Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 180
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The Adidas Group has denied a report by the BBC...
The Adidas Group has denied a report by the BBC earlier this month that it intends to put a premature end to its contract as an official partner of the International Athletics Federation (IAAF), describing it as inaccurate. Media reports claimed that Adidas wanted to end the eleven-year contract, which ...
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The Adidas Group declined to comment on a report in...
The Adidas Group declined to comment on a report in Marca, the Spanish newspaper, that the brand was discussing a ten-year deal worth €140 million per year with Real Madrid. Demands were predicted to escalate in the market for kit contracts with leading football teams, after Adidas agreed to pay ...
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Henkel chief to lead Adidas Group
The supervisory board of the Adidas Group ended up picking an outsider as it decided that Kasper Rorsted, chief executive at Henkel, should take over from Herbert Hainer as the CEO of the German sports company from the start of October. The 53-year-old Danish manager will start at Adidas by ...
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Didriksons has opened its own sales office for the German...
Didriksons has opened its own sales office for the German and Austrian markets in Euromoda, the permanent showroom center in Neuss, taking over from a distributor, Katimpex, which is now representing Tenson. The operation is led by Jan Henning, who worked for New Balance and New Era before. Herkules IV, ...
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Briko Maplus, an Italian brand of high-performance, liquid fluorinated ski...
Briko Maplus, an Italian brand of high-performance, liquid fluorinated ski wax with a high melting point, is consolidating its position in the Nordic and Baltic countries through a long-term distribution contract with Oy Patrol Trading. The Finnish-based distributor, which has an annual turnover of about €35 million with major brands ...
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NHS has appointed Shiner as European apparel licensee for Santa...
NHS has appointed Shiner as European apparel licensee for Santa Cruz and Independent. Shiner will be officially delivering Santa Cruz and Independent apparel for the European market starting with the autumn/winter 2016 ranges. Shiner have been the distributors of NHS' skateboard brands in the U.K. since 1976, and will now ...
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Decathlon is continuing its foray into Southeast Asian markets with...
Decathlon is continuing its foray into Southeast Asian markets with the opening of a store in Singapore. After five openings in Thailand in the last few months, the French retailer is opening a store of about 3,000 square meters in Bedok and is planning a second opening in Singapore in ...
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Adidas has announced the release of its first laceless football...
Adidas has announced the release of its first laceless football cleat, indicating that it will help its players to control the game better than before. It will be worn by sponsored football players from Jan. 23. Lotto, which launched its first laceless football boot ten years ago, had no comment ...
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Adidas is honoring Leo Messi's record fifth Ballon d'Or win...
Adidas is honoring Leo Messi's record fifth Ballon d'Or win on Jan. 11 with a custom ultra-luxe version of the Messi 15 football boot. The special edition of the Messi 15 features platinum elements, something Adidas claims has never been seen before on a football boot. Messi's and Adidas' logos ...
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Zalando, which bought the bankrupt Bread & Butter trade show...
Zalando, which bought the bankrupt Bread & Butter trade show in Berlin last June, says it will stage the first consumer-oriented B&B show on Sept. 2-4 at Arena Berlin, where the Bright and Seek trade shows were held earlier this week. Zalando was looking for a new site for its ...
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The Adidas Group ended last year with a closetful of...
The Adidas Group ended last year with a closetful of awards for its corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts in China. As detailed in a company statement, Adidas Greater China was listed by the CSR Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences as one of the top ten multinational ...
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Kering, along with Adidas and H&M, was named as one...
Kering, along with Adidas and H&M, was named as one of the most sustainable corporations in the world following its inclusion in the 2016 Corporate Knights' Global 100 index, which was published at the World Economic forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22. It is the first time that the ...
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Zalando said it booked a 30 percent sales increase in...
Zalando said it booked a 30 percent sales increase in the fourth quarter of 2014 to a level expected to range between €865 million and €872 million, generating an adjusted operating margin (Ebit) of between 7 and 9 percent. With that, the German-based e-tailer reached an Ebit margin of between ...
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Partial win for selective distribution in Germany
In a high-profile case around selective distribution, the competition chamber of Frankfurt's higher state court (Oberlandesgericht) has decided that Deuter Sport should be allowed not to deliver to retailers who sell their products through marketplaces such as Amazon. On the other hand, the court found it unacceptable from a competition ...
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Herbert Hainer, chief executive of the Adidas Group, told the...
Herbert Hainer, chief executive of the Adidas Group, told the Süddeutsche Zeitung that the company achieved sales of more than €2 billion in China last year, up from €1,811 million in 2014, making it the group's second-largest national market after the U.S. For this year the Adidas chief predicts buoyant ...
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Carving Sport has set up a B2B platform that allows...
Carving Sport has set up a B2B platform that allows retailers to place orders online. The company is the Spanish distributor of various brands including Asolo, Dalbello, Marker, Völkl, Yaktrax and Fila skates. It recently hired a new commercial director, Arman Majoral.
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Kubus Sports, the distributor of Elan and many other sports...
Kubus Sports, the distributor of Elan and many other sports brands in the Netherlands, has expanded its distribution of the Slovenian ski brand to Belgium and Luxembourg from the start of the year. Kubus Sports already covers the Netherlands and in some cases the entire Benelux for snow sports brands ...
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Sport Partner reports that TCK Sports Group, a leading distributor...
Sport Partner reports that TCK Sports Group, a leading distributor in the Dutch sports and outdoor market, is taking over the distribution of Dalbello and Ortovox in the Benelux countries. Previously handled by Kubus Sports in the Netherlands and by Aquatic Sport in Belgium, Dalbello's distribution in these countries is ...
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Blue Ice Adventure will distribute Dynafit in China, and the...
Blue Ice Adventure will distribute Dynafit in China, and the brand's products will be presented at Ispo Beijing on Feb. 24-27
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Zalando and the Adidas Group have been partnering since last...
Zalando and the Adidas Group have been partnering since last November on a pilot project. If the e-tailer runs out of stock of certain Adidas or Reebok products in certain sizes or colors, it can access the Adidas Group's own central distribution center in Germany, which will ship them directly ...
