Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 230
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Sportringen continues to grow in Sweden with a new 3000-square-meter...
Sportringen continues to grow in Sweden with a new 3000-square-meter outlet store in the town of Töcksfors and three more stores are in the works
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The first physical Joma store in Hungary has opened its...
The first physical Joma store in Hungary has opened its doors in a shopping mall at Drebecen
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Vans has opened a flagship store of 130 square meters...
Vans has opened a flagship store of 130 square meters near the Pompidou Center in Paris
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Sanuk, the shoe brand acquired by Deckers Outdoor Corporation last...
Sanuk, the shoe brand acquired by Deckers Outdoor Corporation last year, is opening its first company-owned store in Santa Monica, California
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Dorel Industries plans to open a 4,200-square-foot Cannondale Sports store...
Dorel Industries plans to open a 4,200-square-foot Cannondale Sports store at Carle Place, New York, offering products from its various bicycle brands
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Speedo International has appointed the German and Austrian sales subsidiaries...
Speedo International has appointed the German and Austrian sales subsidiaries of Oberalp to be the new distributors for the swimwear brand in those two countries. The decision came after a mutual agreement between Speedo and Action Sports, which has been the distributor in these two countries for some time. Better ...
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Cambuci, the Brazilian group that owns the Penalty brand of...
Cambuci, the Brazilian group that owns the Penalty brand of football and futsal products, has decided to shut down its Spanish subsidiary, Penalty Iberia, after three years of investments and operations. A big Spanish distribution company, Jorcani Sports, is taking over the distribution of the brand in the region. With ...
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Skitrab has come to Sweden. The official launch of the...
Skitrab has come to Sweden. The official launch of the Italian ski brand into the Swedish ski market will take place during the 2013/14 winter season, but a stealth launch has already occurred. Gröndals Sports will be the distributor of this brand of cross-country and touring skis, helmets, poles and ...
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Ignoring the shakeup in the Austrian sporting goods retail landscape...
Ignoring the shakeup in the Austrian sporting goods retail landscape caused by Sport Eybl & Sports Experts' crisis, one of its competitors, Hervis Sports, has announced ambitious plans for expansion inside and outside Austria. The chain, a subsidiary of the Spar food chain, plans to open 10 new doors in ...
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Intersport Germany started up its online shop on March 18,...
Intersport Germany started up its online shop on March 18, adding an additional retail channel for its affiliated retailers. The store at http://www.intersport.de went formally live with Kim Roether and Klaus Jost, the group's joint managing directors, pushing the button and ordering outdoor jackets for themselves. The group has been working ...
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Runners Point, the German retail chain for athletic footwear and apparel,...
Runners Point, the German retail chain for athletic footwear and apparel, has launched a new retail format called Runners Point World of Running. It has been implemented in a new flagship store of 500 square meters opened this week in the Thier Galerie, a shopping mall in Dortmund. Described as Europe's ...
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Mizuno has opened the first of a series of 50...
Mizuno has opened the first of a series of 50 running specialty stores that it wants to have in Mainland China by the end of 2015. They are expected to contribute annual revenues of 1.5 billion yen (€188.1m-$241.3m). Located in Shanghai, the first such store features running stations for training ...
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Décathlon has reportedly signed a deal with a major Chinese...
Décathlon has reportedly signed a deal with a major Chinese real estate company, China Vanke, to help develop its presence in second- and third-tier cities in the country. The French retailer already has 57 stores in China, and they are mostly located in the larger urban areas, measuring between 4,000 ...
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Avenue Way is opening the first Li-Ning store in the...
Avenue Way is opening the first Li-Ning store in the Middle East, measuring 250 m², on Kish Island in Iran
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Through a German partner, Dimensione Danza has opened its first...
Through a German partner, Dimensione Danza has opened its first German concept shop on Berlin's Kurfürstendamm
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The concept store of Le Coq Sportif in Barcelona has...
The concept store of Le Coq Sportif in Barcelona has received a prize because of its contribution to the renovation of the retail community in the city's ancient Barrio Gótico
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The German-based company Schanner has taken on the distribution of...
The German-based company Schanner has taken on the distribution of Head skates for Germany, Austria and Italy. In charge of sales is Marc Meier, who is both owner and managing director of Schanner, a company specializing in ice hockey. It distributes Bauer in the same countries and will sell ice ...
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Foot Locker opened its 100th store in France at the...
Foot Locker opened its 100th store in France at the end of last year, according to sport-guide.com. It is located in a recently renovated shopping center at Claye Souilly, anchored by Carrefour, that also accommodates one of the ten JD stores in France. Foot Locker had only 83 stores in ...
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The board of directors of Foot Locker, which has been...
The board of directors of Foot Locker, which has been faring well financially, has approved a $220 million investment program for the current year. That is far more than the $163 million spent last year. The money will be invested in various fields of expansion such as the development and roll-out of ...
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Reportedly, Décathlon wants to freeze wages in Spain for the...
Reportedly, Décathlon wants to freeze wages in Spain for the next three years, in view of the difficult economic situation in the country, but the company declines to comment. According to another report in CMD, Spanish sporting goods retailers suffered the biggest sales decline in 15 years last year, but some ...
