Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 136
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Nathalie Favre is the new agent of Kjus in France...
Nathalie Favre is the new agent of Kjus in France
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Bründl Sports, one of the major Austrian sports retailers, has...
Bründl Sports, one of the major Austrian sports retailers, has decided to stop working with Intersport Austria, starting next Sept. 1. It has already announced the divorce by removing the Intersport Bründl name from its website, after almost 50 years of collaboration. The reason for the separation is a desire ...
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Nike has re-opened a store, called Blue Ribbon Sports like...
Nike has re-opened a store, called Blue Ribbon Sports like the original name of the company, to serve as a community space for runners in Santa Monica, California. First opened in 1967 by Nike's first employee, the original Blue Ribbon Sports store served as a hang-out for so-called “oddball athletes.” ...
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Trerè Innovation has opened its first store under its new...
Trerè Innovation has opened its first store under its new UYN (Unleash Your Nature) brand in Paris. It replaces a store that the Italian high-end knitter had opened for X-Bionic, with which it had an exclusive manufacturing and distribution deal in Europe. Three more UYN stores and a new shop-in-shop ...
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Li Ning is said to be one of several foreign...
Li Ning is said to be one of several foreign brands that are planning to open their first stores in Russia in 2019. The Chinese brand plans to open between 15 and 20 stores in the country, focusing primarily on Moscow and St. Petersburg, the company had said in a ...
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Decathlon is planning to open a distribution center in Switzerland...
Decathlon is planning to open a distribution center in Switzerland to service its growing network of stores in the country
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Columbia will open a flagship store on London's Carnaby Street...
Columbia will open a flagship store on London's Carnaby Street
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Puma and Blends, a California-based retailer of sneakers and apparel,...
Puma and Blends, a California-based retailer of sneakers and apparel, have collaborated on a new edition of the Cell Endura, a Puma sneaker originally sold in the 1990s. The upper is made of mesh and polyurethane-coated leather with metallic silver overlays and a color fade. The midsole has Puma's Cell ...
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Size?, the UK-based retailer owned by JD Sports Fashion, is...
Size?, the UK-based retailer owned by JD Sports Fashion, is releasing a new exclusive sneaker with Adidas Originals for its Archive capsule: the “Beer” Kegler Super. Paying homage to the brewing traditions of Bavaria, the sneaker is an update of the Kegler Super of 1979, which was designed for Kegeln, ...
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Adidas is doubling the number of sneakers it makes from...
Adidas is doubling the number of sneakers it makes from ocean plastic this year, expecting to turn out 11 million pairs in cooperation with Parley for the Oceans. Adidas projected sales of about five million pairs of such Parley shoes in 2018, up from one million in 2017. The sporting goods ...
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Blaming strong competition from online retailers, Himaraya reported a drop...
Blaming strong competition from online retailers, Himaraya reported a drop of 1.4 percent to 34.6 percent in its gross margin for the first quarter of its financial year, ended on Nov. 30. The Japanese retailer's net loss expanded to 195 million yen (€1.56m-$1.78m) from ¥48 million in the year-ago period. ...
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Spanish sporting goods retailers achieved a growth of 5.4% in...
Spanish sporting goods retailers achieved a growth of 5.4% in their sales in 2018 according to an estimate by DBK, a Spanish consultancy
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New owners, new team for flash-sale e-tailer
Born in 2010 and based in the Southern French city of Montpellier, Private Sport Shop (PSS) claims to have become the only leading destination in Europe for flash sales of discounted performance-oriented sports products, contributing the bulk of an online turnover that grew by about 20 percent to around €100 ...
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Adidas has announced the start of the second tranche of...
Adidas has announced the start of the second tranche of a multi-year share buyback program launched last March. The group plans to repurchase around €800 million worth of its own shares during 2019. It already spent last year €1 billion to buy back 5.1 million shares, corresponding to 2.5 percent ...
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Zalando's depressed share price went up by 6.1% following renewed...
Zalando's depressed share price went up by 6.1% following renewed speculation that the Alibaba Group may make a bid for the German-based e-tailer
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SportScheck, the leading German sporting goods retailer, appointed Axel Puhlmann...
SportScheck, the leading German sporting goods retailer, appointed Axel Puhlmann to the position of marketing director on Jan. 7. He succeeds Paul Stahala, who had held the position since September 2016 and joined Karstadt as marketing director in November of last year. Puhlmann began his career as a consultant for ...
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Sport Country will take over the distribution of X-Bionic in...
Sport Country will take over the distribution of X-Bionic in Switzerland and Liechtenstein from Feb. 1. Reto Bechtiger has rejoined Sport Country as general manager after 15 years of absence.
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Rover Textiles has become the agent for Didriksons in the...
Rover Textiles has become the agent for Didriksons in the Netherlands
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Intersport Austria is organizing its first-ever free-skiing day at 21...
Intersport Austria is organizing its first-ever free-skiing day at 21 Austrian ski resorts on Jan. 13. To motivate even more people to ski, the company is also giving away 10,000 ski-lift tickets on Jan. 7-11. Intersport Austria has also organized a kids' slope racing cup, with 17 ski races for ...
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Kaufland and Lidl, which are both part of the Schwarz...
Kaufland and Lidl, which are both part of the Schwarz Group, have come out with their own sports collections. While Lidl has launched a line of fitness clothing, Kaufland, a German supermarket chain, has launched its own private sports label of apparel and accessories for yoga, Pilates, running, swimming, inline ...