Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 253
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Recently placed under new ownership and leadership, Karstadt is busy...
Recently placed under new ownership and leadership, Karstadt is busy investing significant amounts in revamping its stores. Textilwirtschaft, the German trade publication for the apparel business, reports that the chain is investing €10-12 million in Frankfurt alone to refurbish its local flagship store and to increase the surface of its ...
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Etnies is opening its first European stand-alone store next March...
Etnies is opening its first European stand-alone store next March 31 at Kingston Upon Thames, in the U.K.
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Benitosport is one of the retailers operating in a newly...
Benitosport is one of the retailers operating in a newly inaugurated urban shopping center in Barcelona, Las Arena, that takes the place of the former bullfighting ring next to the centrally located Plaza Espanya
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Joma is opening its first Peruvian store in Lima as...
Joma is opening its first Peruvian store in Lima as well as its third Spanish store, located in Madrid's Calle Bravo Murillo
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Puma is renovating its only remaining French store, located in...
Puma is renovating its only remaining French store, located in the Les Halles district of Paris, based on a new concept
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Citadium, the large Parisian fashion store managed by the Printemps...
Citadium, the large Parisian fashion store managed by the Printemps department store chain, is hosting an ephemeral presentation of Hummel's heritage collection between March 28 and April 9
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New Era has appointed Captivity Headwear as its official distributor...
New Era has appointed Captivity Headwear as its official distributor for Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Nigeria, Mauritius, Lesotho and Swaziland). The company has been dealing mainly in the corporate and promotional market, but it entered the retail sector with the distribution of headwear in South Africa ...
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Abacus has signed a distribution agreement for the Finnish market...
Abacus has signed a distribution agreement for the Finnish market with Rotor Form Oy, a 15-year-old company with offices in Helsinki and Tampere
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Adrenaline Sport is losing the distribution of the Kjus brand...
Adrenaline Sport is losing the distribution of the Kjus brand of activewear in Norway, which generated sales of 9 million Norwegian kroner (€1.1m-$1.6m) last year, as former ski champion who lends his name to the Swiss line, Lasse Kjus, is taking over its distribution in Norway through his new company, ...
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One Off International is taking on the distribution in Sweden...
One Off International is taking on the distribution in Sweden for Makia, a Finnish streetwear brand
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Joma has extended its distribution contract with Leader Sport for...
Joma has extended its distribution contract with Leader Sport for the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and Kuwait
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Hervis Sport became on March 17 the second sporting goods...
Hervis Sport became on March 17 the second sporting goods retailer to sell over the internet in the Czech Republic after Sportissimo, which began in 2009, and it wants to become the biggest one on the web by 2012. The Austrian company plans to sell mainly medium and higher-priced products ...
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On March 5, Globetrotter opened its store in Munich at...
On March 5, Globetrotter opened its store in Munich at last. It was a 12-year journey to find the right location. In the end, the Hamburg-based chain set up at Isartor in a highly competitive retail environment. The 6,500-square-meter flagship store is only a few minutes' walk from single-brand stores ...
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Lacoste is taking many interesting and diversified initiatives at retail....
Lacoste is taking many interesting and diversified initiatives at retail. It is redecorating its flagship store on Paris' Champs-Elysées in time for the Roland-Garros tennis tournament, to be followed by a restyled flagship on New York's Fifth Avenue that should open in June. Meanwhile, the brand is sharing a new ...
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Peak Performance is opening its second German corporate General Store...
Peak Performance is opening its second German corporate General Store in Regensburg
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Adidas is opening a pilot store for women only in...
Adidas is opening a pilot store for women only in Seoul
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Specialized opens three new concept stores in Spain
Specialized opens three new concept stores in Spain
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Flow Imports is the new distributor of Garmont footwear in...
Flow Imports is the new distributor of Garmont footwear in New Zealand
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Oxylane, parent company of Décathlon, is testing a new store...
Oxylane, parent company of Décathlon, is testing a new store concept called Loco for to shopping malls, according to a blog about the activities of the Mulliez retail empire. A store was opened in Spain and another in northern France at Noyelles-Godault. The stores offer Décathlon products that are displayed ...
