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News briefsBlue Tomato opens fourth store in the Netherlands
International boardsports and lifestyle specialist Blue Tomato is expanding its presence in the Netherlands with a fourth store. The company from Austria opened a new store in the “Spaarnestad” Haarlem just in time for the important shopping day Sinterklaas. The new store is located at Grote Houtstraat 96 and covers ...
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ArticleCurrency, inflation weigh on Zumiez results
Zumiez, the global specialty retailer, which sees Europe, Australia, and Canada as its biggest growth areas, suffered a 74 percent drop in operating income to $10.4 million from $39.8 million for the second quarter that ended Oct. 29. Ebit was $9.6 million versus $41.2 million in the year-ago period as ...
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News briefsBlue Tomato expands in Norway
Blue Tomato has opened a second Norwegian store, after the one in Oslo, in the city of Trondheim. A third is due to follow in Bergen, and there are plans for a store in Rovaniemi, Finland, as well. “Trondheim is located at the center of retail in central Norway and ...
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ArticleZumiez adjusting assortments as customers seek value
Zumiez, the global specialty retailer that operates 70 Blue Tomato stores in Europe, suffered an 85 percent drop in second-quarter operating profit to $5.0 million from $32.0 million for the period ended July 30. Ebit was down by 83 percent to $5.5 million as net income came in 87 percent ...
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News briefsBlue Tomato opens first store in Sweden
Boardsports and streetwear specialist Blue Tomato has chosen Gothenburg for its first Swedish shop. The 260-square-meter retail store is located at Vallgatan 34. Blue Tomato was founded in 1988 by Austrian snowboarder Gerfried Schuller and opened its first store in 1994. Since 2012, the company has been owned by U.S.-based ...
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ArticleZumiez Q1 derailed by tough comparison, higher costs
Operating profit slipped 98.6 percent to $497,000 against $34.3 million for the period ended April 30, as turnover fell 20.9 percent to $220.7 million versus $279.1 million. The retail operator of 741 doors worldwide, including 69 in Europe under the Blue Tomato banner, reported a net loss of $397,000 against ...
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News briefsBlue Tomato opens its 70th store
The Austrian board sports and lifestyle retail chain Blue Tomato has just opened its 70th shop. Currently, the company is running physical stores in Germany, Austria, Finland, Switzerland, the Netherlands and – since the end of 2021 – Norway. The newly opened 230 sqm Blue Tomato store is next to ...
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ArticleRatcheting up European store growth, Zumiez sees a path to break-even in the region
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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News briefsBlue Tomato’s parent grows strongly
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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News briefsBlue Tomato expands cooperation with POW
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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News briefsBlue Tomato offers board rentals in Austria, Germany and Netherlands
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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News briefsBlue Tomato expands to Norway
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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Infographics & DataThe largest e-commerce sports shops in Europe - Q3 2021 Update
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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Infographics & DataThe largest e-commerce sports shops in Europe - Q2 2021 Update
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
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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Infographics & DataThe largest e-commerce sports shops in Europe - Q1 2021 Update
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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News briefs
Blue Tomato to rent snowboards and related gear
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
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
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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AnalysisAnalysis: The 10 major European sports retailers online
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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