News Briefs – Page 432
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Spanish retailers specializing in paddle tennis are targeting the Italian...
Spanish retailers specializing in paddle tennis are targeting the Italian market, where the sport is growing strongly. Time2Padel is opening its first foreign store in Milan this month, working through a franchisee. Another specialist, Padel Nuestro, opened a store in Rome in 2016.
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Colmar is planning to open a store on Brewer Street...
Colmar is planning to open a store on Brewer Street in London in October. Other openings are in the pipeline in Lille, France and Kitzbühel, Austria. The Italian sports apparel brand, which has renovated its headquarters in Monza, is also looking at re-entering the U.S. market by opening a sales ...
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Vuarnet has opened a store in New York. Located at...
Vuarnet has opened a store in New York. Located at 35 Spring Street, close to the Supreme shop in the heart of Little Italy, the 100-square-meter store features its new lifestyle apparel collection, in addition to its traditional line of sunglasses. The apparel line has been developed in collaboration with ...
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Many sporting goods retailers in various European countries have been...
Many sporting goods retailers in various European countries have been opening stores specializing in the sale of sneakers in the past few years. A Swedish sports retailer, Stadium, has already opened two stores under the Sneakers Point banner in the Swedish cities of Norrköping and Malmö, as well as an ...
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Karstadt has agreed to offer Boomerang and Mountain Pro clothing...
Karstadt has agreed to offer Boomerang and Mountain Pro clothing for running, fitness and outdoor in its Karstadt department stores and its Karstadt Sports specialty stores in Germany, as well as on their websites. The two brands are private labels of El Corte Inglés, the big Spanish department store chain. ...
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Schöffel has launched a new B2B internet portal for its...
Schöffel has launched a new B2B internet portal for its retailer partners worldwide. Retailers are able to place orders, put together collections for their stores, reorder items and receive marketing support for their communication with customers. Schöffel aims to expand the range of its services on its B2B portal in ...
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Wiggle, the British online retailer specializing in cycling, running and...
Wiggle, the British online retailer specializing in cycling, running and swimming products, has launched a range of outdoor products on its website in the U.K. The brands featured on the site include The North Face, Berghaus, Jack Wolfskin, Craghoppers, Marmot, Mountain Hardwear, Icebreaker and Columbia. The initiative is steered by ...
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While its sales in the Americas dipped by 6 percent...
While its sales in the Americas dipped by 6 percent in the second quarter, with a drop of 4 percent in constant currencies, the Thule Group's sales in Europe and the rest of the world jumped by 18 percent, or 12 percent in local currencies, driven by Sport & Cargo ...
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Groupe Lafuma has raised its sales by 2.1 percent to...
Groupe Lafuma has raised its sales by 2.1 percent to €83.1 million for the first half of this year, amounting to a rise of 3.5 percent in constant currencies. With the Lafuma, Millet and Eider brands, the mountain sports division reported a sales hike of 4.3 percent to €38.7 million ...
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Munich, the Spanish brand of sports and lifestyle footwear, reportedly...
Munich, the Spanish brand of sports and lifestyle footwear, reportedly raised its revenues by 17 percent to €35 million in 2017. Its own retail operations delivered a 26 percent increase to more than €10 million, thanks in part to the opening of three new stores and a growth of more ...
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Figures presented at the recent Ispo Shanghai show indicate that...
Figures presented at the recent Ispo Shanghai show indicate that five million pairs of running shoes are now been sold in China every year and that the total running market grew in 2017 by 25 percent to an estimated $6.32 billion. Around 700 million people, or half of the Chinese ...
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The share of branded shoes with a sports sole in...
The share of branded shoes with a sports sole in the Russian footwear market reached 70 per cent in 2017, as compared to only 45 per cent several years ago, according to the Fashion Consulting Group. This trend is clear evidence that the women shoes with heels are rapidly losing ...
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Helly Hansen has sued Off-White, the lifestyle fashion company headed...
Helly Hansen has sued Off-White, the lifestyle fashion company headed up by Virgil Abloh, in a federal court of Illinois, claiming that it intentionally stole its black and white striped logo, using it since 2013. The suit calls for the cancellation of Off-White's registration of its logo.
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) and...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) and the Sports & Fitness Industry Association are working together on the launch of an online database that will provide subscribers with global information on product labelling requirements for the sports and fitness industry. The database, which should be operational this ...
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Fedas, the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Retail Associations,...
Fedas, the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Retail Associations, decided at its recent annual meeting in Hamburg to boost its cooperation with Fesi, the European Sporting Goods Industry Federation. Fesi is still in the process of examining the terms of the broader collaboration agreement, which has been unanimously approved ...
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The European Commission has imposed provisional anti-dumping duties on electric...
The European Commission has imposed provisional anti-dumping duties on electric bicycles originating in China. The duties, which came into force on July 19, range from 21.8 percent to 83.6 percent of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, depending on the manufacturer's identity. They are applicable to all e-bike categories for a period ...
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The Spanish government has decided to update legislation dating back...
The Spanish government has decided to update legislation dating back to 1990 for the promotion of sports participation. Reporting to José Guirao, Spanish Minister of Culture and Sports, two commissions will work on a draft of the new legislation that is expected to be finalized in October.
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Lacoste has just launched a premium Olympic Heritage collection of...
Lacoste has just launched a premium Olympic Heritage collection of polo shirts, hats and other lifestyle garments and accessories in a dozen countries under an exclusive, three-year licensing deal with the Lausanne-based International Olympic Committee. The line features prominently the Olympic rings and other proprietary elements of the Olympic Games' ...
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Nike's Jordan brand has launched its first collaboration in the...
Nike's Jordan brand has launched its first collaboration in the women's segment through a capsule collection of two styles approved by Anna Wintour, the chief editor of Vogue in the U.S. Called AWOK, which stands for Anna Wintour Okay, it features a keychain that says, “Edited by Vogue.”
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New Balance has announced a collaboration with Paul Smith, the...
New Balance has announced a collaboration with Paul Smith, the British fashion designer, on a limited edition celebrating the 30th anniversary of the New Balance 576 trainer. The collection includes a men's trainer in black leather and a women's trainer in white leather. Both versions feature premium leather uppers and ...
