Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 145
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JD Sports Fashion plans to double the size of its...
JD Sports Fashion plans to double the size of its flagship store in Glasgow to nearly 13,000 square feet on two floors by November, using the new store design of its recently opened flagship in Newcastle
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Targeting mainly young women with its sports fashion offerings, the...
Targeting mainly young women with its sports fashion offerings, the Printemps group has celebrated the long-awaited opening of a 1,664-square-meter Citadium store at 65, avenue des Champs-Elysées in Paris, next to Nike's store on the famous shopping street
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Sportleader, one of the major sporting goods retailers in the...
Sportleader, one of the major sporting goods retailers in the Levante region of Spain, has decided to switch over to Intersport from another voluntary group, Base Detall Sport, that operates only in Spain. With its seven stores, it will raise the number of points of sale affiliated with Intersport España ...
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Decathlon has opened its 15th store in the Paris area....
Decathlon has opened its 15th store in the Paris area. Located in the suburb of Malakoff, it measures 3,500 square meters. In Spain, the French retailer inaugurated on June 16 a smaller store of 1,800 sqm. in the Maquinista shopping center of Barcelona.
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Zalando will be the main sponsor of the 20th edition...
Zalando will be the main sponsor of the 20th edition of the 080 Barcelona Fashion fair on June 26-30, along with Moritz, the Spanish beer
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Bernard Tapie, the former majority shareholder of Adidas, has lost...
Bernard Tapie, the former majority shareholder of Adidas, has lost a final appeal in French courts against a ruling that he should reimburse €404 million paid out to him after arbitration proceedings around the sale of the sports company in 1993. Tapie has long alleged that he was fleeced by ...
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Kasper Rørsted, the new chief executive of the Adidas Group,...
Kasper Rørsted, the new chief executive of the Adidas Group, is the most popular manager in the German fashion industry, according to Glassdoor. The company, which operates an employment and recruitment platform, recently released its list of the ten most popular managers in the country. Glassdoor's list includes managers from ...
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Adidas is boosting its infrastructure in Paris and regrouping its...
Adidas is boosting its infrastructure in Paris and regrouping its local teams under Guillaume de Monplanet, general manager of Adidas France, by opening of a new office near the trendy Pigalle area. Adidas and Reebok employees, who were previously working at different offices inside and outside the French capital, will ...
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Nike to work more closely with Amazon and Zalando
Zalando has unveiled plans to double in size by 2020, raising its annual sales from €3.6 billion to €7.6 billion, as part of an ambitious new strategy that will include providing new services to brands like Adidas and Nike. Founded in Berlin in 2008, the German company has quickly expanded ...
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Yet another Spanish voluntary group, Anzamar, is launching its own...
Yet another Spanish voluntary group, Anzamar, is launching its own chain of sneaker shops, called Black Laces. The first one will open next month at Los Barrios, near Algeciras, to be followed by another one at Jaén in August or September.
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Canada Goose told investors at the recent Baird Global Consumer,...
Canada Goose told investors at the recent Baird Global Consumer, Technology & Services Conference that it is planning to have no more than 20 physical stores in place by 2020 because its business is still largely seasonal, but as previously reported, it is investing heavily in e-commerce, particularly now in ...
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Intersport France has stated that it wants to become the...
Intersport France has stated that it wants to become the second-largest sporting goods retailer in Belgium, where it now has only six stores, compared with 639 in France. We estimate that Intersport was in sixth place in a market dominated by Decathlon in 2015. After closing many stores, Intersport opened ...
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As the outcome of Britain's general election earlier this month...
As the outcome of Britain's general election earlier this month caused a sharp fall in the exchange rate of the pound against the dollar, Sports Direct International (SDI) said that its exchange rate for these currencies was fully hedged for the fiscal year until April 2018 at a rate of ...
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Karstadt buys more online marketplaces
Karstadt Warenhaus and its Austrian parent company, Signa Retail, have taken a stake of 70 percent in Hood.de, a popular German marketplace, in order to turn the department store group into an omni-channel marketplace. The shares were formally bought by Karstadt Marktplatz, a joint venture between Karstadt Warenhaus and Signa ...
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Lacoste unveiled a new global store concept in early June...
Lacoste unveiled a new global store concept in early June that features a stronger and more immersive brand experience. Located at Westfield White City in Shepherd's Bush, London, the 140-square-meter boutique celebrates the heritage of the French premium lifestyle brand. The central feature is The Polo Wall, which features Lacoste ...
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Launching a new store concept, Dainese has inaugurated a store...
Launching a new store concept, Dainese has inaugurated a store in Berlin for its motorcycling and sports apparel and protection products. It has a Custom Works room for special projects.
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Volcom has opened a flagship store on rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine...
Volcom has opened a flagship store on rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine in Paris, near the Bastille and close to several other mono-brand shops including the Jordan store recently opened by Foot Locker. It covers 200 square meters of space on two floors. Volcom now has 18 directly owned or partner-owned stores ...
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Mundo Mammoth, one of the major physical and online retailers...
Mundo Mammoth, one of the major physical and online retailers for bicycles in Spain, has announced an agreement to integrate its operations into those of Barrabès Esquí y Montaña, the leading Spanish outdoor and ski retailer, which has adopted a hybrid online/offline retail structure since it launched its web store ...
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Adidas has recruited Kendall Jenner, the 21-year-old supermodel and reality...
Adidas has recruited Kendall Jenner, the 21-year-old supermodel and reality TV star, as brand ambassador for Adidas Originals. She personally made the announcement to her 81 million followers on Instagram. Jenner's brother-in-law, Kanye West, already has a highly popular collaboration with Adidas since 2013 for its Yeezy Boost. Her sister, ...
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Zalando released details of a planned new €30 million logistics...
Zalando released details of a planned new €30 million logistics center in Sweden. Located in Brunna near Stockholm, the distribution center will be operational by the end of the year, with up to 300 employees. The goal is to significantly reduce the time required fopr deliveries of parcels in all ...
