News briefs - Retail – Page 86
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Tor-Andre Skeie, who plays a key role with two Norwegian...
Tor-Andre Skeie, who plays a key role with two Norwegian sporting goods retailers, Sport Outlet and Sport Norway, has been named as a finalist for this year's Entrepreneur of the Year, organized by Ernst & Young, across all categories for the West region of the country. Skeie was nominated for ...
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Adidas announced on Instagram that it has teamed up with...
Adidas announced on Instagram that it has teamed up with N.E.R.D., an American funk rock band, to launch what it has called the Training Gear collection. The company indicates that the range was inspired from the styles of the band members Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo and Shay Hayley. Williams already ...
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Adidas presented the official match ball for the 2018 World...
Adidas presented the official match ball for the 2018 World Cup in Moscow, in the presence of Lionel Messi. The Telstar 18 is a re-edition of Adidas' first match ball for the World Cup, which it developed for the tournament in Mexico in 1970.
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Rossignol inaugurated a new flagship store in Oslo on Sept....
Rossignol inaugurated a new flagship store in Oslo on Sept. 29. Located at Holmens Gate 2, in Norway's capital city, the new store of the French manufacturer of alpine, snowboard and Nordic equipment has a surface of 270 square meters on two floors. The ground floor is dedicated to apparel, ...
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Under Armour (UA) has unveiled its first-ever subscription service, ArmourBox....
Under Armour (UA) has unveiled its first-ever subscription service, ArmourBox. This service allows customers to get a mix of products shipped directly to their front door on a regular basis. Similar to other subscription services like Birchbox or Five Four, ArmourBox allows customers to try on the products and keep ...
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Moncler has enlarged its flagship store in Milan, which now...
Moncler has enlarged its flagship store in Milan, which now covers 800 square meters on two floors, one for women's wear and the other for men's wear, making it the brand's largest mono-brand store in the world. It had been first opened in 2013 at a prestigious location: 1, via ...
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Valentino is opening sport-inspired pop-up shops in major cities around...
Valentino is opening sport-inspired pop-up shops in major cities around the world as part of the promotion of its Resort collection 2018. The pop-ups will sell limited edition tracksuits, basketballs, sneakers, yoga mats and other products for physically active customers. The limited-edition items all feature a new logo, “VLTN.” The ...
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Sport-Guide.com reports that a Patagonia store in Grenoble is to...
Sport-Guide.com reports that a Patagonia store in Grenoble is to shut down around the end of October. The store has been open for several years but the owner apparently struggled to reach a sustainable level of sales, which he blamed on the lack of international tourists in Grenoble. The closure ...
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Adidas America plans to expand the capacity of its campus...
Adidas America plans to expand the capacity of its campus in Portland, Oregon in the next three years to accommodate up to 2,800 people, up from a current level of 2,700, says the Oregonian. Mark King, chief executive of Adidas America, also told the newspaper that the Big a wants ...
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Fanatics, the leading American supplier of licensed sports merchandise, has...
Fanatics, the leading American supplier of licensed sports merchandise, has appointed Steve Davis, a global e-commerce veteran, as president of Fanatics International. He was formerly the chief executive of a digital fast-fashion retailer, Rue La La. His task will be to expand the company's vertical retailing model into a global ...
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Decathlon is planning to open new stores in the downtown...
Decathlon is planning to open new stores in the downtown areas of Brussels, Dresden and Munich. They will use to some extent the new urban Decathlon City format, concentrating on only a few product categories and complementing them with online purchases from its website. Focusing on cycling, running and fitness, ...
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Skiset, the French-based ski rental company, has developed an online...
Skiset, the French-based ski rental company, has developed an online foot scanning tool, Scanfeet, which should make it easier for customers to book ski boots precisely adjusted to the size and shape of their feet. Scanfeet uses 3D images of the customer's feet to analyze five key points about the ...
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De Skihut op Scheveningen, a famous retailer of winter sports...
De Skihut op Scheveningen, a famous retailer of winter sports products located in the eponymous Dutch sea resort, was declared bankrupt but was then quickly rescued by Retail Investments Beilen, reports Quote, a Dutch business magazine. The publication worked out that nearly all of the shares in Retail Investments Beilen ...
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United Brands, one of the leading independent retailers in Belgium...
United Brands, one of the leading independent retailers in Belgium with sales reported at €29.1 million last year, closed down four of its stores and launched financial restructuring proceedings in July. The company's management is preparing to present a debt restructuring plan to the relevant court in November, expecting to ...
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Sports Direct International (SDI) is closing down four out of...
Sports Direct International (SDI) is closing down four out of its nine concessions in Debenhams department stores, Bloomberg reported last week, but the company said this was due to overlaps with current or future flagship stores, rather than any underlying issues with the concessions. SDI owns a stake of 21.01 ...
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Ski Market in Madrid is warning its customers that they...
Ski Market in Madrid is warning its customers that they will now be charged if they take advantage of testing and advice services in-store without buying the product, as these services do have a cost for the retailer. The practice of examining merchandise in a traditional brick-and-mortar retail store and ...
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Sport-Guide.com reports that a Patagonia store in Grenoble is to...
Sport-Guide.com reports that a Patagonia store in Grenoble is to shut down around the end of October. The store has been open for several years but the owner apparently struggled to reach a sustainable level of sales, which he blamed on the lack of international tourists in Grenoble. The closure ...
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According to numerous press reports that Adidas declined to confirm,...
According to numerous press reports that Adidas declined to confirm, the Big a will stop sponsoring AC Milan in 2018 or 2019, after the expiration of a 20-year-old contract that pays the strong Italian Series A football club €19.7 million per year. Under Armour and New Balance are said to ...
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Erik Liedtke, the executive board member of the Adidas Group...
Erik Liedtke, the executive board member of the Adidas Group responsible for global brands, has won the Chief Marketing Officer of the Year award from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He took over the responsibility in 2014 after running Adidas' sport performance division.
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Alibaba has announced it plans to invest RMB 100 billion,...
Alibaba has announced it plans to invest RMB 100 billion, the equivalent of around $15 billion, over the next three years in a new global research and development program called Alibaba DAMO Academy. The acronym stands for “Discovery, Adventure, Momentum and Outlook.” The academy will start by launching research labs in ...
