Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 214
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Accell North America (ANA) and Outdoor Gear Canada (OGC) have...
Accell North America (ANA) and Outdoor Gear Canada (OGC) have signed a multi-year distribution deal making OGC the exclusive distributor of Redline BMX bicycles in Canada. OGC BMX, which officially launches with the 2015 season, is also the exclusive distributor in Canada for the Fiend, Federal, Merritt, Eclat, Fuse and ...
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Icepharma, a distributor of healthcare and sports products, has started...
Icepharma, a distributor of healthcare and sports products, has started to distribute Speedo in Iceland, replacing Tomas Rorfasson who has represented the brand in the country for 51 years
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Hervis, the Austrian sporting goods retail chain, plans to open...
Hervis, the Austrian sporting goods retail chain, plans to open its second German store in Nuremberg later this year and is looking for other locations in the southern part of Germany. The chain, which belongs to the Spar group, had a turnover of €424 million in 2013. Besides its Austrian ...
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Pearl Izumi will open its fifth European factory outlet store...
Pearl Izumi will open its fifth European factory outlet store in the U.K. this autumn. The sports apparel maker has opened four other factory outlet stores in Europe in four years, located in the Dutch city of Valkenburg, Palma de Mallorca, Vienna and Paris. The new store that will open ...
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Element will open its first stand-alone store in the U.K....
Element will open its first stand-alone store in the U.K. in November or December. The U.S.-based skateboarding clothing and footwear brand will open a 2,816-square-feet flagship store at 13 Shorts Gardens near Covent Garden in central London, in a space that was previously occupied by Berghaus. The three-floor shop will ...
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Adidas Originals is opening its third flagship store in Seoul,...
Adidas Originals is opening its third flagship store in Seoul, Korea, similar to those it operates in Berlin and Shanghai
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Fox-Wizel, a joint venture partner of Billabong in Israel, is...
Fox-Wizel, a joint venture partner of Billabong in Israel, is reportedly discussing a master franchising deal with Nike in the country
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Lolë, the Canadian brand of fitness and outdoor fashion for...
Lolë, the Canadian brand of fitness and outdoor fashion for women, has opened its second U.S. store in the SoHo district of New York
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Flip Flop Shops, the 10-year-old American chain specializing in beach...
Flip Flop Shops, the 10-year-old American chain specializing in beach and sports sandals, has opened the first of 50 stores in the Middle East in Kuwait City through its local master franchisee, Al Mana Fashion Group
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Base-Detallsport, the second-largest Spanish buying group, is inviting all the...
Base-Detallsport, the second-largest Spanish buying group, is inviting all the members of a regional splinter group, Giro 180, to rejoin the cooperative, which is said to be holding discussions with another buying group, Twinner. At the same time, Base is reportedly discussing a possible cooperation in purchasing with Intersport España. ...
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Adidas accepts trading on marketplaces
This apparent turnabout comes just as the German Cartel Office has agreed to shelve its anti-trust challenge against Adidas after the company agreed to stop banning sales of its products on third-party internet marketplaces such as Amazon and eBay as well as local platforms such as Rakuten.de, Tatego.de, Hitmeister.de and ...
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Hickies, the two-year-old American company that launched an innovative elastic...
Hickies, the two-year-old American company that launched an innovative elastic lacing system for shoes, has sold more than one million packages with 28 laces since its launch in July 2012 and is currently building its distribution network in Europe. The elastic laces, which turn a sneaker into a slip-on, were ...
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Manifattura Valcismon, the Italian company that owns the Sportful and...
Manifattura Valcismon, the Italian company that owns the Sportful and Castelli brands of sports clothing, has set up a German sales subsidiary, taking over the distribution of its products from Kops, with effect from July 1. The new entity is run by Berthold Blattmann who has been in charge of ...
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Footbalance, the Finnish brand for molded insoles and computer-aided analysis...
Footbalance, the Finnish brand for molded insoles and computer-aided analysis tools, has just started to sell in the Chinese market through a local distributor. The deal was signed with Mile Technology last October. At Ispo Beijing in February Footbalance set up an agreement with Tutwo, the Chinese outdoor retail chain ...
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Bernd Hummel, the licensee for KangaROOS in Germany and many...
Bernd Hummel, the licensee for KangaROOS in Germany and many other European countries, has a new distributor in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Since July, Urban Shoes has been working as sales agent for the brand with some retailers and as distributor for other accounts. In the U.K., Bernd Hummel ...
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Martes Sport, the Polish distribution and retail group, has expanded...
Martes Sport, the Polish distribution and retail group, has expanded its licensing and distribution agreement with Hi-Tec Sports to 19 countries around Eastern Europe. While it previously covered Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the Ukraine, another 15 countries were added, from the Baltics to the former Yugoslav republics, Bulgaria, ...
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Mountain Force, the Swiss brand of higher-end snow and outdoor...
Mountain Force, the Swiss brand of higher-end snow and outdoor wear, has founded a sales subsidiary for the Austrian market. Mountain Force Austria will be led by Bent Jensen as managing director from Aug. 1. The Dane has worked as a sales representative in Austria for Peak Performance for over ...
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MD Viper will handle the distribution of Adio's skate and...
MD Viper will handle the distribution of Adio's skate and skate-inspired footwear in Spain
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Sport Zone, the big Portuguese sporting goods retail chain owned...
Sport Zone, the big Portuguese sporting goods retail chain owned by Sonae Group, has launched its online store, offering some 25,000 different items. It has also launched a blog, connected with social networks, that will be updated daily. The new web shop is accessible to customers in Spain, where the ...
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El Corte Inglés, the Spanish retailer, has appointed Manuel Pizarro...
El Corte Inglés, the Spanish retailer, has appointed Manuel Pizarro in the new function of vice president, focusing on finance. A former partner at the law firm Baker & McKenzie, Pizarro could help to deal with debt restructuring efforts set in motion by the Spanish retailer about a year ago, ...
