Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 241
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Intersport Italia announces a new franchised Intersport store in a...
Intersport Italia announces a new franchised Intersport store in a shopping mall of Chieti, La Colonnetta
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The Italian Sport Alliance buying group has launched a web...
The Italian Sport Alliance buying group has launched a web shop for GetFit, its private brand of home fitness equipment
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Volcom opens its third store in the U.K. at Boxpark,...
Volcom opens its third store in the U.K. at Boxpark, in the Shoreditch district of London
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James Gilbert South Africa is expanding its licensing and distribution...
James Gilbert South Africa is expanding its licensing and distribution agreement with Everlast to comprise all apparel, footwear and equipment sold under the brand in South Africa
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Karstadt is planning to open two more sports stores this...
Karstadt is planning to open two more sports stores this year, after its recent new opening in Wiesbaden, and to add eight to ten new ones in the next three to four years, according to TextilWirtschaft. The well-informed German magazine also indicates that Karstadt Sports' 27 existing stores saw their ...
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Macron has opened two new stores in Rimini and Helsinki,...
Macron has opened two new stores in Rimini and Helsinki, and it is preparing further openings at Alkmaar, in the Netherlands, and at Wrexham, in the U.K.
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Nike Golf is taking over the distribution in Spain from...
Nike Golf is taking over the distribution in Spain from Norgolfe, a Portuguese company that managed to build up its presence throughout the Iberian Peninsula in the last years. It started in Portugal in 2002 and added the southern part of Spain in 2004. Norgolfe will continue to handle distribution ...
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WeSC is taking over the distribution of its products in...
WeSC is taking over the distribution of its products in the U.K. from Lateral Corp.
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X-Bionic, the Swiss brand of functional under- and outerwear, has...
X-Bionic, the Swiss brand of functional under- and outerwear, has opened its first single-branded point of sale at Shin Kong Plaza, the prestigious shopping mall in Beijing on 15 square meters. According to Patrick Lambertz, the company's chief administrative officer, the shop reached a turnover of more than 10,000 yuan ...
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Peak Sport, a Chinese company that makes and distributes sporting...
Peak Sport, a Chinese company that makes and distributes sporting footwear, apparel and accessories, has opened its first U.S. store, in Los Angeles. Another move in its expansion in the U.S. is its new partnership with the Miami Heat basketball team, which will focus mainly on signage visible on camera ...
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Munich has inaugurated a new futuristic concept at its store...
Munich has inaugurated a new futuristic concept at its store in Barcelona
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Vibram USA is opening a store for its FiveFingers footwear...
Vibram USA is opening a store for its FiveFingers footwear on Newbury Street in Boston
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Décathlon has gained 13 percentage points in Interbrand's ranking of...
Décathlon has gained 13 percentage points in Interbrand's ranking of the major retail banners in France, taking the seventh position after Carrefour, Auchan, Leroy Merlin and other retail chains
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Shortly after striking new distribution deals for Poland, Slovenia and...
Shortly after striking new distribution deals for Poland, Slovenia and Croatia, Schöffel is expanding even further into Eastern Europe. The German sports and outerwear brand has picked Kiev-based Mantis Ltd. to introduce it on the Ukrainian market, starting with pre-orders for the winter 2012-13 season. Mantis and its sales team, ...
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Erica Palese's Premium Brand Distribution will be selling the Think...
Erica Palese's Premium Brand Distribution will be selling the Think Pink and Slam labels in Germany and Austria
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The Runners Point group, the specialist German retailer, is preparing...
The Runners Point group, the specialist German retailer, is preparing to open a dozen stores in Germany and Austria, after its sales increased by 12.9 percent to €166.2 million last year, Textilwirtschaft reports. This includes sales in all of the group's stores, including 25 independent franchises. Comparable store sales were ...
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Shopatron is launching an online store for Söll skiwear in...
Shopatron is launching an online store for Söll skiwear in the U.K. The American e-commerce technology company says that sporting goods brands working with its internet hosting platform saw their revenues increase by 30 percent last year, with a rise of 21 percent in same-store sales. Shopatron is also opening ...
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This spring, Stadium will enter the bicycle market with its...
This spring, Stadium will enter the bicycle market with its own line of bikes under the brand name Occano. The new bicycle line of the Swedish sporting goods retailer is composed of dirt bikes, mountain bikes, road bikes, hybrid/commuter bikes and junior bikes, and will be priced between 1,000 and ...
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Net 69, distributor of Fusalp in South Korea, has decided...
Net 69, distributor of Fusalp in South Korea, has decided to open the first store dedicated to its new premium Fusalp 1952 collection in Seoul later this year, probably in September. As already reported, the French company launched this heritage line of high-luxury ski and leisurewear at Ispovision a few ...
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Shortly before the Olympic Games, Marmot Mountain Europe is about...
Shortly before the Olympic Games, Marmot Mountain Europe is about to open its second corporate store in London. The door will be located in the Westfield Stratford City shopping mall in the northeast of the city, in the neighborhood of the Olympic venues. The outdoor brand opened its first own ...
