More retail news – Page 147

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    Zalando cancels B&B consumer festival

    2015-09-21T00:00:00Z

    As we previously reported, the big Berlin-based e-tailer bought the bankrupt Bread & Butter trade show in the former Tempelhof airport of the German capital a few months ago, saying that it was planning to turn the event into a big consumer-oriented fashion festival. It has now announced the cancellation ...

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    Growing Zalando invests in research and logistics

    2015-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Zalando has opened its second “Tech Hub” outside Germany in Helsinki, starting with ten employees this month and building up gradually to 200. The team will concentrate on the development of innovative customer-oriented products, applications and services, particularly on the mobile shopping front. The new Tech Hub will complement the ...

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    Alibaba Group Holding has established a new Alibaba Sports Group...

    2015-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Alibaba Group Holding has established a new Alibaba Sports Group together with Sina Corporation and Yunfeng Capital. The idea is to leverage Alibaba's large e-commerce footprint in China with Sina's media resources to create an integrated, internet-based sports platform for the benefit of the sports industry, sports teams, sports fans ...

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    Adidas hired Egon Zehnder last February to head-hunt a new...

    2015-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Adidas hired Egon Zehnder last February to head-hunt a new chief executive to take over the place of Herbert Hainer after his present contract expires in March 2017, according to Bloomberg. The 61-year-old Hainer has been running the group since 2001. Bloomberg quoted a couple of institutional shareholders of Adidas ...

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    Runners Point, the German retail chain owned by Foot Locker,...

    2015-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Runners Point, the German retail chain owned by Foot Locker, has moved into the Austrian market with its new, more specialist format, which focuses on running, to the detriment of brands such as Timberland or Vans. Runners Point has opened its first two stores in Austria, located in the SCS ...

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    Foot Locker has opened a big flagship store in Madrid....

    2015-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Foot Locker has opened a big flagship store in Madrid. Located at 6 Calle de Preciados, it stretches over 1,500 square meters on three floors. It offers more apparel than Foot Locker's 49 other stores in Spain. It houses a House of Hoops and two dedicated areas for Nike Sportswear. ...

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    On Aug. 31, Hervis Sport opened its third store under...

    2015-09-21T00:00:00Z

    On Aug. 31, Hervis Sport opened its third store under the flag of Hervis Express in Vienna's Westbahnhof (West Station). For the Austrian multi-channel retailer, this format is relatively new. It was premiered in Innsbruck last year followed by similar shop in Prague. The idea is to present the full ...

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    Surfstitch, the Australian e-commerce group specializing in contemporary surf and...

    2015-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Surfstitch, the Australian e-commerce group specializing in contemporary surf and fashion brands, will unify its six platforms - Surfstitch.com, Surfdome.com, Swell.com, Stabmag.com, magicseaweed.com and theLens – under the global site Swell in 2016. Surfstitch posted revenues of 199.4 million Australian dollars (€124.7m-$141.4m) in the fiscal year ended June 30, representing ...

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    New Balance has opened its second store in Barcelona. Presenting...

    2015-09-21T00:00:00Z

    New Balance has opened its second store in Barcelona. Presenting a new layout, it is located in a high-traffic shopping street of the city, Portal de l'Àngel. It will be the brand's 4th store in Spain. New Balance has also opened its first Portuguese store in Lisbon. Through its French ...

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    Under Armour has set up a sport corner at the...

    2015-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Under Armour has set up a sport corner at the Citadium Caumartin shop in Paris, the first for the American brand inside a fashion store. The 35-square-meter space is located on the third floor of the store. It sells both fitness apparel and footwear.

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    Forum Sport, the Spanish sporting goods retail chain, launched its...

    2015-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Forum Sport, the Spanish sporting goods retail chain, launched its web store last month

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    Migros, the large Swiss retail cooperative, intends to open eight...

    2015-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Migros, the large Swiss retail cooperative, intends to open eight more Outdoor by SportXX stores within its SportXX general sports stores by the end of the year (more in the Outdoor Industry Compass)

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    Millet will soon open a store in Paris, taking the...

    2015-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Millet will soon open a store in Paris, taking the place of a former Lafuma shop

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    Odlo has opened an outlet store in One Nation near...

    2015-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Odlo has opened an outlet store in One Nation near Paris, which is the biggest factory outlet center in France

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    Adidas filed a suit against Skechers USA in Portland's district...

    2015-09-21T00:00:00Z

    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 makes new waves in American team sports

    2015-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Anxious to improve its low market share in the U.S., Adidas has signed two important basketball sponsorship deals, focusing on individual players, after walking off from a previous marketing contract with the NBA, which is going to be in the hands of Nike from the 2015/16 playing season.The German brand ...

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    Adidas has completed the purchase of a new warehouse outside...

    2015-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has completed the purchase of a new warehouse outside Moscow at a price estimated by local sources at between $70 million and $100 million. Located in a warehousing complex where it has been renting more than 65,000 square meters of space since 2012, the new warehouse is nearly double ...

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    Adidas is testing different workplace concepts at its headquarters in...

    2015-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Adidas is testing different workplace concepts at its headquarters in Herzogenaurach in a new office building named “Pitch,” where 300 of its brand management employees were moved at the beginning of the month. The new office space does not embody any finished concept but is the flexible beta version of ...

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    Decathlon, Timberland, Zara and about 20 other major international brands...

    2015-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Decathlon, Timberland, Zara and about 20 other major international brands have signed exclusive partnership agreements with the Alibaba Group, establishing its Tmall.com website as the only third-party internet platform through which they will sell their products to consumers in China. In announcing these deals, Alibaba also said that it is ...

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    Descente will open its first European store in London in...

    2015-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Descente will open its first European store in London in November. Located at 14-16, Foubert's Place, in the Carnaby Street area of the city, it will fill 700 square meters on three floors. The Japanese brand wants to add three to five more stores at various European locations.