![]() ![]() “Consumers are ready to get back out into the market and shop,” said Krista Corrigan, retail analyst at Edited. The pandemic offered many fashion brands the chance to rethink their portfolios and refocus their efforts. We are taking advantage of lease expiration too.” “We are assessing each Footaction location and determining the best move for each, whether they should turn into Foot Locker stores or close. “We’ll be turning our focus on Foot Locker, Champs, Eastbay and Kids Foot Locker,” Johnson said. While Champs and Eastbay serve more distinct audiences and specializations (Champs’ focus is on team sports apparel and Eastbay is e-commerce only), Footaction sold a similar assortment of footwear and apparel as its sibling brand Foot Locker. Over the next year, it will open 160 stores across all brands, remodel or relocate 120 and close 240, spending a total of $275 million.Īccording to CEO Dick Johnson, Footaction overlapped too much with Foot Locker’s customer base without bringing any new customers to the overall portfolio. The parent company will invest in its four remaining brands: Foot Locker, Champs, Eastbay and Kids Foot Locker. Foot Locker closed 58 stores and opened 12 last quarter, bringing the total to 2,952 across its portfolio. Starting this month and over the next two years, one-third of the total 272 Footaction locations will transition into Foot Locker stores - the rest will close and the brand will be shuttered, according to the company’s first-quarter earnings report, announced on Friday. Now, Foot Locker is doing the same with Footaction. Spain will play the UEFA Women’s Nations League games against Sweden on Friday and Switzerland on September 26.Ralph Lauren and Gap both sold off underperforming brands from their portfolios this month (Club Monaco and Intermix, respectively). Some of those players did report for training on Tuesday under the threat of being sanctioned.Īmong the players’ demands was for interim president Pedro Rocha also to resign, and for the women’s team staff to be overhauled. The players said on Monday that the call-up was not made in accordance with current FIFA regulations, and some of the players, especially those abroad, would not be able to show up in time. “The players are certain that this is yet another strategy of division and manipulation to intimidate and threaten us with legal repercussions and economic sanctions.” “The people who now ask us to trust them are the same ones who disclosed the list of players who have asked NOT to be called up,” Hermoso said. Former Spain national women’s football team coach Jorge Vilda on the pitch before a match ‘Strategy of division’ Spain’s sports law from 2022 states that athletes must attend the call-ups of the national teams when summoned, and not doing so would be a “very serious” infraction. “If they don’t turn up, the government would have to apply the law, which is a pity for me, but the law is the law,” Francos told radio station Cadena Ser. Victor Francos, the president of Spain’s High Council for Sports (CSD), said he would have to apply the country’s sports law in the absence of the selected players. However, the Spanish government said the striking players would be punished if they did not attend their national team camp. On Monday, the players said they were caught by surprise by the call-up and did not plan to end their boycott. Tome said she talked to Hermoso and to the other players, and said she was confident that they would all report to training camp on Tuesday. “A claim was made stating that the environment within the federation would be safe for my colleagues to rejoin, yet at the same press conference it was announced that they were not calling me as a means to protect me.” Spanish footballer Jennifer Hermoso speaks to the media in Auckland, New Zealand Tome said she left Hermoso off the list as a way to protect her. ![]() The players had said they would not come back until their demands for deep reforms and new leadership in the federation were met, but new coach Montse Tome picked 15 of the players who helped Spain win its first Women’s World Cup. Keep reading list of 3 items list 1 of 3 Spain’s football federation threatens Hermoso with legal action over ‘lies’ list 2 of 3 Spain women’s team coach Jorge Vilda fired amid Rubiales kiss fallout list 3 of 3 Spanish football boss who forcibly kissed player hit with restraining order end of list ![]()
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