Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 109
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Adidas succeeded in securing copyright registration in the U.S. for...
Adidas succeeded in securing copyright registration in the U.S. for the styling of the Yeezy Boost 350 v1 and v2 sneakers as the review board of the U.S. Copyright Office reversed an earlier decision rejecting the unique “artwork and sculpture” of the designs, according to The Fashion Law.
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Adidas is releasing a Parley for the Oceans edition of...
Adidas is releasing a Parley for the Oceans edition of its Alphaedge 4D running shoe. The upper of the Alphaedge 4D Parley for the Oceans shoe is made with recycled ocean plastic debris. The shoe also features the Adidas 4D midsole, developed in partnership with Carbon. This midsole is produced ...
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Anima Athletica, the French activewear brand founded by Alexia Romanet...
Anima Athletica, the French activewear brand founded by Alexia Romanet in 2012, is off to a fresh start. After going into receivership, then into liquidation in October 2017, the company is now being relaunched by Emmanuel Vial. As reported in the French edition of Fashionnetwork.com, the new Anima Athletica will ...
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Adidas is about to lose its 35-year-old endorsement of the...
Adidas is about to lose its 35-year-old endorsement of the Spanish Football Federation, according to Reuters, after several months of unfruitful negotiations. The Spanish organization, which is actually called the Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF), apparently claims that the current agreement does not meet current criteria for minimally acceptable ...
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SportScheck is reopening its store in Hamburg on June 13...
SportScheck is reopening its store in Hamburg on June 13 after a major overhaul, introducing more multi-channel features
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Salomon has opened its first fully-fledged mono-brand store in Spain,...
Salomon has opened its first fully-fledged mono-brand store in Spain, which measures 206 square meters on two floors. It is located in the very central Calle Fuencarral of Madrid. A second store is due to be opened in Barcelona in June, again at in a central location: the Rambla de ...
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Intersport España is reportedly planning to finally enter the Portuguese...
Intersport España is reportedly planning to finally enter the Portuguese sports market, testing the waters initially with a web store
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Sports Direct has reportedly sold its flagship store in Dublin's...
Sports Direct has reportedly sold its flagship store in Dublin's North Earl Street, in the city center, for about £17.3 million (€20.3m-$22.7m)
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Decathlon will open its first pop-up store for second-hand products...
Decathlon will open its first pop-up store for second-hand products in Germany in June, covering 200 square meters next to its existing store in Magdeburg. The store will be tested in a pilot phase for three months to see whether customers accept the new store concept. The second-hand products that ...
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Deporvillage, the Spanish sports e-tailer, has launched its own cycling...
Deporvillage, the Spanish sports e-tailer, has launched its own cycling brand and will be its exclusive vendor. It is called Finisseur – the term for a cyclist who performs his team's final sprint – and its slogan is “Never look back.” The brand consists of more than 50 technical items: ...
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Zalando expands its customer reach
Zalando reported that the number of active customers increased by 14.1 percent year-on-year during the first quarter of 2019 to 27.2 million, with site visits rising by 29.5 percent to 924 million. The larger customer base placed more frequent orders than before. The number of orders per active customer grew ...
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Europêche and Concept Pro Pêche, while maintaining their independence, have...
Europêche and Concept Pro Pêche, while maintaining their independence, have signed a cooperation agreement to increase their bargaining and purchasing power. The two French fishing-tackle retail chains, which have 195 stores between them, have announced in a letter to suppliers that they are pooling their resources and founding an Economic ...
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Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof, the new holding company formed last year...
Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof, the new holding company formed last year from the merger of the Galeria Kaufhof and Karstadt department stores, aims to cooperate more closely with Amazon and Zalando in the future. Galeria Kaufhof has already been cooperating with Amazon since 2017. A new service will be launched in ...
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Kobe Bryant has launched a new online store in China,...
Kobe Bryant has launched a new online store in China, the first outlet for Kobe Bryant-licensed products in the Chinese market. The flagship online store is called the “Kobe Official Enterprise Store” on Taobao and “Kobe Bryant 24” on WeChat. The products available through the store include mugs, sunglasses, sports ...
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Asos is not doing as well as Zalando
Zalando saw its share price go up after already it announced that it expects to post a positive adjusted operating profit (Ebit) in the single-digit million range for the first quarter of this year, in contrast with market expectations of negative Ebit of €10 million. Meanwhile, its big British rival, ...
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Decathlon has announced that it will join the new Cycling...
Decathlon has announced that it will join the new Cycling Market Data Service, launched by the Bicycle Association of Great Britain in January. The service, which is meant to provide the industry with detailed and up-to-date market data, is free for independent bike shops with a U.K. cycling turnover of ...
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Adidas’ margins climb further, European sales lag behind
The Adidas Group continued to emphasize profit margins in the first quarter of 2018. Its net earnings from continuing operations went up by 16.5 percent to €631 million, and earnings per share actually leaped by 19 percent as the company continued its share buy-back program. Sales increased by only 6.1 ...
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Adidas extends its contract with Real Madrid, paying dearly
Adidas and Real Madrid have agreed on a new contract that extends their partnership for eight more years, through June 2028. The parties have agreed not to disclose the value of the deal. According to various sources, it is worth between €100 million and €120 million a year, but Adidas ...
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The Adidas Group has three new members on its supervisory...
The Adidas Group has three new members on its supervisory board. At the company's annual general meeting on May 9, Thomas Rabe, Bodo Uebber and Jing Ulrich were elected to the board. Rabe has been the chief executive of Bertelsmann since 2012, Uebber is financial director of Daimler and Ulrich ...
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Adidas has opened a store in Paris' Boulevard Haussmann, its...
Adidas has opened a store in Paris' Boulevard Haussmann, its third in downtown Paris and its fifth in Paris metropolitan area
