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The CEO Who Gave 60,000 Employees His Cellphone Number
  + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Trefor Moss | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
HERZOGENAURACH, Germany—A former professional soccer player, Bjørn Gulden says that when he took over Adidas just over a year ago, it felt as if the German sports giant was losing by four goals at halftime. Morale was down after the collapse of its Yeezy collaboration with rapper Kanye West, who now goes by Ye, and employees complained about a lack of transparency.
Persons: Germany —, Bjørn Gulden, Kanye West, Ye Organizations: Adidas Locations: HERZOGENAURACH, Germany
Trefor Moss — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
  + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Trefor Moss | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Trefor MossTrefor Moss is a reporter in The Wall Street Journal’s corporate bureau in London, where he covers Europe’s big retailers, including Adidas, H&M, IKEA and Inditex. Prior to joining the U.K. team, Trefor spent most of his career as a foreign correspondent in Asia. He joined the Journal in Hong Kong, where he previously ran his own media company, before moving to Manila to cover regional politics and security. He subsequently worked in the Journal’s Shanghai bureau, where he covered business in China. Trefor began his career as a business reporter in London and is a graduate of the University of Oxford.
Persons: Trefor Moss Trefor Moss, Trefor Organizations: Adidas, IKEA, Inditex, U.K, University of Oxford Locations: London, Asia, Hong Kong, Manila, Shanghai, China
Adidas Sambas Became This Year’s Unlikely Hit Sneaker
  + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Trefor Moss | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
This year’s must-have sneaker is a shoe so old it was launched in the former West Germany while the U.S. was still enacting the Marshall Plan. Ever since its invention as a soccer shoe in 1950 and subsequent evolution into a casual sneaker, the Adidas Samba has drifted in and out of fashion, without ever quite going away.
Organizations: Adidas Locations: West Germany, U.S
Retro Sambas Help Adidas Forge a Future Without Kanye
  + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Trefor Moss | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
This year’s must-have sneaker is a shoe so old it was launched in the former West Germany while the U.S. was still enacting the Marshall Plan. Ever since its invention as a soccer shoe in 1950 and subsequent evolution into a casual sneaker, the Adidas Samba has drifted in and out of fashion, without ever quite going away.
Organizations: Adidas Locations: West Germany, U.S
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Persons: Dow Jones
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Persons: Dow Jones Organizations: ikea Locations: francisco
LONDON—The Zara store in London’s Chelsea neighborhood received a new range of maxi dresses in various styles. After just one week, store manager Ana Oliveira analyzed the sales data and saw that the dresses with prints were selling much better in her shop than those in solid colors. So she moved the print designs to the tall rails by the entrance. They would be the first thing shoppers would see as they came into the store, she said.
Persons: Ana Oliveira Locations: Zara, London’s Chelsea
Fast Fashion Aims to Mend Its Image With Repairs
  + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Trefor Moss | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
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H&M Now Wants to Sell You Makeup, Sofas and Crocs
  + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Trefor Moss | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
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Persons: Dow Jones
The Global Brands Coming to a Shopping Mall Near You
  + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Trefor Moss | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
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Persons: Dow Jones
IKEA Looks to Speed Up E-Commerce With Software Acquisition
  + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Trefor Moss | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
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Adidas Seeks Redemption in China
  + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Trefor Moss | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
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Adidas to Resume Sales of Yeezy Sneakers Within Days
  + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Trefor Moss | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
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Primark has become one of Europe’s fastest-growing retailers with a strategy almost unique among big fashion brands: shunning online sales. Now it is plotting a major U.S. expansion.
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Photo: Isopix/Zuma PressIKEA is making its largest-ever investment in new American stores, betting on strong U.S. demand for its flat-pack furniture. Ingka Holding BV, the biggest owner and operator of IKEA stores, said Thursday it would spend 2 billion euros, the equivalent of $2.19 billion, opening 17 new U.S. locations over the next three years. The investment will also be used to bolster its fulfillment network to improve its delivery services, the company said.
