All Blue Tomato articles – Page 2

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    Ratcheting up European store growth, Zumiez sees a path to break-even in the region

    2022-03-11T16:33:00Z

    Elaborating on its recent strong growth outside North America, Zumiez said it intends to open 14 new stores in various European countries in 2022, including two new markets, to take its door count across the continent to 81 locations. They will be branded as Blue Tomato, the European banner of ...

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    Blue Tomato’s parent grows strongly

    2022-01-11T18:08:00Z

    Zumiez’ international sales, which are concentrated in Europe and Australia, grew by 45 percent year-on-year and on a comparable store and currency-neutral basis during the nine-week period ended Jan. 10. With its sales in North America going up by 5 percent, the action sports retailers’ total sales were up by ...

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    Blue Tomato expands cooperation with POW

    2022-01-07T17:27:00Z

    Blue Tomato, the European boardsports and lifestyle retail chain, has been partnering for many years with Protect Our Winters (POW), the global environmental protection organization established around 15 years ago by the U.S. pro snowboarder Jeremy Jones. Blue Tomato has expanded the cooperation by becoming the official merchandise partner of ...

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    Blue Tomato offers board rentals in Austria, Germany and Netherlands

    2021-12-23T10:41:00Z

    Instead of just offering its board sports hardware, Blue Tomato has implemented a new equipment rental system both online and in brick-and-mortar stores in Austria, Germany and the Netherlands called “Rent Your Ride.” To date, 14 stores are associated, offering on-site education, rental, and board maintenance services. The boards ...

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    Blue Tomato expands to Norway

    2021-12-14T15:38:00Z

    Source: blue-tomato.com The new Blue Tomato store at Grensen 13 in downtown Oslo. Blue Tomato has opened its first store in Norway. The Austrian-based company, which is part of the U.S. action sports retailer Zumiez, moved into a 425-square-meter store at Grensen 13 in the heart of ...

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    The largest e-commerce sports shops in Europe - Q3 2021 Update

    2021-11-17T14:53:00Z

    This exclusive interactive chart shows the largest e-commerce sports shops in Europe ranked by the number of website visitors in Q3 2021, with % changes vs Q2 2021. Included are regular sporting goods retailers and pure e-tailers. The chart and data can be downloaded. This is exclusive data and analysis for Premium Members.

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    The largest e-commerce sports shops in Europe - Q2 2021 Update

    2021-08-12T11:34:00Z

    This exclusive interactive chart shows the largest e-commerce sports shops in Europe ranked by the number of website visitors in Q2 2021, with % changes vs Q1 2021. Included are regular sporting goods retailers and pure e-tailers. The chart and data can be downloaded. This is exclusive data and analysis for Premium Members.

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    Sales more than double at Blue Tomato’s parent

    2021-06-05T08:38:00Z

    Exceeding the financial analysts’ projections, global sales jumped by 102.6 percent to $279.1 million in the first quarter ended May 1 for Zumiez, the U.S.-based action sports retailer whose assets include the physical and online shops of Blue Tomato in Europe. The strong performance led the company to post a ...

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    The largest e-commerce sports shops in Europe - Q1 2021 Update

    2021-05-10T06:56:00Z

    This exclusive interactive chart shows the largest e-commerce sports shops in Europe ranked by the number of website visitors in Q1 2021, with % changes vs June-August 2020. Included are regular sporting goods retailers and pure e-tailers. The chart and data can be downloaded. This is exclusive data and analysis for Premium Members.

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    Blue Tomato to rent snowboards and related gear

    2021-01-20T16:42:00Z

    Blue Tomato, the European action sports e-tailer and retailer based in Austria and owned by Zumiez, has begun renting snowboards, splitboards, boots and bindings at two points of sale in Austria: one store in Obertauern and its headquarters in Schladming. The service, called “Rent Your Ride,” will be expanded to ...

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    Expanded: Store closures hit Blue Tomato hard

    2021-01-12T16:45:00Z

    Blue Tomato was hit hard by coronavirus-related store closures in Europe in the 10-week period ended Jan. 9, according to its U.S.-based parent company, Zumiez. However, the group’s Australian action sports retail chain, Fast Times, performed “extremely well.” In the end, the group’s international sales were off by 6.7 percent ...

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    Blue Tomato, Fast Times helped Zumiez to post good results

    2020-12-04T14:27:00Z

    Zumiez, the American action sports retailer that owns Blue Tomato in Europe and Fast Times in Australia, performed well in the third fiscal quarter ended on Oct. 31, thanks to a good performance outside its core North American market. Its net income soared by 51.5 percent from the year-ago quarter ...

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    Analysis: The 10 major European sports retailers online

    2020-10-15T17:08:00Z

    The online retail business in the sporting goods sector has been growing stronger and stronger in recent years, find out which players are the real winners.

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    Blue Tomato expands in Finland

    2020-10-14T17:09:00Z

    Blue Tomato is opening its second and third stores in Finland, a country where many customers have been ordering from its website for many years. The Austrian-based action sports retailer owned by Zumiez started working offline there a year ago with a shop in Helsinki. New ones will ...

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    Ranking - The largest e-commerce sports shops in Europe

    2020-10-08T15:50:00Z

    This exclusive chart shows the largest e-commerce sports shops in Europe ranked by website visitors. Included are sporting goods retailer and e-tailer. The chart and data can be downloaded. This is exclusive data and analysis for Premium Members.

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    ​Blue Tomato opens second store in Munich

    2020-08-27T10:21:00Z

    Omnichannel retailer Blue Tomato from Austria, specialist for boardsports and lifestyle, will open its second store in Munich, Germany, on Sept. 3 at Oberanger in the heart of the city’s old town. The 500 square meter store will be managed by Joachim Lais . Tillmann Ruprecht , director of ...