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Adidas has a signed a sponsorship deal with the Real...
Adidas has a signed a sponsorship deal with the Real Kashmir football club, which plays in India's first division
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British retailers in auction for Evans Cycles
JD Sports Fashion and Sports Direct International (SDI) are both reported to have tabled indicative offers for Evans Cycles, a British bicycle retailer with about 60 stores. Sky News reported this week that the two British-based sports retailers would compete in the sale with Halfords, another British cycling specialist, and ...
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Started in Detroit just two years ago as a marketplace...
Started in Detroit just two years ago as a marketplace for second-hand sneakers, Stockx has secured $44 million from GV and Battery Ventures, with the stated purpose of expanding its business in international markets. Tech Crunch reports that the company has grown to more than $2 million in daily transactions ...
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While working on a new Absolute Run store format for...
While working on a new Absolute Run store format for specialty retailers, Sport 2000 International is offering the Absolute brand to sports retailers in all the countries in which it has retail members. The Absolute concept has been developed by a strategic working group comprising five national organizations, called Sport ...
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The general assembly of the retail members of Sport 2000...
The general assembly of the retail members of Sport 2000 France held on Sept. 27 reportedly validated the new potential offer issued by the cooperative to take over a share of 52 percent in the buying group . This stake is currently held by Activa Capital, a French-based investment firm. ...
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JD Sprinter intends to absorb Sport Zone España, based on...
JD Sprinter intends to absorb Sport Zone España, based on a filing in the commercial register reported by Moda.es. The entity that manages the Sprinter and JD stores in Spain has started integrating Sport Zone's operations in the country, after the owners of Sport Zone and JD Sprinter formed the ...
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JD Sports Fashion is raising the surface of its store...
JD Sports Fashion is raising the surface of its store in the Bluewater shopping mall near London from 9,544 to 18,966 square feet. Digitalization is the big buzzword in retailing right now, but as Fashionmagazine.com has noted, Peter Cowgill, executive chairman of the U.K.-based retail group, made an interesting statement ...
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XXL has introduced the Klarna in-store payment system, a service...
XXL has introduced the Klarna in-store payment system, a service that gives customers the opportunity to split their payment into instalments, postpone it or pay all at once, all by telephone. The new payment system will be rolled out in all of XXL's 77 stores in the Nordic countries during ...
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The North American basketball league (NBA) and EPI have announced...
The North American basketball league (NBA) and EPI have announced plans to open the first European NBA store. The store will be located in Milan at Galleria Passarella, a few steps from Piazza San Babila, in the city center. The opening is scheduled to take place during the 2018/19 season, ...
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Lululemon will be opening a new store at the Royal...
Lululemon will be opening a new store at the Royal Exchange shopping mall in Manchester this autumn. The Canadian brand and retailer, specializing in technical clothes for yoga and running, already has a small showroom on the nearby Saint Anns Place, where it hosts sports events for runners. Also in ...
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Uniqlo will be opening its first Italian store in Milan...
Uniqlo will be opening its first Italian store in Milan in April 2019. The store will be located in Piazza Cordusio, just a few steps from Milan's Duomo, and will reportedly have a sales area of around 2,500 square meters on three floors. The Japanese brand, better known for its ...
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Moncler has announced the Chinese debut of its Moncler Genius...
Moncler has announced the Chinese debut of its Moncler Genius collections on Tmall Luxury Pavilion, Alibaba Group's dedicated luxury shopping platform, starting Sept. 27 and until Oct. 14. The launch of the pop-up e-store marks the first collaboration between the Italian apparel manufacturer and the Chinese e-commerce giant. The Moncler ...
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Burton Snowboards has opened its first store in Munich, calling...
Burton Snowboards has opened its first store in Munich, calling it a “hub” because it also serves as an office and showroom, hosting the German country manager, Benjamin Schwarz, and his team. It is located near many other sports stores at Frauenstrasse, 10.
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Decathlon is under pressure from activists to eliminate the sale...
Decathlon is under pressure from activists to eliminate the sale of hunting products in its French stores. More than 38,000 people signed a petition to this effect after the French government backed the requests of the French Hunters' Federation (FNC), which boasts 1.2 million members. Its support was said to ...
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Dynafit has opened a store in Seoul through its local...
Dynafit has opened a store in Seoul through its local distributor, K2 (unrelated to the American brand by the same name)
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Zalando has once again reduced its guidance for the current...
Zalando has once again reduced its guidance for the current financial year, indicating that a very hot and long summer affected its sales, resulting in heavy discounting, and delayed the switch to autumn/winter season. The big e-tailer is now expecting its revenues to grow at the low end of its ...
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Media reports have been suggesting that Adidas is about to...
Media reports have been suggesting that Adidas is about to ink a 10-year clothing deal worth £6.5 million (€7.3m-$8.6m) per year with Naomi Osaka, the tennis player who recently won the US Open in New York. The news was initially reported by The Times of London on Sept. 10, and ...
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Adidas has extended its sponsorship agreement with the Scottish Football...
Adidas has extended its sponsorship agreement with the Scottish Football Association through 2022
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Sports retailers are being given preferential rates for attending the...
Sports retailers are being given preferential rates for attending the Ispo Munich show next Feb. 3-6, supplementing various services that are already available to this important target group. Exhibitors are already being given free tickets for their key retail customers. The others will have to pay only €19 for a ...
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Adidas tops the Textiles, Apparel and Luxury Goods sector in...
Adidas tops the Textiles, Apparel and Luxury Goods sector in the latest Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), an annual evaluation of companies' sustainability practices. The German sportswear brand has been included in the DJSI for the 19th consecutive year. The annual DJSI review assesses the sustainability performance of the largest ...
