News Briefs – Page 364
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Nordiska Kompaniet (NK), the Swedish company with department stores in...
Nordiska Kompaniet (NK), the Swedish company with department stores in Gothenburg and Stockholm founded in 1902, has opened an NK Sport department on the third floor of its main store in Stockholm. The multi-brand department covers more than 1,500 square meters on the men's fashion floor on the third floor. ...
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Colmar will soon be opening its first Parisian flagship store....
Colmar will soon be opening its first Parisian flagship store. As reported by Fashion Network, the 120-square-meter space of the Italian skiwear brand will be located at 44 rue Etienne Marcel, taking the place of an Antony Morato men's clothing store. In France, Colmar already has five monobrand stores, located ...
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Foot Locker is planning to open a new regional flagship...
Foot Locker is planning to open a new regional flagship store in Manchester Arndale, one of the U.K.'s largest city center shopping malls, with more than 40 million visitors per year. The footwear retailer is already present at the mall, and will be relocating to a 14,000-square-foot unit on the ...
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Lululemon's U.K. arm saw its profit after tax jump by...
Lululemon's U.K. arm saw its profit after tax jump by 42 percent to £1.2 million (€1.3m-$1.5m) for the year to Jan. 31, 2019, as compared to 2018. Sales increased by 38 percent to £40.8 million (€45.8m-$50.7m). During the year, the verticalized brand opened two new U.K. stores, in Guilford and ...
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Assosport, the Italian sporting goods industry association, has moved its...
Assosport, the Italian sporting goods industry association, has moved its main office from Treviso to Mestre, near Venice. The transfer is taking place because of the reconstruction of the building where the association had its seat. Located near Venice, the city of Mestre is easier to reach by train and ...
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Afydad, Spain's association of sporting-goods suppliers, has signed its first...
Afydad, Spain's association of sporting-goods suppliers, has signed its first collaboration agreement with a retail association by joining forces with Atebi, which specializes in the cycling market. The agreement was signed at Festbike – the international cycling fair in Madrid, held this year on Sept. 13-15 – where Atebi was ...
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Stöckli Swiss Sports has had to pay a fine of...
Stöckli Swiss Sports has had to pay a fine of 140,000 Swiss francs (€128,000-$141,000) for fixing prices with its Swiss retailer partners for the sale of its skis. The Swiss ski maker did not allow them to undercut the prices set by the company. This sort of agreement violates Swiss ...
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The new Olympic House in Lausanne, headquarters of the International...
The new Olympic House in Lausanne, headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), will open to the public on Sept. 13-14, in parallel with the 2019 European Heritage Days. Olympic House was inaugurated on June 23. The facility features a statue of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, made by Swiss sculptor ...
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Speedo, the swimwear brand owned by Pentland, has released an...
Speedo, the swimwear brand owned by Pentland, has released an app that allows customers to try on swim goggles through an augmented reality (AR) function. The app uses the camera on mobile devices to apply a 3D scanner to customers' faces and generates recommendations on the basis of the scans. ...
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The first vintage collection offered by Quiksilver has sold out...
The first vintage collection offered by Quiksilver has sold out in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in 24 hours. The collection comprised 150 one-of-a-kind items that the brand's in-house design team selected by hand from thrift stores, collectors worldwide and Quiksilver's own 50-year archive. Among the items were the ...
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Asics, whose European office is in the Netherlands, has closed...
Asics, whose European office is in the Netherlands, has closed a deal with KLM to access the airline's staff and frequent travelers, providing them with footwear and apparel in the framework of the airline's Vitality program of fitness training and running events. The partnership will also connect KLM's 30,000 employees ...
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Sympatex will start serial production of its thermo-formed waterproof inner...
Sympatex will start serial production of its thermo-formed waterproof inner shoe Utmospheric in early 2020. The company has completed prototyping with its clients but still has manufacturing slots available for partners looking to enter retail sales with Utmospheric in the winter of 2020/2021. The new facility's production capacity is capped ...
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Salomon has launched a new collection of winter sneakers for...
Salomon has launched a new collection of winter sneakers for commuters, designed for urban residents who commute to work on foot or by bike in wet weather. The shoes in the new collection are the T-Muter WR and the T-Max WR. The shoes feature water-resistant uppers, to make them suitable ...
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Callaway Golf has unveiled the Mack Daddy 5 Jaws, a...
Callaway Golf has unveiled the Mack Daddy 5 Jaws, a new range of high-performance wedges. The new Jaws groove is designed with a 37-degree wall angle, as compared to the 5-degree wall angle of the MD4 wedge that it replaces. Callaway's Mack Daddy 5 Jaws wedge will be available on ...
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Wilson, a subsidiary of Amer Sports, has introduced the Triniti,...
Wilson, a subsidiary of Amer Sports, has introduced the Triniti, a new tennis ball that is said to both last longer and not require packaging in pressurized plastic containers. The core of the ball is made from a plastomer material, which weighs less than the traditional core of a tennis ...
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Nike has upgraded its original 1991 Air Huarache with its...
Nike has upgraded its original 1991 Air Huarache with its latest FitAdapt laceless technology. The self-lacing shoe can be voice-activated by Siri and operated by Apple Watch but features the same neoprene bootie and exoskeleton as the original Huarache. The Adapt app will activate the mid-foot lacing motor, control two ...
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Nike and Levi's have created a limited-edition offering of denim...
Nike and Levi's have created a limited-edition offering of denim footwear. The capsule collection involves two classic Nike styles: the Air Force 1 High and the Air Force 1 Low. Both sneakers feature laser-etched logos from both brands throughout the upper and through details on the tongues and insoles.
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Ellesse and Wood Wood have jointly designed a capsule shoe...
Ellesse and Wood Wood have jointly designed a capsule shoe and footwear collection for autumn/winter 2019. The 30-item collection will debut in all Wood Wood stores as well as on both brands' web shops on Sept. 20. The first collaboration between the two brands dates back 10 years.
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Intersport France has signed a three-year deal to become the...
Intersport France has signed a three-year deal to become the official distributor for the French Tennis Federation (FFT). The Swiss retailer will be providing exclusive offers to the federation's members as well as licensed apparel. Bernard Giudicelli, chairman of the FFT, hopes to boost membership to 1.5 million by 2020. ...
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Oakley has signed a four-year deal in the U.S. with...
Oakley has signed a four-year deal in the U.S. with the National Football League (NFL). According to Renie Anderson, the NFL's chief revenue officer and executive vice president of partnerships, the deal took two years to negotiate. It is also the largest ever signed by the Californian eyewear brand, which ...
