Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 145

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    Adidas will be the official supplier of athletic footwear, apparel...

    2018-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Adidas will be the official supplier of athletic footwear, apparel and accessories for the Jaguars, the collegiate teams of Purdue University in Indianapolis (IUPUI)

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    Adidas has signed up two NBA draft prospects, Trae Young...

    2018-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has signed up two NBA draft prospects, Trae Young in Oklahoma and Lonnie Walker in Miami, as well as a 21-year-old NHL star, Mathew Barzal, who plays as the center for the New York Islanders team

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    Adidas has pledged to use only recycled plastic by 2024....

    2018-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has pledged to use only recycled plastic by 2024. The announcement was first reported by the Financial Times. The company uses virgin plastic for a number of its products, including T-shirts, sports bras and many others, as this material is lightweight and dries quickly. Meanwhile, the sporting goods giant ...

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    Kasper Rorsted, the Adidas Group's chief executive, has expressed concerns...

    2018-07-03T00:00:00Z

    Kasper Rorsted, the Adidas Group's chief executive, has expressed concerns about potential over-commercialization of football and dilution of the game's quality, due to an increasing number of competitions and participants. In an interview with Kicker, a German football magazine, he said that Fifa's decision to increase the number of teams ...

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    Foot Locker has announced that it is about to test...

    2018-07-03T00:00:00Z

    Foot Locker has announced that it is about to test a new retail format called Power Store. The information has been released by the retailer's senior management during a conversation with financial analysts, according to reports by Fashion Network. The new format is supposed to offer customers an immersive experience ...

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    Sportsworld Cruquius is to be taken over at the start...

    2018-07-03T00:00:00Z

    Sportsworld Cruquius is to be taken over at the start of October by Intersport Twinsport, the largest Intersport member in the Netherlands, Sport Partner reports. The store of about 6,000 square meters is one of the five megastores run by Sportsworld, which was launched by Inge van Kemenade as a ...

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    Intersport opened its first fitness park in Germany on June,...

    2018-07-03T00:00:00Z

    Intersport opened its first fitness park in Germany on June, 28. The German voluntary group opened it in Kiel in cooperation with Intersport Knudsen, the group's local retail partner, and with Puma and the city of Kiel. Other sponsors and partners are AOK NordWest, the German insurance company, and Kompan, ...

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    Schuhe24.de, a company founded and run by Dominik Benner, a German...

    2018-07-03T00:00:00Z

    Schuhe24.de, a company founded and run by Dominik Benner, a German shoe retailer who was formerly a member of ANWR's supervisory board, aims to diversify from footwear by entering the sporting goods and fashion sectors. A new internet portal, Sportmarken24.de, was launched in February. It is managed by Benner's wife, Valeska ...

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    Adidas said it was made aware on June 26 that...

    2018-07-03T00:00:00Z

    Adidas said it was made aware on June 26 that an unauthorized party had gained access to customer information from its e-commerce platform in the U.S. A preliminary investigation indicates that a few million records were stolen including contact information, user names and encrypted passwords, but there was no evidence ...

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    Brunotti Sportswear is taking over the development, sale and distribution...

    2018-07-03T00:00:00Z

    Brunotti Sportswear is taking over the development, sale and distribution of its footwear line, starting with this coming winter. The Unlimited Fashion Group (UFG), which has been the licensee since 2009, will handle part of the summer 2019 collection.

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    After lengthy negotiations, the ANWR Group has signed contracts with...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    After lengthy negotiations, the ANWR Group has signed contracts with Nike, Adidas and Reebok that will allow the 1,300-plus shoe retailers affiliated with its ANWR Schuh voluntary group in Germany to order more than 600 selected items for delivery in the first quarter of 2019 at favorable conditions. These items, ...

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    Canada Goose is making a big pitch for the Chinese...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Canada Goose is making a big pitch for the Chinese market, where another Canadian sports outerwear brand, Arc'teryx, enjoys a strong position and a high status. Canada Goose will soon open a regional headquarters for Greater China in Shanghai that will be run by Scott Cameron, former executive vice president, ...

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    2squared Agency has inaugurated its first London showroom. The agency...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    2squared Agency has inaugurated its first London showroom. The agency distributes brands including Champion, Diadora, The Couture Club, Android Homme and Marshall Artist. The new 1,500-square-foot showroom, which is located at 16-18 Heneage Street, will be a base for international growth as the agency looks to attract new long-term brand ...

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    Columbia Sportswear is reassessing its business structure in the Nordics,...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Columbia Sportswear is reassessing its business structure in the Nordics, in view of the planned departure of Martin Kaggestad as regional manager at the end of July. Meanwhile, Columbia is opening a Spanish subsidiary in Barcelona, led by José Manuel Arrojo, who was previously country manager for Geox, for 14 ...

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    Decathlon is taking part in the development of My Cardinet,...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Decathlon is taking part in the development of My Cardinet, a shopping center due to open around the end of this year in Paris, where the French sports retailer has taken up a space of 1,500 square meters. The shopping center in the north-eastern area of Cardinet-Batignolles covers more than ...

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    Footpatrol, the iconic sneaker store owned by the JD Sports...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Footpatrol, the iconic sneaker store owned by the JD Sports Fashion group, is opening a second store in Paris, in the Marais district. Footpatrol has turned into a sneaker destination in Soho in London since it opened its original store in 2002 and then moved to its current location on ...

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    Reischmann, a German sports retailer based in Ravensburg, finished restructuring...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Reischmann, a German sports retailer based in Ravensburg, finished restructuring its big retail store, covering five floors, and reopened it in May. On the ground floor, Reischmann offers training and running products as well as lifestyle-sneakers for men. The first floor is used for the running, fitness, beachwear and winter ...

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    Lululemon opened on June 1st its first flagship store in...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Lululemon opened on June 1st its first flagship store in Sweden, in a popular shopping district in the middle of Stockholm. Like the company's other locations around the world, the store space of about 200 square meters will be used to sell the company's clothing and as a yoga studio.

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    Padel Nuestro, a major Spanish retailer of padel tennis products,...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Padel Nuestro, a major Spanish retailer of padel tennis products, is entering the Portuguese market with the opening of three stores in Guimaraes, Porto and Lisbon. Actually, it already opened a store on the Portuguese island of Madeira in 2016. The chain already has 40 stores in operations, most of ...

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    Zalando plans to expand into Ireland and the Czech Republic,...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Zalando plans to expand into Ireland and the Czech Republic, which may be followed by websites in Portugal and other European countries