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    Adidas has taken Rafinha to court in Amsterdam, according to...

    2018-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has taken Rafinha to court in Amsterdam, according to The Mirror, demanding that the Barcelona midfielder should pay a penalty of €100,000 for each day that he doesn't wear Adidas shoes in the field and Adidas apparel at all media appearances. The 25-year-old Brazilian football player, whose real name ...

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    Zalando is launching a new strategy, called Connected Retail, to...

    2018-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Zalando is launching a new strategy, called Connected Retail, to integrate online and offline channels as part of its evolution from an online retailer to an open ecosystem, or platform. Through Connected Retail, Zalando's fashion partners can take orders from Zalando customers themselves and ship the goods directly from their ...

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    Zalando appointed two new vice presidents this month. Sara Diez,...

    2018-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Zalando appointed two new vice presidents this month. Sara Diez, previously working as senior buying director for Europe and the Middle East at Nike, became vice president for Zalando's product line for woman. Diez succeeds Dalbir Bains, who left Zalando after four years. Before her career at Nike, Diez worked ...

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    Zalando announced that it would not organize the Bread &...

    2018-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Zalando announced that it would not organize the Bread & Butter by Zalando fashion festival in 2019, leaving the door open for similar events in selected cities. The online retailer launched the consumer-oriented marketing event for the first time three years ago at the former Tempelhof airport in Berlin, after ...

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    Zalando booked a net loss of €41.7 million in the...

    2018-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Zalando booked a net loss of €41.7 million in the third quarter, up sharply from €11.1 million in the year-ago period, while sales growth slowed down to 11.7 percent from 28.7 percent. The adjusted operating profit (Ebit) sank to a negative level of €38.9 million on total turnover of €1.2 ...

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    The weather impacts Zalando

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Zalando's management blamed the protracted hot summer weather for a slowdown in its growth to a rate of 11.7 percent during the third quarter. It added that it will do its best to return to its longer-term target of annual sales growth of 20-25 percent during the fourth quarter, but ...

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    Zalando appointed two new vice presidents this month. Sara Diez,...

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Zalando appointed two new vice presidents this month. Sara Diez, previously working as senior buying director for Europe and the Middle East at Nike, became vice president for Zalando's product line for woman. Diez succeeds Dalbir Bains, who left Zalando after four years. Before her career at Nike, Diez worked ...

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    Adidas is performing well globally

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    The Adidas Group is predicting a global sales increase of between 8 and 9 percent in local currencies for the current financial year, down from a previous forecast of 10 percent, due to continued lower-than-expected sales results in Western Europe. However, it has revised upwards its expectations for profitability, predicting ...

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    More signs of fatigue for Adidas in Europe

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    After a strong rally between 2015 and 2017, the Adidas brand has performed so far this year less well in Europe generally than Nike, Puma or Under Armour. In the third quarter, its sales in Western Europe were off by one percent in euros and by two percent in constant ...

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    Runtastic, the mobile fitness company owned by Adidas, has announced...

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Runtastic, the mobile fitness company owned by Adidas, has announced that its co-founder and chief executive, Florian Gschwandtner, will withdraw from operational management and leave the company, effective Dec. 31, 2018. He has been with the start-up for nearly ten years. Alfred Luger and Christian Kaar, respectively chief financial officer ...

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    Adidas has filed suit in South Florida District Court against...

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has filed suit in South Florida District Court against a further 200 websites for the sale of counterfeit Yeezy, Adidas and Reebok shoes. It is seeking the seizure of their domains, the scrubbing of their URLs from search engines and $2 million in statutory damages per defendant.

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    Adidas is said to be close to signing a record-breaking...

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Adidas is said to be close to signing a record-breaking €1.1 billion sponsorship contract with the Real Madrid club for the next ten years. The deal would guarantee a minimum of €110 million per year, up strongly from the current fee of €38.7 million and way above the €85 million ...

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    Adidas and Nike were among the 237 brands that generated...

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Adidas and Nike were among the 237 brands that generated sales of more than 100 million yuan renmimbi (€12.6m-$14.4m) at Alibaba's Single's Day consumption festival on Nov. 11. New Balance was also a winner with 60,000 pairs of shoes ordered during a pre-sales program. Overall, consumers placed orders for a ...

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    Keller Sports, the German online retailer of selected sporting goods,...

    2018-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Keller Sports, the German online retailer of selected sporting goods, says it has raised an eight-digit amount of equity financing from Reimann Investors, which was already its lead investor, and from the Co-Investor Group. The new financing round, which is described as the largest one in the company's history, is ...

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    Fanatics boosts management as it internationalizes

    2018-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Fanatics has continued the strong international deployment of its vertical manufacturing and merchandising model by signing a new long-term partnership with the strong German Football Association (DFB). It will handle the sourcing of a greater range of licensed products for the DFB that will be available to fans all over ...

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    Adidas has opened a new event center and staff restaurant...

    2018-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has opened a new event center and staff restaurant at its headquarters in Herzogenaurach. The new building, encompassing 14,000 square meters, is called Halftime. By April 2019, Adidas will also open a new building with workplaces for 2,000 employees, a new car park, meeting spaces and areas for sports ...

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    Adidas has appointed a new general counsel, Jan Heinemann, who...

    2018-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has appointed a new general counsel, Jan Heinemann, who will report to Kasper Rorsted, the company's chief executive. The previous general counsel, Frank Dassler, left the company earlier this year, and Paul Ehrlich had stepped in on an interim basis. Ehrlich will resume his post as general counsel for ...

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    Adidas has announced a voluntary recall of kids' swimwear products...

    2018-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has announced a voluntary recall of kids' swimwear products of the Infinitex 3-Stripe range. The recalled swimwear products were sold as part of the 2017 and 2018 collections in both youth and adult sizes through adidas.com, Adidas retail stores and at authorized Adidas dealers globally. The Adidas 3-stripes trademark ...

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    Reports indicate that Adidas is going to again become the...

    2018-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Reports indicate that Adidas is going to again become the sponsor of the Arsenal football club in the U.K. for the next five years, taking the place of Puma at the end of the current five-year contract. Adidas had been Arsenal's sponsors until 1993. As for Puma, the brand is ...

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    Adidas has extended its eight-year-old sponsorship contract with the French...

    2018-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has extended its eight-year-old sponsorship contract with the French Olympique Lyonnais football club until 2025