Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 107
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Nike introduces a new, reactive store concept
On July 9 Nike introduced a new, reactive store concept at its flagship in the Chinese city of Guangzhou. Called Nike Rise, the system tailors the shopping experience to individual “members” – that is, customers registered with one of its apps – and connects them to a community in the ...
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Deporvillage signs deal with Tour de France
Deporvillage and the Tour de France have signed an agreement that will make the Spanish-based e-tailer the official retailer of licensed products for the 2020 edition of the race. Deporvillage has been trading in France since 2013, and is aiming to further increase its visibility in the European market. The ...
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Real Madrid implements an omni-channel retail plan with Legends
Real Madrid is implementing an omni-channel retail program developed for it by Legends, a company that operates in sports, entertainment and attractions and seeks to provide “holistic solutions for legendary brands.” The football club is opening a new online store, in eight languages, for its official merchandise, but it will ...
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Five years of Adidas with Parley for the Oceans
Adidas presented a new limited-edition sneaker for the fifth anniversary of its collaboration with Parley for the Oceans. The company said it would donate €30 to the NGO for each pair of the model sold in the first three days of the promotion. The partnership between Adidas and Parley for ...
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Town & Country is returning to Europe
According to Boardsport Source, Town & Country is returning to Europe this summer, in time for next year’s 50th anniversary, with the soft launch of a surf shop in Hossegor, France – not far from the legendary beach at La Gravière. Called “The Salts Only,” the store will strike a ...
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ArticleOnline sales support Kathmandu and Rip Curl
Kathmandu Holdings told investors that it expects a 30 percent drop in adjusted Ebitda for the current financial year, in spite of strong online sales during the recent corona-related retail lockdowns in Australia and double-digit sales increases overall after its stores reopened. While it is still more than half way ...
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JD Sports is Celtic’s new retail partner
The Celtic football club has named JD Sports as its “official retail partner.” The official kits and training wear products of the Glasgow-based professional football club, which plays in the Scottish Premiership, will be available across the globe in JD’s physical and online stores as well as in the club’s ...
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Shimano to handle its own distribution in Spain, Portugal
Shimano will be overhauling its business in Spain and Portugal on Jan.1 by establishing a subsidiary in the city of Alcobendas, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Shimano Iberia will in turn be establishing a business network of its own for the distribution, commercialization and sale of cycling components and ...
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Engelhorn cooperates with Rose Bike
Engelhorn, the big German sports and fashion retailer based in Mannheim, and Rose Bike, the German bike company, have signed a cooperation agreement. In August, both partners will open a Rose Bike shop-in-shop inside the bike department of Engelhorn Sports’ big store in Mannheim. Catering to a growing demand for ...
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Clim8 enters North America
Clim8, the French company founded in 2016, has announced its expansion into the North American market. Clim8 is the developer of an innovative, patented thermal management technology that has already been launched in collaboration with premium brands in Europe (Odlo, Ixon) and South Korea (K2 Korea). Having already established important ...
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Adidas' brand equity grows more than Nike's
Nike and Adidas are once again the only two sports brands among the 100 “most valuable brands” in the annual rankings compiled by BrandZ, which have just been released by Kantar Millward Brown. The Swoosh remained in 21st place, while the Three Stripes is up by 8 positions to number ...
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New Balance to be in control of all of Western Europe
New Balance will control the distribution of its products all over Western Europe from next year. It has just announced the termination by next Jan. 1 of an important agreement with Groupe Royer, which has been covering its domestic French market as well as Germany and the Benelux countries for ...
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JD boosts its Iberian store count
According to CMDsport, JD Sports has managed to open three new stores on the Iberian Peninsula – in or around Malaga, Ceuta and Oporto – amid all the re-openings of the post-pandemic. The highlight of the British retail chain’s new stores was the one that opened on June 13 in ...
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Saucony opens a store in Shanghai
Saucony has inaugurated a store in Shanghai, at Super Brand Mall, in collaboration with its local partner Xtep. The 122-year-old running shoe brand plans to open brick-and-mortar stores in other Chinese cities.
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Two more Salomon stores in Germany
Salomon is opening new stores in Frankfurt and Cologne, indicating that they are based on an “epicenter strategy” to raise brand awareness and help local retail partners create synergies and increase sales. The stores will focus on road running, trail running, hiking and backpacking as well as general sportswear, skiwear ...
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Decathlon and Sprinter grow in Spain
Decathlon has reported sales growth of 2.9 percent in Spain to €1,952 million, including VAT, for 2019. Sales over the internet went up by 17 percent to €136 million in the country. The number of stores increased by six to a total of 171. Meanwhile, after checking the public record, ...
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Decathlon expands its product offering in Franprix stores
Decathlon is stepping up its partnership with Franprix, a French grocery store chain, to help French people stay fit. As we have already reported (SGI Europe Vol. 31 N°15+16), the two companies teamed up in April to sell five Decathlon products – training mats, dumbbells, elastics, jumping ropes and abdominal ...
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French sport specialist retailers’ sales drop by 21%, but online sales are up 85%
According to a recent panel survey by the French federation of specialist retailers (Procos), specialist retailers across all sectors in the country suffered a 31.8 percent sales decline in the first half of the year as compared with the same period in 2019, but their online sales grew by 50 ...
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Germany’s anti-trust body clears Intersport’s new online business model
The online sales model of Intersport Germany’s shared online platform has been cleared by the German Cartel Office, or Bundeskartellamt. Noting that it is difficult for small retailers to compete on their own against major online retailers like Amazon and the brands’ online shops, the anti-trust body said it sees ...
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Fanatics expands its PSG deal
Fanatics has signed a 10-year extension of its licensing contract with the leading Paris Saint-Germain football club in France. The relationship is being expanded to include e-commerce as well as broadened manufacturing, licensing and sub-licensing right, leading to an expanded range of products under the PSG label. The American licensed ...
