All Marketplaces & E-tailers articles – Page 26

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    Adidas raises guidance, sells CCM Hockey

    2017-07-31T00:00:00Z

    The Adidas Group has again raised its guidance for the full year, after its sales increased by 20 percent to €5.0 billion for continuing operations in the second quarter, up by 19 percent in constant currencies, and operating profit surged by 18 percent to €505 million.The group issued preliminary figures ...

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    Adidas has developed its first laceless running shoe as part...

    2017-07-31T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has developed its first laceless running shoe as part of its Ultraboost range, using an advanced Primeknit contruction and new yarn engineering for more compression and support. Aramis motion tracking technology has allowed the brand's designers to integrate key support features and other functions based on an analysis of ...

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    Adidas has signed a multi-year sponsorship agreement with USA Volleyball,...

    2017-07-31T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has signed a multi-year sponsorship agreement with USA Volleyball, covering the men's and women's teams and the beach volleyball teams. The junior and Paraympic teams are also included in the deal. Adidas will also sponsor Lauren Carlini, a female player from Wisconsin who earned four All-America honors during her ...

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    Keller Sports, the German multi-channel retailer based in Munich, won...

    2017-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Keller Sports, the German multi-channel retailer based in Munich, won the German Brand Award 2017 at the end of June. Other bands that were given with the award were Uvex, Lowa and Led Lenser. Among the sporting goods retailers that participated, Keller Sports was the only company that won an ...

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    Kasper Rorsted, chief executive of the Adidas Group, told Focus...

    2017-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Kasper Rorsted, chief executive of the Adidas Group, told Focus magazine that the Reebok brand has to return to profitability within four years. Shortly after Rorsted took over the helm in October last year, the company launched a reorganization at Reebok, Muscle Up, which entailed about 150 job cuts, the ...

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    Nike to work more closely with Amazon and Zalando

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Zalando has unveiled plans to double in size by 2020, raising its annual sales from €3.6 billion to €7.6 billion, as part of an ambitious new strategy that will include providing new services to brands like Adidas and Nike. Founded in Berlin in 2008, the German company has quickly expanded ...

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    Bernard Tapie, the former majority shareholder of Adidas, has lost...

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Bernard Tapie, the former majority shareholder of Adidas, has lost a final appeal in French courts against a ruling that he should reimburse €404 million paid out to him after arbitration proceedings around the sale of the sports company in 1993. Tapie has long alleged that he was fleeced by ...

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    Kasper Rørsted, the new chief executive of the Adidas Group,...

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Kasper Rørsted, the new chief executive of the Adidas Group, is the most popular manager in the German fashion industry, according to Glassdoor. The company, which operates an employment and recruitment platform, recently released its list of the ten most popular managers in the country. Glassdoor's list includes managers from ...

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    Adidas is boosting its infrastructure in Paris and regrouping its...

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Adidas is boosting its infrastructure in Paris and regrouping its local teams under Guillaume de Monplanet, general manager of Adidas France, by opening of a new office near the trendy Pigalle area. Adidas and Reebok employees, who were previously working at different offices inside and outside the French capital, will ...

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    Zalando will be the main sponsor of the 20th edition...

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Zalando will be the main sponsor of the 20th edition of the 080 Barcelona Fashion fair on June 26-30, along with Moritz, the Spanish beer

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    Zalando released details of a planned new €30 million logistics...

    2017-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Zalando released details of a planned new €30 million logistics center in Sweden. Located in Brunna near Stockholm, the distribution center will be operational by the end of the year, with up to 300 employees. The goal is to significantly reduce the time required fopr deliveries of parcels in all ...

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    Adidas has recruited Kendall Jenner, the 21-year-old supermodel and reality...

    2017-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has recruited Kendall Jenner, the 21-year-old supermodel and reality TV star, as brand ambassador for Adidas Originals. She personally made the announcement to her 81 million followers on Instagram. Jenner's brother-in-law, Kanye West, already has a highly popular collaboration with Adidas since 2013 for its Yeezy Boost. Her sister, ...

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    Zalando tests GPS-assisted deliveries

    2017-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Zalando continues to be at the forefront of innovation in e-commerce with a test in Belgium of a new geolocation-assisted delivery service. By using a smartphone-enabled GPS tracking process, it will allow the shipment of its parcels directly to customers wherever they are, rather than only to their homes or ...

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    VF Corp.'s sale of Majestic to Fanatics has been completed...

    2017-05-18T00:00:00Z

    VF Corp.'s sale of Majestic to Fanatics has been completed

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    Adidas reshuffles the top deck

    2017-05-18T00:00:00Z

    The executive board of the Adidas Group has been reshuffled with two new members announced last week, adding up to three appointments and two departures after Kasper Rorsted's arrival as chief executive in October. The changes have entailed the appointment of a new managing director for the Adidas Group in ...

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    Adidas sells TaylorMade to a private equity firm

    2017-05-18T00:00:00Z

    The Adidas Group has finalized an agreement to sell TaylorMade Golf for $425 million to KPS Capital Partners, a U.S. private equity firm. Adidas bought the company in 1997 as part of its acquisition of Salomon, the French ski equipment maker, at a price equivalent to about €1.2 billion for ...

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    Adidas strides ahead

    2017-05-18T00:00:00Z

    The Adidas Group continued to zoom ahead in the first quarter of this year, with an ample sales rise and a sharp improvement in operating profit margin, despite pressure in the Russian market and a decline in football apparel sales.The Adidas group's turnover was up by 18.9 percent to €5,671 ...

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    Adidas will have a store later this year on via...

    2017-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Adidas will have a store later this year on via Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, near the cathedral

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    New Balance is replacing Adidas as the new sponsor of...

    2017-05-18T00:00:00Z

    New Balance is replacing Adidas as the new sponsor of the famous London Marathon, currently called the Virgin Money London Marathon, and ancillary events through a long-term agreement starting with the April 2018 edition of the race. The brand is already sponsoring the marathons in Rome, Sevilla and Rotterdam. Last ...

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    Adidas has launched a new global rugby campaign on social...

    2017-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has launched a new global rugby campaign on social networks entitled “Next Is Everything.” The campaign has been developed by Augusto, a digital agency based in Auckland, New Zealand. The official video, which marked the launch of the campaign on May 9, will be followed by an ongoing series ...