Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 115
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Canada Goose suspended the planned opening of a flagship store...
Canada Goose suspended the planned opening of a flagship store in Beijing, originally planned for Dec. 15, justifying the move with delays in construction. No new date was given. Observers felt that the suspension was linked to the arrest on Dec. 1 of Meng Wanzhou, the financial director of Huawei, ...
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Footasylum, the British lifestyle footwear retailer, says it has increased...
Footasylum, the British lifestyle footwear retailer, says it has increased its revenue from e-mail marketing by 28 percent by harvesting its existing customer data. According to the company, a recent test showed that its cost per click had been cut by 75 percent. Looking for ways to direct customers to ...
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UYN, the new Italian brand of functional underwear, has launched...
UYN, the new Italian brand of functional underwear, has launched its web store, addressing customers in 47 countries, with others due to follow soon. The brand, which stands for Unleash Your Nature, was launched last year by Trerè Innovation, a big Italian knitwear manufacturer that works also for Armani and ...
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The Bründl group, an Austrian retailing group that works with...
The Bründl group, an Austrian retailing group that works with Intersport, will be going its own way on Sept. 1, 2019. Both companies are closely linked, and they have influenced the Austrian sports goods retail industry for the past five years together. The Bründl group currently manages 26 stores and 550 ...
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Knud Hansen, chairman of the supervisory board at Intersport Deutschland, has closed his...
Knud Hansen, chairman of the supervisory board at Intersport Deutschland, has closed his Intersport store in Kiel. The decision was taken two or three months ago, as the frequency at the store was continuing to decline. Other stores in the center of Kiel have also closed in the course of this year. Intersport ...
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Fusalp, the French sportswear brand inspired by alpine skiing, has...
Fusalp, the French sportswear brand inspired by alpine skiing, has opened its sixth Parisian store. It is located in 177 rue Saint-Honoré, in Paris' 1st district and not far from the Louvre museum. The store, designed by Dillon Garris, sells the women's, men's and children's collections of the brand, alongside ...
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Alibaba is setting up an e-commerce trade hub in Belgium...
Alibaba is setting up an e-commerce trade hub in Belgium
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Decathlon is expanding rapidly in Africa. It opened last month...
Decathlon is expanding rapidly in Africa. It opened last month its first store in Kenya, covering 1,500 square meters in the Hub Mall of Nairobi. An outdoor playground enables customers to try out new products and to discover new sports activities. The store will be supplied from a distribution center ...
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Adidas has announced the completion of the first tranche of...
Adidas has announced the completion of the first tranche of a share buyback program, saying that it will give a total return to shareholders of more than €1.5 billion in 2018. The company bought back 5.1 million shares, corresponding to 2.5 percent of its equity, between March 22 and Dec. ...
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Adidas has appointed a new chief information officer, Fumbi Chima,...
Adidas has appointed a new chief information officer, Fumbi Chima, replacing Michael Vögele who has left the company at his own request. Reporting to Harm Ohlmeyer, chief financial officer, she will take responsibility for the IT department from Jan. 1. A native of Nigeria, Fumbi comes from the Fox Network ...
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Adidas is partnering with Foot Locker to launch the new...
Adidas is partnering with Foot Locker to launch the new Adidas Asterisk Collective, a platform empowering creative partners to propose initiatives that aim to positively impact communities all over the world. To celebrate the launch, the two companies tapped three musicians – Kid Cudi, Raury and H.E.R. – as well ...
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Adidas has entered into a “perpetual, legacy partnership” with Stan...
Adidas has entered into a “perpetual, legacy partnership” with Stan Smith, the two-time Grand Slam tennis champion whose career lasted from 1969 to 1985. Adidas first collaborated with Smith on a famous shoe style in 1973 and is now releasing an updated version, with leather upper, rubber cupsole and white ...
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Global brands and retailers launch a new charter to collectively address climate change
A large group made up of global fashion brands, retailers, suppliers and other organizations is launching the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action, a collective initiative to address global environmental concerns, under the auspices of UN Climate Change. The group includes sports companies such as Adidas, Puma, Arc'teryx, Peak Performance, Salomon and ...
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Adidas has taken Rafinha to court in Amsterdam, according to...
Adidas has taken Rafinha to court in Amsterdam, according to The Mirror, demanding that the Barcelona midfielder should pay a penalty of €100,000 for each day that he doesn't wear Adidas shoes in the field and Adidas apparel at all media appearances. The 25-year-old Brazilian football player, whose real name ...
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Outdoor Retailer has announced that all three shows in 2019...
Outdoor Retailer has announced that all three shows in 2019 will only last three days. The Summer Market in June and the Winter Market in November will move from four days to three, while the Snow Show in January remains a three-day event. All three shows will take place at ...
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Sportiv, a new premium sports retailer in Russia
A group of Russian investors has officially opened the first store under the banner of a new sporting goods retail chain, called Sportiv, in Moscow. Until the end of 2018 new stores are slated to be opened in the biggest shopping centers of the Russian capital, according to the Arendator ...
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El Corte Inglés has entered a wide-ranging cooperation with the...
El Corte Inglés has entered a wide-ranging cooperation with the Alibaba Group, covering cloud computing, trading, logistics and smart payments. The Spanish department store chain, which is a major player in the domestic sporting goods market, will have access to Alibaba's software solutions for large data analysis and customer relationship ...
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Zalando is launching a new strategy, called Connected Retail, to...
Zalando is launching a new strategy, called Connected Retail, to integrate online and offline channels as part of its evolution from an online retailer to an open ecosystem, or platform. Through Connected Retail, Zalando's fashion partners can take orders from Zalando customers themselves and ship the goods directly from their ...
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Bogner, the German luxury sports brand, has expanded into China,...
Bogner, the German luxury sports brand, has expanded into China, where it has opened its first franchise space. The store is located in the Thaiwoo ski resort, northwest of Beijing and a three-hour drive from China's capital city. The shop will be open seven days a week. Thaiwoo will play ...
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Woolrich has opened a directly operated store in the Austrian...
Woolrich has opened a directly operated store in the Austrian ski resort of Kitzbühel
