All E-Commerce & DTC articles – Page 23
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ArticleBurton transforms retail experience with NewStore’s omnichannel platform
NewStore, a leading omnichannel store solution from Berlin, has revealed that Burton Snowboards has started to run its stores on the NewStore Omnichannel Platform. With a mobile point of service (mPOS) and inventory and fulfillment solutions available on iPhone apps, the snowboard company’s stores will benefit from a more intuitive ...
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News briefsSport 2000 concludes first virtual order show, announces results for first half of 2020
Sport 2000 Germany completed its first virtual order event, the Order Show 4 / Running Special. Retailers were able to obtain all relevant information on a specifically developed platform until June 28. Around 350 retailers attended the virtual show. Suppliers received a list of the retailers who visited their digital ...
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ArticleBergzeit strengthens IT division and CSR management
Bergzeit is strengthening its management team with Alexander Bednarz as head of IT. Bednarz is an internationally experienced e-commerce and software specialist. The graduate in business informatics will be responsible for the newly structured areas of business intelligence, online product management, software development and network & systems. The expansion and ...
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Pentland focuses on core brands and invests in sustainability and digitalization
Having completed a “strategic review,” Pentland Brands will be refocusing on its core brands: Speedo, Berghaus, Endura, Canterbury, Mitre, Ellesse, Kickers and SeaVees. To this end, it will “hibernate” the Boxfresh brand of men’s shoes and lay off about 350 employees from its headquarters in the U.K. According to Pentland ...
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ArticleOnline sales support Kathmandu and Rip Curl
Kathmandu Holdings told investors that it expects a 30 percent drop in adjusted Ebitda for the current financial year, in spite of strong online sales during the recent corona-related retail lockdowns in Australia and double-digit sales increases overall after its stores reopened. While it is still more than half way ...
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News briefsVibram Sole Factor Mobile Lab goes virtual
The Vibram Sole Factor Mobile Lab, a mobile workshop that has been on the road since 2015 in Italy and Europe at trade shows, sporting events and other occasions to enable the individual fitting of shoes by re-soling them with a Vibram sole, will now be available online. The customization ...
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ArticleIspo’s first live digital conference inspires and informs
The digital conference Ispo Re.Start Days premiered on June 30 and July 1. Around 100 company representatives and industry experts from about 50 countries met in a studio at the Munich exhibition center or joined online from their home or corporate offices to discuss the new start of the sporting ...
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News briefsJulbo relaunches B2B platform
The French sports eyewear brand Julbo has launched a new B2B platform julbo-pro.com. According to the brand, the new interface sustainably strengthens customer relations by providing customers with a simple, modern, more powerful and efficient tool. In addition to a new look, its use has been made significantly easier and ...
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News briefsArc’teryx goes digital with the Climbing Academy
Like all other brands, the Canadian outdoor clothing brand Arc’teryx had to cancel this year’s physical events such as the Arc’teryx Climbing Academy because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Having considered the possibilities, the brand has now developed a digital version. The online event will take place live from Aug. 24 ...
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OpinionAmazon and other marketplaces could be held accountable for illegal sales
Why the sale of illegal products through online platforms could become a problem for Amazon and other marketplaces – and why the widespread circumvention of EU competition law may soon be over
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Grassroots Outdoor Alliance ConnectHub open for spring 21 planning
Grassroots Outdoor Alliance is opening its ConnectHub to U.S. specialty independent retailers looking to engage with vendor brands for spring 2021 planning and buying. A shared-resource solution designed to simplify a chaotic remote buying season, the Grassroots ConnectHub has attracted more than 100 essential vendor brands to date, covering a ...
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EOCA’s Conservation Fundraiser goes online
After the cancellation of OutDoor by ISPO due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) will, for the first time, run their Conservation Fundraiser online. An event that would usually be hosted at the show, EOCA have taken the opportunity to launch their first online fundraiser on ...
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ArticleOutdoor brands stop ad campaigns on Facebook and Instagram
On June 19, The North Face (TNF) became the first major sporting goods company to stop advertising on Facebook after civil rights organizations put increasing pressure on Facebook for moderation content and hate speech following the death of George Floyd. In a tweet that said “We’re in. We’re Out,” TNF ...
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ArticleRussian outdoor market on the rise, online booming
The demand for outdoor goods in general in Russia in June is 94 percent higher than at the same time last year, says the Russian online marketplace Avito in a statement. On average, the number of customers looking for travel backpacks, sleeping bags, and similar items is nearly a third ...
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Crocs is building new European distribution center in Holland
Crocs has started building a 35,000 square meter distribution center in Dordrecht, in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands, which will become its main logistics hub in Europe. The new center is expected to open in April 2021 and create 200 to 350 jobs. The Amercian company known ...
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ArticleApex’s revenues drop by 20%
Lower global licensee sales due to the coronavirus crisis weighed on the results of California-based Apex Global Brands, previously called Cherokee Global Brands. It saw revenues for its first fiscal quarter ended on May 2, 2020 fall by 20 percent to $4.0 million, as royalty revenues from brands such as ...
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ArticleRetail trends and sustainability: What outdoor retailers can do
In an article on the European Outdoor Group’s website, EOG Head of Retail Peter Ottervanger shared his thoughts on some of the key issues relating to emerging retail trends around sustainability, and how they link to the accelerating digital age.
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Virtual Thin Air show postponed
The organizers of the Thin Air Outdoor Media Show announced that the dates for the event have been changed. ”To ensure we do not take focus from long overdue conversations and efforts on the systemic racism and oppression of our Black friends, neighbors, and colleagues, The Thin Air Show will ...
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ArticleLive digital “Re.start Days” conference by Ispo on June 30 and July 1
With the Ispo Re.Start Days, the Ispo Group is organizing a digital conference for the sports and outdoor industry on June 30 and July 1 to provide orientation in the “new normality” during and after the Covid-19 pandemic. Based on its 2020 anniversary, Ispo proclaimed “50 years of tomorrow” at ...
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ArticleWGSN sees three major consumer groups emerging from the crisis
The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated societal changes and is forcing industries worldwide to adapt to the resulting changes in consumption. Thus, WGSN has set out to predict what consumers will be looking for in the next couple of years. In its annual Future Consumer white paper, the trend forecasting company ...
