Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 143
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Adidas presented the official match ball for the 2018 World...
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...
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...
Asics has opened its fourth German “performance store” at 55a Schildergasse in Cologne
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Adidas outperforms in North America
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
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...
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 ...
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Adidas announced on Instagram that it has teamed up with...
Adidas announced on Instagram that it has teamed up with N.E.R.D., an American funk rock band, to launch what it has called the Training Gear collection. The company indicates that the range was inspired from the styles of the band members Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo and Shay Hayley. Williams already ...
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Adidas signs a three-year sponsorship deal with the Derry City...
Adidas signs a three-year sponsorship deal with the Derry City football team in Northern Ireland
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Salomon has opened its first single-brand store in Andorra, located...
Salomon has opened its first single-brand store in Andorra, located in the Carlemany shopping center, through the biggest local sports retailer, Viladomat
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As expected, Canada Goose has opened its first European store,...
As expected, Canada Goose has opened its first European store, covering about 460 square meters at 244 Regent Street in London
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Flipkart has reportedly formed a partnership with Decathlon to sell...
Flipkart has reportedly formed a partnership with Decathlon to sell the French retailer's private labels, in a bid to increase its share in the growing Indian sports retail market. The Indian e-commerce giant is said to have a customer base of over 100 million, which will allow Decathlon to increase ...
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Lolë is testing its first European pop-up store in the...
Lolë is testing its first European pop-up store in the Labege shopping center of Toulouse and in a couple of other medium-sized French cities, Reims and Pau
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Snowleader, a French online retailer of snow sports products, has...
Snowleader, a French online retailer of snow sports products, has added Spain to the country list of its online boutiques, with the launch of a new “.es” e-commerce site. The announcement was made by Thomas Rouault, the co-founder and chief executive of Snowleader, on the occasion of the first conference ...
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Intersport Twinsport, the largest Intersport retailer in the Netherlands with...
Intersport Twinsport, the largest Intersport retailer in the Netherlands with 12 stores, has agreed to take over another five stores from Intersport Duo. The five outlets neatly complement Twinsport's business as they are situated in the province of North Holland, not far from Amsterdam. The Twinsport stores are in other ...
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Tor-Andre Skeie, who plays a key role with two Norwegian...
Tor-Andre Skeie, who plays a key role with two Norwegian sporting goods retailers, Sport Outlet and Sport Norway, has been named as a finalist for this year's Entrepreneur of the Year, organized by Ernst & Young, across all categories for the West region of the country. Skeie was nominated for ...
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Moncler has opened a 180-square-meter store in the Esentai Mall...
Moncler has opened a 180-square-meter store in the Esentai Mall of Almaty, the capital of Kazakhstan
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Molten will replace Adidas as the official ball supplier...
Molten will replace Adidas as the official ball supplier for the Uefa Europa League under a three-year contract starting in 2018
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Adidas is extending its sponsorship of the Fulham FC club...
Adidas is extending its sponsorship of the Fulham FC club in England until 2023
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Bogner is placing the products of Fire & Ice skiwear...
Bogner is placing the products of Fire & Ice skiwear line on Zalando's marketplace for customers' orders from Germany and Austria, but not those of its premium Bogner Sport line
