Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 157
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Foot Locker has launched e-commerce in Australia
Foot Locker has launched e-commerce in Australia
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Rip Curl has opened its web store in Indonesia...
Rip Curl has opened its web store in Indonesia
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Replacing Adidas, New Balance has signed up Artur Boruc, goalkeeper...
Replacing Adidas, New Balance has signed up Artur Boruc, goalkeeper for the Bournemouth team and the Polish national team
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As predicted, Zalando's growth softened in the second quarter, rising...
As predicted, Zalando's growth softened in the second quarter, rising by 20.1 percent to €1.1 billion, but the company is hoping to hit the upper range of the forecast of 20 to 25 percent for the full financial year. The operating margin (Ebit) declined by 1.4 percentage points to 7.4 ...
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Adidas trails only the police for attractiveness as a future...
Adidas trails only the police for attractiveness as a future employer in the opinion of German students. In a recent survey on careers conducted with more than 20,000 students between the ages of 13 and 18, the sports brand was ranked first in the fashion industry and second overall out ...
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Adidas raises guidance, sells CCM Hockey
The Adidas Group has again raised its guidance for the full year, after its sales increased by 20 percent to €5.0 billion for continuing operations in the second quarter, up by 19 percent in constant currencies, and operating profit surged by 18 percent to €505 million.The group issued preliminary figures ...
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Competing with Amazon, Zalando goes premium
Zalando, which is also a major client for sports apparel and footwear brands in Europe, suffered one of its worst days of trading in more than two years, with the share price dropping by 8.2 percent, as the German-based e-commerce giant reported an unexpectedly strong slowdown in its growth. In ...
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Skins rejigs management and distribution
Skins has reorganized some of its management and distribution in the last months, in an effort by the Australian compression apparel brand to become more efficient and to raise its profit margins.The changes include the departure of Christian Gut, previously chief marketing officer, and Matz Bachmann, former chief operations officer. ...
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MBT switches to distributors in Central Europe
Experienced industry officials have set up new distribution companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland to take over sales of MBT shoes from the German and Swiss subsidiaries of Masai Distribution, the Singapore-based subsidiary of Star 360 that bought the global assets of the former Swiss-based Masai group in 2012.Some of ...
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Zalando continues its shopping spree with the takeover of yet...
Zalando continues its shopping spree with the takeover of yet another start-up, Anatwine. The European e-commerce giant first acquired a 20 percent stake in this British software firm in May, but announced in July that it was taking over the company entirely. The purchase price has not been made public. ...
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Asics has sealed an exclusive distribution deal with Olka Spor...
Asics has sealed an exclusive distribution deal with Olka Spor Malzemeleri Ticaret in Turkey, after the end of its relationship of more ten years with European Fashion & Sport Investment (Efsi). The contract with Olka took effect from the start of July, to sell Asics products that will hit the ...
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Polar's Spanish subsidiary, Polar Iberica, is taking over the distribution...
Polar's Spanish subsidiary, Polar Iberica, is taking over the distribution in Portugal from Altis, the company of Alfredo Baptista
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Iconix has taken over the 50% stake it didn't own...
Iconix has taken over the 50% stake it didn't own in its Canadian subsidiary for $19 million
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Hardly a week goes by without a Decathlon store opening,...
Hardly a week goes by without a Decathlon store opening, and the latest batch includes its expansion in three relatively small markets. The French retailer opened a store in Maribor earlier this month, its second in Slovenia after Ljubljana last year. Another opening occurred in Romania, where Decathlon has been ...
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Textilwirtschaft reports that Decathlon intends to open a shop in...
Textilwirtschaft reports that Decathlon intends to open a shop in the basement of a C&A store in Düsseldorf before the end of the year. The store would cover about 2,000 square meters in the fashion apparel retailer's flagship store in the city. A spokesman told the newspaper that the partnership ...
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Stag, the British buying group for independent retailers, reports a...
Stag, the British buying group for independent retailers, reports a record turnover of £275 million (€307m-$361m) for its retail members in the U.K. and €80 million for its retail members in the Republic of Ireland. Sales increased from £250 million and €78 million, respectively, in spite of a small decline ...
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Yet another Spanish buying group, Anzamar, is launching a chain...
Yet another Spanish buying group, Anzamar, is launching a chain of sneaker stores, called Black Laces. The first one opened earlier this month in the Bahia Plaza shopping mall of Cádiz. Another buying group, Atmósfera Sport, has launched a similar concept, Atmósfera Sport Black, as an internet store. A bigger ...
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Carl-August Seibel and Philip Seibel will open a sneaker store,...
Carl-August Seibel and Philip Seibel will open a sneaker store, called Fourty Tree, in Hauenstein on July 22. Covering 200 square meters, the store will feature apparel and shoes of brands such as Adidas, Puma, Nike, Reebok and Diadora. Carl-August Seibel is the chief executive of the Josef Seibel Group, ...
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Havaianas opened its first store in the German market earlier...
Havaianas opened its first store in the German market earlier this month. Located in the famous Berlin shopping avenue, the Ku'damm, the shop occupies 70 square meters of retail space. There are now 30 Havaianas stores throughout Europe, as well as 40 concessions and 80 franchise shops.
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Foot Locker is set to take the place of a...
Foot Locker is set to take the place of a former Benetton store at the prestigious address of 66 avenue des Champs-Elysees in Paris during the third quarter, according to FashionNetwork.com
