All Marketplaces & E-tailers articles – Page 35

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    Zalando warns investors that its sales will be up by...

    2015-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Zalando warns investors that its sales will be up by between 33 and 35 percent in 2015, up from a previously forecast range of 28-31 percent, but they will generate an operating margin of 3 to 4 percent, less than the anticipated margin of 4-5 percent. The updated forecast for ...

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    Alibaba is reportedly planning to open offices in Germany, France...

    2015-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Alibaba is reportedly planning to open offices in Germany, France and Italy to persuade more European vendors to use Tmall and other internet platforms within the group for the sale of their products in China

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    Nike and Adidas lead a manufacturing revolution

    2015-10-19T00:00:00Z

    The two giants of the sporting goods industry indicated last week that they plan to introduce shortly new technologies that will enable consumers to get customized shoes, using sophisticated software, 3D printing and other new technologies that will revolutionize the traditional manufacturing process.At its meeting with investors last week, Nike ...

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    Adidas doesn't join call for Blatter's resignation

    2015-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has declined to support four other leading Fifa sponsors who called for Sepp Blatter's immediate resignation earlier this month, after Swiss prosecutors opened criminal proceedings against the football organization's president on allegations of criminal mismanagement and, alternatively, misappropriation. Blatter subsequently received a provisional suspension of 90 days from the ...

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    Adidas is expected to put an end to its involvement...

    2015-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Adidas is expected to put an end to its involvement in table-tennis equipment by the end of this year. Greenmaster, which has been its licensee for this product category, has reportedly agreed to stop it by then. Frank Koch, the former executive of Kettler who started the project at Greenmaster, ...

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    Adidas filed a suit against Skechers USA in Portland's district...

    2015-10-19T00:00:00Z

    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 has announced the signature of a multi-year partnership deal...

    2015-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has announced the signature of a multi-year partnership deal with Sidney Crosby. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The National Hockey League (NHL) star will represent Adidas at major international sporting events and brand initiatives around the world. He will also consult with the brand on apparel ...

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    Under Armour will replace Adidas in 2016/17 as the all-school...

    2015-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Under Armour will replace Adidas in 2016/17 as the all-school supplier to the Badgers collegiate team in Wisconsin. Reportedly, it will pay an annual fee of $4 million for ten years, compared with $800,000 for Adidas. Additionally, it will supply products worth of $3.33 million in the first year, rising ...

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    Adidas leads research project on recyclable football products

    2015-09-30T00:00:00Z

    The Adidas Group is leading a three-year research project, Sport Infinity, to make sporting goods that can be repeatedly recycled, without any chemical adhesives or waste. Using an inexaustible super-material, they could be entirely broken down and remolded into new performance products. The project focuses on plastic-based football products, starting with ...

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    Adidas France is to transfer its French head office to...

    2015-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Adidas France is to transfer its French head office to Strasbourg toward the end of 2017, in the new business area of Wacken. It will thus leave the village of Landersheim near Saverne, where it was established in 1973. Despite repeated renovations, the office complex was apparently no longer suitable. ...

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    Keller Sports wins prizes, adds top winter sports brands

    2015-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Keller Sports, the first online retailer in Europe to have chosen a premium positioning in the market, won a couple of important prizes a few weeks ago in a prestigious contest for the “Shop Usability Award,” organized by a German retail consultancy, Shoplupe. Competing against 533 other e-commerce websites in ...

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    Growing Zalando invests in research and logistics

    2015-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Zalando has opened its second “Tech Hub” outside Germany in Helsinki, starting with ten employees this month and building up gradually to 200. The team will concentrate on the development of innovative customer-oriented products, applications and services, particularly on the mobile shopping front. The new Tech Hub will complement the ...

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    Zalando cancels B&B consumer festival

    2015-09-21T00:00:00Z

    As we previously reported, the big Berlin-based e-tailer bought the bankrupt Bread & Butter trade show in the former Tempelhof airport of the German capital a few months ago, saying that it was planning to turn the event into a big consumer-oriented fashion festival. It has now announced the cancellation ...

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    Alibaba Group Holding has established a new Alibaba Sports Group...

    2015-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Alibaba Group Holding has established a new Alibaba Sports Group together with Sina Corporation and Yunfeng Capital. The idea is to leverage Alibaba's large e-commerce footprint in China with Sina's media resources to create an integrated, internet-based sports platform for the benefit of the sports industry, sports teams, sports fans ...

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    New sports marketing initiatives by Adidas

    2015-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Adidas is said to be prepared to pay about one billion euros to renew its sponsorship of the German Football Federation for ten years, after the contract expires at the end of 2018. Company officials decline to comment, but the figure seems to be high, although the national German football ...

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    Adidas hired Egon Zehnder last February to head-hunt a new...

    2015-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Adidas hired Egon Zehnder last February to head-hunt a new chief executive to take over the place of Herbert Hainer after his present contract expires in March 2017, according to Bloomberg. The 61-year-old Hainer has been running the group since 2001. Bloomberg quoted a couple of institutional shareholders of Adidas ...

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    Adidas filed a suit against Skechers USA in Portland's district...

    2015-09-21T00:00:00Z

    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

    2015-08-28T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2015-08-28T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2015-08-28T00:00:00Z

    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 ...