Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 156
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The Philippines are the latest Asian country where the Decathlon...
The Philippines are the latest Asian country where the Decathlon group has confirmed a store opening, to take place next spring in Alabang, near Manilla. The store of 3,000 square meters is to sell only private labels, covering about 70 sports. The French group indicates that the largest categories in ...
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The first flagship store of Canada Goose has been officially...
The first flagship store of Canada Goose has been officially opened in the brand's hometown of Toronto. It covers 4,500 square feet in the city's Yorkdale Shopping Centre. Among other services, customers can book appointments with some of the brand's “ambassadors.” They can leave items purchased in storage while they ...
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JD Sports Fashion is opening its biggest store in Spain...
JD Sports Fashion is opening its biggest store in Spain and the 23rd one in the country, covering more than 500 square meters in the Splau de Cornellà shopping center of Llobregat, near Barcelona
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Sport-Tiedje, a German retailer of fitness equipment, has signed a...
Sport-Tiedje, a German retailer of fitness equipment, has signed a contract with Karstadt Sports for the distribution of its products for the next three years. In 21 Karstadt Sports stores in Germany, Tiedje will introduce its shop-in-shop concept on 60-110 sqm, with three employees per store. Sport-Tiedje has 45 stores ...
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Decathlon opened its first store in the recently created W1...
Decathlon opened its first store in the recently created W1 shopping mall in Hamburg. On 3.000 sqm, the store presents about 35,000 sports items for more than 70 different sports with a focus on running, water sports and mountaineering. Decathlon now has more than 1,000 stores worldwide and 30 stores ...
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Lenzing has reported a net profit of €94.6 million for...
Lenzing has reported a net profit of €94.6 million for the first half of 2016, which represents an increase of 83.9 percent over the same period of last year. The Austria-based maker of botanic cellulose fiber attributed this strong performance to the implementation of a new strategy focusing on environmentally-friendly ...
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Adidas unveils Speedfactory shoe
Adidas unveiled the first shoe made at its fully automated German factory last month. The Futurecraft MFG (Made For Germany) that came out of the Adidas group's Speedfactory in Ansbach is one of the most tangible results of the latest innovation in footwear manufacturing, moving toward increasingly customized production that ...
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The Adidas flagship store in Berlin's Tauentzienstrasse joined forces with...
The Adidas flagship store in Berlin's Tauentzienstrasse joined forces with Zalando in June in a pilot project to enable consumers to order in-store via the e-tailer's ZipCart app. With Zalando's app, shoppers can see what is in stock in the store and order what they want. The integrated commerce pilot ...
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Adidas has filed a lawsuit against Bally's U.S. subsidiary in...
Adidas has filed a lawsuit against Bally's U.S. subsidiary in connection with several footwear designs. In its complaint, which was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon (Portland Division) in late August, the sports giant alleges that Bally is offering for sale and selling footwear featuring two ...
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Adidas Golf has struck a multi-year apparel and footwear endorsement...
Adidas Golf has struck a multi-year apparel and footwear endorsement deal with Dustin Johnson. The brand has been working with Johnson for the last ten years. The extended deal comes as the hard-hitting player is enjoying an outstanding year, as 2016 PGA of America Player of the Year, 2016 US ...
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Intersport Switzerland has announced that it will sell products on...
Intersport Switzerland has announced that it will sell products on the web starting in spring 2017 thanks to a new strategic partnership with Brack.ch, the online store of the Competec group. Shoppers will be able to buy online and collect their items at about 200 Intersport stores in the country, ...
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Under Armour has slated new store openings in Philadelphia, Boston...
Under Armour has slated new store openings in Philadelphia, Boston and New York City's World Trade Center
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Asics Corp. has opened the first directly managed Asics Tiger...
Asics Corp. has opened the first directly managed Asics Tiger store in the Shinsalbashi district of Osaka. The store sports a new logo for this brand, which the Japanese sports shoe company launched at the beginning of 2015 for a new collection of retro-athletic, sports-inspired lifestyle shoes that are not ...
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Migros is reportedly considering opening its own bike stores next...
Migros is reportedly considering opening its own bike stores next year. The suggested name, SportXX Bike World, would seem to indicate that the new specialist stores will be somehow connected with Migros' mixed sports stores, SportXX, which already feature bike sections. The Swiss retailer has not yet confirmed the details ...
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Puma is opening a new store on the famous Calle...
Puma is opening a new store on the famous Calle Fuencarral in Madrid
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Canada Goose is launching e-commerce in Europe, starting with the...
Canada Goose is launching e-commerce in Europe, starting with the U.K. and France. The Toronto-based company first opened its online store for the Canadian market last year. Last month it appointed Scott Cameron, formerly with McKinsey, as executive vice-president in charge of e-commerce, stores and strategy. The brand also has ...
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Oakley, part of Luxottica's portfolio, has opened its first mono-brand...
Oakley, part of Luxottica's portfolio, has opened its first mono-brand retail store in Italy. The new store is located in Milan's piazzale Cadorna, next to Luxottica's headquarters. The entrance of the store features a column of LED screens, which are meant to immediately capture the attention of passersby. Digital communication ...
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Fusalp is opening a second store in Paris, to be...
Fusalp is opening a second store in Paris, to be followed by others in Lyon, Chamonix and Zermatt
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Adidas has added eight more basketball rookies to the growing...
Adidas has added eight more basketball rookies to the growing roster of athletes sponsored in the U.S.
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Herbert Hainer is leaving a transformed Adidas Group
Some of the most influential retailers, suppliers and other executives in the international sporting goods industry will be converging on a football pitch in Herzogenaurach next Friday to mark the departure of Herbert Hainer, the chief executive of the Adidas group for more than 15 years. The players will include ...
