Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 108
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Under Armour plans to open its first store in the...
Under Armour plans to open its first store in the Nordic countries in September. It will be located in Stockholm's Mall of Scandinavia, which is right next to the Swedish National football stadium, Friends Arena. At a little over 200 square meters, the store will display the breadth of the ...
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Jeff Wilke, Amazon's chief executive of consumer operations worldwide, has...
Jeff Wilke, Amazon's chief executive of consumer operations worldwide, has announced that his company should be delivering packages with drones “within months.” Speaking at Re:Mars – the e-tail behemoth's conference on machine learning, automation, robotics and space, held on June 4-7 in Las Vegas – Wilke said that Amazon's latest ...
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Adidas loses a court fight over its Three Stripes
The General Court of the European Union decided today to uphold a previous decision made by the European Intellectual Property Office (Euipo) that nullified a three-stripe trademark that Adidas had registered in 2014 for clothing, footwear and headgear. The news led to a drop of more than 2 percent in ...
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Adidas and Nike back women’s football
Adidas has signed up as a founding partner of United for Girls, a new initiative from the U.S. Soccer Foundation aimed at increasing opportunities for girls and women from underserved communities to play football. Adidas' participation in United for Girls is part of the brand's “She Breaks Barriers” initiative to ...
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Adidas, Foot Locker and Game of Thrones have teamed up...
Adidas, Foot Locker and Game of Thrones have teamed up for the release of a limited edition of shoes, called the Game of Thrones x Adidas Ultra Boost Collection. The limited edition takes inspiration from characters in the HBO series and includes six color combinations that pay homage to them. ...
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Adidas and Ikea are collaborating to develop new home fitness...
Adidas and Ikea are collaborating to develop new home fitness solutions, with the purpose of increasing the number of “active homes” in which people can work out. Designers and product developers from both companies paid a visit to the homes of people in London, New York, Chicago and Shanghai in ...
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Adidas organized a long-standing running event, called “Run for the...
Adidas organized a long-standing running event, called “Run for the Oceans,” at the company's new headquarters in Herzogenaurach on June 11. Roland Auschel, sales director Adidas, Harm Ohlmeyer, financial director, Gina Lückenkemper, a world-class sprinter, Sebastian Steudtner, a big wave surfer, and Ian Thorpe, the Australian swim legend, were in ...
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NikeLab and the designer Virgil Abloh have launched the Chicago...
NikeLab and the designer Virgil Abloh have launched the Chicago Re-Creation Center at 673 de N. Michigan Avenue. Slated to run during the summer, from May 31 to July 28, this “cultural hub” is intended to provide mentorships and workshops for the young in Abloh's hometown as well as exclusive ...
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11teamsports buys into a similar Czech retailer
11teamsports, the German multi-channel retailer, has taken control of Top4Sport, a similar Czech-based sporting goods retailer, by acquiring a 51 percent stake in the company on June 1. The takeover is expanding the group's presence in other parts of Europe. Up to now, 11teamsports was only represented in Germany, Austria, ...
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NK Sport, the high-end sporting goods store in Stockholm, will...
NK Sport, the high-end sporting goods store in Stockholm, will reopen in September after a renovation of its 1,800-square-meter space. It hopes to offer current and new NK customers an inspiring, modern sporting goods environment that is closely linked to the fashion scene. What used to be a focus on ...
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Gore-Tex recently opened a pop-up store at a German shoe...
Gore-Tex recently opened a pop-up store at a German shoe retail store called Schuh Reindl. The pop-up store, covering 40 square meters, is located in Rosenheim. It's the company's first pop-up store in Germany. There, consumers can test sneakers, casual shoes, trekking shoes and running shoes made with Gore-Tex fabrics. ...
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Keller Sports, the German e-tailer of premium sporting goods, has...
Keller Sports, the German e-tailer of premium sporting goods, has won the German Innovation Award for two services: the Keller sMiles reward app and the Keller Premium Membership. The sMiles app can connect to any of several activity-tracking apps, such as Garmin ConnectTM, Nike Run Club, Google Fit, Apple Health ...
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Puma has opened a new Ultra Football concept store in...
Puma has opened a new Ultra Football concept store in Sydney that features digital product displays giving information about an item when a customer touches them. The technology will be rolled out to other Puma flagship stores in the future.
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Brede Birkeland has left his role as chief executive of...
Brede Birkeland has left his role as chief executive of Platou Sport, a small Norwegian sports retailer. His brother and co-owner, Bjarte Birkeland, will take over. The reason for the shift is that the brothers have decided to split their tasks in a different way, partly because of an increased ...
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In a further step toward becoming an online marketplace, Instagram...
In a further step toward becoming an online marketplace, Instagram has launched its own internet retail account internationally under @shop. Its own team recommends products such as shoes, handbags and pullovers, tracking trends and posting their pictures on its social media platform, which is owned by Facebook, just like its ...
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Kappa has signed a three-year partnership with Fanatics to become...
Kappa has signed a three-year partnership with Fanatics to become the kit supplier to Aston Villa, a second-tier English soccer club. The team was previously sponsored by Under Armour, but the deal was terminated three years early in April 2018. Luke1977, a brand based in Birmingham, then partnered with Fanatics ...
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Zalando wants to reinforce its partnership with brick-and-mortar stores because...
Zalando wants to reinforce its partnership with brick-and-mortar stores because it is losing about 20-30 million transactions per year, which equals about €1 billion in sales, due to a lack of stock in its own warehouses. Zalando is already working with more than 1,000 shops in Germany, but wants to ...
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The battle for control of Netshoes, the biggest sports e-tailer...
The battle for control of Netshoes, the biggest sports e-tailer in Latin America, is escalating. As reported in our last issue, Magazine Luiza initially made a bid for Netshoes at $2.00 per share, valuing the company at $62 million. Late last month, Grupo SBF, which owns the big Centauro chain ...
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After a beta test in France that began a year...
After a beta test in France that began a year ago, Google is taking its Shopping Actions experience to the U.S. With this application, customers are able to buy products online from a brand or a retailer through their own Google account, without registering for the service and without leaving ...
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Adidas has promoted Neelendra Singh to general manager for India....
Adidas has promoted Neelendra Singh to general manager for India. He takes over the role from Dave Thomas, who has been appointed as Adidas' managing director for emerging markets. Singh, who was previously senior vice-president of global DTC and franchise, will continue to report to Dave Thomas. Singh joined Adidas ...
