Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 179
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Deportes Blanes, a Spanish sports retail chain that has 40...
Deportes Blanes, a Spanish sports retail chain that has 40 directly managed stores and 33 franchises, is changing their banners to Blanes Sport and Shoes. Its four outlet stores are going to be called Blanes Factory Sport & Fashion Outlet. The new banners have adopted a younger and more modern ...
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Lululemon Athletica has opened its biggest European store at 187-191...
Lululemon Athletica has opened its biggest European store at 187-191 Regent Street, measuring 590 square meters on two floors. It has a yoga area and a quiet coffee shop. For its opening, Lululemon is offering a capsule collection developed in cooperation with students at the Central Saint Martins School of ...
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Volcom, which already has ten other stores in France, will...
Volcom, which already has ten other stores in France, will open its first store in Paris in March, covering 210 square meters. It is located at 5 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, near the Bastille and close to other sports stores. It will be the 15th store in Europe for the ...
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Asics has opened its first performance store in Belgium, showcasing...
Asics has opened its first performance store in Belgium, showcasing a retail concept that is to be rolled out in other Asics stores and point of sale areas. The store in Brussels features the latest performance ranges along with a community fitness space, running services and a digital experience linked ...
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Fashion Network reports that Jack Wolfskin is preparing to open...
Fashion Network reports that Jack Wolfskin is preparing to open a store in The Exchange, one of the oldest shopping arcades in Nottingham. It will be the ninth store for the German outdoor brand in the U.K. Dating back to the 1920s, The Exchange is a relatively small shopping center ...
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Retailwatching.nl, a Dutch publication, reports that Perry Sport intends to close...
Retailwatching.nl, a Dutch publication, reports that Perry Sport intends to close at least six stores this year, while going ahead with the roll-out of an updated store concept in the largest Dutch cities and the launch of a new online store. Perry Sport is one of the Dutch retail banners acquired ...
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Helge Mankowski, a former professional football player, has been appointed...
Helge Mankowski, a former professional football player, has been appointed by Intersport Germany to be managing director at Intersport Voswinkel from the start of this year, alongside Alla-Lena Schulte-Angels. The appointment comes after Matthias Bärtels passed away last year. Mankowski will be in charge of operations, buying, marketing and expansion. ...
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Sport Partner reports that Rademaker Sports has become the Dutch...
Sport Partner reports that Rademaker Sports has become the Dutch distribution partner for Ronhill, the British brand of running apparel and accessories, adding to a distribution package that already comprised Sorbothane, Perfekta, Hilly, Soleus and Instinct
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There are new, insistent reports that Base, one of the...
There are new, insistent reports that Base, one of the major voluntary chains in Spain, will soon join Sport 2000 International
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Adidas has unveiled a new multi-season partnership between its football...
Adidas has unveiled a new multi-season partnership between its football division and Gosha Rubchinskiy, the fashion maker from Moscow. The Adidas Football x Gosha Rubchinskiy collection debuted on the runway of the former Königsberg Stock Exchange in Kaliningrad, Russia on Jan. 12, at Rubchinskiy's fashion show for autumn-winter 2017/18. Adidas ...
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The Adidas Group has teamed up with two popular young...
The Adidas Group has teamed up with two popular young Chinese athletes to launch One in a Billion, an advertising campaign made for the Chinese market. The two athletes are Ning Zetao, a freestyle swimmer, and Hui Ruoqi, a volleyball champion. The campaign fits with Creating the New, the five-year ...
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Zalando’s margins beat forecasts
Beating forecasts, Zalando reported higher profits for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, thanks to higher efficiencies in inventory management and other processes, although the growth of its turnover slowed down to 17.1 percent year-on-year from the 25 percent rate enjoyed in the previous quarter. It generated an adjusted Ebit ...
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Shimano has announced plans to open a new distribution center...
Shimano has announced plans to open a new distribution center near the French city of Lyon to enhance its service to French and Italian customers. It will be Shimano's third European distribution center, along with Nunspeet in the Netherlands and Pozna? in Poland. For the Turkish market, the company operates ...
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José Manuel Albentosa, a former sales manager for Adidas, Reebok...
José Manuel Albentosa, a former sales manager for Adidas, Reebok and Under Armour in Spain, has become sales director of Sport HG, a Spanish supplier of sports apparel
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Ritchie International is switching over to a dealer-direct distribution model...
Ritchie International is switching over to a dealer-direct distribution model for its bicycles and frames in Europe, according to Bike Europe. For this purpose, it has set up a new logistic operation at Multisped, a logistics provider in Singen, Germany. The new sales structure will reinforce its partnership with three ...
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Cavida-Sports will act as the exclusive distributor in Germany for...
Cavida-Sports will act as the exclusive distributor in Germany for Miller Division's skateboard and longboards, starting next year. The company already distributes products by Osprey, Santa Cruz, Seawag and SharkBanz.
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K2 has reportedly appointed Arnold Sports to distribute a new...
K2 has reportedly appointed Arnold Sports to distribute a new apparel range in Germany, Austria and the Benelux countries
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Selected Brands is taking on the distribution of Diadora in...
Selected Brands is taking on the distribution of Diadora in the Nordic and Baltic countries
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Starting with the new year, Carving Sport is taking on...
Starting with the new year, Carving Sport is taking on the distribution of Komperdell in Spain, Portugal and Andorra
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Sandsock will distribute all the products of Falke in Spain...
Sandsock will distribute all the products of Falke in Spain as of next year
