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JD Sports is launching a 24-hour music and entertainment platform,...
JD Sports is launching a 24-hour music and entertainment platform, called JD-X. The platform, which is being developed in partnership with Immedia, will be offered in-store and in JD's mobile app as a way to blend retail with entertainment. The platform is currently being rolled out to all JD stores ...
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Blue Tomato is opening a store in the Swiss city...
Blue Tomato is opening a store in the Swiss city of Lausanne, its first one outside the German-speaking world. The new 350-square-meter store is scheduled for inauguration on Aug. 9. Based in Austria and owned by Zumiez, Blue Tomato specializes in the sale online and offline of products for snowboarding, ...
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XXL Sports & Outdoor plans to open its fourth Austrian...
XXL Sports & Outdoor plans to open its fourth Austrian store on 4,000 sqm. in the autumn in the Seiersberg shopping mall near Graz
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The Signa Sports Group is moving its 5,500-square meter Karstadt...
The Signa Sports Group is moving its 5,500-square meter Karstadt Sports store in Stuttgart to a smaller 3,650-sqm. building previously occupied by a Karstadt department store in the German city
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Zalando is bringing out an exclusive line of garments and...
Zalando is bringing out an exclusive line of garments and shoes for women in collaboration with Under Armour, covering training, yoga and other sports including running and boxing, with prices ranging from €44.95 for shirts to €129.95 for leggings. The partners are being aided on the marketing side by three ...
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Adidas took six of the top ten spots in a...
Adidas took six of the top ten spots in a recent ranking of world's most Instagrammed sneakers. Meanwhile, the survey found that 53 percent of the world's most Instagrammed sneakers were Nike models. The Adidas NMD, which took the top spot, was mentioned in 5.7 million posts, followed by the ...
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Adidas challenges Rockport’s sale
A U.S. equity fund, Charlesbank Capital Partners, has emerged as the only bidder for most of the assets of the bankrupt Rockport Group, including its intellectual property rights for the Rockport, Aravon and Dunham brands, its sales operations in Europe and Asia and its other global wholesale and e-commerce businesses. ...
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Spofact assumed the distribution of Nautilus' lines of Bowflex fitness...
Spofact assumed the distribution of Nautilus' lines of Bowflex fitness equipment in Germany, starting on July 1, completing the range of Nautilus products in its portfolio. Previously, Nautilus was using a Swiss-based company, Trisport, for the distribution of the Bowflex Max Trainer in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It will work with ...
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Bus Sport will handle the distribution in Switzerland of Alpinestars'...
Bus Sport will handle the distribution in Switzerland of Alpinestars' bike products
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Concept III will represent HeiQ Materials in North America...
Concept III will represent HeiQ Materials in North America
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The integration between Sport Zone and JD Sprinter in Iberia...
The integration between Sport Zone and JD Sprinter in Iberia is moving ahead, with several of the Portuguese retailer's stores in Spain reportedly having adopted the green color of the Sprinter retail brand. This comes after JD Sprinter and Sport Zone completed an Iberian tie-up earlier this year under a ...
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Just as Sports Direct International (SDI) publicized a sharp decline...
Just as Sports Direct International (SDI) publicized a sharp decline in profits caused primarily by its investment in Debenhams (see full coverage in this issue), the company's chief executive and majority shareholder lashed out at the department store group in The Telegraph, saying that he would be “smashing into [Debenhams]” ...
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An entity fully owned by Sports Direct International (SDI), Lovell...
An entity fully owned by Sports Direct International (SDI), Lovell Sports, has invested in the British field hockey and cricket market by buying a specialist retailer out of bankruptcy proceedings. It purchased Barrington Sports, which is described on its website as a retail partner for Lord's Cricket Ground, England Cricket, ...
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Keller Sports launched a new online shop, called Keller X,...
Keller Sports launched a new online shop, called Keller X, earlier this month. The German high-end online retailer aims to sell selected lifestyle products and accessories by brands like Nike, Adidas, Puma, New Balance and Asics on its new web store. The number of brands will be expanded in the ...
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Decathlon has opened a 300-square-meter “Connect Store” in the central...
Decathlon has opened a 300-square-meter “Connect Store” in the central railroad station of Berlin. Like two similar stores opened in Munich and Stuttgart in the last two years, it allows passersby to order items online and to collect them. It's Decathlon's fifth store in the German capital and its 52nd ...
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Spanish retailers specializing in paddle tennis are targeting the Italian...
Spanish retailers specializing in paddle tennis are targeting the Italian market, where the sport is growing strongly. Time2Padel is opening its first foreign store in Milan this month, working through a franchisee. Another specialist, Padel Nuestro, opened a store in Rome in 2016.
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Colmar is planning to open a store on Brewer Street...
Colmar is planning to open a store on Brewer Street in London in October. Other openings are in the pipeline in Lille, France and Kitzbühel, Austria. The Italian sports apparel brand, which has renovated its headquarters in Monza, is also looking at re-entering the U.S. market by opening a sales ...
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Vuarnet has opened a store in New York. Located at...
Vuarnet has opened a store in New York. Located at 35 Spring Street, close to the Supreme shop in the heart of Little Italy, the 100-square-meter store features its new lifestyle apparel collection, in addition to its traditional line of sunglasses. The apparel line has been developed in collaboration with ...
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Many sporting goods retailers in various European countries have been...
Many sporting goods retailers in various European countries have been opening stores specializing in the sale of sneakers in the past few years. A Swedish sports retailer, Stadium, has already opened two stores under the Sneakers Point banner in the Swedish cities of Norrköping and Malmö, as well as an ...
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Karstadt has agreed to offer Boomerang and Mountain Pro clothing...
Karstadt has agreed to offer Boomerang and Mountain Pro clothing for running, fitness and outdoor in its Karstadt department stores and its Karstadt Sports specialty stores in Germany, as well as on their websites. The two brands are private labels of El Corte Inglés, the big Spanish department store chain. ...
