Nike
This coverage examines Nike’s strategy and performance within the UK retail and sportswear market, focusing on store operations, product innovation, marketing campaigns, sponsorship deals, and leadership decisions. Reporting provides insight into how Nike drives consumer engagement, addresses sustainability challenges, and navigates competitive pressures — offering valuable context for executives, managers, and professionals in sportswear, retail operations, and brand leadership.
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Jan- 2019 -18 JanuaryAnalysis
Fall of the high street — can retailers survive?
The UK’s high streets are under attack. From the continued rise of online shopping, which has led to a reduction in footfall, to increases in business rates and the Living Wage, Britain’s retailers are struggling. The decline of the British high street has dominated the headlines in 2018 with in…
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Dec- 2018 -14 DecemberClothing & Shoes
VF Corporation appoints new Vans EMEA VP
VF Corporation, the clothing and footwear retailer, has appointed Stefano Saccone as its new VP for Vans EMEA. Saccone will take up his position from April 1, 2019. He joins the Vans brand from VF’s Eastpak brand, where he most recently served as VP. He replaces Jan van Leeuwen, who…
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11 DecemberGovernment
Major retailers’ e-receipts ‘may break data protection rules’
New research has found that major retailers “may break data protection rules” for sending promotional marketing to shoppers who had asked for no promotional emails. The research by Which?, saw mystery shoppers sent to 11 retailers: Topshop, Clarks, Gap, New Look, Dorothy Perkins, Arcadia Group (Miss Selfridge, Outfit, Burton), Schuh,…
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Nov- 2018 -15 NovemberPeople Moves
The North Face appoints new VP for EMEA region
VF Corporation (VF), a company specialising in branded lifestyle apparel, footwear and accessories, has appointed Jan Van Leeuwen to the position of vice president and general manager of The North Face, EMEA Region. Van Leeuwen, who joins from its sister brand Vans, will also serve on the Global Leadership Team…
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Oct- 2018 -5 OctoberAnalysis
Innovation in retail: who’s your money on?
No business is immune from the potentially fatal consequences of relying on ‘business as usual’. The recent fates of household brands like Maplin and Toys R Us tell us that. It is true in any industry, but none more so than in retail. Is your business looking in the right…
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5 OctoberClothing & Shoes
Nike ‘deeply concerned’ over Cristiano Ronaldo rape allegations
US sportswear brand Nike has said it is “deeply concerned” over rape allegations against Juventus footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, and added it would “continue to closely monitor the situation”. Kathryn Mayorga has alleged that Ronaldo raped her nine years ago in a penthouse suite at Hotel Palms Place in Las Vegas.…
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Sep- 2018 -17 SeptemberAdvice
Is it time to blow up your business model and switch to DTC?
Retail is in the middle of the most significant reinvention that we’ve ever seen. What it means to be a retailer is evolving, and has been ever since the introduction of ecommerce. Mobile technology and social networks are changing the way people shop, and influencing consumer expectations in every aspect…
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Aug- 2018 -3 AugustAdvice
How to future proof your SEO strategy in a voice search world
By 2020, 50% of all searches will be done via a virtual assistant or voice search device. In 2015, the year of Comcast’s survey, this prediction seemed almost far-fetched. Not so today. Mobile and voice search are currently the top two SEO search terms [Buzzsumo]. Voice search in particular has…
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Jun- 2018 -12 JuneComment
Fast Fashion: The global battle
The fast fashion landscape is a crowded space. Spend a couple of minutes on a train platform, browsing Instagram, scrolling through Twitter or watching YouTube and the vast array of adverts, celebrity endorsers, vloggers and other assorted brand affiliates makes it clear that a fierce battle for the wallets of…
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8 JuneAdvice
Rebranding the high-street – the experience way
“Britain’s ‘doomed’ high street to see 100,000 shops close by 2022 unless action taken now” read one national media headline recently. Another article reported that the number of store openings on Britain’s high streets has fallen to a seven-year low, driven by the growth of online shopping and a shift…
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