Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 238
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Helge Hinrichs and Stefan Moosleitner, two entrepreneurs from Hamburg, have...
Helge Hinrichs and Stefan Moosleitner, two entrepreneurs from Hamburg, have launched a new retailing platform on the internet called Sportrade. The service is currently focused on athletic sports, but shall be extended to outdoor and fitness in the near future. In the first place, Sportrade addresses both retailers and consumers ...
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Sprinter, the Spanish sporting goods retail chain partly owned by...
Sprinter, the Spanish sporting goods retail chain partly owned by JD Sports Fashion, has launched its own virtual store, selling branded as well as exclusive products. Customers are entitled to a 20 percent discount on any orders placed on the web until June 17.
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Following in the footsteps of Zalando, Spartoo, one of the...
Following in the footsteps of Zalando, Spartoo, one of the major pure e-commerce players for footwear in France, has launched a dedicated page for sports shoes on its website. It features some 900 styles by 35 brands including Adidas, Nike and Reebok. Categories covered include running, trail-running, football, fitness, golf, ...
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Adidas will not renew the lease on its 1,100-m2 flagship...
Adidas will not renew the lease on its 1,100-m2 flagship Paris store on Rue de Rivoli. The store, which opened in 2001, stopped making money in 2009, following the closure of a big neighboring department store, La Samaritaine, which reduced the levels of consumer traffic in the area. They have ...
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Preparations are in full swing for the Olympic Games at...
Preparations are in full swing for the Olympic Games at Lacoste, which is opening a flagship store of about 700 square meters on Brompton Road in London. Replacing a much smaller store on the same street, this will be the French brand's largest outlet – nearly twice the size of ...
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Intersport Italia is celebrating the opening of yet another franchised...
Intersport Italia is celebrating the opening of yet another franchised store at Sassuolo
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Vans has taken over the distribution of its products in...
Vans has taken over the distribution of its products in Sweden and Denmark, starting with the autumn/winter 2012 collections. Vans' parent company, VF Corporation, is opening subsidiaries in both countries, with their own showrooms and their own sales and marketing staffs, independently of other operations of the group in the region. ...
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Patagonia has signed up a new distributor in Poland,...
Patagonia has signed up a new distributor in Poland, Raven Outdoor, in a deal arranged by Michael Plank's Sports-Contacts agency. Based in Krakow and founded seven years ago, Raven Outdoor has launched international brands such as Smartwool and Black Diamond on the Polish market. Andrea Tomasini, who has been heading ...
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Carving Sport has picked up the distribution in Spain of...
Carving Sport has picked up the distribution in Spain of Roces, starting on June 1. It has stopped distributing Rollerblade and its sister brand of inline skates, Bladerunner. These brands are now handled by BM Sportech, which is the distributor of other brands of Tecnica Group including Blizzard, Dolomite, Nordica ...
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Arena France is launching a new distribution channel: pop-up stores...
Arena France is launching a new distribution channel: pop-up stores set up in partnership with retailers at swimming events. Complete with changing cabins and a range of branded product displays, these stores are easy to build and a test has shown that they could generate twice as much turnover as ordinary booths. Arena ...
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Adidas has opened its first Stella McCartney flagship store, after...
Adidas has opened its first Stella McCartney flagship store, after working with the British designer for eight years. It is located next to the main Stella McCartney store and her children's store, which opened in Brompton Cross, London a few weeks ago. McCartney has designed the uniforms of the British ...
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Jaked, the young Italian brand of technical swimwear and accessories,...
Jaked, the young Italian brand of technical swimwear and accessories, has opened its first single-brand store in the Italian city of Pescara. Owned by Pianoforte Holding, which is also the parent company of Yamamay and Carpisa, Jaked will continue to sponsor the Italian Swimwear Federation at the Olympic Games in ...
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Keen Footwear plans to open its first Japanese store in...
Keen Footwear plans to open its first Japanese store in Tokyo next month. The American brand already has stores in Toronto, Canada and near its head office in Portland, Oregon.
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Intersport Italia opened yesterday a new Intersport store in the...
Intersport Italia opened yesterday a new Intersport store in the Coop shopping center of Follonica
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Vans' first South African concept store has opened in Cape...
Vans' first South African concept store has opened in Cape Town
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Dobotex, the producer, developer and distributor of Puma lifestyle products,...
Dobotex, the producer, developer and distributor of Puma lifestyle products, plans to launch a trade competition at the Moda spring fair in Birmingham next August. The winners could get tickets to Premiership football games and a week's supply of Puma socks and underwear. The competition is available to all retailers/traders ...
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Dunlop is the new distributor of Diadora footwear in Germany....
Dunlop is the new distributor of Diadora footwear in Germany. For now, the new partnership is limited to tennis shoes, but other categories of footwear by Italian company, such as running and football, as well as apparel may follow. Before a break of about two years, Dunlop's German operations had ...
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Sportler, the Italian sporting goods retail chain owned by the...
Sportler, the Italian sporting goods retail chain owned by the Oberrauch family, has opened a new, innovative store across from its renovated store in downtown Brunico. Spread over 785 square meters on five floors, the new store is the company's 7th Alpinhaus, specializing in outdoor and winter sports products. It ...
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After opening a single-brand store for its Fire & Ice...
After opening a single-brand store for its Fire & Ice brand on the German island of Sylt, Bogner is opening a slightly smaller one on the same island under its own name. The Bogner shop offers items from its eponymous collection, as well as those of Sonia Bogner and Fire ...
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Tennis Warehouse Europe will now be included as part of...
Tennis Warehouse Europe will now be included as part of ATPWorldTourStore.com through an expanded retail partnership between Tennis Warehouse and the ATP. The two entities have been working together since 2000. The expanded website means that fans in Europe can get the same service as those in the U.S., while ...
