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Odlo has opened a 90-square-meter store on the Grand Rue...
Odlo has opened a 90-square-meter store on the Grand Rue of Strasbourg, France. It is the 20th franchised store of the Swiss-based sports apparel brand.
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The North Face was planning to inaugurate its first store...
The North Face was planning to inaugurate its first store in Portugal on Oct. 17 in the presence of João (José Silva Abranches) Garcia, the first Portuguese mountaineer to have reached the summit of Mount Everest without supplementary oxygen in 1999. A year later, after reaching the top of Annapurna, ...
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Moncler has opened its first store in Boston
Moncler has opened its first store in Boston
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Lacoste, which already has a store in Bangalore's airport, plans...
Lacoste, which already has a store in Bangalore's airport, plans to open eight new retail stores in India, four of which will be located in the airports of Mumbai, Hyderabad, Delhi and Kochi
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Zalando warns investors that its sales will be up by...
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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Adidas filed a suit against Skechers USA in Portland's district...
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...
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...
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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Keller Sports wins prizes, adds top winter sports brands
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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Adidas leads research project on recyclable football products
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...
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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Sport Partner reports that all Telstar Megastores are to remain...
Sport Partner reports that all Telstar Megastores are to remain open, on the back of an agreement between unnamed investors and the Dutch sports retailer's receiver. The stores will continue trading under the Telstar name but the group will work closely together with Daka Sport, another Dutch sports retailer, which has actively ...
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Textilwirtschaft reports that Stadium, the Swedish sporting goods retailer with...
Textilwirtschaft reports that Stadium, the Swedish sporting goods retailer with stores in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and more recently in Germany, has started trading through a German-language online store, www.stadium.de. Stadium opened its first German store on about 1,650 square meters in Hamburg last year and added a second store in ...
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Go Sport has launched Go Sport Occasion, a new online...
Go Sport has launched Go Sport Occasion, a new online platform for second-hand sporting goods of all sorts, including equipment. The platform is open to both private customers and professionals and can be accessed via the retailer's e-commerce site at www.go-sport.fr under “Services.” Ads are grouped by region and city ...
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Go Sport has collected nearly €40,000 to support the tennis...
Go Sport has collected nearly €40,000 to support the tennis section of the French Handisport Federation (FFH), which promotes tennis for disabled people in France. The sporting goods retailer had recently proposed its clients donate €1 in cash for this cause. In 2014, when the initiative was first launched, Go ...
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Arc'teryx has opened its fifth U.S. store in Denver and...
Arc'teryx has opened its fifth U.S. store in Denver and plans to add two others in New York City and Boston by the end of this year. The fast-growing brand, which is said to have a potential for total sales of €500 million, already opened new stores in London and ...
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Nike has opened a new U.S. West Coast flagship store...
Nike has opened a new U.S. West Coast flagship store in Los Angeles, Nike The Grove, named after an iconic outdoor shopping mall and covering 31,000 square feet on three floors
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Sport-guide.com reports that Anima Athletica, a French retailer specializing in...
Sport-guide.com reports that Anima Athletica, a French retailer specializing in fitness apparel and footwear for women, is preparing to open its fourth store in October, on about 60 square meters in Polygone Riviera, a new shopping center in Cagnes-sur-Mer, near Nice
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New sports marketing initiatives by Adidas
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 ...
