Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 143
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Snipes, the German-based sneaker retailer, has picked e-sports as a...
Snipes, the German-based sneaker retailer, has picked e-sports as a marketing vehicle, leading to multiple investments over the summer. In July it became the official fashion retail supplier for the ESL, the global e-sports organization. They will jointly create a co-branded apparel range and Snipes will supply clothing for some ...
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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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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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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
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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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After operating a temporary store at Dover Street Market since...
After operating a temporary store at Dover Street Market since January, Stüssy has opened a full-fledged, permanent store in the Soho district of the British capital, adding to its other European locations in Madrid, Milan and Amsterdam
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The Adidas Group has appointed Mediacom, which is part of...
The Adidas Group has appointed Mediacom, which is part of the WPP group, for its global media business from September. The two hubs for the global business will be London for Adidas and New York City for Reebok, with Mediacom staff also positioned around key focus locations for the brands ...
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Adidas has announced the early renewal of its long-standing partnership...
Adidas has announced the early renewal of its long-standing partnership with the German Football Association (DFB) to 2026. The move was described as a demonstration of trust in the German football team, despite its defeat in the recent World Cup, and as a sign of support for the promotion of ...
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Adidas has launched the Tango app for the football community,...
Adidas has launched the Tango app for the football community, and as a rallying point for participants in the Tango League, a grassroots football competition. The group said that the app became available on Sept. 3 in the U.S., the U.K., Germany, France and Spain, to help football enthusiasts ...
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The third edition of the Bread & Butter by Zalando...
The third edition of the Bread & Butter by Zalando fashion festival in Berlin registered 35,000 visitors, 16 percent more than in the previous year. It ran from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2, and the marketing event organized by the online retailer was apparently sold out every day. The festival ...
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Adidas Group raises profit margins
Sharp sales increases in China and North America bolstered the Adidas Group's turnover and profits in the second quarter, but it was affected by a faster than projected slowdown in Europe and declining sales for the Reebok brand.The group reported a 4.4 percent sales increase to €5,261 million for the ...
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Adidas appoints new European leader after a slowdown in the region
The Adidas Group has replaced its management in Western Europe, due to unspecified distribution issues that apparently caused it to slow down more rapidly than anticipated in the company's second-largest regional market in the second quarter.Arthur Hoeld, who previously helped to build up Originals for the Adidas brand, was appointed ...
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Zalando comes out of the red
Zalando managed to book a net profit of €51.8 million for the second quarter of this year, up from $47.4 million in the second quarter of 2017, after taking in a loss of €15 million in the first quarter of this year. While the operating margin fell slightly to 7.1 ...
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Sinn, a German fashion retailer, has assigned consultants to study...
Sinn, a German fashion retailer, has assigned consultants to study the competitive situation in some German cities in relation with the potential tie-up between Karstadt Warenhaus and Kaufhof, Textilwirtschaft reports. It emerged last month that the owners of the two German department store chains had started talks about such a ...
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Onitsuka Tiger, the lifestyle shoe label of Asics, has opened...
Onitsuka Tiger, the lifestyle shoe label of Asics, has opened a store in New Dehli's Select City Walk, joining another one in Dehli and one in Mumbai
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Adidas its set to take over the sponsorship of the...
Adidas its set to take over the sponsorship of the English Arsenal team from Puma, which has just signed to sponsor Manchester City, the current champion in the Premier League, for £50 million (€56m-$64m) annually after its contract with Nike expires in June 2019. The Big a is said to ...
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Adidas and Ikea have initiated a strategic collaboration to learn...
Adidas and Ikea have initiated a strategic collaboration to learn more about people's interests in terms of active lifestyles and training, in order to possibly connect them with different housing solutions. In a press release, Ikea says that the two companies want to encourage people to choose good living patterns ...
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JD Sports is launching a 24-hour music and entertainment platform,...
JD Sports is launching a 24-hour music and entertainment platform, called JD-X. The platform, which is being developed in partnership with Immedia, will be offered in-store and in JD's mobile app as a way to blend retail with entertainment. The platform is currently being rolled out to all JD stores ...
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Blue Tomato is opening a store in the Swiss city...
Blue Tomato is opening a store in the Swiss city of Lausanne, its first one outside the German-speaking world. The new 350-square-meter store is scheduled for inauguration on Aug. 9. Based in Austria and owned by Zumiez, Blue Tomato specializes in the sale online and offline of products for snowboarding, ...
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XXL Sports & Outdoor plans to open its fourth Austrian...
XXL Sports & Outdoor plans to open its fourth Austrian store on 4,000 sqm. in the autumn in the Seiersberg shopping mall near Graz
