News briefs - Retail – Page 72

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    NK Sport, the high-end sporting goods store in Stockholm, will...

    2019-06-04T00:00:00Z

    NK Sport, the high-end sporting goods store in Stockholm, will reopen in September after a renovation of its 1,800-square-meter space. It hopes to offer current and new NK customers an inspiring, modern sporting goods environment that is closely linked to the fashion scene. What used to be a focus on ...

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    Brede Birkeland has left his role as chief executive of...

    2019-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Brede Birkeland has left his role as chief executive of Platou Sport, a small Norwegian sports retailer. His brother and co-owner, Bjarte Birkeland, will take over. The reason for the shift is that the brothers have decided to split their tasks in a different way, partly because of an increased ...

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    Puma has opened a new Ultra Football concept store in...

    2019-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Puma has opened a new Ultra Football concept store in Sydney that features digital product displays giving information about an item when a customer touches them. The technology will be rolled out to other Puma flagship stores in the future.

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    Anima Athletica, the French activewear brand founded by Alexia Romanet...

    2019-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Anima Athletica, the French activewear brand founded by Alexia Romanet in 2012, is off to a fresh start. After going into receivership, then into liquidation in October 2017, the company is now being relaunched by Emmanuel Vial. As reported in the French edition of Fashionnetwork.com, the new Anima Athletica will ...

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    After a beta test in France that began a year...

    2019-06-04T00:00:00Z

    After a beta test in France that began a year ago, Google is taking its Shopping Actions experience to the U.S. With this application, customers are able to buy products online from a brand or a retailer through their own Google account, without registering for the service and without leaving ...

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    In a further step toward becoming an online marketplace, Instagram...

    2019-06-04T00:00:00Z

    In a further step toward becoming an online marketplace, Instagram has launched its own internet retail account internationally under @shop. Its own team recommends products such as shoes, handbags and pullovers, tracking trends and posting their pictures on its social media platform, which is owned by Facebook, just like its ...

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    Zalando wants to reinforce its partnership with brick-and-mortar stores because...

    2019-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Zalando wants to reinforce its partnership with brick-and-mortar stores because it is losing about 20-30 million transactions per year, which equals about €1 billion in sales, due to a lack of stock in its own warehouses. Zalando is already working with more than 1,000 shops in Germany, but wants to ...

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    Gore-Tex recently opened a pop-up store at a German shoe...

    2019-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Gore-Tex recently opened a pop-up store at a German shoe retail store called Schuh Reindl. The pop-up store, covering 40 square meters, is located in Rosenheim. It's the company's first pop-up store in Germany. There, consumers can test sneakers, casual shoes, trekking shoes and running shoes made with Gore-Tex fabrics. ...

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    Adidas succeeded in securing copyright registration in the U.S. for...

    2019-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Adidas succeeded in securing copyright registration in the U.S. for the styling of the Yeezy Boost 350 v1 and v2 sneakers as the review board of the U.S. Copyright Office reversed an earlier decision rejecting the unique “artwork and sculpture” of the designs, according to The Fashion Law.

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    Adidas is about to lose its 35-year-old endorsement of the...

    2019-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Adidas is about to lose its 35-year-old endorsement of the Spanish Football Federation, according to Reuters, after several months of unfruitful negotiations. The Spanish organization, which is actually called the Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF), apparently claims that the current agreement does not meet current criteria for minimally acceptable ...

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    Kappa has signed a three-year partnership with Fanatics to become...

    2019-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Kappa has signed a three-year partnership with Fanatics to become the kit supplier to Aston Villa, a second-tier English soccer club. The team was previously sponsored by Under Armour, but the deal was terminated three years early in April 2018. Luke1977, a brand based in Birmingham, then partnered with Fanatics ...

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    Adidas is releasing a Parley for the Oceans edition of...

    2019-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Adidas is releasing a Parley for the Oceans edition of its Alphaedge 4D running shoe. The upper of the Alphaedge 4D Parley for the Oceans shoe is made with recycled ocean plastic debris. The shoe also features the Adidas 4D midsole, developed in partnership with Carbon. This midsole is produced ...

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    Deporvillage, the Spanish sports e-tailer, has launched its own cycling...

    2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

    Deporvillage, the Spanish sports e-tailer, has launched its own cycling brand and will be its exclusive vendor. It is called Finisseur – the term for a cyclist who performs his team's final sprint – and its slogan is “Never look back.” The brand consists of more than 50 technical items: ...

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    The Adidas Group has three new members on its supervisory...

    2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

    The Adidas Group has three new members on its supervisory board. At the company's annual general meeting on May 9, Thomas Rabe, Bodo Uebber and Jing Ulrich were elected to the board. Rabe has been the chief executive of Bertelsmann since 2012, Uebber is financial director of Daimler and Ulrich ...

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    Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof, the new holding company formed last year...

    2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

    Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof, the new holding company formed last year from the merger of the Galeria Kaufhof and Karstadt department stores, aims to cooperate more closely with Amazon and Zalando in the future. Galeria Kaufhof has already been cooperating with Amazon since 2017. A new service will be launched in ...

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    Europêche and Concept Pro Pêche, while maintaining their independence, have...

    2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

    Europêche and Concept Pro Pêche, while maintaining their independence, have signed a cooperation agreement to increase their bargaining and purchasing power. The two French fishing-tackle retail chains, which have 195 stores between them, have announced in a letter to suppliers that they are pooling their resources and founding an Economic ...

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    Decathlon will open its first pop-up store for second-hand products...

    2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

    Decathlon will open its first pop-up store for second-hand products in Germany in June, covering 200 square meters next to its existing store in Magdeburg. The store will be tested in a pilot phase for three months to see whether customers accept the new store concept. The second-hand products that ...

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    Decathlon has announced that it will join the new Cycling...

    2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

    Decathlon has announced that it will join the new Cycling Market Data Service, launched by the Bicycle Association of Great Britain in January. The service, which is meant to provide the industry with detailed and up-to-date market data, is free for independent bike shops with a U.K. cycling turnover of ...

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    Kobe Bryant has launched a new online store in China,...

    2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

    Kobe Bryant has launched a new online store in China, the first outlet for Kobe Bryant-licensed products in the Chinese market. The flagship online store is called the “Kobe Official Enterprise Store” on Taobao and “Kobe Bryant 24” on WeChat. The products available through the store include mugs, sunglasses, sports ...

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    Salomon has opened its first fully-fledged mono-brand store in Spain,...

    2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

    Salomon has opened its first fully-fledged mono-brand store in Spain, which measures 206 square meters on two floors. It is located in the very central Calle Fuencarral of Madrid. A second store is due to be opened in Barcelona in June, again at in a central location: the Rambla de ...