Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 209
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New Balance is reportedly planning to open its first flagship...
New Balance is reportedly planning to open its first flagship store in the U.K. at a prime location on Oxford Street in London, but not before 2017, although the lease has been signed apparently. The brand has many stores in the U.S., but in the U.K. it only has concessions ...
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Moncler has opened its first Paris boutique exclusively dedicated to...
Moncler has opened its first Paris boutique exclusively dedicated to the brand's men's collections, which include Moncler Gamme Bleu, Moncler main collection, and the Moncler Lunettes eyewear collection. The new 80-square-meter store is located in the trendy Marais district, at 11 rue des Archives. The concept store has been designed by ...
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Keen has opened an enlarged mono-brand store in Atrium Flora,...
Keen has opened an enlarged mono-brand store in Atrium Flora, a premium shopping center in Prague, through its successful Czech distributor, Outdoor Concept. Replacing a smaller outlet that was opened on the same site three years ago, it's the third Keen store in the city.
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After opening its first German store on Mönckebergstrasse in Hamburg...
After opening its first German store on Mönckebergstrasse in Hamburg last autumn, Stadium plans to open another one in the spring in the trendy Altona district of the city, measuring about 1,000 square meters ++ After opening six new stores in Germany and Switzerland in 2014, Blue Tomato plans to ...
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Alibaba vigorously protested about comments made by an official of...
Alibaba vigorously protested about comments made by an official of China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) last week, claiming that more than 60 percent of the products sold on its Taobao marketplace were fake and that the company was not doing enough to fight counterfeiting. It was even ...
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Several media reports indicate that 361 Degrees, the Chinese sports...
Several media reports indicate that 361 Degrees, the Chinese sports brand, is preparing to move into European markets this year. The company already made hefty investments last year to start distribution in Brazil and the U.S., where it even opened a subsidiary run by seasoned executives. 361 Degrees, the fourth-largest ...
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Eleven Outdoor has become the exclusive importer for Houdini Sportswear...
Eleven Outdoor has become the exclusive importer for Houdini Sportswear in France, where the Swedish company didn't have a distributor before. Run by Jean-Marc Declroitre, who took it over at the beginning of this year, Eleven Outdoor was previously called JCP. It is still the distributor of Ferrino and Camelbak in ...
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Bauer Hockey, a subsidiary of Performance Sports Group, has announced...
Bauer Hockey, a subsidiary of Performance Sports Group, has announced it will open its first Bauer Hockey store, called “Own The Moment,” in the Boston suburb of Burlington, Massachusetts, in late summer. A second location will start up in the Minneapolis area in the autumn. The company currently plans an ...
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Speedo has extended its distribution agreement with Oberalp to cover...
Speedo has extended its distribution agreement with Oberalp to cover the markets of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, starting next July 1. The Italian company, which has sales subsidiaries in Poland and the Czeck Republic, started distributing Speedo in Italy in 2007 and extended the deal to Germany ...
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Xavier and David Berneda, the two Spanish brothers who own...
Xavier and David Berneda, the two Spanish brothers who own the Munich brand of sneakers, have set up a new distribution company, Bernher, to distribute Jaked, the Italian brand of high-tech swimwear, on the Spanish market. Eduardo Loriente, who ran Jaked's former distributor, Aquatic Global Sports, has joined Bernher.
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Snow Factory is taking on the distribution of Stöckli in...
Snow Factory is taking on the distribution of Stöckli in Spain and Andorra, starting on Jan. 1. At the same time, it is stopping the distribution of the various product lines of K2 Sports, except for Zoot, reportedly because the American group wanted to see an increase in the volumes ...
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Eleven Outdoor has taken on the distribution of Houdini Sportswear...
Eleven Outdoor has taken on the distribution of Houdini Sportswear in France
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L-Fashion Group is looking for suitable distribution partners in the...
L-Fashion Group is looking for suitable distribution partners in the U.S. for Icepeak, its affordable line of sports clothing, whose annual sales have reached the equivalent of $140 million
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Falkenschuh Schnake takes on the German distribution of Shred Optics...
Falkenschuh Schnake takes on the German distribution of Shred Optics and Slytech Protection, the fast-growing eyewear and protection brands of Anomaly Action Sports
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Cisalfa Sport has launched a new retail concept, called Cisalfa...
Cisalfa Sport has launched a new retail concept, called Cisalfa 2.0, intended to place more emphasis on the product and to provide a more emotive shopping experience. It is starting off with a store located at 18 Corso Vercelli in Milan. It replaces a former Germani Sport owned by the ...
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New Balance has inaugurated a 1,500-square-meter flagship store in Madrid,...
New Balance has inaugurated a 1,500-square-meter flagship store in Madrid, taking the place of an old jewelry shop at 15, Gran Via. In addition to an actual retail store, it features a museum with samples of historic styles, a coffee shop and a running club.
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Rossignol has opened a pop-up store in a Paris museum,...
Rossignol has opened a pop-up store in a Paris museum, the Grand Palais, to showcase a new, elegant line of urban clothing to promote its development in the sector. The store is set against the backdrop of a large ice skating rink that will remain in place for the holidays ...
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Décathlon has opened stores in Harlow and Croydon, taking the...
Décathlon has opened stores in Harlow and Croydon, taking the number of its stores in the U.K. up to a total of 16
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VF Corp. has opened dual Vans/Eastpak shops in the San...
VF Corp. has opened dual Vans/Eastpak shops in the San Babila district of Milan and in the Roma Est shopping center of the Italian capital
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Adidas' first HomeCourt store in Germany and its 20th worldwide...
Adidas' first HomeCourt store in Germany and its 20th worldwide has opened in downtown Nuremberg
