Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 161
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Moncler has opened new stores on Bond Street in London...
Moncler has opened new stores on Bond Street in London and in Honolulu
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Keller Sports, the German high-end pure internet retailer, has decided...
Keller Sports, the German high-end pure internet retailer, has decided to open its first physical store. Its so-called Brand Experience Store will open its door on June 22 at Auenstrasse 120 in Munich.
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Selfridges' flagship department store on Oxford Street in London has...
Selfridges' flagship department store on Oxford Street in London has opened a 37,000-square-foot Body Studio with over 100 brands of bodywear, swimwear, lingerie and hosiery
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Since last month, Stockholm has a new sneaker store. Solestory...
Since last month, Stockholm has a new sneaker store. Solestory is a modern shoe store that is inclined toward basketball and attempts to tell the story behind each model it sells. It is located in the middle of the city and is 150 square meters wide, plus a small stock ...
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According to preliminary figures, Zalando is expected to report a...
According to preliminary figures, Zalando is expected to report a sales increase of between 22.5 percent and 24.5 percent for the first quarter, meaning a turnover in a range between €788 million and €801 million. The adjusted operating margin (Ebit) declined to between 1.5 percent and 3.5 percent, down from ...
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Buoyant Adidas group upgrades guidance
The Adidas Group has raised its guidance for full-year sales and profits after a 17 percent sales hike to €4.8 billion in the first quarter, amounting to an increase of 22 percent in constant currencies. Supported by a higher gross margin and operating margin leverage, the group's operating profit for ...
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Puma and Adidas in legal imbroglio around soles and stripes
A court in Düsseldorf has rejected an attempt by Adidas to prohibit the sale of running footwear by Puma with a lightweight and bouncy sole that has some of the same characteristics as the Boost soles of the Adidas brand.Adidas filed for an injunction to halt sales of Puma's NRGY ...
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Nike is replacing Adidas as the sponsor of the University...
Nike is replacing Adidas as the sponsor of the University of Michigan's athletic department from next August. The 11-year contract is valued at $127.1 million. It gives Nike an option for a four-year extension.
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Adidas has announced the removal of plastic shopping bags from...
Adidas has announced the removal of plastic shopping bags from its own retail stores globally. The announcement was made on April 22, to celebrate Earth Day while reiterating the company's commitment to sustainability. The switch to paper bags has already begun, with Russia and Kazakhstan following in June. Adidas has ...
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Billabong has inaugurated a new shop concept in a shopping...
Billabong has inaugurated a new shop concept in a shopping center near Toulon in France, called L'Avenue 83. It is the first of a series of store renovations that will be carried out throughout Europe. It has digital features. The atmosphere is bright. It plays on vibrant colors and the ...
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Decathlon opened its largest store in Paris last week, with…
Decathlon opened its largest store in Paris last week, with a selling surface of 4,600 square meters in the northeast of the French capital. Decathlon says the new store in the 19th arrondissement covers 65 sports, it sells all of its private labels and offers services such as “click and ...
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Under Armour is opening a 15,000-square-foot Brand House in Madison,...
Under Armour is opening a 15,000-square-foot Brand House in Madison, Wisconsin. The company is also reportedly going to open its first Brand House in Boston in November. With a size of 18,000 square feet, it would be second in size only to its flagship in Chicago, which measures 30,000 sqft. ...
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The Austrian Sport 2000 voluntary group plans to install digital...
The Austrian Sport 2000 voluntary group plans to install digital kiosks at some of its partner stores, starting in May, allowing end customers to order products from its central warehouse for next-day delivery to their homes. Like Intersport Austria and Hervis Sport, Sport 2000 Österreich has apparently benefited from the ...
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Alibaba acquires majority stake in Lazada
Alibaba Group Holding has made its largest overseas acquisition to date by buying a controlling stake in Lazada, an e-commerce company headquartered in Singapore, for one billion U.S. dollars. Alibaba will pay $500 million for new shares in the company and purchase an equal amount from the existing investors, which ...
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Adidas invests in Portland and NYC
The Adidas Group is set to hire an additional 120 employees at its North American head office in Portland, Oregon, as the company continues to invest to regain U.S. market share. The number of group employees in Portland already increased from 850 to 1,200 last year, with the shift of ...
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Adidas, Puma launch major sustainability initiatives
Adidas is retooling its sustainability policy through the launch of the “Sport needs a space” strategy, the new catchphrase that was revealed in its recent 2015 Sustainability Progress Report. “Sport needs a space” is the result of extensive consumer research the company has undertaken to gauge how important sport is ...
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Adidas will sponsor Carlos Correa of the Houston Astros, who...
Adidas will sponsor Carlos Correa of the Houston Astros, who qualified as Rookie of the Year the Major League Baseball (MLB) American League in 2015
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Gaastra has opened a store in Oslo after launching stores...
Gaastra has opened a store in Oslo after launching stores in Copenhagen, Malmö and Stockholm in the past few months
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Moncler has opened a boutique at the Ala Moana Center...
Moncler has opened a boutique at the Ala Moana Center in Honolulu
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Alibaba is the first e-commerce company to become a member...
Alibaba is the first e-commerce company to become a member of the International Anticounterfeiting Coalition (IACC), the non-profit organization devoted to combating product counterfeiting and piracy. The Chinese e-tailer has been working with the IACC since 2013 to identify and take down infringing listings on its Taobao and Tmall marketplaces, ...
