Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 100
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Munich, the Spanish brand of sneakers, has opened two stores...
Munich, the Spanish brand of sneakers, has opened two stores in Madrid – one at Las Rozas The Style Outlets and another at X-Madrid – raising its total points of sale overall to 19
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Honma Golf, the Japanese golf brand, has opened its first...
Honma Golf, the Japanese golf brand, has opened its first European store in Paris' Boulevard Pereire, in the Porte Maillot district of the French capital city
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Intersport opened its biggest flagship store in Europe on Nov....
Intersport opened its biggest flagship store in Europe on Nov. 14 in Graz, Austria. The family business Tscherne, which manages 12 Intersport stores in Austria, invested €6 million, and construction began three months ago. The 7,500-square-meter store includes a 100-square-meter ski hut as well as a tree house and ice ...
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Nike stops with Amazon’s marketplace
A few days after the appointment of a new chief executive, John Donahoe, who previously ran eBay, the Swoosh announced that it will stop a pilot program, initiated in 2017, to sell selected products on the Amazon Retail marketplace. Nike justified the move with its “focus on elevating consumer experience ...
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New records for Alibaba’s Singles Day
The gross merchandise value (GMV) generated by Alibaba’s 11th Singles Day hit a record of 268.4 billion yuan renmimbi (€34.7bn-$38.3bn), eclipsing last year’s score by 26 percent, thanks in part to a longer pre-sales period, a larger assortment of discounted products, the extension of the festival to new markets outside ...
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Through AliExpress, Alibaba is inviting Spain's retailers to partner with...
Through AliExpress, Alibaba is inviting Spain's retailers to partner with it to fend off the threat of Amazon. Spain is Alibaba's third-largest market worldwide, after China and Russia. About a year ago, several large retailers in the country signed on to become pick-up points for purchases made on Alibaba's portal. ...
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Deportes Alaska, a well-known ski and mountaineering shop in Madrid,...
Deportes Alaska, a well-known ski and mountaineering shop in Madrid, has moved to new premises. In tripling its area to 430 square meters, the shop has gained a storefront 12 meters wide on Calle Cristóbal Bordiú and, at last, a parking lot. The old shop had been tight for years ...
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Stadium has given up in its expansion into Germany after...
Stadium has given up in its expansion into Germany after five years on the market and is closing its only three stores in the country, all located in Hamburg. The management of the Swedish sports retailer mentioned a difficult market situation combined with high rents. In addition to Sweden, Stadium ...
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Adidas moves Speedfactory technology to Asia
By the end of this year, Adidas will be transferring the robotic Speedfactory technology that it has developed in cooperation with Oechsler to two of its Asian footwear suppliers to help increase the flexibility of the design and production process. With production times substantially cut there, Adidas says it will ...
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Adidas partners with the Space Station
Adidas has announced a multi-year partnership with the International Space Station (ISS), the space laboratory managed by the U.S. Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (Casis). The partnership will explore breakthroughs to improve the future design and engineering of sporting products on and off Earth. For to station’s ...
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Adidas and Prada are partnering on a collaborative line of...
Adidas and Prada are partnering on a collaborative line of sneakers. The announcement has been made on Instagram with the three accounts – Prada, Adidas and Adidas Originals – posting the same photo at the same time, all using the hashtag #Pradaforadidas, followed by the comment “Coming Soon.” The collection ...
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The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and Adidas are extending...
The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and Adidas are extending their sponsorship deal through 2030. Adidas originally supplied the Spanish national team's jersey from 1981 to 1983. The present deal dates back to 1991. As recently as last June (see SGI Europe Vol. 30 N°19+20), Adidas was threatening to take ...
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Adidas has unveiled the Uniforia, the official match ball for...
Adidas has unveiled the Uniforia, the official match ball for Uefa Euro 2020, named in honor of the unity and the euphoria that football can bring, the brand explained
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Adidas has introduced the second generation of the FutureCraft Loop,...
Adidas has introduced the second generation of the FutureCraft Loop, its first 100 percent recyclable shoe. Like its predecessor, the second-generation shoe is also a 100 percent recyclable performance running shoe, but is created using a mix of raw materials and recycled components from the first-generation shoe. This means that ...
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Fred Perry has opened a 700-square-foot store in Lower Manhattan,...
Fred Perry has opened a 700-square-foot store in Lower Manhattan, working with the same architectural firm, BuckleyGrayYeoman, with which it has cooperated for stores in Stockholm, Seoul, Munich and Bangkok
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JD Sports reached a total of 60 stores in Spain...
JD Sports reached a total of 60 stores in Spain when it opened two, in the cities of Alcoy and Mogán, on Nov. 23. The new stores carry footwear and urban sportswear from name brands, such Nike, Adidas, Vans and Fila, as well as its own brands, Supply & Demand ...
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Dielmann, a German retailer with 49 footwear and sporting goods...
Dielmann, a German retailer with 49 footwear and sporting goods stores operating under banners such as Schuhhaus Dielmann and Sporthaus Robert Hübner, has appointed a retail expert, Manuel Farrokh, as its new executive manager, responsible for project and risk management. In his new role, he will work closely with the ...
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Vans has opened a store at 214 Oxford Street in...
Vans has opened a store at 214 Oxford Street in London, its largest European store. The 4,714-square-foot flagship store, in a space previously occupied by Miss Selfridge, offers a wide selection of footwear, clothing and accessories for men, women and kids, as well as Vans' surf and pro-skate ranges. The ...
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Sport 2000 Austria has redesigned its rental website. With better...
Sport 2000 Austria has redesigned its rental website. With better usability, mobile optimization and modern design, it is now easier for customers to rent winter equipment.
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On Nov. 15, Decathlon moved into the Potrero Center mall,...
On Nov. 15, Decathlon moved into the Potrero Center mall, on the corner of 16th Street and Bryant Street in San Francisco. The new 38,370-square-foot store is the French retailer's third one in San Francisco's Bay Area and is highly digitalized, with a mobile checkout, endless-aisle kiosks, a robot to ...
