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Adidas wins key court case against Skechers
The federal district court of Portland, Oregon has issued a preliminary injunction against Skechers USA, ordering the company to stop selling its Onix, Relaxed Fit Cross Court TR and Supernova running shoes, saying that Adidas would otherwise suffer irreparable damage. Skechers pointed out that it had already discontinued sales of ...
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Adidas has hired Dan Near as its new head of...
Adidas has hired Dan Near as its new head of Adidas Hockey for Adidas Group North America. He will report to Michael Rossi, general manager of Adidas Group Canada. Near joins from the National Hockey League (NHL), where he has worked for ten years. In addition to his background and ...
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Quiksilver has taken over the distribution of DC Shoes in...
Quiksilver has taken over the distribution of DC Shoes in Denmark, where it already markets the Quiksilver and Roxy brands directly, but it has decided to close down its Italian sales subsidiary. In the next six months, the distribution of Quiksilver and Roxy will be transferred to California Sports, a ...
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Brekka has signed a license agreement with Spivo for the...
Brekka has signed a license agreement with Spivo for the North American market. Spivo, which is also the manufacturer of the Canadian Bula brand, will manage the Italian brand of headwear and other winter accessories in the U.S. and Canada through its offices in the two countries. Its distribution in ...
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Kubus Sports has been appointed as distributor for Skins in...
Kubus Sports has been appointed as distributor for Skins in the Netherlands and Belgium from the start of February. The Australian and Swiss-based compression apparel brand was previously sold in these countries by R.A. Company. Kubus is strongly established in the Benelux countries as a distributor of performance sports products, ...
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After a positive experiment in London last year and a...
After a positive experiment in London last year and a more recent one near its head office in Lille, Decathlon is opening a small “Connect Store” with an internet kiosk to access its online store in the center of Munich, says an executive of the company, confirming a report in ...
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While opening its ninth Spanish brand store in the center...
While opening its ninth Spanish brand store in the center of Salamanca, Joma says it plans to open ten new corporate stores in the country over the next two years. The next one will be inaugurated shortly in Zaragoza. The Spanish athletic footwear company is also planning to open corners ...
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Evasion Running, a well-known Spanish specialty retailer, has reportedly closed...
Evasion Running, a well-known Spanish specialty retailer, has reportedly closed down its biggest store, which it had opened in Barcelona in 2011. It measured 600 square meters, offering the products of 90 different brands. The chain will keep its two corporate stores in Valencia, four other franchised shops in Spain ...
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Nike has opened its largest Asian Jordan store in Hong...
Nike has opened its largest Asian Jordan store in Hong Kong, emulating the design of the Jordan store in Chicago. The brand is also getting ready to open an 850-square-meter Nike flagship in the center of Paris, located in the renovated and expanded Forum des Halles. Contrary to some press ...
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Grifone is marching ahead with an ambitious retailing program. The...
Grifone is marching ahead with an ambitious retailing program. The Spanish outdoor and ski brand has opened a second store in Barcelona. The first one, which began operations last spring, is located across from Vèrtic, the well-known outdoor retailer. Prior to that, Grifone opened two other stores last year: a ...
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21sportsgroup, the German online sports retailer, has opened its first...
21sportsgroup, the German online sports retailer, has opened its first 21run.com brick-and-mortar store, located in Munich and specializing in running
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Sport Partner reports that Damy Rutjes, who has been running...
Sport Partner reports that Damy Rutjes, who has been running Runnersworld in the Netherlands since 2012, is leaving the retail company to join IGM Holding, a Dutch group specializing in retail franchises for bathroom appliances
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Adidas' three stripes got a big favor from the European...
Adidas' three stripes got a big favor from the European Court of Justice, which said that “Adidas may oppose the registration, as a community mark, of parallel stripes placed on the side of sports shoes.” The Office of Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM), which registers trademarks for the European ...
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Adidas continues to sign new sponsorship deals in the U.S....
Adidas continues to sign new sponsorship deals in the U.S. It has inked a five-year contract to supply athletic footwear, apparel and accessories to the students of Northern Kentucky University competing in 17 sports through the 2020/21 season. The Big a is also taking the place of Nike as exclusive ...
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Adidas gets a toehold in the French football team, sponsored...
Adidas gets a toehold in the French football team, sponsored by Nike, with a 10-year sponsorship control with Paul Pogba, a 22-year-old member of the team who did not have a footwear contract before. The deal is said to be valued at €40 million. Pogba is regarded as a star ...
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A trio will run Adidas’ women’s segment
Creating two new positions, Adidas has named Nicole Vollebregt as global head of women's and Kerry Speake as global women's creative director. They will both work from Adidas America's office in Portland, Oregon. It has also retained Christine Day, who served as chief executive of Lululemon Athletica from 2008 to ...
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Adidas raises guidance after buoyant year
The Adidas Group has upgraded its guidance for this year after it surpassed its targets for sales and earnings in 2015. About three weeks ahead of the scheduled publication of its annual results, the company said its turnover amplified by 16 percent to €16.9 billion last year, which was an ...
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Fanatics bags Kitbag
Kitbag, a British-based online retailer specializing in team sports products, has been acquired by Fanatics at a price of £11.55 million (€15.1m-$16.9m). The purchase will support the European expansion of Fanatics, a major U.S. player in the market for officially licensed sports merchandise.Kitbag had apparently caught the eye of Sports ...
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Active Sportswear, the Danish brand owner and distributor, has set...
Active Sportswear, the Danish brand owner and distributor, has set up a sales subsidiary in Hamburg for the German and Austrian markets for Color Kids, its line of children's activewear. The operation is led by Daniela Thinius, a former sales manager for Puma who helped Stadium to set up its ...
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Adidas has announced a multi-year deal to become the official...
Adidas has announced a multi-year deal to become the official all-sports apparel provider of Western Carolina University (WCU), a public university located in Cullowhee, North Carolina that runs 16 intercollegiate sport programs. The five-year partnership is effective July 1, 2016. Previously, several WCU sports had independently used the brand's products ...
