Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 224
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Karstadt has launched a new format for its Karstadt and...
Karstadt has launched a new format for its Karstadt and Karstadt Sports online stores
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K-Way is about to open its first store in Milan,...
K-Way is about to open its first store in Milan, on the premises of a former Robe di Kappa store on Corso Vittorio Emanuele
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Desigual is launching an online store for its new Desigual...
Desigual is launching an online store for its new Desigual Sport line
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Under Armour has joined the list of approved suppliers at...
Under Armour has joined the list of approved suppliers at Foremost Golf
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Icelantic, the American producer of original skis, snowboards and accessories,...
Icelantic, the American producer of original skis, snowboards and accessories, is setting up a European office in the Swiss town of Malans. The company's new Icelantic Europe subsidiary is run by Rico Dürst, a Swiss marketing consultant who has worked for Trisport, Storm Sports and Outline Sports. He will be ...
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Effective Oct. 1, Fritschi started handling sales in Switzerland for...
Effective Oct. 1, Fritschi started handling sales in Switzerland for Outdoor Research. Fritschi, a well-known Swiss marketer of specialty ski bindings and other snow sports products that has also its own stores, will provide the sales team and customer support for the distribution of the American brand. The European office ...
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Scantrade, which has been representing Umbro very well in Norway...
Scantrade, which has been representing Umbro very well in Norway for the past 20 years, has become the new distributor of the brand in Sweden as well. Scantrade is based in Norway, and its Swedish office currently represents Nordica, Rollerblade, Tecnica, Therm-ic, Blizzard and Lowa in the neighboring country.
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Poc Sweden has appointed CJ Agencies as its authorized distributor...
Poc Sweden has appointed CJ Agencies as its authorized distributor in the Benelux countries. The agency's portfolio includes brands such as Black Diamond, which took over Poc a few months ago.
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SportScheck, Germany's largest sporting goods retailer, has opened its new...
SportScheck, Germany's largest sporting goods retailer, has opened its new high-tech flagship store in Munich on a net sales surface of 10,200 square meters. The store employs a staff of 250 people and offers some 30,000 different products under 530 brands, arranged by sports category and led by outdoor, running ...
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Kaufhof Sportarena has launched its virtual store, offering a first...
Kaufhof Sportarena has launched its virtual store, offering a first selection of 1,300 sports items that should go up to 2,000 in due course. A link with social networks allows customers to share their impressions with friends. The chain, which belongs to Kaufhof, manages 13 Sportarena stores and four Wanderzeit ...
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Germany's Planet Sports has opened its eighth store in the...
Germany's Planet Sports has opened its eighth store in the country in Karlsruhe. The company plans to open eight to ten more stores next year. Including its online stores, which sell to customers in 15 European countries, the boardsports retailer has reached an annual turnover of about €100 million.
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Volcom has just launched its own e-commerce operation in the...
Volcom has just launched its own e-commerce operation in the U.S. and Canada, where it was working online through a third-party e-tailer. It is going to launch it in Europe before the end of this year, with pages in English, French, German and Spanish.
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New Balance has opened its first Italian New Balance Experience...
New Balance has opened its first Italian New Balance Experience Store in Bologna, in the northern region of Emilia Romagna. The new shop, on two floors and with a total surface of 75 square meters, is located in Via de' Toschi, at the very heart of the city center, a ...
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Golfino has opened a 150-square-meter store on Berlin's Kurfürstendamm...
Golfino has opened a 150-square-meter store on Berlin's Kurfürstendamm
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Sportalm has opened its second store in Prague
Sportalm has opened its second store in Prague
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Oakley plans to have 210 mono-brand stores in place worldwide...
Oakley plans to have 210 mono-brand stores in place worldwide by the end of this year
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Haglöfs is opening a 130-square-meter outlet store in the Ringsted...
Haglöfs is opening a 130-square-meter outlet store in the Ringsted Outlet southwest of Copenhagen, selling closeouts from previous seasons
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Intergolf, which has been the distributor of Mizuno Golf in...
Intergolf, which has been the distributor of Mizuno Golf in Italy for many years, has taken over the distribution of the line in Spain as well. The change follows the break-up of the Japanese company's more comprehensive distribution agreement with Vilella and its establishment of a fully-owned subsidiary, Mizuno Iberia, ...
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Hyperice, the new brand of ice compression wraps used to...
Hyperice, the new brand of ice compression wraps used to relieve sore muscles, is working with Uhlsport for the distribution of the brand in the non-medical sector in various parts of Europe. Uhlsport's French subsidiary and Uhlsport's distributor for the U.K. and Ireland, Solutions for Sport, have agreed to market ...
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Greenmaster, the Taiwanese manufacturer of fitness equipment, is about to...
Greenmaster, the Taiwanese manufacturer of fitness equipment, is about to introduce its Yowza Fitness brand in Europe. It will do so through its Germany-based subsidiary, Green Fitness. In return, Green Fitness will no longer distribute another fitness label, FitCrew. Yowza is already on the North American market and is successful ...
