Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 223
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Arena is opening its first store in Paris. Located near...
Arena is opening its first store in Paris. Located near Quiksilver's Boardriders Club in the Bercy Village shopping district of the French capital, the 100-square-meter shop will join on Dec. 17 those that it has in Lyon, Toulouse and Marseille. During the week of Dec. 16, people visiting swimming pools ...
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Joma Sport has opened its first store in Argentina through...
Joma Sport has opened its first store in Argentina through its new distributor and licensee in the country, KA Argentina. The store is located in Morón, a city in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires.
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XXL, the Norwegian sporting goods retail giant, has opened its...
XXL, the Norwegian sporting goods retail giant, has opened its 13th store in Sweden, this time in the town of Karlstad. The new store is 4,000 square meters and is the chain's fourth new store to open in Sweden this year. The number of its stores in the country is ...
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Ochsner Sport, the leading sporting goods retailer in Switzerland, plans...
Ochsner Sport, the leading sporting goods retailer in Switzerland, plans to open its first German store next Marcch, located in the new Galcis-Galerie of Neu-Ulm
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Sram's exclusive distributor, Kalnai Sports, has applied for insolvency proceedings...
Sram's exclusive distributor, Kalnai Sports, has applied for insolvency proceedings
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Sport Partner reports that Head is setting up its own...
Sport Partner reports that Head is setting up its own sales organization in the Benelux countries, after many years of trading through distribution companies. Head's sales in the Benelux countries were formerly handled by Eurolight Benelux, a company based near Rotterdam that also sold Reusch and Northwave, among others. As ...
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One Way Sport, the Finnish brand of Nordic outdoor sports...
One Way Sport, the Finnish brand of Nordic outdoor sports products, has formed a joint venture with 361 Degrees for its production and distribution in China. The two companies said they intend to open 150 One Way stores in the largest cities of mainland China and in Taiwan, to focus ...
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Reusch is re-entering the Canadian market through a new distributor,...
Reusch is re-entering the Canadian market through a new distributor, Green Room, with a customer database of over 130 retailers across the country. It will add Reusch' winter gloves to its portfolio, which includes the products of Powderhorn, Discrete Headwear and Old Guys Rule.
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Abacus Sportswear, the official apparel partner of the Asian Tour,...
Abacus Sportswear, the official apparel partner of the Asian Tour, has appointed Affinity Golf as a new distributor in the Asia-Pacific region. The new agreement with the Australian distributor covers, in particular, Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. Affinity Golf distributes brands such as Calvin Klein Golf, Dwyers & Co. and ...
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Dare 2b, the British mountain sports brand, reports on a...
Dare 2b, the British mountain sports brand, reports on a new partnership with Moore Large, which claims to be the U.K.'s largest distributor of bicycles, parts and accessories. It will distribute Dare 2b's new range of cycling apparel to bike dealers in the U.K. and Ireland from next February, complementing ...
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Napapijri, the Italian sportswear label owned by VF Corp., is...
Napapijri, the Italian sportswear label owned by VF Corp., is making a comeback into the U.S. market through an agreement with Moosejaw Mountaineering to be its exclusive online retailer in the country. Napapijri had left the market in 2009 after closing down its U.S. stores to concentrate on Europe. Moosejaw ...
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Perry Ellis, which has a contract with Callaway Golf as...
Perry Ellis, which has a contract with Callaway Golf as apparel licensee for the Americas, will see it extended to the Europe, Middle East and Africa region from Jan. 1
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After expanding its unique click-and-mortar retail operation (see our previous...
After expanding its unique click-and-mortar retail operation (see our previous issue), Rossignol will open a 30-square-meter store in French ski resort of Chamonix for its apparel line at the end of this month, with a lease for two years. Similar stores are opening through franchisees in Austria, at Kirchberg and ...
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Hervis Sport is introducing a new multi-channel retailing concept in...
Hervis Sport is introducing a new multi-channel retailing concept in about 50 stores in Austria and a similar number in other countries where the Austrian chain operates, following a trial at its Hervis Future Store in The Mall, one of Vienna's shopping centers. Customers will be able to order products ...
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The Danish Sport-Master group, which is no longer a cooperative...
The Danish Sport-Master group, which is no longer a cooperative voluntary group, says it wants to build up the best online sporting goods store in Denmark, connecting it with the 100-plus physical stores which it owns now. The idea is to give customers the same experience regardless of whether they ...
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Intersport Danmark has come to the rescue of a Danish...
Intersport Danmark has come to the rescue of a Danish sports retailer, Sports On Top, which recently declared bankruptcy. Intersport will take over eight Sport On Top retail locations, converting six into Intersport stores and two into Sport Direct stores. Sport Direct is a Danish B2B service for sales of ...
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Intersport Sweden has adapted its loyalty program for mobile devices...
Intersport Sweden has adapted its loyalty program for mobile devices through an agreement with Flatwallet. Members of the Intersport Club can now download the Flatwallet app to validate their membership through their smartphones. Users will not have to carry around all their membership cards as they can get the benefits ...
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Totalsport, one of the multiple Spanish buying groups, has taken...
Totalsport, one of the multiple Spanish buying groups, has taken over Team Match, a small group of seven sports retailers operating in the Barcelona area. Based in Zaragoza, Totalsport now has 166 retail members operating 204 stores.
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J.Lindeberg recently opened its second store in the traditional Austrian...
J.Lindeberg recently opened its second store in the traditional Austrian ski resort town of Solden. The store, which is franchised, had its grand opening in conjunction with the recent Alpine Skiing World Cup. According to Sportfack, the Swedish company plans to invest more in sport fashion and to expand its ...
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Foremost Golf, the largest golf retail group in the U.K.,...
Foremost Golf, the largest golf retail group in the U.K., has launched a new “click & collect” retail service to help customers who buy on the internet but are seldom at home during office hours to receive a delivery. The service allows the customers who purchased at www.foremostgolf.com to collect ...