More retail news – Page 127

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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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    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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    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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    Karstadt buys more online marketplaces

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Karstadt Warenhaus and its Austrian parent company, Signa Retail, have taken a stake of 70 percent in Hood.de, a popular German marketplace, in order to turn the department store group into an omni-channel marketplace. The shares were formally bought by Karstadt Marktplatz, a joint venture between Karstadt Warenhaus and Signa ...

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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 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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    The Australian Financial Review reports that Decathlon, the French sports...

    2017-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The Australian Financial Review reports that Decathlon, the French sports retailer, plans to open 100 stores in Australia. Decathlon moved into the Australian market about one year ago with an online store, as part of a much wider expansion plan that has seen it target markets in South East Asia ...

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    Under Armour (UA) has opened a 400-square-meter flagship store near...

    2017-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Under Armour (UA) has opened a 400-square-meter flagship store near Bergamo, Italy, at the Oriocenter shopping center. It is the first flagship store for the U.S. activewear brand in Italy. The opening follows the signing of a seven-year distribution agreement for Italy with Oberalp in May 2016. The deal is ...

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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, ...

  • Article

    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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    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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    Sport 2000 has introduced a new concept for the S2...

    2017-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Sport 2000 has introduced a new concept for the S2 stores in France. S2 Sneakers Specialist, formerly S2 Street and Sport, is described as focusing particularly on digital tools and customization. The colors of the banner, black and yellow, have remained unchanged. The new store concept was presented in Nancy ...

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    Sports Direct is opening a six-level megastore in Dublin. The...

    2017-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Sports Direct is opening a six-level megastore in Dublin. The new 37,000-square-foot store is located in North Earl Street, on the premises that were once occupied by the Boyers department store. The store will offer 250 brands and feature around 50,000 products, for both children and adults, covering 30 sport ...

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    Ochsner Sport, the Swiss sporting goods retailer, has relaunched its...

    2017-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Ochsner Sport, the Swiss sporting goods retailer, has relaunched its online store in cooperation with KPS, a business consultancy based in Munich. Ochsner Sport's new online store combines e-commerce with marketing and is based on technologies from SAP and Adobe. The Swiss retailer, which is part of the Deichmann group, ...

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    Canada Goose has announced the opening of two new flagship...

    2017-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Canada Goose has announced the opening of two new flagship stores and a larger e-commerce reach. The maker of luxury artic apparel will open its first European flagship store in London this autumn. It will be the brand's largest retail space to date. The company will also open a two-level ...

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    Fusalp, the French skiwear brand taken over by members of...

    2017-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Fusalp, the French skiwear brand taken over by members of the Lacoste family three years ago, is branching out into beachwear. In this context, the brand has just opened its first store near the sea at Saint-Jean-de-Luz, on the Basque Coast of France.

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    Peak Performance is opening its second directly operated German store...

    2017-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Peak Performance is opening its second directly operated German store in Stuttgart at the end of this month