Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 138

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    Zalando expands its partnership program

    2017-12-29T00:00:00Z

    Zalando has reportedly doubled the sales generated by its brand partnership programs in the last year, enabling brands to take advantage of Europe's leading online fashion retailing platform to sell extra products.The German company sells about 2,000 brands in 15 European countries, buying products and delivering them from its warehouses. ...

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    Salomon will open its first store in Paris in the...

    2017-12-29T00:00:00Z

    Salomon will open its first store in Paris in the spring, located on Boulevard Saint Germain, according to sportguide.com

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    World Cup qualifiers favor Adidas and Nike

    2017-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has taken an early lead in the World Cup, at least in terms of the number of teams to be outfitted by the German brand, after the last qualifications for the finals were played last week.With eleven teams to wear the Three stripes, Adidas is slightly ahead of Nike ...

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    As part of the partnership between Adidas and Zalando, customers...

    2017-11-21T00:00:00Z

    As part of the partnership between Adidas and Zalando, customers can create their own sneakers through Zalando.de. This has been an option for several years on the Adidas brand's online store with Miadidas, which enables consumers to pick their own colors, materials and soles. That same option has become available ...

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    Adidas, Nike and Rapha Racing were among the winners this...

    2017-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Adidas, Nike and Rapha Racing were among the winners this year at the International Retail Property Market (Mapic) in Cannes earlier this month. Nike was named “Retailer of the Year.” Adidas' new flagship store on New York's Fifth Avenue was crowned for “Best Store Design.” Rapha's “clubhouse” cycling stores were ...

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    Kasper Rorsted, chief executive at the Adidas Group, was quoted...

    2017-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Kasper Rorsted, chief executive at the Adidas Group, was quoted as saying in Bild am Sonntag during the weekend that the company would have a problem if one of its partners was found guilty of breaking the law. The quote was placed in the context of the Adidas group's partnership ...

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    Adidas is a winner of the second Stop Slavery Award,...

    2017-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Adidas is a winner of the second Stop Slavery Award, an initiative by the Thomson Reuters Foundation to honor companies that have taken concrete steps to eradicate forced labor from their supply chains. Adidas leads a group of four winning companies which also includes C&A, Intel and The Co-Operative Group. ...

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    Alibaba breaks new records

    2017-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Alibaba hit a new record with its Singles Day shopping festival on Nov. 11, generating sales of $25.3 billion, 40 percent above the score reached a year ago. The event is a much bigger replica of the Black Friday and Cyber Monday promotions that are becoming common in the Western ...

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    Sports Direct International (SDI) is apparently developing a new retail...

    2017-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Sports Direct International (SDI) is apparently developing a new retail brand, selling almost anything from dental floss to screwdrivers and household gloves (progressively classified as men's products, while the women's section features underwear calendars along with chocolate ring dog chews and a teenage ninja turtles scooter). “The brands you love for ...

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    Snow + Rock has a new store in England's Bluewater...

    2017-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Snow + Rock has a new store in England's Bluewater shopping center, the largest one in the U.K. with a retail floor area of 13,000 square feet

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    Bogner has opened a new store in Prague, located in...

    2017-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Bogner has opened a new store in Prague, located in the big, recently opened Chodov shopping center

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    Zalando posts a loss as sales rocket, investments continue

    2017-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Zalando recorded a net loss of €11.1 million for the third quarter, compared with net income of €5 million for the year-ago quarter. The adjusted operating profit (Ebit) before non-operating one-time effects fell to €400,000 from €19.5 million.The company had warned last month that it might post a loss in ...

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    Decathlon has opened its first store in Tunisia and contracted...

    2017-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Decathlon has opened its first store in Tunisia and contracted a local logistics provider, Tanger Med, to handle its shipments to the growing number of stores it has in Africa. Covering more than 1,500 square meters in the Tunis City shopping mall, the store is reportedly set to be followed ...

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    2XU has signed a partnership agreement with GXG, a Chinese...

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    2XU has signed a partnership agreement with GXG, a Chinese fashion retailer, which will make 2XU products widely available to Chinese consumers. 2XU is planning to open up to 50 retail stores in mainland China over the next three years. 2XU currently operates 26 retail and outlet stores in Australia ...

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    Adidas presented the official match ball for the 2018 World...

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Adidas presented the official match ball for the 2018 World Cup in Moscow, in the presence of Lionel Messi. The Telstar 18 is a re-edition of Adidas' first match ball for the World Cup, which it developed for the tournament in Mexico in 1970.

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    Lowa and Schöffel have opened their 32nd dual-branded store in...

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Lowa and Schöffel have opened their 32nd dual-branded store in Nuremberg, measuring 190 m², through a franchisee who is affiliated with Intersport Germany

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    Asics has opened its fourth German “performance store” at 55a...

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Asics has opened its fourth German “performance store” at 55a Schildergasse in Cologne

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    Adidas outperforms in North America

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    The Adidas Group's expansion has been hampered by weakening retail trends in Europe and infrastructure bottlenecks in North America in the third quarter, leading to a sales increase at the lower end of its projection, but the company still delivered ample rises in sales and profits.The German group's turnover jumped ...

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    Adidas appoints three European country managers

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    After the reshuffle implemented in the Adidas Group's European management structure nearly two months ago, the company has appointed three of its own staff as country managers in France, Iberia and Italy.Nicolas Favre has taken over at the start of this month as country manager in France. He joined the ...

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    Adidas has unveiled a new app that is meant to...

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has unveiled a new app that is meant to deliver a personalized shopping experience. The Adidas Sports & Style app uses Salesforce technology including Commerce Cloud, Marketing Cloud and Service Cloud. The app gets to know the consumer's preferences, and proposes personalized news stories, blog posts, articles, videos and ...