Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 178
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Adidas has collaborated with an unconventional Japanese streetwear designer, NIGO,...
Adidas has collaborated with an unconventional Japanese streetwear designer, NIGO, for a new Adidas Originals line being released next month
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Adidas has confirmed its sponsorship of Paul Pogba, the young...
Adidas has confirmed its sponsorship of Paul Pogba, the young star player of Juventus team who is playing with the national French football team
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Sun & Sand Sports, a leading sports distributor and retailer...
Sun & Sand Sports, a leading sports distributor and retailer in the Middle East, will be the headline sponsor of the second edition of the Dubai Fitness Fest, which is scheduled to take place on Nov. 4-5 this year at SkyDive Dubai in the Dubai Marina. The Sun & Sand ...
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Alibaba is likely to overtake Walmart as the world's largest...
Alibaba is likely to overtake Walmart as the world's largest retail platform in its fiscal year ending March 31. The Chinese e-commerce giant indicated that it had reached 3 trillion yuan renminbi (€412bn-$462bn) in gross merchandise value (GMV) as of March 21. The figure, achieved on the back of consumption-driven ...
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Adidas thrives in Europe
The buzz around the Three Stripes remained vibrant in the last months, and the Adidas Group reported a few days ago buoyant quarterly sales, with rapid expansion in Europe – albeit aided by outsized marketing investments that hit profits.The company's sales in the fourth quarter of 2015 were up 15.4 ...
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Adidas hails its “comeback”
The Adidas Group's performance last year marked what managers described as a remarkable comeback, after enduring a slump in golf and Russian sales and the perceived sluggishness that caused jitters among investors two years ago.Herbert Hainer, the company's outgoing chief executive, said that the new impetus was supported by a ...
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Zalando focuses on activewear
Zalando is evidently aiming to establish itself as a major online shopping destination for sports fashion in Europe. In line with current lifestyle trends and the growing concern for health and fitness, it is offering more sports clothing and footwear for running, training, fitness, yoga, tennis and other sports, especially ...
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The Rossignol Group is reportedly setting up a subsidiary for...
The Rossignol Group is reportedly setting up a subsidiary for the Scandinavian market in Sweden. For the time being, the only official report is that, from June 1 of this year, the French group will take over the distribution of its Rossignol, Dynastar, Look and Lange brands in Norway from ...
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Head has reportedly teamed up with B.C. Sports for the...
Head has reportedly teamed up with B.C. Sports for the distribution of its winter sports products in China, starting from the coming winter season. B.C. Sports is a leading Chinese distributor in the outdoor sports category, which built up the Northland, Lowa and Leki brands in China, and acquired trademark ...
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Steger is representing Five Seasons in Austria
Steger is representing Five Seasons in Austria
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Digi Instruments has taken on the distribution of Bula headwear...
Digi Instruments has taken on the distribution of Bula headwear in Italy
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Outback '97 has signed up a distribution contract in Italy...
Outback '97 has signed up a distribution contract in Italy for Icelantic's U.S.-made skis
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Decathlon is opening its fourth store in downtown Paris on...
Decathlon is opening its fourth store in downtown Paris on April 6. Located at the crossroads of four major public transportation lines and measuring 4,600 square meters, it will be its largest urban store, employing 60 people. In an original move, it will allow only 19 seconds for candidates to ...
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Dutch media reported earlier this week that Decathlon intends to...
Dutch media reported earlier this week that Decathlon intends to open a store in the Vroom & Dreesman (V&D) building in the center of The Hague, along with other city center stores in former V&D stores in Amsterdam and Utrecht. The V&D department store chain, an emblematic Dutch retailer with ...
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Vaude, the German outdoor brand, has teamed up with Commerce...
Vaude, the German outdoor brand, has teamed up with Commerce Connector to lead consumers from its website to physical stores in Germany. From August, the Vaude website will tell consumers which nearby store has the product they want to buy, along with detailed information about the store's location and opening ...
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Under Armour is opening a two-story Brand House at Walt...
Under Armour is opening a two-story Brand House at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, offering an interactive experience to its visitors
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Redipro, a Spanish distributor of action sports brands such as...
Redipro, a Spanish distributor of action sports brands such as Kryptonics and K2 skates, has launched a line of sneakers called KRF The New Urban Concept
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Adidas is reinforcing its sports marketing investments in the U.K....
Adidas is reinforcing its sports marketing investments in the U.K. through a contract with Birmingham City, a second-division English club which is said to be likely to move back into the Premier League for the first time since 2011. The team was sponsored by Carbrini, the private label of JD ...
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Adidas has signed a three-year deal as sponsor of Insep,...
Adidas has signed a three-year deal as sponsor of Insep, a big sports training center on the outskirts of Paris that hosts more than 200 coaches, 300 collaborators and 700 sportsmen and sportswomen. It helped train 56 percent of the members of the French Olympic team who earned medals at ...
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Adidas has entered a multi-year partnership with Wanderlust, a producer...
Adidas has entered a multi-year partnership with Wanderlust, a producer of lifestyle festival events focusing on yoga, wellness and music. The deal is designed to pair Wanderlust's multi and single-day events with Adidas' latest performance-based products. For 2016, highlights from this partnership include Adidas being a presenting partner of Wanderlust's ...
