News briefs - Retail – Page 98
-
News briefs
Alibaba Group Holding will promote rugby in China as part...
Alibaba Group Holding will promote rugby in China as part of the development and sponsorship deal it signed with World Rugby on April 10. Alisports, the new group's sports division, said it plans to invest millions of U.S. dollars and make a long-term investment in the development of the sport ...
-
News briefs
Intersport France managed a retail sales increase of 10 percent...
Intersport France managed a retail sales increase of 10 percent to about €1.7 billion including VAT last year, with a comparable sales rise of 5.3 percent. The turnover covers its affiliated stores in France and Belgium, although the Belgian share is tiny with only five stores. Intersport estimated that its ...
-
News briefs
The Greek Fourlis Group reports improved results for its retail...
The Greek Fourlis Group reports improved results for its retail operations under the Intersport and The Athlete's Foot in five countries. Their sales increased by 5.6 percent to €129.2 million last year, and they generated slightly improved operating earnings before amortization (Ebitda) of €10.93 million. Fourlis currently operates 106 Intersport ...
-
News briefs
L'Equipe, the French daily sports newspaper, has launched an internet...
L'Equipe, the French daily sports newspaper, has launched an internet marketplace for the sale of sporting goods as part of its efforts to capitalize on a huge audience with interest in sports. About one month after its launch in February, L'Equipe Store lists around 300 brands covering over 20 sports ...
-
News briefs
Acting more like a marketplace, Zalando plans to introduce same-day...
Acting more like a marketplace, Zalando plans to introduce same-day delivery by sending orders directly from a retailer's store, instead of a warehouse, to the customer's home. Europe's largest online fashion retailer believes that this would shorten delivery times, increase stock availability and cut logistics costs in the long term. ...
-
News briefs
Alibaba is likely to overtake Walmart as the world's largest...
Alibaba is likely to overtake Walmart as the world's largest retail platform in its fiscal year ending March 31. The Chinese e-commerce giant indicated that it had reached 3 trillion yuan renminbi (€412bn-$462bn) in gross merchandise value (GMV) as of March 21. The figure, achieved on the back of consumption-driven ...
-
News briefs
Decathlon is opening its fourth store in downtown Paris on...
Decathlon is opening its fourth store in downtown Paris on April 6. Located at the crossroads of four major public transportation lines and measuring 4,600 square meters, it will be its largest urban store, employing 60 people. In an original move, it will allow only 19 seconds for candidates to ...
-
News briefs
Dutch media reported earlier this week that Decathlon intends to...
Dutch media reported earlier this week that Decathlon intends to open a store in the Vroom & Dreesman (V&D) building in the center of The Hague, along with other city center stores in former V&D stores in Amsterdam and Utrecht. The V&D department store chain, an emblematic Dutch retailer with ...
-
News briefs
Vaude, the German outdoor brand, has teamed up with Commerce...
Vaude, the German outdoor brand, has teamed up with Commerce Connector to lead consumers from its website to physical stores in Germany. From August, the Vaude website will tell consumers which nearby store has the product they want to buy, along with detailed information about the store's location and opening ...
-
News briefs
Adidas is reinforcing its sports marketing investments in the U.K....
Adidas is reinforcing its sports marketing investments in the U.K. through a contract with Birmingham City, a second-division English club which is said to be likely to move back into the Premier League for the first time since 2011. The team was sponsored by Carbrini, the private label of JD ...
-
News briefs
Adidas has signed a three-year deal as sponsor of Insep,...
Adidas has signed a three-year deal as sponsor of Insep, a big sports training center on the outskirts of Paris that hosts more than 200 coaches, 300 collaborators and 700 sportsmen and sportswomen. It helped train 56 percent of the members of the French Olympic team who earned medals at ...
-
News briefs
Adidas has entered a multi-year partnership with Wanderlust, a producer...
Adidas has entered a multi-year partnership with Wanderlust, a producer of lifestyle festival events focusing on yoga, wellness and music. The deal is designed to pair Wanderlust's multi and single-day events with Adidas' latest performance-based products. For 2016, highlights from this partnership include Adidas being a presenting partner of Wanderlust's ...
-
News briefs
Adidas has hired Dan Near as its new head of...
Adidas has hired Dan Near as its new head of Adidas Hockey for Adidas Group North America. He will report to Michael Rossi, general manager of Adidas Group Canada. Near joins from the National Hockey League (NHL), where he has worked for ten years. In addition to his background and ...
-
News briefs
After a positive experiment in London last year and a...
After a positive experiment in London last year and a more recent one near its head office in Lille, Decathlon is opening a small “Connect Store” with an internet kiosk to access its online store in the center of Munich, says an executive of the company, confirming a report in ...
-
News briefs
While opening its ninth Spanish brand store in the center...
While opening its ninth Spanish brand store in the center of Salamanca, Joma says it plans to open ten new corporate stores in the country over the next two years. The next one will be inaugurated shortly in Zaragoza. The Spanish athletic footwear company is also planning to open corners ...
-
News briefs
Evasion Running, a well-known Spanish specialty retailer, has reportedly closed...
Evasion Running, a well-known Spanish specialty retailer, has reportedly closed down its biggest store, which it had opened in Barcelona in 2011. It measured 600 square meters, offering the products of 90 different brands. The chain will keep its two corporate stores in Valencia, four other franchised shops in Spain ...
-
News briefs
Nike has opened its largest Asian Jordan store in Hong...
Nike has opened its largest Asian Jordan store in Hong Kong, emulating the design of the Jordan store in Chicago. The brand is also getting ready to open an 850-square-meter Nike flagship in the center of Paris, located in the renovated and expanded Forum des Halles. Contrary to some press ...
-
News briefs
Grifone is marching ahead with an ambitious retailing program. The...
Grifone is marching ahead with an ambitious retailing program. The Spanish outdoor and ski brand has opened a second store in Barcelona. The first one, which began operations last spring, is located across from Vèrtic, the well-known outdoor retailer. Prior to that, Grifone opened two other stores last year: a ...
-
News briefs
Adidas' three stripes got a big favor from the European...
Adidas' three stripes got a big favor from the European Court of Justice, which said that “Adidas may oppose the registration, as a community mark, of parallel stripes placed on the side of sports shoes.” The Office of Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM), which registers trademarks for the European ...
-
News briefs
Adidas continues to sign new sponsorship deals in the U.S....
Adidas continues to sign new sponsorship deals in the U.S. It has inked a five-year contract to supply athletic footwear, apparel and accessories to the students of Northern Kentucky University competing in 17 sports through the 2020/21 season. The Big a is also taking the place of Nike as exclusive ...
