Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 141

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    Women's Wear Daily reports that Adidas has shelved a suit...

    2017-10-16T00:00:00Z

    Women's Wear Daily reports that Adidas has shelved a suit against Juicy Couture in an Oregon court over the Three Stripes logo, following a settlement whose terms were not revealed

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    Erik Liedtke, the executive board member of the Adidas Group...

    2017-10-16T00:00:00Z

    Erik Liedtke, the executive board member of the Adidas Group responsible for global brands, has won the Chief Marketing Officer of the Year award from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He took over the responsibility in 2014 after running Adidas' sport performance division.

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    Fanatics, the leading American supplier of licensed sports merchandise, has...

    2017-10-16T00:00:00Z

    Fanatics, the leading American supplier of licensed sports merchandise, has appointed Steve Davis, a global e-commerce veteran, as president of Fanatics International. He was formerly the chief executive of a digital fast-fashion retailer, Rue La La. His task will be to expand the company's vertical retailing model into a global ...

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    Rip Curl has opened a store in Canggu, Bali...

    2017-10-16T00:00:00Z

    Rip Curl has opened a store in Canggu, Bali

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    United Brands, one of the leading independent retailers in Belgium...

    2017-10-16T00:00:00Z

    United Brands, one of the leading independent retailers in Belgium with sales reported at €29.1 million last year, closed down four of its stores and launched financial restructuring proceedings in July. The company's management is preparing to present a debt restructuring plan to the relevant court in November, expecting to ...

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    Canada Goose has launched e-commerce in Germany

    2017-10-16T00:00:00Z

    Canada Goose has launched e-commerce in Germany

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    Sports Direct International (SDI) is closing down four out of...

    2017-10-16T00:00:00Z

    Sports Direct International (SDI) is closing down four out of its nine concessions in Debenhams department stores, Bloomberg reported last week, but the company said this was due to overlaps with current or future flagship stores, rather than any underlying issues with the concessions. SDI owns a stake of 21.01 ...

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    Skiset, the French-based ski rental company, has developed an online...

    2017-10-16T00:00:00Z

    Skiset, the French-based ski rental company, has developed an online foot scanning tool, Scanfeet, which should make it easier for customers to book ski boots precisely adjusted to the size and shape of their feet. Scanfeet uses 3D images of the customer's feet to analyze five key points about the ...

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    Ski Market in Madrid is warning its customers that they...

    2017-10-16T00:00:00Z

    Ski Market in Madrid is warning its customers that they will now be charged if they take advantage of testing and advice services in-store without buying the product, as these services do have a cost for the retailer. The practice of examining merchandise in a traditional brick-and-mortar retail store and ...

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    De Skihut op Scheveningen, a famous retailer of winter sports...

    2017-10-16T00:00:00Z

    De Skihut op Scheveningen, a famous retailer of winter sports products located in the eponymous Dutch sea resort, was declared bankrupt but was then quickly rescued by Retail Investments Beilen, reports Quote, a Dutch business magazine. The publication worked out that nearly all of the shares in Retail Investments Beilen ...

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    Decathlon is planning to open new stores in the downtown...

    2017-10-16T00:00:00Z

    Decathlon is planning to open new stores in the downtown areas of Brussels, Dresden and Munich. They will use to some extent the new urban Decathlon City format, concentrating on only a few product categories and complementing them with online purchases from its website. Focusing on cycling, running and fitness, ...

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    François Neukirch, a former top manager of Decathlon and Go...

    2017-10-16T00:00:00Z

    François Neukirch, a former top manager of Decathlon and Go Sport who recenlty ran Intersport France, has officially inaugurated a prestigious a 3,000 square meter Intersport store opened about two months ago at Herblay, near Paris

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    Sport Partner reports that Regatta is opening its first Dutch...

    2017-10-16T00:00:00Z

    Sport Partner reports that Regatta is opening its first Dutch branded store in Amersfoort, in the center of the Netherlands, to sell the Regatta and Dare2Be brands

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    Sport-Guide.com reports that a Patagonia store in Grenoble is to...

    2017-10-16T00:00:00Z

    Sport-Guide.com reports that a Patagonia store in Grenoble is to shut down around the end of October. The store has been open for several years but the owner apparently struggled to reach a sustainable level of sales, which he blamed on the lack of international tourists in Grenoble. The closure ...

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    Lotto Sport Italia has opened a mono-brand store at Vicolo...

    2017-10-16T00:00:00Z

    Lotto Sport Italia has opened a mono-brand store at Vicolo Barberia 19 in the heart of Treviso, close to its head office

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    Colmar Originals shoes are now sold in 800 multibrand stores...

    2017-09-28T00:00:00Z

    Colmar Originals shoes are now sold in 800 multibrand stores in Italy as well as 12 flagship stores across Europe, eight of which are in Italy. These figures, which have recently been reported by Pambianconews, reveal the retail expansion of the brand, driven by its good results, particularly in the ...

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    Adidas rejigs European management

    2017-09-28T00:00:00Z

    The Adidas Group is replacing its managing directors in France, Iberia and Italy, as part of a management reshuffle that saw these three executives assume more international functions while the group's European structure has been streamlined.Under the latest structure, which has just become effective, the Adidas Group's business has been ...

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    Adidas and Puma deploy stores in India

    2017-09-28T00:00:00Z

    Growing Indian demand for training and athleisure products is fueling increased sales in the country for some of the leading international brands, which are starting to deploy their own stores in the country.The Adidas Group reportedly achieved the strongest gains as its sales reached 1,513 crore rupees (€195.8m-$231.8m) for the ...

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    Adidas says it has placed one of its employees on...

    2017-09-28T00:00:00Z

    Adidas says it has placed one of its employees on administrative leave and engaged outside counsel to conduct a thorough investigation into a case of bribery in which he has allegedly been involved. Jim Gatto, who is Adidas' director of global sports marketing for basketball, was mentioned among ten people ...

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    As predicted, Adidas has signed a new contract with the...

    2017-09-28T00:00:00Z

    As predicted, Adidas has signed a new contract with the University of Kansas, extending a six-year-old partnership through 2031 and stengthening its position in the performance segment of the American sports market to complement its renewed strength in the lifestyle segment. It will be the richest deal between the brand ...