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    Adidas gets a toehold in the French football team, sponsored...

    2016-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Adidas gets a toehold in the French football team, sponsored by Nike, with a 10-year sponsorship control with Paul Pogba, a 22-year-old member of the team who did not have a footwear contract before. The deal is said to be valued at €40 million. Pogba is regarded as a star ...

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    Adidas has announced a multi-year deal to become the official...

    2016-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has announced a multi-year deal to become the official all-sports apparel provider of Western Carolina University (WCU), a public university located in Cullowhee, North Carolina that runs 16 intercollegiate sport programs. The five-year partnership is effective July 1, 2016. Previously, several WCU sports had independently used the brand's products ...

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    The Adidas Group has denied a report by the BBC...

    2016-02-05T00:00:00Z

    The Adidas Group has denied a report by the BBC earlier this month that it intends to put a premature end to its contract as an official partner of the International Athletics Federation (IAAF), describing it as inaccurate. Media reports claimed that Adidas wanted to end the eleven-year contract, which ...

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    The Adidas Group declined to comment on a report in...

    2016-02-05T00:00:00Z

    The Adidas Group declined to comment on a report in Marca, the Spanish newspaper, that the brand was discussing a ten-year deal worth €140 million per year with Real Madrid. Demands were predicted to escalate in the market for kit contracts with leading football teams, after Adidas agreed to pay ...

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    Decathlon is continuing its foray into Southeast Asian markets with...

    2016-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Decathlon is continuing its foray into Southeast Asian markets with the opening of a store in Singapore. After five openings in Thailand in the last few months, the French retailer is opening a store of about 3,000 square meters in Bedok and is planning a second opening in Singapore in ...

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    Zalando said it booked a 30 percent sales increase in...

    2016-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Zalando said it booked a 30 percent sales increase in the fourth quarter of 2014 to a level expected to range between €865 million and €872 million, generating an adjusted operating margin (Ebit) of between 7 and 9 percent. With that, the German-based e-tailer reached an Ebit margin of between ...

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    Adidas has announced the release of its first laceless football...

    2016-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has announced the release of its first laceless football cleat, indicating that it will help its players to control the game better than before. It will be worn by sponsored football players from Jan. 23. Lotto, which launched its first laceless football boot ten years ago, had no comment ...

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    Adidas is honoring Leo Messi's record fifth Ballon d'Or win...

    2016-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Adidas is honoring Leo Messi's record fifth Ballon d'Or win on Jan. 11 with a custom ultra-luxe version of the Messi 15 football boot. The special edition of the Messi 15 features platinum elements, something Adidas claims has never been seen before on a football boot. Messi's and Adidas' logos ...

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    Zalando, which bought the bankrupt Bread & Butter trade show...

    2016-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Zalando, which bought the bankrupt Bread & Butter trade show in Berlin last June, says it will stage the first consumer-oriented B&B show on Sept. 2-4 at Arena Berlin, where the Bright and Seek trade shows were held earlier this week. Zalando was looking for a new site for its ...

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    The Adidas Group ended last year with a closetful of...

    2016-01-22T00:00:00Z

    The Adidas Group ended last year with a closetful of awards for its corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts in China. As detailed in a company statement, Adidas Greater China was listed by the CSR Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences as one of the top ten multinational ...

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    Kering, along with Adidas and H&M, was named as one...

    2016-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Kering, along with Adidas and H&M, was named as one of the most sustainable corporations in the world following its inclusion in the 2016 Corporate Knights' Global 100 index, which was published at the World Economic forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22. It is the first time that the ...

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    Herbert Hainer, chief executive of the Adidas Group, told the...

    2016-01-13T00:00:00Z

    Herbert Hainer, chief executive of the Adidas Group, told the Süddeutsche Zeitung that the company achieved sales of more than €2 billion in China last year, up from €1,811 million in 2014, making it the group's second-largest national market after the U.S. For this year the Adidas chief predicts buoyant ...

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    Zalando and the Adidas Group have been partnering since last...

    2016-01-13T00:00:00Z

    Zalando and the Adidas Group have been partnering since last November on a pilot project. If the e-tailer runs out of stock of certain Adidas or Reebok products in certain sizes or colors, it can access the Adidas Group's own central distribution center in Germany, which will ship them directly ...

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    The Adidas Group ended last year with a closetful of...

    2016-01-13T00:00:00Z

    The Adidas Group ended last year with a closetful of awards for its corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts in China. As detailed in a company statement, Adidas Greater China was listed by the CSR Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences as one of the top ten multinational ...

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    Robin Stalker, chief financial officer at the Adidas Group, told...

    2015-12-30T00:00:00Z

    Robin Stalker, chief financial officer at the Adidas Group, told The Financial Times that the company was not facing pressure to divest activities. Speculation has been reported about such pressure after several influential investors built up stakes in Adidas this year: Southern Asset Management (SAM) in the U.S. and investment ...

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    Zalando is taking over Nugg, a German company that supplies...

    2015-12-30T00:00:00Z

    Zalando is taking over Nugg, a German company that supplies targeted digital marketing solutions, from the German Post Office, in order to address specific target groups in different ways. In the U.S., meanwhile, Amazon is reportedly planning to set up its own fleet of cargo airplanes to avoid delayed deliveries ...

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    El Corte Inglés has started to offer home delivery within...

    2015-12-30T00:00:00Z

    El Corte Inglés has started to offer home delivery within two hours for items ordered through its website. The service is limited for the moment to the cities of Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Málaga, Sevilla and Bilbao. The initiative is regarded as a pre-emptive move against Amazon, which is reportedly considering ...

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    North Sails has inaugurated its Spanish store, covering 190 square...

    2015-12-30T00:00:00Z

    North Sails has inaugurated its Spanish store, covering 190 square meters on Carrer Consell in Barcelona. This takes up to 36 the number of corporate and franchised stores of the Italian company, which was acquired by a private equity fund in 2014. North Sails is planning other openings in Stockholm, ...

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    One of the two Go Sport stores in Dubai has...

    2015-12-30T00:00:00Z

    One of the two Go Sport stores in Dubai has been reopened and is now the largest one in the French retail group's chain with a total surface of 3,200 square meters. Operated by its master franchisee for the Gulf States, Al Mana Fashion Group, the store has benefited from ...

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    Snipes, the German-based chain of sneaker stores, is reportedly planning...

    2015-12-30T00:00:00Z

    Snipes, the German-based chain of sneaker stores, is reportedly planning to launch a women-specific format of shoe stores under a different name, which would also offer high-heeled shoes and clothing. Meanwhile, Snipes has opened its first Spanish store in the Gran Casa shopping center of Zaragoza. It is said to ...