Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 86
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Himaraya books a loss, citing the Olympics’ cancellation
The postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and the cancellation of many other sports events weighed on Himaraya’s performance. The Japanese sporting goods retailer ended with a loss of 789 million yen (€6.3m-$7.3m) in the fiscal year ended on Aug. 31, compared with a net profit of ¥587 million for ...
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Save the Duck opens its second Milan store
Known for outerwear made exclusively with animal-free and “cruelty-free” materials, Save the Duck was,in June of last year, the first Italian fashion company to receive B Corp certification for the sustainability of its products and processes. In contrast with Moncler or Canada Goose, it produces its stylish jackets and parkas ...
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News briefsHuski Wear, a new Swedish-based skiwear brand
With the backing of a Chinese firm and a brand of hot chocolate, three veterans of the sports apparel industry, Lena Claesson, Magnus Liljeblad and Jonas Olsson, have launched a digital-only brand of sports apparel in Gothenburg, Sweden, called Huski Wear. Claesson was formerly design and product director at Peak ...
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Intersport and 11teamsports strike long-term cooperation
The leading German football retailer, 11teamsports, has become a long-term cooperation partner of the five-country retail group around Intersport Germany. It is combining its strong online presence and the operations of its 30-plus physical stores in the DACH region with the buying and marketing power of Intersport. There will be ...
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The Norwegian retail merger can go through
The Norwegian Competition Authority has announced its endorsement of the proposed business combination between Gresvig, the Norwegian licensee of Intersport, and Sport 1 Gruppen. The two new partners are the largest sports retailers in the country after XXL Sport. As planned, they will form a new common entity, called Sport ...
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+++ Amazon and Tottenham Hotspur will reportedly partner open a new club store +++ Mizuno has turned an ephemeral store in downtown Turin into its biggest mono-brand store in Europe, measuring 200 square meters +++ Peak Performance has opened a store in central Hamburg +++
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Action in and around the Danish sports retail market
Russia’s leading sporting goods retailer, the Sportmaster Group, had no immediate comment on a report in the Danish press that it intends to develop the Sportmaster banner all over Europe, after turning around the Danish retail operation by the same name, which it bought at the end of last year, ...
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On launches a unique “circular” subscription service
On Running seems to have found a very clever way to engage customers. Like Peloton Interactive’s subscription system for fitness workout programs, its new Cyclon project is designed to maximize customer retention though subscriptions, but at the same time, it will be reinforcing the Swiss brand’s image as a supporter ...
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Decathlon opens a new retail laboratory and showroom
Decathlon has inaugurated a concept store near its world campus near Lille, called Decathlon DX, that is to act as a showroom and a laboratory for new retail technologies and new ways to engage customers that can be applied to its regular stores. The 800-square-meter store will focus on a ...
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ArticleSports products outperform shoes and leathergoods at ANWR
In the first seven months of this year, the total business volume of the ANWR Group went up by 53 percent to €10.2 billion, driven by a 76 percent increase to €8.6 billion in financial services, but the buying groups of ANWR suffered a 10.7 percent decrease in their own ...
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Liverpool coach becomes an Adidas ambassador
Just as Nike is starting to outfit the members of victorious Liverpool football team with its jerseys and cleats, Adidas has started a multi-year contract with the English club’s coach, Jürgen Klopp, to be one of its ambassadors, effective immediately. As he did before from 2016 with New Balance, the ...
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ArticleMore action in Sweden’s sports retail landscape
Intersport Sverige, Stadium, Sportamore and Gekås had all something new to announce in the last few days. To start with the Swedish Intersport organization indicated that it should be able to come out of its insolvency status in mid-October or later in the month, limiting the number of store closures ...
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Special status for Sport 2000 in Austria
Sport 2000 Österreich has been certified for the second time by PHP Sport Management as “Sport Leading Company” in its domestic market. The Austrian buying group, which reached a retail turnover of €579 million in 2019, claims a market share of 29 percent. It federates 240 retailers with 403 ...
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Fanatics acquires Top of the World from Vetta
Fanatics, the Florida-based provider of sports merchandise, is acquiring some of the assets of Vetta Brands, which is currently under liquidation. Chief among these assets is Top of the World, which, until the Covid-19 pandemic wiped out its business, had been manufacturing hats for hundreds of college sports brands at ...
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ArticleNew funding round for Keller Sports
Although its profits have been growing more than its sales, the Keller Group says ithas secured more than €10 million in new financing from its shareholders to further strengthen its position as “the leading digital premium sports community for sports and sports lifestyle products and services in Europe.” The management ...
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ArticleAmazon: The Janus-faced company
The current Covid19 crisis has accelerated Amazon’s consumer goods business exponentially. The Silicon Valley giant doubled its profits in the second quarter of this year and increased its turnover to nearly $89 billion. The share value has also nearly doubled since the middle of March. On Sept. 1, Amazon announced ...
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Two French retailers are merging
Frasteya and Lafreto have announced their merger, with immediate effect. The new joint company resulting from the merger of these two French physical players specializing in outdoor and boardsports is called 113Outdoor. As reported by sport-guide.com, Frasteya will be the majority shareholder while Lafreto will hold a minority stake in ...
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ArticleIntersport International elects new chairman, sets new goals
Held online in a virtual format, the annual general assembly of Intersport International Corp. (IIC) elected today a Canadian industry veteran, Rick White, as its new chairman. The 61-year-old manager, who is known for his operational efficiency, takes the place of the 65-year-old Jussi Mikkola from Finland, who retired as ...
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Adidas’ former Yeezy boss will work for Shopify
The mystery about the recent departure of the former head of the successful Yeezy business unit at Adidas is solved. Shopify has just announced that Jon Wexler will be joining the global, Canadian-based e-commerce company on Sept. 14 as vice president of its creator and influencer program. As he did ...
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Galeria’s creditors agree to a big settlement
On Sept. 1, the creditors of Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof (Galeria or GKK), by far the biggest department store chain operation in Germany, voted by a large majority in favor of a settlement that would reportedly write off about 95 percent of the amounts they are owed. Meetings with the creditors ...
