News briefs - Retail – Page 73
-
News briefs
Zalando has announced that Christian Baier and Jan Wilmking, both...
Zalando has announced that Christian Baier and Jan Wilmking, both managing directors of zLabels, will be leaving the company. zLabels, the e-tailer's nine-year-old private label division, was closed on April 1, although the company has indicated that it will continue to offer “everyday essential” clothing and footwear products under 11 ...
-
News briefs
Decathlon has opened its first physical stores in Japan, after...
Decathlon has opened its first physical stores in Japan, after testing the market online. The Japanese store covers about 1,800 square meters in the Hanku Nishinomiya Gardens, a shopping mall between the cities of Osaka and Kobe.
-
News briefs
In 2015, Ochsner Sport, the leading Swiss sports retailer that...
In 2015, Ochsner Sport, the leading Swiss sports retailer that is part of the Deichmann Group, opened its first branch in Germany in Neu-Ulm. Two other German locations in Hamburg and Ludwigsburg followed. Then, in 2016, the company acquired a German sporting goods retail chain of 13 stores located for ...
-
News briefs
Employees demonstrated for higher wages at several stores of the...
Employees demonstrated for higher wages at several stores of the German Karstadt Sports retail chain on Wednesday, April 16. By organizing a nationwide warning strike, their labor union, Verdi, wants to increase the pressure on Karstadt in the negotiations over their salaries. In 2013, Karstadt withdrew from collective pay agreements. ...
-
News briefs
Forum Sport closed out 2018 with its sixth consecutive year...
Forum Sport closed out 2018 with its sixth consecutive year of growth and record revenues of €152 million, up by 5.3 percent from the previous year. Last year, in addition to opening five new stores under the Dooers banner – its brand of sneaker stores – the Spanish sports retailer ...
-
News briefs
Sportmaster plans to open a flagship store of 1,540 square...
Sportmaster plans to open a flagship store of 1,540 square meters in the big Grozny Mall in the city of Grozny, the capital of the Chechen Republic. It will be one of the Russian sporting goods retailer's biggest stores and one of the biggest ones in the Caucasus region. The ...
-
News briefs
Polartec has launched its Ready to Roll program, offering premium...
Polartec has launched its Ready to Roll program, offering premium Polartec fabrics in stock and ready to ship. The program is meant to meet customers' demand for in-stock inventory without the standard production lead times. The announcement of the program will enable rapid order fulfilment in time for autumn/winter 2019 ...
-
News briefs
Foot Locker has opened its first Italian “power store” in...
Foot Locker has opened its first Italian “power store” in Milan, at 17 Corso Buenos Aires, a central shopping area. While selling a variety of sneakers and brands, the power store concept is designed to serve as a hub for local sneaker culture, music, art and sports. Customers can get ...
-
News briefs
Gore-Tex recently opened a pop-up store at a German shoe...
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. ...
-
News briefs
StockX, the U.S.-based sneaker resale platform, has begun to operate...
StockX, the U.S.-based sneaker resale platform, has begun to operate in Germany by taking part in conferences and other events. Its first European launch, in October of last year, was in the U.K., with Italy and France coming next. StockX' shoes, whose quality is certified in London, are already sold ...
-
News briefs
Adidas has filed an appeal in a federal court in...
Adidas has filed an appeal in a federal court in Washington, D.C., to uphold its rights in its long-standing patent dispute with Nike over their knitted shoe uppers. Adidas is trying to reverse a Feb. 19 ruling by the appeals board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office which found ...
-
News briefs
Adidas has released a very colorful, kaleidoscopic collection of Ultra...
Adidas has released a very colorful, kaleidoscopic collection of Ultra Boost sneakers and running apparel in collaboration with Missoni, the Italian fashion house known for its strong color combinations. The line pays tribute to the brand's founder, Ottavio Missoni, born in Dubrovnik, who represented Italy in the 400m hurdles in ...
-
News briefs
Adidas has unveiled a bra and tights made with the...
Adidas has unveiled a bra and tights made with the company's Primeknit knitting technology. The knit construction of the new “Don't Rest Primeknit Lux” bra is meant to allow it to mirror the wearer's movements, for targeted comfort, flexibility and support. The new “Believe This Primeknit Lux” tights were developed ...
-
News briefs
Adidas and Reebok have topped the annual Fashion Transparency Index,...
Adidas and Reebok have topped the annual Fashion Transparency Index, a ranking of the social and environmental transparency practices of global brands, for the third year in a row. In this latest edition, Patagonia also reached the top of the ranking. Each of these three brands scored 64 percent out ...
-
News briefs
Karstadt Sports is ending its cooperation with Intersport, which was...
Karstadt Sports is ending its cooperation with Intersport, which was only established in January 2018. This step is a consequence of the merger of Karstadt and Kaufhof and a plan to convert some stores of the less successful outlet chain Saks Off 5th into additional sports stores. With the larger ...
-
News briefs
Decathlon has launched its own brand for cross-country skiing, called...
Decathlon has launched its own brand for cross-country skiing, called Inovik. The French sports retailer's house brands already cover both traditional cross-country skiing and skate skiing. Back-country skiing is set to follow in the winter 2019/20 season and a biathlon line in 2021. The novelty for the current season is ...
-
News briefs
Decathlon has chosen TrainMe as a partner for Decathlon Activités,...
Decathlon has chosen TrainMe as a partner for Decathlon Activités, a digital tool designed to list sporting activities across France, from sports clubs to associations, sports coaches and more, allowing users to register for these activities. TrainMe, launched in 2015 by Gatien Letartre and Anatole Saby, is a web and ...
-
News briefs
On April 1, XXL Sports & Outdoor opened a new,...
On April 1, XXL Sports & Outdoor opened a new, 4,000-square-meter flagship store in the Gerngross department store in downtown Vienna, the fifth branch of the Norwegian chain in Austria. In addition to the new Vienna store, XXL Sports is already represented in Vösendorf, the Donau-Zentrum in Vienna, Linz, and ...
-
News briefs
The Austrian sports retail chain Hervis announced further expansion in...
The Austrian sports retail chain Hervis announced further expansion in Austria, Germany and Romania. On April 8, a new branch opened in Kempten, Germany; six branch openings are scheduled for Romania; and the stores in Austria are being expanded and converted. In Austria and Germany, the company reported a substantial ...
-
News briefs
Canada Goose is opening six stores in the autumn/winter of...
Canada Goose is opening six stores in the autumn/winter of 2019: two in Europe, one in the U.S. and three in Canada. The European stores will be located in Milan's Fashion District and on the Rue Saint-Honoré in Paris. The American store, at the Mall of America in Minneapolis, will ...
