News Briefs – Page 142
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Adidas inaugurates a store in Rome
Adidas has opened a new store in Rome. The 714-square-meter retail space, on two floors, is located at via del Corso 132, a main street in the historical city center and one of Rome’s shopping avenues. The store features a number of technological innovations, among them immersive dressing rooms with ...
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Decathlon promotes French sports subsidy
Decathlon is promoting a French government subsidy of €50 for youths aged six to 18 whose families receive the government’s back-to-school subsidy, youths of the same age who receive the handicap subsidy, adults up to age 30 who receive the handicap subsidy or, as of this year, students who receive ...
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Zalando is Nike’s second retail partner for Connected Partnership in ten European countries
Just a few hours after JD Sports announced it would become Nike’s first European retail partner for the brand’s Connected Partnership program, Zalando has spread the news that it will be Nike’s partner in Germany, Austria, Benelux, France, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Italy and Poland for the same integrated customer ...
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JD Sports to be first European retailer to go live with Nike’s connected partnership
JD Sports will be Nike’s first European retail partner for the brand’s Connected Partnership. The integrated loyalty program aims to enhance the shopping experience of customers through access to member-exclusive products and experiences. Starting in the U.K., the program will enable customers to link their JD and Nike membership accounts ...
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French gov’t to discuss sustainability with garment and textile industry stakeholders
According to Textalks, the French government is planning a series of meetings with garment and textile industry stakeholders as the first step toward a more sustainable French textile industry. Over the next month, representatives of the textile industry, as well as consumer groups, recycling associations, environmental organizations and non-governmental organizations ...
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ANWR Media promotes Tim Wiese to management board
Tim Wiese, in charge of the e-commerce activities of Sport 2000 GmbH (a subsidiary of ANWR Media GmbH), will be appointed to the management of ANWR Media by the ANWR Group’s executive board on Oct. 1. He will lead the company together with Michael Decker. “The relevance of online trade ...
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Tennis-Point hires Stefan Salzer as managing director
The German tennis and running equipment retailer Tennis-Point has hired Stefan Salzer as its new managing director. He will be working alongside company founder Christian Miele to lead the European growth of the company in existing markets and new business lines, focusing on strengthening stability and scalability in the company’s ...
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Global rugby equipment market to post 5.57% CAGR to 2026
The global rugby equipment market is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.57 percent during the 2021-26 forecast period, representing market growth of $730.08 million, according to a new 120-page report by market research firm Technavio. Growth for 2022 is projected at 4.82 percent. The ...
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Nautilus turns to financial advisory firm
Nautilus Inc. of Vancouver has retained the financial advisory firm Evercore to review its business and, in the words of our colleagues at the American edition of SGI, “help it figure out a new way forward now that its pandemic-fueled, record sales levels have come crashing back to earth.” Troubles ...
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PGA Tour Superstore makes two changes at the top
There have been two executive changes at golf and tennis specialty retailer PGA Tour Superstore, as reported by our colleagues at the American edition of SGI. President and CEO Dick Sullivan has become executive chairman and CEO, and chief merchandising officer Jill Spiegel has become president. Sullivan has been working ...
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Fox Racing enters the performance training category
Fox Racing, the California-based specialist in mountain bike and motocross safety equipment and apparel, has announced the brand’s introduction into the performance training category. The new training collection marks the brand’s first launch off the bike. The new autumn 2022 line will debut with a range of products for all ...
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Gymshark will have a new CFO
U.K.-based activewear brand Gymshark has appointed Mat Dunn as its new chief financial officer. Most recently, Dunn served as Asos’ interim CEO, after the departure of Nick Beighton in late 2021. Also at Asos, Dunn previously served as chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Dunn stepped down from Asos ...
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Barooders raises €2.2m in new funding round
Barooders, a French marketplace for second-hand sporting goods, has announced its latest round of funding, which amounts to €2.2 million. Investors include tennis player Stan Wawrinka and Kima Ventures. Barooders was founded by Edwige Michau and Geoffroy D’Autichamp in October 2021.
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Lululemon appoints new SVP for the EMEA region
Lululemon has named Sarah Clark as its new senior vice president for the EMEA region. She succeeds Gareth Pope, who has relocated to Hong Kong to lead the brand’s Asia-Pacific region. Most recently, Clark held the role of chief executive at ethical childrenswear brand Frugi. Prior to that, from July ...
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Another strike at the largest port in the U.K.
The second strike in a few weeks at the Port of Felixstowe could put further strain on supply chains. The union called a nine-day strike on Tuesday Sept. 27. The Port of Felixstowe is the largest port in the U.K. Already last month, about 1,900 port employees participated in a ...
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UEFA might include the U.S. in future Supercup
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), according to Palco23 and other sources, is toying with the idea of establishing a new, more international Supercup in 2024 – one that would pit the top team of U.S. Major League Soccer against the top teams of the Champions League, Liga Europa ...
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Buff projects 10% rise in annual sales
Buff is projecting sales of €56 million for the current year, begun in April, for a 10 percent year-on-year rise, reports Modaes. This will nevertheless fall 34.1 percent short of the figure for 2020, a historic year for the Catalonian brand, when pandemic measures drove sales up by 50 percent. ...
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Asics using Contentsquare for e-commerce
Asics EMEA has begun working with the analytics company Contentsquare to improve its e-commerce website. In the blog section of its own website, Contentsquare has published an interview with Asics EMEA’s senior e-commerce manager, Rick Hoving, in charge of the website-optimization team. “Most of our production takes place in Southeast ...
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Preliminary approval for Wolverine and 3M’s proposed PFAS settlement
U.S. District Judge Hala Jarbou has, according to Outside, granted preliminary approval to the settlement between Wolverine Worldwide and 3M, defendants, and landowners around Rockford and Belmont in Kent County, Michigan, plaintiffs, in the PFAS case we reported on about a week ago. The companies have proposed to pay $54 ...
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Eighth Sport 2000 Absolute Run store opens, international expansion planned
An eighth Absolute Run store (based on the Sport 2000 focus shop concept for running specialists) opened in Würzburg on Sept. 22. The owner is Jan Diekow, who together with concept provider Sport 2000 has reopened his Laufstil store on more than 250 square meters of retail space. Besides one ...