Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 215
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Karstadt, the embattled German department store group, is bracing itself...
Karstadt, the embattled German department store group, is bracing itself for significant cost reductions and perhaps store closures, after several managers indicated that further restructuring measures would have to be taken at the company. This came after the abrupt departure of Eva-Lotta Sjöstedt, the company's chief executive, after just five ...
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For the first six months of 2014, Intersport Germany reported...
For the first six months of 2014, Intersport Germany reported an overall sales improvement of 4 percent against the first half of the previous year. Running was up by 22 percent and team sports soared by 32 percent thanks to the football feast in Brazil. With an increase of 4 ...
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Sport Schuster, the big Munich-based sports retailer, has introduced a...
Sport Schuster, the big Munich-based sports retailer, has introduced a special new loyalty card for its customers. Instead of collecting points through their purchases, they collect “meters of elevation.” Registered card-holders get two meters for every euro spent. Once they reach a certain altitude, they obtain a special discount. For ...
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Superga has opened several new mono-brand stores outside its domestic...
Superga has opened several new mono-brand stores outside its domestic Italian market in the last couple of months and signed distribution contracts for new markets. Its first mono-brand store in South America was opened earlier this month. The store is located in the JK Iguatemi mall in São Paulo and ...
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Yoox, the online retailer, is to expand its offering with...
Yoox, the online retailer, is to expand its offering with a range of sports clothing, comprising garments from the leading international brands as well as performance labels
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Trespass is reportedly planning to open stores in Germany, France...
Trespass is reportedly planning to open stores in Germany, France and five other European countries, but the management declines to comment on this project
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From the start of next year Sport 2000 Germany will...
From the start of next year Sport 2000 Germany will be the official competence partner of the German athletics federation (DLV). Sport 2000 will be the sole retail partner for laufen.de, the website supported by the DLV, allowing it to provide relevant updates about product trends and other tips. These ...
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Asics is planning to open a store with an Asics...
Asics is planning to open a store with an Asics Running Lab in Paris before the end of this year, similar to those it has at major locations in London (Oxford Street), Barcelona (Avenida Diagonal) and Amsterdam (Stadhouderskade)
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Under Armour's biggest store will open on Chicago's “Magnificent Mile”...
Under Armour's biggest store will open on Chicago's “Magnificent Mile” in March 2015, covering 9,000 square meters of retail space
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Globe has reopened its store in Hossegor, France, after extensive...
Globe has reopened its store in Hossegor, France, after extensive renovation
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Le Coq Sportif has opened a store in the Morumbi...
Le Coq Sportif has opened a store in the Morumbi shopping mall of São Paulo, Brazil, through its local licensee, SPR, which also works with Kappa
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GoPro, Alibaba shake the stock market
GoPro went through one of the most successful public offering on the Nasdaq stock exchange in recent times. The shares were priced at $24 last Wednesday, at the high end of a previously set range of $21-24, valuing the young American action camera company at $2.96 billion. However, the stock ...
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The French office of L-Fashion Group is taking over the...
The French office of L-Fashion Group is taking over the distribution of Luhta and Li Ning in Belgium. The two brands were previously handled by a Belgian agent, G-Force, which will continue to take care of another brand of the Finnish sports apparel group, Icepeak.
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As previously reported, Fros International is losing the distribution of...
As previously reported, Fros International is losing the distribution of Berghaus in the Benelux countries but is taking on the distribution of the lifestyle collection of Aigle in Belgium. In contrast with a previous report, Fros is the new agent for Havaianas in the Netherlands. It is not acting as ...
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Décathlon continues to expand in Eastern Europe and Asia. Confirming...
Décathlon continues to expand in Eastern Europe and Asia. Confirming a report in Sport-Guide, Décathlon says it plans to enter the Croatian market towards the end of this year with a 3,500-square-meter store in Zagreb. It will likely be supplied out of Hungary, where Décathlon already has 12 stores. The ...
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Jack Wolfskin is using technology to track visitors to its...
Jack Wolfskin is using technology to track visitors to its stores. The Kinect technology, which is normally used for the Xbox One video game console and which reacts to the slightest movement by means of a sensor, a 3D microphone and a color camera, will be installed in all 890 ...
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Jorcani Sports will act as the new distributor for Fila...
Jorcani Sports will act as the new distributor for Fila in Spain and Andorra, filling a relative void in the market that has lasted for two years. The Spanish company, which represents other important sports brands, plans to stay away from the mass market, concentrating on the sporting goods and ...
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Trere, the Italian company that has the license for the...
Trere, the Italian company that has the license for the X-Bionic and X-Socks lines, will take over their distribution in Germany from March 2015. Its German subsidiary, Tre Vertrieb, has already started taking orders for the spring/summer 2015 season. The two lines have been distributed by Lowa in Germany until ...
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Fros International is going to stop acting as Berghaus' distributor...
Fros International is going to stop acting as Berghaus' distributor in the Benelux countries at the end of the year, as the outdoor brand is going to sell directly in the country (more on Berghaus and its merger with Brasher in The Outdoor Industry Compass). However, Fros will be taking ...
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Duca del Cosma, Italian brand of golf apparel and shoes,...
Duca del Cosma, Italian brand of golf apparel and shoes, is launching its first online store at ducadelcomso.com. After ten years of selling its products in 35 different markets, Duca del Cosma decided to start selling online, first in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands. The website will be available in ...
