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Adidas Group China, a unit of German sports clothing manufacturer Adidas AG, is continuing its aggressive push into Chinese lower-tier cities with 600 new stores.
"We plan to open 500 to 600 stores in lower-tier cities by the end of the year," said Colin Currie, managing director of Adidas Group China.
In an interview with China Daily, Currie said the company plans to open new stores in at least 300 to 350 cities where it does not have outlets now but where local competitors are present.
He said the store openings this year will focus on the western and northwestern parts of China.
The move follows the company's first-quarter results, which showed revenues up 14 percent at 3.8 billion euros ($4.67 billion) and net profit up 38 percent at 289 million euros. The figures were boosted partly by strong sales in China, with a 26-percent increase, compared with a 7-percent drop in western Europe.
Currie attributed the rise to the company's Route 2017 strategy, which calls for five years of double-digit annual sales growth in China.
"Adidas' success may come from the decreasing market share of Li Ning, its major Chinese rival," said Guo Hongchi, chief executive of xijie.com, a leading e-commerce portal for sporting goods. "Adidas' long-term strategy and good partnership with distributors are its strength."
Adidas forecasts 12 to 17 percent growth in global full-year profits, compared with a previous forecast of 10 to 15 percent. It also expects 2017 global sales to increase nearly 10 percent, instead of the previously forecast of 5 to 9 percent.
It has opened more than 6,000 stores since it entered the Chinese mainland market in 1997.
"Sports have become more and more popular here. We are optimistic about medium- and long-term development in China," Currie said.
In April, Nike - the world's biggest sporting goods company - reported a 21-percent increase in Chinese sales for its fiscal third quarter, which ended in February.
According to Research and Markets, a US market researcher, with rising per capita disposable incomes, Chinese people's demand for sportswear products, including sports shoes and garments, soared in recent years. In 2011, the sportswear market in China was worth 124.7 billion yuan ($19.57 billion).
In China, brands such as Nike, Adidas, Kappa, Puma and Fila occupy the high-end space, while the medium-level space is dominated by domestic companies like Li Ning and Anta.
In the below 200-yuan market, the leading players are Xtep, Peak, 361 and ERKE, according to Research and Markets.
Questions:
1. What is Adidas planning for China?
2. Where will the new stores be located?
3. How many stores do they have in China now?
Answers:
1. An aggressive push into lower-tier cities with 600 new stores.
2. Western and northwestern parts of China.
3. It has opened more than 6,000 stores since it entered the Chinese mainland market in 1997.
About the broadcaster:
Nelly Min is an editor at China Daily with more than 10 years of experience as a newspaper editor and photographer. She has worked at major newspapers in the U.S., including the Los Angeles Times and the Detroit Free Press. She is also fluent in Korean.
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