and Norrøna, among others. The store allows the company to showcase its entire range of its transportation solutions, ...
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The Jelmoli “House of Brands” in Zurich has reopened its...
The Jelmoli “House of Brands” in Zurich has reopened its sports section on the fourth floor, after a strong redecoration process. Under Armour has joined the list of brands offered in the section. New is an urban fitness and lifestyle area.
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The resurgent Champion brand has chosen the bustling La Brea...
The resurgent Champion brand has chosen the bustling La Brea district in Los Angeles as the location for its first U.S. retail store. It features onsite customization that allows shoppers to design one-of-a-kind Champion garments made on-demand and tailored to their preferences. Hanesbrands says that Champion selected Los Angeles for ...
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XXL has opened its third store in Austria, in a...
XXL has opened its third store in Austria, in a space of nearly 5,000 square meters previously occupied by Sports Direct in the Donauzentrum, a big shopping center at Pasching, near Linz. The store employs 110 people. The big Norwegian sports retailer has also announced that it will soon be ...
