Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 244
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DC Shoes has opened a store in Lyon, the third-largest...
DC Shoes has opened a store in Lyon, the third-largest city in France
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Meeting is opening its 21st Deha store in Rome...
Meeting is opening its 21st Deha store in Rome
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Salewa has a new store at Chiuro, a small town...
Salewa has a new store at Chiuro, a small town near Sondrio in the Italian Alps. Inaugurated a few days ago by Christoph Hainz, a well-known climber from South Tyrol, The store has 385 square meters of retail space and hosts a Dynafit shop-in-shop
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Revo, one of Luxottica's brands, has started selling 14 styles...
Revo, one of Luxottica's brands, has started selling 14 styles of its sunglasses in the flagship stores of The North Face, so far in New York, Chicago and San Francisco
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Erich Weitzmann, the Italian company that took over the distribution...
Erich Weitzmann, the Italian company that took over the distribution of Reusch in France at the beginning of 2010, intends to boost is sales of Reusch goalkeeper equipment by setting up a partly integrated sales force in the country. Pierrick Lecharpentier will act as area manager for Reusch summer products ...
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DAC Sport Import takes over the distribution of Orage in...
DAC Sport Import takes over the distribution of Orage in Switzerland from The Source
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Planet Sports, the leading Indian sporting goods retail chain, has...
Planet Sports, the leading Indian sporting goods retail chain, has seen most of its managers depart after its move last week from Gurgaon, near Delhi, to Mumbai. Only four of the 74 employees at the Gurgaon office were transferred. The move was ordered by the Future Group, the huge Mumbai-based ...
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Usports, the new Swedish sports retailer that opened its first...
Usports, the new Swedish sports retailer that opened its first megastore in Malmö last month, confirmed the Birsta retail park in Sundsvall, a seaside town halfway up the eastern Swedish coast, as the location for its third store, to cover nearly 4,000 square meters. The company had already announced that ...
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The fifth full-fledged Intersport store in Italy is opening on...
The fifth full-fledged Intersport store in Italy is opening on a franchise basis in Faenza
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Lindberg, a Swedish brand of headwear and outerwear for children...
Lindberg, a Swedish brand of headwear and outerwear for children that is now also serving the adult market, is opening a concept store in Stockholm on one of the city's busiest shopping streets
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Skechers takes over Japanese distribution
Separately, Skechers has set up a subsidiary in Japan to have a direct presence in the country with the aim of more than doubling its business over the next three to five years and turning Japan into one of its largest foreign markets. Until now, Skechers was distributed by Achilles ...
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LG Fashion, the Korean licensee of Intersport and distributor of...
LG Fashion, the Korean licensee of Intersport and distributor of various international sports and outdoor brands, has acquired Allegri, a famous Italian brand of rainwear
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Kant is going to be the new exclusive distributor of...
Kant is going to be the new exclusive distributor of Elan for Russia from next month. The Russian company replaces Sporty, which is going to concentrate on imports of motorcycles. Vsevolod Kurguzov, who worked with Sporty, is moving to Kant to keep the same brand strategy. Kant also distributes Blizzard ...
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Uhlsport and WRC Sport, the German company's longtime distributor in...
Uhlsport and WRC Sport, the German company's longtime distributor in the Benelux countries, have agreed to set up a subsidiary that will handle sales of Uhlsport and Kempa in the same market from the start of next year. Alex Smet, general manager of WRC, will become country manager of Uhlsport ...
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GolfTech, the Austrian golf distribution company with operations and partnerships...
GolfTech, the Austrian golf distribution company with operations and partnerships all around Europe, has acquired its U.K. distribution partner, Golf and Sports Supplies (GSS). The move is intended to bolster British sales of Big Max, the brand of golf trolleys owned by GolfTech. At the same time, the U.K. unit ...
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The situation worsened in the first half for Blacks Leisure...
The situation worsened in the first half for Blacks Leisure Group, as sales declined and losses widened for the British outdoor and sporting goods retailer. The group's new management, led by Julia Reynolds, who joined the company as chief executive on Aug. 1, still sees clear potential for a turnaround ...
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United Brands, the Belgian sports retailer, has reinforced its equity...
United Brands, the Belgian sports retailer, has reinforced its equity to continue enlarging its store network. A store of 2,000 square meters will be opened at the start of December in the city center of Aalst, and another store of the same size will appear near the K shopping center ...
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Décathlon is reportedly planning to open four additional stores in...
Décathlon is reportedly planning to open four additional stores in Romania by next spring, complementing the six units that it already has in the country, with the goal of forming a network of 20 stores in due time. With four new stores launched in the course of last year, according ...
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Super Retail Group of Australia has completed the acquisition of...
Super Retail Group of Australia has completed the acquisition of the retail sporting goods retail division of Archer Capital, consisting of 90 Rebel Sport stores, 36 Amart shops and two Performance Sports doors. The acquisition price of 610 million Australian dollars (€458.4m-$632.3m) compares with the total turnover of these stores, ...
