All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 29, Issue 29-30 – Page 2
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Forum Sport is considering the launch of a more “experiential”...
Forum Sport is considering the launch of a more “experiential” store format, with a strong focus on omni-channel retailing, according to Diffusion Sport. The new format will be tested on a store of 3,000 square meters in Vitoria, which is being remodeled. It will start to operate again at the ...
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Columbia Sportswear has picked the McCann World Group as its...
Columbia Sportswear has picked the McCann World Group as its new agency of record for the Columbia brand
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Taking its cues from Moncler, Colmar has launched a systematic...
Taking its cues from Moncler, Colmar has launched a systematic program of collaborations with special designers, called Advanced Garment Exploration (AGE), to develop original items for its sports and lifestyle apparel collections. It will start this month with a few colorful pieces of outerwear with spectacular silhouettes designed by Shayne ...
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Le Coq Sportif has put out a special collection of...
Le Coq Sportif has put out a special collection of tennis wear to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Arthur Ashe's victory in the U.S. Tennis Open in New York. The line includes a shirt with a photo of the late American champion, called Charity, whose sales proceeds will go to ...
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Puma has collaborated with Polaroid for the relaunch of its...
Puma has collaborated with Polaroid for the relaunch of its RS-100 sneaker and the launch of a new sneaker model, the RS-0. The RS-0 sneaker has an upper constructed of white leather, reflective laces and Polaroid's iconic color spectrum on the tongue as well as a contrasting black midsole to ...
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Prada has revived its Linea Rossa collection of sports clothing...
Prada has revived its Linea Rossa collection of sports clothing and footwear, first launched in 1997, putting its thin red line on more competitively priced and more contemporary garments with high-tech features for a younger clientele. Some of the items are meant for skiing and or snowboarding. The collection is ...
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Decathlon has a new downtown store in the center of...
Decathlon has a new downtown store in the center of Strasbourg, covering 2,500 square meters in the French city's Les Halles shopping center
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Consolidation in Germany’s department store business
After lengthy negotiations, the owners of the large Karstadt and Galeria Kaufhof chains of department stores have decided to join forces, forming a new company called Deutsche Warenhaus Holding. The related contracts have reportedly been signed already by their respective owners, the Austrian-based Signa group and Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) ...
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JD Sports Fashion is buoyed by international expansion
Despite the torrid weather that reduced retail traffic over the summer, the JD Sports Fashion group managed to raise its sales by more than 3 percent in constant currencies in the six months to the start of August, pushed up by its online sales and its expanding international business.Store openings ...
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Cherokee Brands, the owner of the Hi-Tec Sports brand, has...
Cherokee Brands, the owner of the Hi-Tec Sports brand, has signed a new three-year financing agreement for $40 million with Gordon Brother Finance. Giving the company a much-needed cash infusion of $5.5 million, Cherokee has also increased the subordinated interest in its former credit facility by $2.0 million to $13.5 ...
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Reusch, a brand that is known for its highly technical...
Reusch, a brand that is known for its highly technical ski gloves and goalkeeper gloves, has partnered with four online suppliers of goalkeeper equipment - Keepersport, Pro Direct Soccer, Just Keepers and 11teamsports - to raise funds for breast cancer research. Their “Project Pink” will support the initiatives of the Impact ...
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Odlo, the Swiss outdoor brand, has launched a new marketing...
Odlo, the Swiss outdoor brand, has launched a new marketing campaign. While Odlo worked in the past mainly with top athletes when launching new campaigns, the company has now decided to work with a TV star, Daniel Aminati. He is known for his fitness program, which attracts a lot of ...
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Munich, the Spanish brand of sneakers and football boots, has...
Munich, the Spanish brand of sneakers and football boots, has opened two more original stores in the Barcelona area
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Jeremy Hale, former vice president for international development at Billabong,...
Jeremy Hale, former vice president for international development at Billabong, has been named president of an American outdoor brand, Mountain Khakis, taking the place of the company's founder, Ross Saldarini
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Bic indicates that its sports division's sales declined at a...
Bic indicates that its sports division's sales declined at a double-digit rate during the first half of this year
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Xtep reaps benefits from new retail strategies
Xtep is starting to reap the benefits of the reforms it has implemented in the last three years, to turn branded stores into a more vertical retail organization and to focus more closely on the fast-growing Chinese running market.Xtep saw its sales jump by 18.1 percent to 2,729.0 million yuan ...
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Puma has signed up a new NBA draft basketball player,...
Puma has signed up a new NBA draft basketball player, Kevin Knox of the New York Knicks
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Netshoes, the loss-making e-tailer of sporting goods based in Brazil...
Netshoes, the loss-making e-tailer of sporting goods based in Brazil (see our previous issue), has asked Goldman Sachs to help it find a new investor as its net cash position has fallen to €19 million and its current main owners, Tiger Management Corp. of the U.S. and Singapore's GIC Fund, ...
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Barcelona has reportedly been picked as the first European destination...
Barcelona has reportedly been picked as the first European destination for the Nike Live retail concept. Already inaugurated in Los Angeles, Nike Live is a concept that combines digital features with a unique physical environment. Europa Press reports that the Barcelona store will be located in a dedicated sports store ...
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New Balance has opened a store at Maremagnum, a shopping...
New Balance has opened a store at Maremagnum, a shopping center located in Barcelona's harbor
