Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 130
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Erik Liedtke, the executive board member of the Adidas Group...
Erik Liedtke, the executive board member of the Adidas Group responsible for global brands, has won the Chief Marketing Officer of the Year award from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He took over the responsibility in 2014 after running Adidas' sport performance division.
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According to numerous press reports that Adidas declined to confirm,...
According to numerous press reports that Adidas declined to confirm, the Big a will stop sponsoring AC Milan in 2018 or 2019, after the expiration of a 20-year-old contract that pays the strong Italian Series A football club €19.7 million per year. Under Armour and New Balance are said to ...
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The Adidas Group has closed the €425 million sale of...
The Adidas Group has closed the €425 million sale of TaylorMade, Adams Golf and Ashworth to KPS Capital Partners
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Moncler has opened a 180-square-meter store in the Esentai Mall...
Moncler has opened a 180-square-meter store in the Esentai Mall of Almaty, the capital of Kazakhstan
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Fusalp has opened a store at 155 Boulevard Saint-Germain in...
Fusalp has opened a store at 155 Boulevard Saint-Germain in Paris
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Alibaba has announced it plans to invest RMB 100 billion,...
Alibaba has announced it plans to invest RMB 100 billion, the equivalent of around $15 billion, over the next three years in a new global research and development program called Alibaba DAMO Academy. The acronym stands for “Discovery, Adventure, Momentum and Outlook.” The academy will start by launching research labs in ...
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Zalando works with a U.S. sneaker retailer
Zalando has struck its first transatlantic retail alliance by extending its partnership program with retailers to a premium American retailer of sneakers and streetwear, Stadium Goods, which tends to offer the latest limited editions of hot products at its two physical stores in New York and on its website in ...
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Sport Partner reports that Regatta is opening its first Dutch...
Sport Partner reports that Regatta is opening its first Dutch branded store in Amersfoort, in the center of the Netherlands, to sell the Regatta and Dare2Be brands
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Sport Partner reports that Daka Sport, a leading Dutch sports...
Sport Partner reports that Daka Sport, a leading Dutch sports retailer, is taking over Intersport Wim Jaquet Sports, a store of 3,500 square meters in Amersfoort, in the center of the Netherlands. Well known around the country for its assortment of winter sports equipment, the store was established by the ...
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New Era has closed down the Paris shop it had...
New Era has closed down the Paris shop it had opened at the end of 2013, but it will continue to offer its collections in France at multi-brand stores and on the internet
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Macron and the Bologna Football Club have opened a new...
Macron and the Bologna Football Club have opened a new Macron-Bologna FC 1909 store in Bologna. The store is located in Galleria Cavour, an elegant shopping arcade just a few steps from Piazza Maggiore, which is the city's main square. Macron is the technical sponsor of Bologna FC. The club ...
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Introducing a new look and a new concept, Bogner has...
Introducing a new look and a new concept, Bogner has opened a store in Constance where it presents a selection of products from all its various lines, from activewear to women's wear and menswear on 220 square meters of space. It's the company's 12th directly operated store in Germany.
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Sweaty Betty has opened a new European flagship store on...
Sweaty Betty has opened a new European flagship store on Carnaby Street in London, replacing a store on Beak Street. Spanning three floors, the new location offers the brand's full range of clothing, accessories and fitness equipment. It also hosts a fitness and wellness studio and a Farm Girl café.
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Falke's first Chinese store has opened in Beijing's China Trade...
Falke's first Chinese store has opened in Beijing's China Trade Mall
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Under Armour is preparing to open a flagship store later...
Under Armour is preparing to open a flagship store later this year in Amsterdam, the first for the U.S. brand in Europe. It already has more than 20 shops in Europe, a mixture of own stores and partner stores, but the flagship will display a broader range of products across ...
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Snow + Rock is on the expansion trail again with...
Snow + Rock is on the expansion trail again with the reported opening of a store covering about 1,200 square meters at the Bluewater shopping center in Kent in November. The outlet was described by the company as a “statement store,” which will be one of its largest in the ...
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Adidas rejigs European management
The Adidas Group is replacing its managing directors in France, Iberia and Italy, as part of a management reshuffle that saw these three executives assume more international functions while the group's European structure has been streamlined.Under the latest structure, which has just become effective, the Adidas Group's business has been ...
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Adidas and Puma deploy stores in India
Growing Indian demand for training and athleisure products is fueling increased sales in the country for some of the leading international brands, which are starting to deploy their own stores in the country.The Adidas Group reportedly achieved the strongest gains as its sales reached 1,513 crore rupees (€195.8m-$231.8m) for the ...
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Adidas has passed the Jordan brand as the second-largest sports...
Adidas has passed the Jordan brand as the second-largest sports footwear brand in the U.S. market, based on the athletic footwear report from the NPD Group for the year to date until August. The estimate marks a remarkable rise in the Adidas brand's footwear market share to 11.3 percent, compared ...
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Adidas says it has placed one of its employees on...
Adidas says it has placed one of its employees on administrative leave and engaged outside counsel to conduct a thorough investigation into a case of bribery in which he has allegedly been involved. Jim Gatto, who is Adidas' director of global sports marketing for basketball, was mentioned among ten people ...
