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Importers may have to pay more to bring bicycles into Russia

2020-09-22T16:58:00Z

Mandatory tagging of bicycles in Russia may oblige some importers to pay higher import duties, according to sources, normalizing the market in similar ways as the mandatory tagging program recently introduced for footwear. In Russia, bicycles are subject to a 10 percent import duty, but some importers of Chinese products ...

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Gym closings spur the demand for sporting goods in Russia

2020-09-08T10:09:00Z

Consumer demand for sporting goods on the Russian market has been seen growing because 37 percent of the gyms in the country are still not allowed to resume operations, based on research conducted by Evotor. Quite a few gyms have been shut down for good, as their owners had not ...

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State aid further improves demand for sporting goods in Russia

2020-07-30T10:09:00Z

According to a Moscow-based think tank, Romir, Russian households have spent a significant portion of their state aid for Covid-19 relief on sporting goods. The demand for sporting goods in Russia skyrocketed with the end of the country’s retail lockdown, Romir said. Overall sales were up by a factor of ...

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Mandatory tagging of shoes will start in Russia on July 1st

2020-06-11T13:16:00Z

There will be no further delays in the introduction of mandatory tagging of footwear products sold on the Russian market, said Victor Evtukhov, Deputy Industry and Trade Minister. All untagged shoes will be banned for sale in the country from July 1, he added. The tags consist of electronic chips ...

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Russian government postpones shoe tagging

2020-03-13T13:30:00Z

Russia’s Prime Minister, Alexey Mishustin, has postponed the compulsory tagging of footwear in the domestic market from March 1 to July 1, according to a decree posted on the Russian government’s website on March 3.

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Warm winter kills the demand for sporting goods in Russia

2020-02-10T20:13:00Z

Sales of goods for winter sports have shrunk by 22 percent in the European part of Russia during the current autumn/winter season, according to research conducted by a Russian online marketplace, Avito.

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Decathlon relies on Alibaba for online sales in Russia

2019-12-24T00:00:00Z

Decathlon has begun to sell its products online in the country through the Tmall marketplace of AliExpress Russia, instead of using its own internet platform as in other countries.

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Russian football flips out over a flipped flag

2019-11-28T00:00:00Z

The Russian Football Union (RFU) is criticizing Adidas for supplying poor-quality football clothing, according to a Russian newspaper, Sport Express, which says that the Russian national football team refused to play against Belgium and San Marino in November in the new kit designed and supplied by the company. Most players ...

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The Russian market is apparently rising

2019-11-28T00:00:00Z

Russian consumers have been purchasing sporting goods more frequently in the last few months, basically opting for more expensive options than a year ago, according to certain findings from a market study that have been released by a government agency, Platform OFD. The agency estimated that it rose by 15 ...

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Intersport Russia is found selling fake items

2019-10-18T00:00:00Z

While the current Russian licensee of Intersport is winding down its loss-making operations, the court of arbitration of the Russian republic of Buryatia has found an Intersport store in the city of Ulan-Ude guilty of selling counterfeit sporting goods under the brands of Adidas, Reebok and Nike.