Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 151
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In a preliminary statement, Zalando said its sales grew by...
In a preliminary statement, Zalando said its sales grew by between 22 and 24 percent in the first quarter of 2017, generating an operating margin of between one and three percent – lower than analysts had estimated. It confirmed projections for this year of growth between 20 and 25 percent ...
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The Adidas Group has teamed up with Carbon, a U.S....
The Adidas Group has teamed up with Carbon, a U.S. start-up company, to make running shoes featuring midsoles produced with light and oxygen, which may be manufactured on a large scale. The first batch of 5,000 shoes to be made as part of the Futurecraft 4D project should hit the ...
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Adidas has announced a multi-year agreement with USA Rugby, the...
Adidas has announced a multi-year agreement with USA Rugby, the governing body for the sport in the U.S., which makes the brand the official kit supplier to all U.S. national teams. The global sportswear company will provide competition wear and training apparel for all age-group and representative squads. Headquartered in ...
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Adidas will supply the official racquet for the World Padel...
Adidas will supply the official racquet for the World Padel Tour for the next two seasons through its licensee for paddle tennis products, All For Padel
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Adidas has unveiled details of the launch of the Parley...
Adidas has unveiled details of the launch of the Parley editions of its UltraBoost, UltraBoost X and UltraBoost Uncaged. The three running shoes, made from up-cycled marine plastic, are the result of the firm's partnership with Parley for the Oceans, the environmental organization that addresses major threats to the oceans ...
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After opening a small “connected” store in the center of...
After opening a small “connected” store in the center of Munich last year, Decathlon is gearing up to open a regular store of 1,500 m² in the Forum Schwanthalerhöhe shopping mall of the city next autumn
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K-Way, the French sports apparel brand owned by Basicnet, is...
K-Way, the French sports apparel brand owned by Basicnet, is said to be planning to open between six and seven stores per year in France, starting with one in Paris in the summer
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Intersport Schweiz has just launched the beta version of its...
Intersport Schweiz has just launched the beta version of its new online shop, intersport.ch. It makes use of the know-how of Brack.ch, a Swiss online retailer of household electronics and other products. End customers will initially find a selection of more than 10,000 items for running, training, team sports, racquet ...
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Billabong has set up shop-in-shops for its RVCA brand at...
Billabong has set up shop-in-shops for its RVCA brand at a Billabong store in Barcelona and an Element store at Hossegor, on the French Basque coast
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Sports Direct International (SDI) is reportedly closing down the Eybl...
Sports Direct International (SDI) is reportedly closing down the Eybl store in the Plus City shopping center of Pasching in Austria. It should be shuttered at the end of June and taken over by XXL Sports & Outdoor, the Norwegian sports retailer, for a store opening in the spring of ...
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Decathlon is preparing to open a store in Neuchâtel, Switzerland...
Decathlon is preparing to open a store in Neuchâtel, Switzerland in the second half of the summer. This will be the French retailer's first outlet in Switzerland, one of the few European countries where Decathlon does not yet have a presence. The store is set to open in the Marin-Epagnier ...
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The North Face opened its first European lifestyle-oriented store on...
The North Face opened its first European lifestyle-oriented store on London's Carnaby Street on March 31. Placing a focus on its “Urban Exploration” range, it targets urban consumers, and it follows a successful experiment with a pop-up store in Covent Garden last year. It will feature exclusive items and limited ...
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Adidas eyes €5 billion in North American sales by 2020
The Adidas Group is targeting annual sales of €5 billion in North America by 2020, a jump of nearly 50 percent compared with a turnover of €3.4 billion for the Adidas and Reebok brands last year.The target was outlined at an Investor Day held by the Adidas Group in Herzogenaurach ...
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Nike has opened its biggest Russian store, covering 23,455 square...
Nike has opened its biggest Russian store, covering 23,455 square feet of space on five floors in Moscow's Kuznetskiy Most
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Adidas has launched a counterfeiting suit against Asics America, charging...
Adidas has launched a counterfeiting suit against Asics America, charging that the Japanese brand copied some elements of its fitness app. Filed in a Delaware court, the suit charges that Asics' Fitnesskeeper and Runkeeper apps, which it bought last year, breache ten patents registered by Adidas. Three years ago, Adidas ...
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Adidas has launched its first branded fitness app. All Day,...
Adidas has launched its first branded fitness app. All Day, available for iOS and Android, is meant to help users stay fit and healthy through tutorials covering a wide range of contents, from yoga moves to healthy recipes. The app also allows to track health-related aspects such as movement, nutrition ...
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Planet Jogging, a French retailer of products for runners, is...
Planet Jogging, a French retailer of products for runners, is closing its last store, located in Paris, according to sport-guide.com. It had already closed two other stores in Marseille and Nice as well as its online shop because of intense price competition in the market. Jean-François You, who founded Planet ...
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Decathlon has just opened its 150th Spanish store in San...
Decathlon has just opened its 150th Spanish store in San Sebastián, but 32 of its stores in the country are based on the smaller “Decathlon City” format
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Salomon has opened a new brand store of 250 square...
Salomon has opened a new brand store of 250 square meters in the French winter resort of Chamonix, based on a new design developed by Retail 3d. It has already been applied to a Salomon store in Whistler, Canada, one in Serravalle, Italy, and two others in Shanghai. The same ...
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Zalando reaches an Ebit margin of 5.9%
Zalando has reported an increase in net income of 121.5 percent to €60.0 million for the past year. Operating earnings (Ebit) grew by 131 percent to €207 million. Excluding extraordinary items, they rose by 101 percent to €216.3 million, resulting in an adjusted Ebit margin of 5.9 percent for the ...
