Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 134
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Intersport France has stated that it wants to become the...
Intersport France has stated that it wants to become the second-largest sporting goods retailer in Belgium, where it now has only six stores, compared with 639 in France. We estimate that Intersport was in sixth place in a market dominated by Decathlon in 2015. After closing many stores, Intersport opened ...
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Canada Goose told investors at the recent Baird Global Consumer,...
Canada Goose told investors at the recent Baird Global Consumer, Technology & Services Conference that it is planning to have no more than 20 physical stores in place by 2020 because its business is still largely seasonal, but as previously reported, it is investing heavily in e-commerce, particularly now in ...
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Yet another Spanish voluntary group, Anzamar, is launching its own...
Yet another Spanish voluntary group, Anzamar, is launching its own chain of sneaker shops, called Black Laces. The first one will open next month at Los Barrios, near Algeciras, to be followed by another one at Jaén in August or September.
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Nike to work more closely with Amazon and Zalando
Zalando has unveiled plans to double in size by 2020, raising its annual sales from €3.6 billion to €7.6 billion, as part of an ambitious new strategy that will include providing new services to brands like Adidas and Nike. Founded in Berlin in 2008, the German company has quickly expanded ...
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Bernard Tapie, the former majority shareholder of Adidas, has lost...
Bernard Tapie, the former majority shareholder of Adidas, has lost a final appeal in French courts against a ruling that he should reimburse €404 million paid out to him after arbitration proceedings around the sale of the sports company in 1993. Tapie has long alleged that he was fleeced by ...
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Kasper Rørsted, the new chief executive of the Adidas Group,...
Kasper Rørsted, the new chief executive of the Adidas Group, is the most popular manager in the German fashion industry, according to Glassdoor. The company, which operates an employment and recruitment platform, recently released its list of the ten most popular managers in the country. Glassdoor's list includes managers from ...
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Adidas is boosting its infrastructure in Paris and regrouping its...
Adidas is boosting its infrastructure in Paris and regrouping its local teams under Guillaume de Monplanet, general manager of Adidas France, by opening of a new office near the trendy Pigalle area. Adidas and Reebok employees, who were previously working at different offices inside and outside the French capital, will ...
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Zalando will be the main sponsor of the 20th edition...
Zalando will be the main sponsor of the 20th edition of the 080 Barcelona Fashion fair on June 26-30, along with Moritz, the Spanish beer
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Decathlon has opened its 15th store in the Paris area....
Decathlon has opened its 15th store in the Paris area. Located in the suburb of Malakoff, it measures 3,500 square meters. In Spain, the French retailer inaugurated on June 16 a smaller store of 1,800 sqm. in the Maquinista shopping center of Barcelona.
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The Australian Financial Review reports that Decathlon, the French sports...
The Australian Financial Review reports that Decathlon, the French sports retailer, plans to open 100 stores in Australia. Decathlon moved into the Australian market about one year ago with an online store, as part of a much wider expansion plan that has seen it target markets in South East Asia ...
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Under Armour (UA) has opened a 400-square-meter flagship store near...
Under Armour (UA) has opened a 400-square-meter flagship store near Bergamo, Italy, at the Oriocenter shopping center. It is the first flagship store for the U.S. activewear brand in Italy. The opening follows the signing of a seven-year distribution agreement for Italy with Oberalp in May 2016. The deal is ...
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Zalando released details of a planned new €30 million logistics...
Zalando released details of a planned new €30 million logistics center in Sweden. Located in Brunna near Stockholm, the distribution center will be operational by the end of the year, with up to 300 employees. The goal is to significantly reduce the time required fopr deliveries of parcels in all ...
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Adidas has recruited Kendall Jenner, the 21-year-old supermodel and reality...
Adidas has recruited Kendall Jenner, the 21-year-old supermodel and reality TV star, as brand ambassador for Adidas Originals. She personally made the announcement to her 81 million followers on Instagram. Jenner's brother-in-law, Kanye West, already has a highly popular collaboration with Adidas since 2013 for its Yeezy Boost. Her sister, ...
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Ochsner Sport, the Swiss sporting goods retailer, has relaunched its...
Ochsner Sport, the Swiss sporting goods retailer, has relaunched its online store in cooperation with KPS, a business consultancy based in Munich. Ochsner Sport's new online store combines e-commerce with marketing and is based on technologies from SAP and Adobe. The Swiss retailer, which is part of the Deichmann group, ...
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Peak Performance is opening its second directly operated German store...
Peak Performance is opening its second directly operated German store in Stuttgart at the end of this month
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Sports Direct is opening a six-level megastore in Dublin. The...
Sports Direct is opening a six-level megastore in Dublin. The new 37,000-square-foot store is located in North Earl Street, on the premises that were once occupied by the Boyers department store. The store will offer 250 brands and feature around 50,000 products, for both children and adults, covering 30 sport ...
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Zalando tests GPS-assisted deliveries
Zalando continues to be at the forefront of innovation in e-commerce with a test in Belgium of a new geolocation-assisted delivery service. By using a smartphone-enabled GPS tracking process, it will allow the shipment of its parcels directly to customers wherever they are, rather than only to their homes or ...
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Fusalp, the French skiwear brand taken over by members of...
Fusalp, the French skiwear brand taken over by members of the Lacoste family three years ago, is branching out into beachwear. In this context, the brand has just opened its first store near the sea at Saint-Jean-de-Luz, on the Basque Coast of France.
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VF Corp.'s sale of Majestic to Fanatics has been completed...
VF Corp.'s sale of Majestic to Fanatics has been completed
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Canada Goose has announced the opening of two new flagship...
Canada Goose has announced the opening of two new flagship stores and a larger e-commerce reach. The maker of luxury artic apparel will open its first European flagship store in London this autumn. It will be the brand's largest retail space to date. The company will also open a two-level ...
