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Bunker Mentality, the alternative British golf apparel brand, is entering...
Bunker Mentality, the alternative British golf apparel brand, is entering the Iberian market through a contract with Norgolfe of Portugal. Run by Rui Coelho, Norgolfe has been distributing many other golf brands in Portugal and Spain. It still is the distributor of Nike Golf in Portugal. Bunker Mentality is now ...
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Duca del Cosma, the German golf footwear and apparel brand, has...
Duca del Cosma, the German golf footwear and apparel brand, has sealed two new distribution agreements to strengthen its presence in the North American market. The brand will be sold in the U.S. market by Laird International, based in Florida, a company specialized in stationary distribution of golf products. The Canadian ...
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Look Cycle has appointed an exclusive agent, Hawkley of Lexington,...
Look Cycle has appointed an exclusive agent, Hawkley of Lexington, South Carolina, for the distribution of its entire line of bicycles, frames and pedals in the U.S. The U.S. subsidiary of the French company will streamline operations and focus on brand marketing, dealer support and warranty services.
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On, the Swiss brand of running shoes that came out...
On, the Swiss brand of running shoes that came out as the overall winner of the Ispo Award 2013 in the footwear category, is expanding its distribution in Germany. The brand has already signed orders with Sport Scheck, Sport Sperk, Breuninger and LEX, a big group of retailers specializing in the ...
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Twinner France has signed an agreement with ABN AMRO Commercial...
Twinner France has signed an agreement with ABN AMRO Commercial Finance that will allow all the affiliated French retailers in the Twinner and Pro du Sport to benefit from centralized settlements and invoicing for their 550 shops. Twinner France had broken one year ago a similar agreement with Garant Schuh, ...
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As of last month, 42 retailers had adopted the new...
As of last month, 42 retailers had adopted the new SportXtreme concept proposed by the GMS buying group at the beginning of this year. Thirteen have signed contracts with GMS in Germany, eight in Austria and 21 in the Netherlands. One Dutch store has already been renovated based on the ...
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Mango has unveiled a collection of T-shirts, softshells and other...
Mango has unveiled a collection of T-shirts, softshells and other sports clothing, called Mango Sport. It is featured in 155 of its stores in 25 countries, and reportedly it should become a permanent feature of its shops. The launch follows a similar initiative by H&M, which is said to be ...
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Karstadt will set up 50 Timberland shop-in-shops of up to...
Karstadt will set up 50 Timberland shop-in-shops of up to 40 square meters in its department stores throughout Germany, offering either shoes or clothing or both. The first such area has already opened in Karstadt's store in Essen, where the retailer has its head office. Another one is due to ...
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The Adidas Group has picked the town of Leeds to...
The Adidas Group has picked the town of Leeds to open a regional flagship Adidas store with a wide assortment of sports and fashion ranges. The outlet of just over 600 square meters opened at the Trinity shopping center in August is the first English one outside London to feature ...
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Lacoste, the French sportswear brand, has opened an online store...
Lacoste, the French sportswear brand, has opened an online store in China. It reportedly offers 800 products in apparel, footwear and accessories. The number is still far below the more than 2,000 products available at online stores in the larger European countries. Lacoste is represented in China with six stores ...
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Golfsmith International is partnering with Golfzon, a publicly listed golf...
Golfsmith International is partnering with Golfzon, a publicly listed golf simulation company in South Korea, to open a chain of stores in and around Seoul over the next five years. The first one should emerge before the end of 2013. Golfzon is expanding into golf course management and related industries. ...
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Helly Hansen has inaugurated its first store in Barcelona, the...
Helly Hansen has inaugurated its first store in Barcelona, the fourth one in Spain
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Nike is opening a store of 550 square meters in...
Nike is opening a store of 550 square meters in the Berlin Mitte district and two more are said to be planned in the German capital, in the new shopping district at Leipziger Platz and in the Europa-Center at Breitscheidplatz
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New Balance has opened its second corporate Spanish store in...
New Balance has opened its second corporate Spanish store in Barcelona
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Columbia Sportswear has announced an agreement with Chogori India Retail...
Columbia Sportswear has announced an agreement with Chogori India Retail to be its exclusive distributor in India, effective immediately. Founded by Hernant Sachdev, who climbed to the summit of Mount Everest in May 2013, Chogori distributes other outdoor brands such as Béal, Black Diamond, Scarpa, Cascade Designs, Julbo and Thorlo. ...
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Kelme has announced the appointment of a new Indian partner,...
Kelme has announced the appointment of a new Indian partner, Shivas Group, that will take over the distribution of the Spanish brand in India from Global Overseas. The latter had already started working with Shivas, a retail management company specializing in running networks of franchised single-brand stores for many international ...
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Marchon has signed a deal with Snowide to improve the...
Marchon has signed a deal with Snowide to improve the penetration of its Nike Vision range of eyewear in the French sporting goods retail channel. Born in 2010 and based in Geneva, Snowide owns a couple of snowboard brands, APO and White Doctor. It also distributes a variety of action ...
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Jack Wolfskin has opened a subsidiary in the Russian market, taking...
Jack Wolfskin has opened a subsidiary in the Russian market, taking over the staff of its former distributor in Saint Petersburg, Peter Sport. The German outdoor brand already has three stores in the second-largest Russian city and will open another in Moscow before the end of the year. The opening of ...
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Jack Wolfskin is partnering with Heightsport to expand in South...
Jack Wolfskin is partnering with Heightsport to expand in South America. The sales partnership covers Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile. The first South American Jack Wolfskin store opened on July 13 on Lake Villarrica in Pucón, Chile. Pucón is a small town with just under 20,000 inhabitants but is ...
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X-Technology, the marketer of the X-Bionic brand of functional base...
X-Technology, the marketer of the X-Bionic brand of functional base layers and X-Socks, has opened its first single branded store in Germany. The shop is located in Hofstatt-Passage, a shopping mall in downtown Munich, and has a selling surface of 40 square meters. The store is operated by Tre Vertriebs ...
