As Asics makes a final push toward its aim of leading the Japanese, US and European running-shoe markets this year, President Mitsuyuki Tominaga is looking further ahead to lift sales by 50 percent from last year to over 1 trillion yen ($6.4bn) by 2030.
In a recent interview with Fortune magazine, Nike CEO Elliot Hill had plenty of opportunity to talk about Nike’s fall and how he believes it is returning to the top. It all became a long talk of the need for innovation and new Nike icons.
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>> Find out moreAs the retail landscape undergoes profound change, Christina Kässhöfer calls for a change in the way retailers think.
The five drivers shaping the future of sports retail are: hybrid distribution, outdoor (sports) tourism, personalization, expert knowledge and health. Or so our reporter Susa Schreiner has found speaking to several experts and data-mining various statistics.
Retail expert Frank Rehme on the future of brick-and-mortar sports retail, what it has to do with Thermomix, why salespeople should become life enrichers and the role of gamification in stores.
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