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    Adidas has announced the release of a women's ready-to-wear collection...

    2018-02-28T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has announced the release of a women's ready-to-wear collection in collaboration with Daniëlle Cathari, the 23-year-old fashion designer based in Amsterdam. The Adidas Originals by Daniëlle Cathari capsule collection for spring/summer 2018 debuted with a presentation at New York Fashion Week on Feb. 8. A year ago, Cathari designed ...

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    Fanatics has signed a ten-year agreement with the Welsh Rugby...

    2018-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Fanatics has signed a ten-year agreement with the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) which gives Fanatics exclusive rights to operate the re-designed flagship store on Westgate Street in Cardiff, the existing concourse units within Principality Stadium in Cardiff, and the official online store at http://store.wru.co.uk. Fanatics will introduce two new rapid ...

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    The last Dassler leaves the Adidas Group

    2018-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Frank Dassler, general counsel and chief compliance officer at the Adidas Group, left the company at the end of January, although he will continue to advise the group and to represent it in international organizations.Dassler's appointment at the Adidas Group in 2004 raised some eyebrows since he is the grandson ...

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    Adidas is teaming up with Zound Industries International to sell...

    2018-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Adidas is teaming up with Zound Industries International to sell headphones. The two companies have entered into a licensing agreement for audio products that will extend until 2024. They did not disclose the financial terms of the deal. Under the terms of the agreement, Zound will design, develop, manufacture and ...

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    Adidas and Eden Park, the French rugby-inspired ready-to-wear brand, are...

    2018-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Adidas and Eden Park, the French rugby-inspired ready-to-wear brand, are launching an exclusive capsule collection. The new line will comprise 17 items, for men and women, including clothes and a shoe named Predator Rugby, especially designed for the collection, featuring the Eden Park logo. Dan Carter, the rugby union player ...

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    Adidas and The Woolmark Company, a subsidiary of Australian Wool...

    2018-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Adidas and The Woolmark Company, a subsidiary of Australian Wool Innovation, are launching The Woolmark Performance Challenge, a new annual design competition for tertiary students in Europe and North America. Through this new Challenge, students are offered the opportunity to develop innovative product applications within the sports and performance industry ...

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    Zalando focuses on investments and market share gains

    2018-01-27T00:00:00Z

    Zalando said it would continue to focus on market share gains this year, after the German online retailer raised its turnover above the €4 billion mark in 2017 but investments put pressure on its margins.Zalando made it clear last year that it was raising investment in infrastructure and technology, at ...

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    Ispo plans to cooperate with Alibaba

    2018-01-27T00:00:00Z

    The Alibaba Group and Ispo announced that they are exploring a joint strategic collaboration. As part of this initiative, the 4,000-plus clients of Ispo from all over the world would be given an opportunity to expand their e-commerce operations in China through Alibaba's big B2C marketplace, Tmall. They would benefit ...

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    Sylvain Bouchès has been appointed as director for the Adidas...

    2018-01-27T00:00:00Z

    Sylvain Bouchès has been appointed as director for the Adidas brand in France. He takes over from Nicolas Favre, who became general manager for Adidas France last November. Bouchès took up the position at the beginning of this year and he joined a seven-strong management committee. The Frenchman became part ...

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    Macron will replace Adidas as the kit sponsor of Real...

    2018-01-27T00:00:00Z

    Macron will replace Adidas as the kit sponsor of Real Sociedad, the Spanish football club based in San Sebastián, in the Basque region. The club competes in La Liga, Spain's top football league. Based in Bologna, Italy, Macron is currently the technical sponsor of several European teams, including Crystal Palace ...

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    Umbro will replace Adidas as the technical supplier of an...

    2018-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Umbro will replace Adidas as the technical supplier of an Argentinian football team, Newell's Old Boys, for three years

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    Adidas is joining many other investors in a new $200...

    2018-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Adidas is joining many other investors in a new $200 million round of financing for Carbon that placed a $1.7 billion valuation on the company, higher than the $1.1 billion valuation of two other public supplier of 3D equipment and software, 3D Systems and Stratasys. Carbon's Digital Light Synthesis technology, ...

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    Zalando expands its partnership program

    2017-12-29T00:00:00Z

    Zalando has reportedly doubled the sales generated by its brand partnership programs in the last year, enabling brands to take advantage of Europe's leading online fashion retailing platform to sell extra products.The German company sells about 2,000 brands in 15 European countries, buying products and delivering them from its warehouses. ...

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    Adidas reorganizes its digital sports operations

    2017-12-29T00:00:00Z

    Adidas appears to be tossing in the towel on wrist-based fitness devices, following similar moves by Nike and Under Armour. The company's North American office announced a few days ago that it is discontinuing its dedicated Digital Sports business unit, which has been marketing its branded GPS running watches, fitness ...

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    The Adidas brand took advantage of virtual reality technology to...

    2017-12-29T00:00:00Z

    The Adidas brand took advantage of virtual reality technology to enable customers to try on boots in a virtual Champions League game between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid. For three days earlier this month, at the renovated Adidas flagship store in Paris, customers wearing VR goggles and sensors on their ...

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    Adidas has reportedly reached an out-of-court settlement with M Design...

    2017-12-29T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has reportedly reached an out-of-court settlement with M Design & Manufacturing, one of Forever 21's suppliers, in a trademark case claiming that Forever 21, a Los-Angeles based fast-fashion retailer, had violated trademark law by using Adidas' three-stripe mark. The terms of the settlement were not immediately disclosed. The lawsuit, ...

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    Adidas has signed a ball sponsorship contract with the Austrian...

    2017-12-29T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has signed a ball sponsorship contract with the Austrian Football Association for three years, starting with the 2018/19 season

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    Zalando posts a loss as sales rocket, investments continue

    2017-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Zalando recorded a net loss of €11.1 million for the third quarter, compared with net income of €5 million for the year-ago quarter. The adjusted operating profit (Ebit) before non-operating one-time effects fell to €400,000 from €19.5 million.The company had warned last month that it might post a loss in ...

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    Alibaba breaks new records

    2017-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Alibaba hit a new record with its Singles Day shopping festival on Nov. 11, generating sales of $25.3 billion, 40 percent above the score reached a year ago. The event is a much bigger replica of the Black Friday and Cyber Monday promotions that are becoming common in the Western ...

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    World Cup qualifiers favor Adidas and Nike

    2017-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has taken an early lead in the World Cup, at least in terms of the number of teams to be outfitted by the German brand, after the last qualifications for the finals were played last week.With eleven teams to wear the Three stripes, Adidas is slightly ahead of Nike ...