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News briefsSnipes USA CMO retires, successor already found
Source: Snipes Dimitrios “Jimmy” Lessen Global sneaker and streetwear retailer Snipes announced the retirement of Brian Forde, Group Chief Merchandising Officer in the US, effective June 30, 2024. After 40 years in the sneaker industry, Forde is stepping down to begin his well-deserved retirement. Forde began his ...
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News briefsLamoda kicks off offline retail chain
Lamoda, a prominent Russian e-commerce retailer, has started opening its first brick-and-mortar stores as part of a project to build an offline retail chain in the country. The first two stores have been put into operation in Moscow and Mitishi, a town in the Moscow Oblast. The third store is ...
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ArticleDecathlon Austria with successful 2023
The international sporting goods manufacturer and retailer Decathlon, headquartered in France, can look back on a successful 2023 in Austria. In addition to encouraging increases in employees and sales, there was also growth in the form of another store. Source: Decathlon Decathlon Austria Managing Director Gábor Pósfai ...
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ArticleFounder of Snipes steps down as CEO
Sven Voth, the founder of sneaker specialist Snipes SE, is handing over his position as CEO to Dennis Schröder, who has been the company’s General Manager since April 2023. Schröder will immediately assume responsibility for the business of the internationally operating sneaker and streetwear retailer. Voth will remain with the ...
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News briefsPuma collaborates with US cloud platform to enhance global e-com operations
Massachusetts-based Yottaa, Inc., a cloud platform for accelerating and securing digital commerce experiences, announced that it has partnered with Puma to enhance the German sporting goods company’s e-commerce operations globally. According to a Yottaa press release, Puma faced challenges managing its numerous e-commerce sites, with the primary hurdle being the ...
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ArticleA challenger rises in Spanish pádel e-tail
In its three years of operation, Padel Pro Shop has reached €10 million in annual sales, and its latest annual results for 2023 represent a year-on-year increase of 95 percent. For the new year, the online retailer’s objective is to achieve another increase in annual sales, this time of 60 ...
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News briefsGerman consumer sentiment deteriorates
After the consumer mood in Germany recovered at the end of 2023, consumers are once again more pessimistic about the future in the new year. This was revealed by the consumer barometer for January published by the German Retail Association (HDE), which is compiled monthly by the Handelsblatt Research Institute ...
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ArticleAliExpress publishes report on general online shopping landscape in Europe
AliExpress, the international online retail marketplace of Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group, has published its first Consumer Insights Report examining the online shopping landscape in Europe. The report surveyed consumers in France, Germany, Spain and the UK and aimed to uncover key trends and insights into European consumers’ online behavior ...
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News briefsJD.com wins anti-monopoly lawsuit against Alibaba
Chinese e-tailer JD.com has announced that it has won an antimonopoly lawsuit against Alibaba Group, Reuters reported. According to the High People’s Court of Beijing, Tmall, Alibaba’s brand platform, abused its market dominance and adopted monopolistic practices known as “choose one from two,” causing JD.com serious damage. Alibaba Group Holding ...
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News briefsSportsShoes.com partners with Parkrun
SportsShoes.com has announced a global partnership with community event network Parkrun. The UK online running shoes, running clothing and outdoor gear retailer is now the exclusive official retail partner of Parkrun in the UK, supporting the global Parkrun community with the sourcing and distribution of Parkrun’s range of merchandise. This ...
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ArticleFootway Group announces extraordinary general meeting, restructuring nearing completion
E-commerce company Footway Group AB has convened an extraordinary general meeting for its shareholders on Jan. 25, 2024, at the company’s premises in Kista, Sweden. The company stated in a press release that it “will shortly apply for plan negotiations to complete the reconstruction formally,” and it is expected to ...
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News briefsManagement changes at Alibaba
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has announced the appointment of Eddie Yongming Wu as Group CEO and Chairman of Taobao and Tmall Group with immediate effect. He will also serve as CEO of the two subsidiaries. He replaces Daniel Zhang, who is resigning from the group’s executive positions to focus ...
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News briefsAlibaba.com records rising demand for smart fitness and sustainable sports products
B2B e-commerce platform Alibaba.com recently published the most important trends among B2B buyers in the sports sector. The Chinese company found that the total number of orders for smart fitness products increased by 51 percent year-on-year (mid-October to mid-November 2023 compared to the same period in 2022). The most popular ...
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News briefsFarfetch acquired by Coupang
Luxury fashion online retailer Farfetch has been acquired by South Korean e-commerce company Coupang for an undisclosed sum. Coupang has already founded a company called Athena Topco LP together with the financial firm Greenoaks Capital Partners LLC for the purpose of the takeover. The deal reportedly provides the ailing luxury ...
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News briefsAlibaba invests another $630m in Lazada
China’s Alibaba Group Holding has invested an additional $634 million into Singapore-based e-commerce subsidiary Lazada to drive additional growth and compete against TikTok and others in the Southeast Asian market. TikTok, which is owned by Chinese technology group ByteDance, has announced that it will acquire a 75 percent stake in ...
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News briefsSportsShoes.com expands marketing and design teams
UK online retailer SportsShoes.com has announced 10 new appointments to its brand marketing, social media and design teams to support its continued growth and development strategy. Maryse Haynes is joining the company as Marketing Coordinator from sports and mountain apparel brand Inov-8, where she was Head of Marketing. She previously ...
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News briefsSportFits joins Sport 2000
The southern German outdoor and winter sports online retailer SportFits (TouriSpo GmbH & Co. KG) has joined the Sport 2000 network. The new partnership strengthens Sport 2000’s position in e-commerce and emphasizes its commitment to digital innovation in sports retail. SportFits recently moved into the modern company headquarters in Salzweg ...
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AnalysisThe European sports retail market
Our latest review of European sports retailers shows single-figure growth. We bring you the numbers in full across 15 countries and over 70 retailers.
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News briefsA record FY22 for Atmósfera Sport
The Spanish buying group Atmósfera Sport, which began life as Esport Deval in 1988, is wrapping up its 35th anniversary year with news of record annual sales, according to CMDsport. In full-year 2022 the retailer managed for the first time to break €30 million in sales – in fact, blew ...
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News briefsSafeSize wins “Startup of the Year“ award, recognized as Innovation & Disruption Leader
SafeSize was named Startup of the Year at the Startupper Awards 2023, an award for excellence in the Greek innovation and startup ecosystem. Angelos Stavrakis, founder and CEO of SafeSize, received the coveted award from the Deputy Minister of Digital Administration, Konstantinos Kyranakis, in recognition of the company’s remarkable international ...
