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News briefsH&M’s Arket opens flagship in Paris
The first French flagship store of Arket, H&M’s “one-stop destination for sustainable fashion for women, men and children,” opens Nov. 4 in a sleek Scandinavian design at 13 Rue des Archives, Le Marais, in Paris. The store covers 400 square meters on two floors and overlooks a courtyard with a ...
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ArticleDecathlon Germany launches new buyback service
Decathlon Germany is launching a used-product “Buy Back” service in select cities. For the first time, the sporting goods manufacturer and retailer is buying back used sports products and returning them to second-use sales after successfully inspecting and/or repairing them. Customers who sell their products to Decathlon receive either a ...
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News briefsAliExpress launches 11.11 global shopping festival with longest sales period ever
AliExpress, the global online retail marketplace owned by Alibaba Group, officially kicked off its 2022 11.11 Global Shopping Festival on Oct. 31 under the theme “Deals & Fun. Always Better Together” – a full two weeks earlier than previous years and running throughout November. For all orders in Spain, France, ...
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News briefsDeporvillage installs solar panels at its new headquarters
Sports e-tailer Deporvillage has completed the installation of 286 solar panels on the roof of its new offices in Sant Fruitós de Bages (Barcelona). The company moved to its new 2,600-square-meter headquarters, from the previous one in Manresa, earlier this year, as also reported by SGI Europe at the time. ...
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News briefsKappa opens first Latin American store
Kappa has entered the Latin American retail scene starting from Colombia, with its first store in Bogotà. It was opened in partnership with the Pernine group and is located on the second floor of the La Colina shopping mall. Three more Kappa stores are reportedly expected to open in Colombia ...
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News briefsDecathlon Italy introduces app for staff with Down syndrome
Decathlon Italy has presented My Personal Training, an app specially designed for the members of its staff affected by Down syndrome. The app has been developed in partnership with AIPD (Associazione Italiana Persone Down) and AGPD (Associazione Genitori e Persone con Sindrome di Down). Decathlon has been collaborating with these ...
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ArticleTopsports sees H1 earnings, sales slip
Chinese sports retailer and distributor Topsports saw its net profit in the six months ended Aug. 31 decrease by 19.9 percent to 1,145.4 million renminbi (€158.6m), and sales slip by 15.1 percent to RMB 13,218.0 million (€1,829.8m) as recurrent Covid-19 restrictions in China took their toll on store traffic. Despite ...
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ArticleChallenging market conditions continue to weigh on XXL ASA
XXL ASA, the operator of sporting goods across Scandinavia and Austria, continues to see historically low consumer confidence and diminished demand for sporting goods, in general, weigh on its financial results. Earlier, the group said the two trends commenced in mid-May. Now, the retailer, which recently promoted CFO Stein Eriksen ...
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News briefseBay and Inter Milan partner on new e-commerce deal
Italy’s Serie A team Inter Milan has announced a partnership deal with eBay for the 2022/23 season. The agreement will see Inter open a dedicated club shop on the e-commerce platform. eBay recently agreed to a three-year deal with the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) to become a premium partner of ...
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News briefsAdidas opens second flagship in Mexico City
Adidas has opened its second brand store in Mexico City on one of the busiest and most prestigious streets in the city, Presidente Marasyk Avenue. In a press release, Adidas said that the new store focuses mainly on running, a rapidly growing sport in the country, as well as Adidas ...
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News briefsOMA / AMO create new retail identity for Stone Island
OMA and AMO (the Office for Metropolitan Architecture and its research and design studio) are collaborating with Stone Island to design a new identity for the Italian luxury brand’s stores. The new store concept envisions altar-like spaces, with niches for archival pieces and prototypes, “concrete slabs” of pressed shredded paper ...
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ArticleZalando expands range to include adaptive fashion
Zalando is expanding its range to clothing, shoes and accessories that are geared to the needs of people with disabilities and are deliberately designed to be easier to use by people with permanent or temporary impairments. The addition of adaptive fashion to its product range is an important milestone for ...
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News briefsBrightpearl releases lists of fastest-growing U.K. online retailers and U.S. DTC brands
Brightpearl, a Bristol (U.K.) and Austin, Texas-based retail operating system owned by U.K. enterprise software giant Sage, has released its lists of the fastest-growing online retailers in the U.K. and the fastest-growing D2C brands in the U.S (”‘Lightning 50”). While a beer brewing brand (Pinter) tops the U.K. list with ...
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News briefsStockX appoints head of brand protection
Source: StockX Paul Foley Sneaker marketplace StockX has appointed Paul Foley as head of brand protection, reporting directly to chief supply chain officer Sean McCartney. Foley will lead the company’s product verification efforts. He brings more than three decades of experience in brand protection, global operations and ...
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Case StudyHow Signa Sports United is building the sports commerce & tech platform of the future
SSU – which says that the most powerful digital platform will “win the game” – is also helping customers consolidate their technological prowess.
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News briefsErgatta enters Europe
Following its launch in the U.K. and Ireland, the Ergatta Rower will be available in Europe from Oct. 21, first in the DACH region at Waterrower|Nohrd and its brand stores for EUR 2,995.00. New York-based game-based fitness company Ergatta was founded in 2020. To use Ergatta’s software and thus gain ...
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ArticleMobilization spurs demand for sports and outdoor products on the Russian market
The Russian market experienced a boom in demand for sporting and outdoor goods since Sept. 21, when the Russian president declared the first mass mobilization in the country since the second world war. The demand for military ammunition has sharply risen in Russia, and the price of sporting and outdoor ...
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News briefsLi Ning with high single-digit growth in Q3
Chinese sportswear giant Li Ning Company Ltd. reported that sales across its entire platform, excluding Li-Ning Young stores, grew in the high single digits year-on-year in the third quarter. Broken down by sales channel, directly operated retail stores posted a mid-single-digit increase, while franchised distributor sales posted a high-single-digit increase. ...
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News briefsSwiss Sport 2000 winter campaign 22/23 banks on gamification
Sport 2000 Switzerland is running its winter campaign this year in collaboration with 28 winter sports brands. To increase the visibility of retailers and their offers online, the campaign relies primarily on advertising on Instagram and Facebook. The product and store campaign will be played out in ...
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News briefsAmazon goes live with Belgian site
Amazon has launched the Belgian online store Amazon.com.be, through which Belgians can now become members of Amazon Prime, the e-commerce company announced. In addition, “Brands of Belgium” (La boutique des marques belges) is intended to bring local customers together with local companies. In the online store, Belgian customers can currently ...
