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    Adidas expands its Kanye West deal

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    The partnership between Adidas and Kanye West, which has been instrumental in sustaining the brand's heat in the U.S. market last year, is to be reinforced with the launch of Adidas + Kanye West – a partnership run by a separate business entity, involving dedicated stores and a Yeezy-branded product ...

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    Wide-ranging contract between Adidas and Wanda in China

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    The Adidas Group has struck a wide-ranging deal with the Wanda group, the largest real estate conglomerate in China, to support the development of football and basketball as well as the Adidas brand's retail business in the country.The Wanda group has been increasingly investing in the sports market in the ...

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    Adidas has completed a first step in the sale of...

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has completed a first step in the sale of Mitchell & Ness to an American group led by an industry veteran, Kevin Wulff

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    Jean-Michel Granier, who has been heading up the Adidas Group...

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Jean-Michel Granier, who has been heading up the Adidas Group in South Korea for the last two years, has been appointed as the group's managing director for Latin America from the start of July. Granier previously ran the Adidas Group's subsidiary in Italy and then became managing director for south ...

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    JD Sports Fahion confirms a report in CMD Sport that...

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    JD Sports Fahion confirms a report in CMD Sport that it has acquired control of SportIbérica, the Portuguese company that has the license for The Athlete's Foot in the country. JD's Spanish subsidiary will run its 12 TAF stores under their current banner before transitioning them to the JD format. ...

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    SportScheck is closing down its 5,500-square-meter store in Essen, considering...

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    SportScheck is closing down its 5,500-square-meter store in Essen, considering that it was too big to operate. The German sporting goods retailer, which is pushing omni-channel retailing, will thus reduce the number of its stores to 19. It opened two new stores of half the size in Mönchengladbach and Aachen ...

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    Arc'teryx is stepping up its long-term relationships with Chamonix with...

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Arc'teryx is stepping up its long-term relationships with Chamonix with the opening of its first French Arc´teryx partner store later this year. Five years ago, the Canadian technical outdoor brand chose Chamonix for its Alpine Academy. The fifth edition of the academy, which was held on June 16-19, attracted 360 ...

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    New Balance has announced the opening of its first U.S....

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    New Balance has announced the opening of its first U.S. global flagship store at Boston Landing. The 6,566-square-foot store is located in the Brighton neighborhood, at 140 Guest Street, and has been designed to offer an immersive and interactive brand experience. Customers can buy women's training and studio products, baseball, ...

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    Animal is organizing a yoga session to celebrate the opening...

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Animal is organizing a yoga session to celebrate the opening of its store in the Bluewater shopping center in England this coming Saturday

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    Alibaba has unveiled a new online system to help detect...

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Alibaba has unveiled a new online system to help detect and remove fakes. The announcement was made by the company at the inaugural Rights Holders Collaboration Summit it was hosting in its hometown Hangzhou, China on July 1. The new “IP Joint-Force System” is an online platform designed to make ...

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    Adidas has launched its first line of shoes with Gore-Tex...

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has launched its first line of shoes with Gore-Tex Surround technology. Ecco and Lowa have expanded their own ranges of casual Gore-Tex Surround shoes. The new breathable technology is now embedded in more than 350 models of shoes by 52 brands around the world.

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    Nike and Adidas will both sponsor the 2016 International Gay...

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Nike and Adidas will both sponsor the 2016 International Gay and Lesbian Football Association World Championship, which will take place in Portland, Oregon on Aug. 6-13. Adidas' U.S. headquarters is located in Portland while Nike's corporate headquarters is located nearby, in Beaverton. The championships, which is expected to attract around ...

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    Adidas agrees to €200 million extension of its DFB deal

    2016-06-23T00:00:00Z

    While Adidas is battling it out with Nike and other brands on the sidelines of the European football championships, it has bagged an agreement to extend its partnership with the German football federation (DFB) for four years until 2022, at a cost of about €50 million per year.The agreed annual ...

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    Adidas reclaims European football market lead

    2016-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Adidas claims that it has taken the lead in the European market for football shoes and that it should reach a new record turnover of €2.5 billion in the football category this year, up from €2.2 billion in 2015. This would be more than twice the sales that the company ...

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    Rolf Reinschmidt, who has driven the Adidas brand's business in...

    2016-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Rolf Reinschmidt, who has driven the Adidas brand's business in the outdoor market since 2007, has relinquished this leadership role to become an internal consultant in the Adidas brand team from the start of June. Reinschmidt will not be replaced as outdoor general manager because the division was integrated into ...

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    JD Sports Fashion is planning to open its second Swedish...

    2016-06-23T00:00:00Z

    JD Sports Fashion is planning to open its second Swedish store in the autumn. Covering 771 square meters, it will be located in Stockholm's Kista Galleria. The British retailing group says it is positioned to deliver an excellent result for the first half of its financial year, running through to ...

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    Go Sport has launched an updated version of its e-commerce...

    2016-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Go Sport has launched an updated version of its e-commerce website go-sport.com. The site has been fully redesigned and navigation has been improved for tablets and other mobile devices. In France e-commerce sales from mobile devices increased by 39 percent in 2015. The new version of the go-sport.com site features ...

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    Soloporteros, the Spanish sporting goods retail chain with 12 stores,...

    2016-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Soloporteros, the Spanish sporting goods retail chain with 12 stores, changes its name to Fútbol Emotion. Soloporteros (in English: only for goalkeepers) previously concentrated on offering products for a distinctive group of customers. Today, the Spanish chain offers products for all kinds of football players and other people active in ...

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    Intersport U.K. is preparing to launch a new online store...

    2016-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Intersport U.K. is preparing to launch a new online store to support the physical stores affiliated with the buying group across the country. The new Intersport.co.uk website is chiefly meant to raise brand awareness and to showcase sports performance products. The search function will allow visitors to check out the ...

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    The National Basketball Association (NBA) has announced a new partnership...

    2016-06-23T00:00:00Z

    The National Basketball Association (NBA) has announced a new partnership with the Al Mana Fashion Group for the opening of the first two NBA Stores in the Middle East. The shops are set to open in Doha, Qatar, during the 2016-17 NBA season. Additional NBA Stores will open in Saudi ...