Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 117
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Adidas has filed suit in South Florida District Court against...
Adidas has filed suit in South Florida District Court against a further 200 websites for the sale of counterfeit Yeezy, Adidas and Reebok shoes. It is seeking the seizure of their domains, the scrubbing of their URLs from search engines and $2 million in statutory damages per defendant.
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Adidas is said to be close to signing a record-breaking...
Adidas is said to be close to signing a record-breaking €1.1 billion sponsorship contract with the Real Madrid club for the next ten years. The deal would guarantee a minimum of €110 million per year, up strongly from the current fee of €38.7 million and way above the €85 million ...
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Adidas and Nike were among the 237 brands that generated...
Adidas and Nike were among the 237 brands that generated sales of more than 100 million yuan renmimbi (€12.6m-$14.4m) at Alibaba's Single's Day consumption festival on Nov. 11. New Balance was also a winner with 60,000 pairs of shoes ordered during a pre-sales program. Overall, consumers placed orders for a ...
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Decathlon plans to open a 38,000-square-foot store in Montreal's Eaton...
Decathlon plans to open a 38,000-square-foot store in Montreal's Eaton Centre before the end of 2019
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Urban outdoor, rugged outdoor, training and other sports play a...
Urban outdoor, rugged outdoor, training and other sports play a big role in the revised version of Schuster, the famous sports store in downtown Munich, which reopened its doors a few days ago after two years of redecoration and its enlargement from 4,000 to 5,000 square. Run by Rainer Angstl, ...
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Moncler opened two pop-up stores in New York and Tokyo...
Moncler opened two pop-up stores in New York and Tokyo on Oct. 4 to mark the launch of “The House of Genius,” a new concept store for its Genius collections. The two concept stores are interactive spaces, enlivened by special activities and designed to establish close contact with the metropolitan ...
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Keller Sports, the German online retailer of selected sporting goods,...
Keller Sports, the German online retailer of selected sporting goods, says it has raised an eight-digit amount of equity financing from Reimann Investors, which was already its lead investor, and from the Co-Investor Group. The new financing round, which is described as the largest one in the company's history, is ...
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Rossignol has opened a flagship store in Paris, near the...
Rossignol has opened a flagship store in Paris, near the Opéra theater. It features skiwear and urbanwear along with a premium selection of winter products. The new store, which was inaugurated on Oct. 22, is located at 21, boulevard des Capucines, and the French ski brand is planning to open ...
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J. Lindeberg has reopened its flagship store in Stockholm, where...
J. Lindeberg has reopened its flagship store in Stockholm, where the brand was founded in 1996, featuring a new design inspired by the ‘70s. The 200-square-meter store is located at Bibilioteksgatan 6. J. Lindeberg has about 90 mono-brand stores and 35 shop-in-shops around the world. It is also sold in ...
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Palace Skateboards is opening a flagship store in Tokyo, at...
Palace Skateboards is opening a flagship store in Tokyo, at 5-9-20 Jingumae, Shibuya-Ku. The inauguration is scheduled for Nov. 3. It will be the third global location for the London-based brand. Palace currently operates stores in London and New York City. To promote the Tokyo opening, the brand has called ...
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Goldwin is opening its first free-standing flagship store in the...
Goldwin is opening its first free-standing flagship store in the Marunouchi district of Tokyo
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Fila has opened its first store in Mumbai, India...
Fila has opened its first store in Mumbai, India
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Woolrich, a company in which Goldwin retains a minority stake,...
Woolrich, a company in which Goldwin retains a minority stake, has opened its second Japanese store in Aoyama, after a recent opening in Sapporo
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Fanatics boosts management as it internationalizes
Fanatics has continued the strong international deployment of its vertical manufacturing and merchandising model by signing a new long-term partnership with the strong German Football Association (DFB). It will handle the sourcing of a greater range of licensed products for the DFB that will be available to fans all over ...
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Blue Tomato plans to open four new stores by the...
Blue Tomato plans to open four new stores by the end of this year. The Austrian-based retailer of products for snowboarding, freeskiing, skating and surfing will also be entering the Dutch market by the end of this year with its first store in the Netherlands. It plans to open a ...
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Tradeinn has been awarded Spain's Ecommerce Awards as the Best...
Tradeinn has been awarded Spain's Ecommerce Awards as the Best Digital Company in the country. The awards, which reached their ninth edition this year, saw the participation of more than 150 companies. The sporting goods e-tailer was honored as Spain's Best Webshop Crossborder. Tradeinn posted revenues of €120 million in ...
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Snowleader, the French omni-channel retailer based in Annecy, has partnered...
Snowleader, the French omni-channel retailer based in Annecy, has partnered with a publisher, Nivéales, to produce a magazine on mountaineering. The 52-page magazine will be packed in with all the information of Snowleader's offerings online and be available free of charge at its brick-and-mortar stores. The initiative aims to inspire ...
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Aiming for a major expansion in the U.K., Decathlon has...
Aiming for a major expansion in the U.K., Decathlon has embarked on its second automation project with Omnia Retail, a Dutch-based company whose software provides dynamic pricing and helps execute online marketing. Dating back to 2016, the initial project developed with Omnia had reportedly increased conversion rates by 80 percent ...
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Adidas has opened a new event center and staff restaurant...
Adidas has opened a new event center and staff restaurant at its headquarters in Herzogenaurach. The new building, encompassing 14,000 square meters, is called Halftime. By April 2019, Adidas will also open a new building with workplaces for 2,000 employees, a new car park, meeting spaces and areas for sports ...
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Adidas has appointed a new general counsel, Jan Heinemann, who...
Adidas has appointed a new general counsel, Jan Heinemann, who will report to Kasper Rorsted, the company's chief executive. The previous general counsel, Frank Dassler, left the company earlier this year, and Paul Ehrlich had stepped in on an interim basis. Ehrlich will resume his post as general counsel for ...
