Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 143
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Confirming an article in Boardsports Source, Adidas says it is...
Confirming an article in Boardsports Source, Adidas says it is building up a dedicated action sports team for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) under the Adidas Originals umbrella, servicing primarily the skate and snowboard community. The Western Europe unit has been run since last year by Bjorn Wiersma, ...
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Adidas has filed a new intellectual property lawsuit in the...
Adidas has filed a new intellectual property lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the state of Oregon against Skechers, claiming that the design of the latter's “Mega Flex” shoe infringes on its “Springblade” concept. Last February, Adidas won a preliminary injunction against Skechers in another Oregon court case over ...
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Adidas has announced that Benjamin Proud and Andrew Willis have...
Adidas has announced that Benjamin Proud and Andrew Willis have joined its team of swimmers, only a few weeks ahead of the Rio Olympics. The two British swimmers will wear the recently launched adizero XVI swimsuit. Proud, aged 19, won two gold and a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth ...
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Adidas has signed up a supermodel, Karlie Kloss, as the...
Adidas has signed up a supermodel, Karlie Kloss, as the ambassador for the next autumn/winter collection of its Adidas by Stella McCartney collection
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JD Sports Fahion confirms a report in CMD Sport that...
JD Sports Fahion confirms a report in CMD Sport that it has acquired control of SportIbérica, the Portuguese company that has the license for The Athlete's Foot in the country. JD's Spanish subsidiary will run its 12 TAF stores under their current banner before transitioning them to the JD format. ...
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Arc'teryx is stepping up its long-term relationships with Chamonix with...
Arc'teryx is stepping up its long-term relationships with Chamonix with the opening of its first French Arc´teryx partner store later this year. Five years ago, the Canadian technical outdoor brand chose Chamonix for its Alpine Academy. The fifth edition of the academy, which was held on June 16-19, attracted 360 ...
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New Balance has announced the opening of its first U.S....
New Balance has announced the opening of its first U.S. global flagship store at Boston Landing. The 6,566-square-foot store is located in the Brighton neighborhood, at 140 Guest Street, and has been designed to offer an immersive and interactive brand experience. Customers can buy women's training and studio products, baseball, ...
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Animal is organizing a yoga session to celebrate the opening...
Animal is organizing a yoga session to celebrate the opening of its store in the Bluewater shopping center in England this coming Saturday
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Alibaba has unveiled a new online system to help detect...
Alibaba has unveiled a new online system to help detect and remove fakes. The announcement was made by the company at the inaugural Rights Holders Collaboration Summit it was hosting in its hometown Hangzhou, China on July 1. The new “IP Joint-Force System” is an online platform designed to make ...
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Adidas expands its Kanye West deal
The partnership between Adidas and Kanye West, which has been instrumental in sustaining the brand's heat in the U.S. market last year, is to be reinforced with the launch of Adidas + Kanye West – a partnership run by a separate business entity, involving dedicated stores and a Yeezy-branded product ...
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Wide-ranging contract between Adidas and Wanda in China
The Adidas Group has struck a wide-ranging deal with the Wanda group, the largest real estate conglomerate in China, to support the development of football and basketball as well as the Adidas brand's retail business in the country.The Wanda group has been increasingly investing in the sports market in the ...
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Adidas has completed a first step in the sale of...
Adidas has completed a first step in the sale of Mitchell & Ness to an American group led by an industry veteran, Kevin Wulff
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Jean-Michel Granier, who has been heading up the Adidas Group...
Jean-Michel Granier, who has been heading up the Adidas Group in South Korea for the last two years, has been appointed as the group's managing director for Latin America from the start of July. Granier previously ran the Adidas Group's subsidiary in Italy and then became managing director for south ...
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Adidas has launched its first line of shoes with Gore-Tex...
Adidas has launched its first line of shoes with Gore-Tex Surround technology. Ecco and Lowa have expanded their own ranges of casual Gore-Tex Surround shoes. The new breathable technology is now embedded in more than 350 models of shoes by 52 brands around the world.
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SportScheck is closing down its 5,500-square-meter store in Essen, considering...
SportScheck is closing down its 5,500-square-meter store in Essen, considering that it was too big to operate. The German sporting goods retailer, which is pushing omni-channel retailing, will thus reduce the number of its stores to 19. It opened two new stores of half the size in Mönchengladbach and Aachen ...
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Nike and Adidas will both sponsor the 2016 International Gay...
Nike and Adidas will both sponsor the 2016 International Gay and Lesbian Football Association World Championship, which will take place in Portland, Oregon on Aug. 6-13. Adidas' U.S. headquarters is located in Portland while Nike's corporate headquarters is located nearby, in Beaverton. The championships, which is expected to attract around ...
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Intersport U.K. is preparing to launch a new online store...
Intersport U.K. is preparing to launch a new online store to support the physical stores affiliated with the buying group across the country. The new Intersport.co.uk website is chiefly meant to raise brand awareness and to showcase sports performance products. The search function will allow visitors to check out the ...
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JD Sports Fashion is planning to open its second Swedish...
JD Sports Fashion is planning to open its second Swedish store in the autumn. Covering 771 square meters, it will be located in Stockholm's Kista Galleria. The British retailing group says it is positioned to deliver an excellent result for the first half of its financial year, running through to ...
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We hear that Zalando is requiring suppliers not to engage...
We hear that Zalando is requiring suppliers not to engage in mulesing of sheep to reduce wrinkles in their skin. The big European e-commerce operator is also banning real fur and the use of feathers from live animals or from foie gras geese.
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Go Sport has launched an updated version of its e-commerce...
Go Sport has launched an updated version of its e-commerce website go-sport.com. The site has been fully redesigned and navigation has been improved for tablets and other mobile devices. In France e-commerce sales from mobile devices increased by 39 percent in 2015. The new version of the go-sport.com site features ...
