Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 146
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Under Armour (UA) has opened a 400-square-meter flagship store near...
Under Armour (UA) has opened a 400-square-meter flagship store near Bergamo, Italy, at the Oriocenter shopping center. It is the first flagship store for the U.S. activewear brand in Italy. The opening follows the signing of a seven-year distribution agreement for Italy with Oberalp in May 2016. The deal is ...
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The Australian Financial Review reports that Decathlon, the French sports...
The Australian Financial Review reports that Decathlon, the French sports retailer, plans to open 100 stores in Australia. Decathlon moved into the Australian market about one year ago with an online store, as part of a much wider expansion plan that has seen it target markets in South East Asia ...
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Der Spiegel reports that Adidas has agreed to pay €1...
Der Spiegel reports that Adidas has agreed to pay €1 billion for a new ten-year partnership with Real Madrid, based on the Football Leaks file. Earlier this year it had been reported that Under Armour was trying to replace the three stripes as the Spanish club's partner. According to the ...
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Sport 2000 has introduced a new concept for the S2...
Sport 2000 has introduced a new concept for the S2 stores in France. S2 Sneakers Specialist, formerly S2 Street and Sport, is described as focusing particularly on digital tools and customization. The colors of the banner, black and yellow, have remained unchanged. The new store concept was presented in Nancy ...
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Adidas reshuffles the top deck
The executive board of the Adidas Group has been reshuffled with two new members announced last week, adding up to three appointments and two departures after Kasper Rorsted's arrival as chief executive in October. The changes have entailed the appointment of a new managing director for the Adidas Group in ...
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Adidas sells TaylorMade to a private equity firm
The Adidas Group has finalized an agreement to sell TaylorMade Golf for $425 million to KPS Capital Partners, a U.S. private equity firm. Adidas bought the company in 1997 as part of its acquisition of Salomon, the French ski equipment maker, at a price equivalent to about €1.2 billion for ...
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Adidas strides ahead
The Adidas Group continued to zoom ahead in the first quarter of this year, with an ample sales rise and a sharp improvement in operating profit margin, despite pressure in the Russian market and a decline in football apparel sales.The Adidas group's turnover was up by 18.9 percent to €5,671 ...
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Adidas will have a store later this year on via...
Adidas will have a store later this year on via Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, near the cathedral
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New Balance is replacing Adidas as the new sponsor of...
New Balance is replacing Adidas as the new sponsor of the famous London Marathon, currently called the Virgin Money London Marathon, and ancillary events through a long-term agreement starting with the April 2018 edition of the race. The brand is already sponsoring the marathons in Rome, Sevilla and Rotterdam. Last ...
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Adidas has launched a new global rugby campaign on social...
Adidas has launched a new global rugby campaign on social networks entitled “Next Is Everything.” The campaign has been developed by Augusto, a digital agency based in Auckland, New Zealand. The official video, which marked the launch of the campaign on May 9, will be followed by an ongoing series ...
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Adidas has signed up Myles Garrett, who was made the...
Adidas has signed up Myles Garrett, who was made the N° 1 pick in the 2017 NFL draft by the Cleveland Browns
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Adidas and the Dutch field hockey association are extending their...
Adidas and the Dutch field hockey association are extending their partnership until at least the end of 2020
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Canada Goose has announced the opening of two new flagship...
Canada Goose has announced the opening of two new flagship stores and a larger e-commerce reach. The maker of luxury artic apparel will open its first European flagship store in London this autumn. It will be the brand's largest retail space to date. The company will also open a two-level ...
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VF Corp.'s sale of Majestic to Fanatics has been completed...
VF Corp.'s sale of Majestic to Fanatics has been completed
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Fusalp, the French skiwear brand taken over by members of...
Fusalp, the French skiwear brand taken over by members of the Lacoste family three years ago, is branching out into beachwear. In this context, the brand has just opened its first store near the sea at Saint-Jean-de-Luz, on the Basque Coast of France.
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Zalando tests GPS-assisted deliveries
Zalando continues to be at the forefront of innovation in e-commerce with a test in Belgium of a new geolocation-assisted delivery service. By using a smartphone-enabled GPS tracking process, it will allow the shipment of its parcels directly to customers wherever they are, rather than only to their homes or ...
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Sports Direct is opening a six-level megastore in Dublin. The...
Sports Direct is opening a six-level megastore in Dublin. The new 37,000-square-foot store is located in North Earl Street, on the premises that were once occupied by the Boyers department store. The store will offer 250 brands and feature around 50,000 products, for both children and adults, covering 30 sport ...
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Peak Performance is opening its second directly operated German store...
Peak Performance is opening its second directly operated German store in Stuttgart at the end of this month
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Ochsner Sport, the Swiss sporting goods retailer, has relaunched its...
Ochsner Sport, the Swiss sporting goods retailer, has relaunched its online store in cooperation with KPS, a business consultancy based in Munich. Ochsner Sport's new online store combines e-commerce with marketing and is based on technologies from SAP and Adobe. The Swiss retailer, which is part of the Deichmann group, ...
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To celebrate Earth Day, which was on April 22, Adidas...
To celebrate Earth Day, which was on April 22, Adidas said it will launch three new models of tennis shoes on May 10 that are made with plastic waste thrown into the ocean. The initiative is part of the brand's new two-year partnership with Parley for the Oceans. Each of ...
