More retail news – Page 118
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Munich, the Spanish brand of sports and lifestyle footwear, has...
Munich, the Spanish brand of sports and lifestyle footwear, has opened its 9th store in Barcelona, raising the number of directly operated stores in Spain to 15. Located in the Splau di Cornelià shopping center in the district of Llobregat, the 45-square-meter experiential store makes use of methacrylate to spread ...
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Two weeks before the formal release of the Adidas Group's...
Two weeks before the formal release of the Adidas Group's results for 2017, the company's chief executive reportedly indicated that its turnover increased in a range of 15 to 20 percent for the year to reach more than €20 billion. As reported by Reuters, Kasper Rorsted said at a conference ...
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Adidas has launched a new global campaign under the tagline...
Adidas has launched a new global campaign under the tagline “See Creativity,” as part of a broader marketing program that started in December under the title “Here to Create.” A video shows female athletes who show their creativity by being daring and confident in their different sports activities.
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Adidas will be the founding partner of the new Pacific...
Adidas will be the founding partner of the new Pacific Pro football league in the U.S., which is positioned as an alternative for paid professional college players to high school players with their eyes on the NFL
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Adidas says it has launched a new “employer branding campaign”...
Adidas says it has launched a new “employer branding campaign” as part of recruitment efforts aimed at strengthening its in-house digital expertise and talent. It is looking in particular for software engineers. The campaign follows the creation of more than 200 new positions at the end of 2017 in the ...
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The Swiss Sport 2000 retail organization has signed exclusive distribution...
The Swiss Sport 2000 retail organization has signed exclusive distribution agreements for two lines of products. One is a special line of skiwear under the Marc Girardelli line that Sport 2000 members can only sell to companies and sports clubs under an agreement with the brand's licensee, Liegeling. The other ...
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This spring, Sweaty Betty will open a store on King's...
This spring, Sweaty Betty will open a store on King's Boulevard in London. It will join Nike, Carhartt and other stores in a new shopping district in London, called the Coal Drops Yard, near King's Cross and the St. Pancras railway station.
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Maloja, the German sportswear brand, has opened new franchised stores...
Maloja, the German sportswear brand, has opened new franchised stores with retail partners in several German cities. The first franchised store was opened in Obersdorf in Germany in 2016 and the second store in Wiesbaden in October last year. Another franchised store will be opened with a local retail partner ...
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Buff has opened a store in Barcelona's central Plaza de...
Buff has opened a store in Barcelona's central Plaza de Catalunya in cooperation with Havaianas. The Brazilian brand of rubber sandals will use it only during the summer months.
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Adidas has announced the release of a women's ready-to-wear collection...
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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The last Dassler leaves the Adidas Group
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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Sport 2000 International has terminated its licensing contract for the...
Sport 2000 International has terminated its licensing contract for the Sport 2000 banner with its single biggest retail member, Sports Direct International, which still holds a small minority share in the organization, but this will probably not last much longer. Sport 2000 Germany has taken over its license for the ...
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JD Sports Fashion said that it formally completed its acquisition...
JD Sports Fashion said that it formally completed its acquisition of Sport Zone at the end of January, to form the second-largest sports retailer in Iberia, with annualized sales of about €450 million. As reported last month, the European Commission already cleared the combination of the existing interests of JD ...
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A prospective agreement for Sports Direct International to indirectly purchase...
A prospective agreement for Sports Direct International to indirectly purchase parts of Brixton Market has fallen through, according to Fashionnetwork.com. An investment vehicle related to the British sports retailer reportedly made an offer of £30 million (€33.9m-$41.5m) for Brixton Village and Market Row, which bring together 140 mostly independent retailers ...
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Adidas is teaming up with Zound Industries International to sell...
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...
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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Fanatics has signed a ten-year agreement with the Welsh Rugby...
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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Adidas and The Woolmark Company, a subsidiary of Australian Wool...
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
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
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 ...
