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Adidas unveils Speedfactory shoe
Adidas unveiled the first shoe made at its fully automated German factory last month. The Futurecraft MFG (Made For Germany) that came out of the Adidas group's Speedfactory in Ansbach is one of the most tangible results of the latest innovation in footwear manufacturing, moving toward increasingly customized production that ...
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Bergans of Norway has decided to shut down its sales...
Bergans of Norway has decided to shut down its sales organizations in the U.K., France, the U.S. and Canada, to focus its product and marketing investments on the Nordics, the German-speaking countries and the Benelux countries. The four countries where Bergans' operations are to be dismantled will be covered through ...
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Kari Traa, the Norwegian brand of women's sports apparel, has...
Kari Traa, the Norwegian brand of women's sports apparel, has entered into a partnership with Norway's largest fitness chain, SATS/Elixia. Kari Traa will supply clothing to all employees and sell Kari Traa products in the fitness centers' stores in Norway, Sweden and Finland, starting in the spring of 2017. The ...
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Woolrich has restructured its distribution in Germany and Austria. Woolrich...
Woolrich has restructured its distribution in Germany and Austria. Woolrich Europe, which was created at the beginning of the year as a spin-off from its Italian licensee, WP Lavori in Corso, has established a subsidiary in Germany to take care of the distribution in the two countries. In spite of ...
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Garmin has completed the acquisition of Iypnet, one of its...
Garmin has completed the acquisition of Iypnet, one of its key distributors in Japan
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Intersport Switzerland has announced that it will sell products on...
Intersport Switzerland has announced that it will sell products on the web starting in spring 2017 thanks to a new strategic partnership with Brack.ch, the online store of the Competec group. Shoppers will be able to buy online and collect their items at about 200 Intersport stores in the country, ...
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The Adidas flagship store in Berlin's Tauentzienstrasse joined forces with...
The Adidas flagship store in Berlin's Tauentzienstrasse joined forces with Zalando in June in a pilot project to enable consumers to order in-store via the e-tailer's ZipCart app. With Zalando's app, shoppers can see what is in stock in the store and order what they want. The integrated commerce pilot ...
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Oakley, part of Luxottica's portfolio, has opened its first mono-brand...
Oakley, part of Luxottica's portfolio, has opened its first mono-brand retail store in Italy. The new store is located in Milan's piazzale Cadorna, next to Luxottica's headquarters. The entrance of the store features a column of LED screens, which are meant to immediately capture the attention of passersby. Digital communication ...
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Migros is reportedly considering opening its own bike stores next...
Migros is reportedly considering opening its own bike stores next year. The suggested name, SportXX Bike World, would seem to indicate that the new specialist stores will be somehow connected with Migros' mixed sports stores, SportXX, which already feature bike sections. The Swiss retailer has not yet confirmed the details ...
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Decathlon opened its first store in the recently created W1...
Decathlon opened its first store in the recently created W1 shopping mall in Hamburg. On 3.000 sqm, the store presents about 35,000 sports items for more than 70 different sports with a focus on running, water sports and mountaineering. Decathlon now has more than 1,000 stores worldwide and 30 stores ...
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Canada Goose is launching e-commerce in Europe, starting with the...
Canada Goose is launching e-commerce in Europe, starting with the U.K. and France. The Toronto-based company first opened its online store for the Canadian market last year. Last month it appointed Scott Cameron, formerly with McKinsey, as executive vice-president in charge of e-commerce, stores and strategy. The brand also has ...
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Lenzing has reported a net profit of €94.6 million for...
Lenzing has reported a net profit of €94.6 million for the first half of 2016, which represents an increase of 83.9 percent over the same period of last year. The Austria-based maker of botanic cellulose fiber attributed this strong performance to the implementation of a new strategy focusing on environmentally-friendly ...
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Asics Corp. has opened the first directly managed Asics Tiger...
Asics Corp. has opened the first directly managed Asics Tiger store in the Shinsalbashi district of Osaka. The store sports a new logo for this brand, which the Japanese sports shoe company launched at the beginning of 2015 for a new collection of retro-athletic, sports-inspired lifestyle shoes that are not ...
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Puma is opening a new store on the famous Calle...
Puma is opening a new store on the famous Calle Fuencarral in Madrid
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Under Armour has slated new store openings in Philadelphia, Boston...
Under Armour has slated new store openings in Philadelphia, Boston and New York City's World Trade Center
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Fusalp is opening a second store in Paris, to be...
Fusalp is opening a second store in Paris, to be followed by others in Lyon, Chamonix and Zermatt
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Adidas has filed a lawsuit against Bally's U.S. subsidiary in...
Adidas has filed a lawsuit against Bally's U.S. subsidiary in connection with several footwear designs. In its complaint, which was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon (Portland Division) in late August, the sports giant alleges that Bally is offering for sale and selling footwear featuring two ...
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Adidas Golf has struck a multi-year apparel and footwear endorsement...
Adidas Golf has struck a multi-year apparel and footwear endorsement deal with Dustin Johnson. The brand has been working with Johnson for the last ten years. The extended deal comes as the hard-hitting player is enjoying an outstanding year, as 2016 PGA of America Player of the Year, 2016 US ...
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Herbert Hainer is leaving a transformed Adidas Group
Some of the most influential retailers, suppliers and other executives in the international sporting goods industry will be converging on a football pitch in Herzogenaurach next Friday to mark the departure of Herbert Hainer, the chief executive of the Adidas group for more than 15 years. The players will include ...
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Adidas has begun a search for a permanent replacement for...
Adidas has begun a search for a permanent replacement for Chris Grancio, who is leaving as the company's global head of basketball. He has been overseeing Adidas' NBA deal and relations with basketball players since May 2014. Rebecca Jury, vice president of product in Adidas' basketball division, is taking over ...
