Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 187
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On Aug. 31, Hervis Sport opened its third store under...
On Aug. 31, Hervis Sport opened its third store under the flag of Hervis Express in Vienna's Westbahnhof (West Station). For the Austrian multi-channel retailer, this format is relatively new. It was premiered in Innsbruck last year followed by similar shop in Prague. The idea is to present the full ...
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Surfstitch, the Australian e-commerce group specializing in contemporary surf and...
Surfstitch, the Australian e-commerce group specializing in contemporary surf and fashion brands, will unify its six platforms - Surfstitch.com, Surfdome.com, Swell.com, Stabmag.com, magicseaweed.com and theLens – under the global site Swell in 2016. Surfstitch posted revenues of 199.4 million Australian dollars (€124.7m-$141.4m) in the fiscal year ended June 30, representing ...
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New Balance has opened its second store in Barcelona. Presenting...
New Balance has opened its second store in Barcelona. Presenting a new layout, it is located in a high-traffic shopping street of the city, Portal de l'Àngel. It will be the brand's 4th store in Spain. New Balance has also opened its first Portuguese store in Lisbon. Through its French ...
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Under Armour has set up a sport corner at the...
Under Armour has set up a sport corner at the Citadium Caumartin shop in Paris, the first for the American brand inside a fashion store. The 35-square-meter space is located on the third floor of the store. It sells both fitness apparel and footwear.
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Forum Sport, the Spanish sporting goods retail chain, launched its...
Forum Sport, the Spanish sporting goods retail chain, launched its web store last month
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Migros, the large Swiss retail cooperative, intends to open eight...
Migros, the large Swiss retail cooperative, intends to open eight more Outdoor by SportXX stores within its SportXX general sports stores by the end of the year (more in the Outdoor Industry Compass)
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Millet will soon open a store in Paris, taking the...
Millet will soon open a store in Paris, taking the place of a former Lafuma shop
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Odlo has opened an outlet store in One Nation near...
Odlo has opened an outlet store in One Nation near Paris, which is the biggest factory outlet center in France
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Adidas filed a suit against Skechers USA in Portland's district...
Adidas filed a suit against Skechers USA in Portland's district court on Sept. 14, charging that one of its shoe styles is a knock-offs of its Stan Smith model, and that others use its Supernova trademark and its Three-Stripe mark. The two companies have already squared off and reached settlements ...
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Adidas makes new waves in American team sports
Anxious to improve its low market share in the U.S., Adidas has signed two important basketball sponsorship deals, focusing on individual players, after walking off from a previous marketing contract with the NBA, which is going to be in the hands of Nike from the 2015/16 playing season.The German brand ...
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Adidas has completed the purchase of a new warehouse outside...
Adidas has completed the purchase of a new warehouse outside Moscow at a price estimated by local sources at between $70 million and $100 million. Located in a warehousing complex where it has been renting more than 65,000 square meters of space since 2012, the new warehouse is nearly double ...
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Adidas is testing different workplace concepts at its headquarters in...
Adidas is testing different workplace concepts at its headquarters in Herzogenaurach in a new office building named “Pitch,” where 300 of its brand management employees were moved at the beginning of the month. The new office space does not embody any finished concept but is the flexible beta version of ...
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Skechers has set up a new sales subsidiary in Panama...
Skechers has set up a new sales subsidiary in Panama to oversee more than 30 countries in Latin America including Panama, Peru, Colombia and Costa Rica. It will trade directly in these four markets instead of working with its largest distributor in the region, Dabsan International. The brand will take ...
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Perry Ellis has signed a license agreement with Tiendas por...
Perry Ellis has signed a license agreement with Tiendas por Departamento Ripley in Peru for Gotcha, its skate and surf apparel brand. Gotcha is currently available in Ripley's 27 stores in Peru. Through the new license, plans for the brand now envisage further expansion in Peru as well as expansion ...
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Decathlon, Timberland, Zara and about 20 other major international brands...
Decathlon, Timberland, Zara and about 20 other major international brands have signed exclusive partnership agreements with the Alibaba Group, establishing its Tmall.com website as the only third-party internet platform through which they will sell their products to consumers in China. In announcing these deals, Alibaba also said that it is ...
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Descente will open its first European store in London in...
Descente will open its first European store in London in November. Located at 14-16, Foubert's Place, in the Carnaby Street area of the city, it will fill 700 square meters on three floors. The Japanese brand wants to add three to five more stores at various European locations.
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Fusalp, the French skiwear brand acquired by Philippe and Sophie...
Fusalp, the French skiwear brand acquired by Philippe and Sophie Lacoste 18 months ago, will open its first boutique next month at 8 rue des Blancs-Manteaux, in the Marais district of Paris. It will also have a space in three Seibu department stores in Japan, the NK department store in ...
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Icebug, the highly technical Swedish brand of outdoor shoes and...
Icebug, the highly technical Swedish brand of outdoor shoes and ice boots, has opened its own concept store in Gothenburg. Since it was established in the early 2000s, production has increased significantly every year, and growth has remained at an average of about 30 percent. Last year, Icebug had a ...
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After the inauguration of a store in the centrally located...
After the inauguration of a store in the centrally located Rathauspassagen, Decathlon is planning to open two more stores in the Berlin area, according to SAZ, one of which would be close to an Intersport store in the Schöneweide section of the German capital
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Adidas and Manchester United have declared that the launch of...
Adidas and Manchester United have declared that the launch of the team's new kit has been the most successful in both the club and the brand's history. The German sporting goods giant replaced Nike as the team's kit supplier on Aug. 1, after signing a ten-year, $1.28 billion partnership deal ...
