Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 226
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Lacoste, the French sportswear brand, has opened an online store...
Lacoste, the French sportswear brand, has opened an online store in China. It reportedly offers 800 products in apparel, footwear and accessories. The number is still far below the more than 2,000 products available at online stores in the larger European countries. Lacoste is represented in China with six stores ...
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Golfsmith International is partnering with Golfzon, a publicly listed golf...
Golfsmith International is partnering with Golfzon, a publicly listed golf simulation company in South Korea, to open a chain of stores in and around Seoul over the next five years. The first one should emerge before the end of 2013. Golfzon is expanding into golf course management and related industries. ...
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Helly Hansen has inaugurated its first store in Barcelona, the...
Helly Hansen has inaugurated its first store in Barcelona, the fourth one in Spain
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Nike is opening a store of 550 square meters in...
Nike is opening a store of 550 square meters in the Berlin Mitte district and two more are said to be planned in the German capital, in the new shopping district at Leipziger Platz and in the Europa-Center at Breitscheidplatz
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New Balance has opened its second corporate Spanish store in...
New Balance has opened its second corporate Spanish store in Barcelona
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Columbia Sportswear has announced an agreement with Chogori India Retail...
Columbia Sportswear has announced an agreement with Chogori India Retail to be its exclusive distributor in India, effective immediately. Founded by Hernant Sachdev, who climbed to the summit of Mount Everest in May 2013, Chogori distributes other outdoor brands such as Béal, Black Diamond, Scarpa, Cascade Designs, Julbo and Thorlo. ...
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Kelme has announced the appointment of a new Indian partner,...
Kelme has announced the appointment of a new Indian partner, Shivas Group, that will take over the distribution of the Spanish brand in India from Global Overseas. The latter had already started working with Shivas, a retail management company specializing in running networks of franchised single-brand stores for many international ...
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Marchon has signed a deal with Snowide to improve the...
Marchon has signed a deal with Snowide to improve the penetration of its Nike Vision range of eyewear in the French sporting goods retail channel. Born in 2010 and based in Geneva, Snowide owns a couple of snowboard brands, APO and White Doctor. It also distributes a variety of action ...
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Jack Wolfskin has opened a subsidiary in the Russian market, taking...
Jack Wolfskin has opened a subsidiary in the Russian market, taking over the staff of its former distributor in Saint Petersburg, Peter Sport. The German outdoor brand already has three stores in the second-largest Russian city and will open another in Moscow before the end of the year. The opening of ...
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Jack Wolfskin is partnering with Heightsport to expand in South...
Jack Wolfskin is partnering with Heightsport to expand in South America. The sales partnership covers Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile. The first South American Jack Wolfskin store opened on July 13 on Lake Villarrica in Pucón, Chile. Pucón is a small town with just under 20,000 inhabitants but is ...
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X-Technology, the marketer of the X-Bionic brand of functional base...
X-Technology, the marketer of the X-Bionic brand of functional base layers and X-Socks, has opened its first single branded store in Germany. The shop is located in Hofstatt-Passage, a shopping mall in downtown Munich, and has a selling surface of 40 square meters. The store is operated by Tre Vertriebs ...
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K-Way is opening its first boutique in France. As of...
K-Way is opening its first boutique in France. As of the beginning of September, the brand, which already has a boutique in New York, will have a shop in rue de Charonne, near place de la Bastille, a young and trendy area of Paris. Originally founded in France, K-Way is ...
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After Nike sold Umbro to Iconix in October last year,...
After Nike sold Umbro to Iconix in October last year, Kiefer Sport cancelled the license agreement with effect from next November even though it was supposed to continue until the end of 2014. Kiefer Sport has distributed the brand in Germany since June 2008. Officially, Kiefer Sport has the distribution ...
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Freddy has assigned Keen On Fashion as new distributor for...
Freddy has assigned Keen On Fashion as new distributor for Germany and Austria. Deliveries start from spring/summer 2014. Previously, the distribution of the Italian brand in these markets was handled by Media Systems. Keen On Fashion also distributes Tom Tailor and Just Cavalli in Germany and Austria.
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Diadora has signed a distribution contract with XPlus, based in...
Diadora has signed a distribution contract with XPlus, based in Munich, for the distribution of its heritage line in Germany starting with the spring/summer 2014 season. XPlus also sells three other shoe lines: Nobrand, Satori Sun and Cycleur de Luxe. In Switzerland, Diadora has engaged La Croisette, a sales agency, ...
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Oberalp, the Italian-based parent company of Salewa, Dynafit and Wild...
Oberalp, the Italian-based parent company of Salewa, Dynafit and Wild Country, has agreed to represent Julbo, the 125-year-old French brand of technical sports eyewear, on the Italian market. Major synergies are expected between Salewa and Julbo in this important market. For the past 15 years, Julbo has been distributed in ...
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Décathlon has opened its first distribution center in Germany. Located...
Décathlon has opened its first distribution center in Germany. Located at Schwetzingen, near Mannheim, it measures 30,000 square meters and employs 180 people, with a plan to raise the staff to 300. The new structure will service the 18 stores that Décathlon has in the country and the German customers ...
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Rip Curl has inaugurated a highly technical corporate surf shop...
Rip Curl has inaugurated a highly technical corporate surf shop of 180 square meters at Bidart, on the Basque coast of France. The offer concentrates on wetsuits and surfboards, including second-hand boards.
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Arc'teryx is opening in London its first stand-alone store in...
Arc'teryx is opening in London its first stand-alone store in Europe, in partnership with the British Snow+Rock chain. The new door will be located at the St Martin's Courtyard, in London's Covent Garden, a stylish shopping and dining destination, not far from the existing Snow+Rock's store in Mercer Street. The ...
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On Aug. 1, New Era is set to open a...
On Aug. 1, New Era is set to open a new mono-brand store in Germany, in the Mein Zeil shopping center in Frankfurt. New Era already owns and manages a mono-brand store in Berlin. The brand's sales in Germany increased by about 25 percent in 2012, as compared to the ...
