Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 159
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Adidas has filed a suit in a Florida court against...
Adidas has filed a suit in a Florida court against 56 sellers of allegedly counterfeit Adidas, Reebok and Mitchell & Ness products on various websites in the U.S.
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Adidas has collaborated with an unconventional Japanese streetwear designer, NIGO,...
Adidas has collaborated with an unconventional Japanese streetwear designer, NIGO, for a new Adidas Originals line being released next month
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Adidas has confirmed its sponsorship of Paul Pogba, the young...
Adidas has confirmed its sponsorship of Paul Pogba, the young star player of Juventus team who is playing with the national French football team
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Alibaba is likely to overtake Walmart as the world's largest...
Alibaba is likely to overtake Walmart as the world's largest retail platform in its fiscal year ending March 31. The Chinese e-commerce giant indicated that it had reached 3 trillion yuan renminbi (€412bn-$462bn) in gross merchandise value (GMV) as of March 21. The figure, achieved on the back of consumption-driven ...
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L'Equipe, the French daily sports newspaper, has launched an internet...
L'Equipe, the French daily sports newspaper, has launched an internet marketplace for the sale of sporting goods as part of its efforts to capitalize on a huge audience with interest in sports. About one month after its launch in February, L'Equipe Store lists around 300 brands covering over 20 sports ...
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The Greek Fourlis Group reports improved results for its retail...
The Greek Fourlis Group reports improved results for its retail operations under the Intersport and The Athlete's Foot in five countries. Their sales increased by 5.6 percent to €129.2 million last year, and they generated slightly improved operating earnings before amortization (Ebitda) of €10.93 million. Fourlis currently operates 106 Intersport ...
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Zalando focuses on activewear
Zalando is evidently aiming to establish itself as a major online shopping destination for sports fashion in Europe. In line with current lifestyle trends and the growing concern for health and fitness, it is offering more sports clothing and footwear for running, training, fitness, yoga, tennis and other sports, especially ...
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Adidas thrives in Europe
The buzz around the Three Stripes remained vibrant in the last months, and the Adidas Group reported a few days ago buoyant quarterly sales, with rapid expansion in Europe – albeit aided by outsized marketing investments that hit profits.The company's sales in the fourth quarter of 2015 were up 15.4 ...
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Adidas hails its “comeback”
The Adidas Group's performance last year marked what managers described as a remarkable comeback, after enduring a slump in golf and Russian sales and the perceived sluggishness that caused jitters among investors two years ago.Herbert Hainer, the company's outgoing chief executive, said that the new impetus was supported by a ...
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Adidas is reinforcing its sports marketing investments in the U.K....
Adidas is reinforcing its sports marketing investments in the U.K. through a contract with Birmingham City, a second-division English club which is said to be likely to move back into the Premier League for the first time since 2011. The team was sponsored by Carbrini, the private label of JD ...
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Adidas has signed a three-year deal as sponsor of Insep,...
Adidas has signed a three-year deal as sponsor of Insep, a big sports training center on the outskirts of Paris that hosts more than 200 coaches, 300 collaborators and 700 sportsmen and sportswomen. It helped train 56 percent of the members of the French Olympic team who earned medals at ...
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Adidas has entered a multi-year partnership with Wanderlust, a producer...
Adidas has entered a multi-year partnership with Wanderlust, a producer of lifestyle festival events focusing on yoga, wellness and music. The deal is designed to pair Wanderlust's multi and single-day events with Adidas' latest performance-based products. For 2016, highlights from this partnership include Adidas being a presenting partner of Wanderlust's ...
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Under Armour is opening a two-story Brand House at Walt...
Under Armour is opening a two-story Brand House at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, offering an interactive experience to its visitors
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Vaude, the German outdoor brand, has teamed up with Commerce...
Vaude, the German outdoor brand, has teamed up with Commerce Connector to lead consumers from its website to physical stores in Germany. From August, the Vaude website will tell consumers which nearby store has the product they want to buy, along with detailed information about the store's location and opening ...
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Decathlon is opening its fourth store in downtown Paris on...
Decathlon is opening its fourth store in downtown Paris on April 6. Located at the crossroads of four major public transportation lines and measuring 4,600 square meters, it will be its largest urban store, employing 60 people. In an original move, it will allow only 19 seconds for candidates to ...
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Dutch media reported earlier this week that Decathlon intends to...
Dutch media reported earlier this week that Decathlon intends to open a store in the Vroom & Dreesman (V&D) building in the center of The Hague, along with other city center stores in former V&D stores in Amsterdam and Utrecht. The V&D department store chain, an emblematic Dutch retailer with ...
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21sportsgroup, the German online sports retailer, has opened its first...
21sportsgroup, the German online sports retailer, has opened its first 21run.com brick-and-mortar store, located in Munich and specializing in running
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Adidas wins key court case against Skechers
The federal district court of Portland, Oregon has issued a preliminary injunction against Skechers USA, ordering the company to stop selling its Onix, Relaxed Fit Cross Court TR and Supernova running shoes, saying that Adidas would otherwise suffer irreparable damage. Skechers pointed out that it had already discontinued sales of ...
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Adidas has hired Dan Near as its new head of...
Adidas has hired Dan Near as its new head of Adidas Hockey for Adidas Group North America. He will report to Michael Rossi, general manager of Adidas Group Canada. Near joins from the National Hockey League (NHL), where he has worked for ten years. In addition to his background and ...
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Adidas' three stripes got a big favor from the European...
Adidas' three stripes got a big favor from the European Court of Justice, which said that “Adidas may oppose the registration, as a community mark, of parallel stripes placed on the side of sports shoes.” The Office of Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM), which registers trademarks for the European ...