IKEA to Open 17 New U.S. Stores in Expansion Drive
  + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Trefor Moss | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Photo: Isopix/Zuma PressIKEA is making its largest-ever investment in new American stores, betting on strong U.S. demand for its flat-pack furniture. Ingka Holding BV, the biggest owner and operator of IKEA stores, said Thursday it would spend 2 billion euros, the equivalent of $2.19 billion, opening 17 new U.S. locations over the next three years. The investment will also be used to bolster its fulfillment network to improve its delivery services, the company said.
The three-stripe Adidas logo has been in use for over 70 years, the company says. Adidas AG said it would drop its opposition to Black Lives Matter’s bid to trademark its logo design, which, like the sportswear company’s emblem, features three stripes. The German brand has in the past fiercely defended its logo design, which comprises three diagonal stripes, albeit with mixed success. The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation’s logo, which the advocacy group is seeking to trademark, consists of three parallel yellow lines on a transparent background.
Zara Extends Lead Over H&M, Faces Down Threat From Shein
  + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Trefor Moss | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Zara’s business model enables new designs to reach its stores relatively quickly. For years, Zara owner Inditex SA vied with H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB for global fast-fashion supremacy. Now, the Spanish retailer is pulling ahead of its rival, partly as its pricier offering has set it farther apart from new low-price, online competitors such as Shein. The perception among shoppers that Zara is more upmarket than H&M has also given the brand more leeway to increase prices at a time of cost inflation, analysts say.
Zara’s business model enables new designs to reach its stores relatively quickly. For years, Zara owner Inditex SA vied with H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB for global fast-fashion supremacy. Now, the Spanish retailer is pulling ahead of its rival, partly as its pricier offering has set it farther apart from new low-price, online competitors such as Shein. The perception among shoppers that Zara is more upmarket than H&M has also given the brand more leeway to increase prices at a time of cost inflation, analysts say.
Adidas Slashes Dividend as Problems Mount
  + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Trefor Moss | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Adidas said that revenues would decline by a single-digit percentage amount in 2023. HERZOGENAURACH, Germany—A slump in China and a $6 billion mountain of unsold products are among the challenges facing Adidas AG after a bruising 2022 in which it dumped its chief executive and ended a partnership with rapper Kanye West. The German sportswear giant’s revenue increased 6% last year to 22.5 billion euros, equivalent to $23.7 billion, while its net profit fell 83% to €254 million. For the fourth quarter, Adidas slumped to a €482 million loss and slashed its dividend. The results out Wednesday largely confirmed preliminary figures from the company’s profits warning in February.
Adidas Profit Falls 83% After Split With Yeezy
  + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Trefor Moss | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Adidas said that revenue would decline by a single-digit percentage amount in 2023. HERZOGENAURACH, Germany— Adidas AG is facing a slump in China and $6 billion of unsold inventory, adding to its challenges after a bruising 2022 in which it dumped its chief executive and terminated its partnership with rapper Kanye West. The German sportswear maker’s revenue increased 6% last year to 22.5 billion euros, equivalent to $23.7 billion, while its net profit fell 83% to €254 million. In the fourth quarter, revenue growth almost ground to a halt and the company posted a €482 million loss. Adidas also slashed its dividend almost 80%.
How Lego Beat Barbie and Monopoly
  + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( Trefor Moss | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Less than a decade ago, Lego A/S inched ahead of Barbie maker Mattel Inc. as the world’s biggest toy company. Today, the maker of those brightly colored bricks is generating almost twice the revenue of Mattel, outpacing both it and rival Hasbro Inc., maker of the Monopoly board game and Nerf guns, through the pandemic, recent supply-chain tumult and soaring inflation.
Bjørn Gulden took the top job at Adidas at the start of the year, after leading a turnaround of crosstown rival Puma. Adidas AG shares dropped 12% after the German sportswear giant warned it could swing to a loss this year following the termination of its Yeezy partnership with rapper Kanye West. Adidas said late Thursday that it expected a sharp fall in sales for 2023 because of the impact of not selling existing Yeezy stock, and could post a loss if it failed to sell existing inventory.
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