Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 129
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Aiming for a major expansion in the U.K., Decathlon has...
Aiming for a major expansion in the U.K., Decathlon has embarked on its second automation project with Omnia Retail, a Dutch-based company whose software provides dynamic pricing and helps execute online marketing. Dating back to 2016, the initial project developed with Omnia had reportedly increased conversion rates by 80 percent ...
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Snowleader, the French omni-channel retailer based in Annecy, has partnered...
Snowleader, the French omni-channel retailer based in Annecy, has partnered with a publisher, Nivéales, to produce a magazine on mountaineering. The 52-page magazine will be packed in with all the information of Snowleader's offerings online and be available free of charge at its brick-and-mortar stores. The initiative aims to inspire ...
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Tradeinn has been awarded Spain's Ecommerce Awards as the Best...
Tradeinn has been awarded Spain's Ecommerce Awards as the Best Digital Company in the country. The awards, which reached their ninth edition this year, saw the participation of more than 150 companies. The sporting goods e-tailer was honored as Spain's Best Webshop Crossborder. Tradeinn posted revenues of €120 million in ...
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Blue Tomato plans to open four new stores by the...
Blue Tomato plans to open four new stores by the end of this year. The Austrian-based retailer of products for snowboarding, freeskiing, skating and surfing will also be entering the Dutch market by the end of this year with its first store in the Netherlands. It plans to open a ...
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Fanatics boosts management as it internationalizes
Fanatics has continued the strong international deployment of its vertical manufacturing and merchandising model by signing a new long-term partnership with the strong German Football Association (DFB). It will handle the sourcing of a greater range of licensed products for the DFB that will be available to fans all over ...
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Woolrich, a company in which Goldwin retains a minority stake,...
Woolrich, a company in which Goldwin retains a minority stake, has opened its second Japanese store in Aoyama, after a recent opening in Sapporo
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Fila has opened its first store in Mumbai, India...
Fila has opened its first store in Mumbai, India
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Goldwin is opening its first free-standing flagship store in the...
Goldwin is opening its first free-standing flagship store in the Marunouchi district of Tokyo
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Rossignol has opened a flagship store in Paris, near the...
Rossignol has opened a flagship store in Paris, near the Opéra theater. It features skiwear and urbanwear along with a premium selection of winter products. The new store, which was inaugurated on Oct. 22, is located at 21, boulevard des Capucines, and the French ski brand is planning to open ...
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J. Lindeberg has reopened its flagship store in Stockholm, where...
J. Lindeberg has reopened its flagship store in Stockholm, where the brand was founded in 1996, featuring a new design inspired by the ‘70s. The 200-square-meter store is located at Bibilioteksgatan 6. J. Lindeberg has about 90 mono-brand stores and 35 shop-in-shops around the world. It is also sold in ...
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Palace Skateboards is opening a flagship store in Tokyo, at...
Palace Skateboards is opening a flagship store in Tokyo, at 5-9-20 Jingumae, Shibuya-Ku. The inauguration is scheduled for Nov. 3. It will be the third global location for the London-based brand. Palace currently operates stores in London and New York City. To promote the Tokyo opening, the brand has called ...
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Keller Sports, the German online retailer of selected sporting goods,...
Keller Sports, the German online retailer of selected sporting goods, says it has raised an eight-digit amount of equity financing from Reimann Investors, which was already its lead investor, and from the Co-Investor Group. The new financing round, which is described as the largest one in the company's history, is ...
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Moncler opened two pop-up stores in New York and Tokyo...
Moncler opened two pop-up stores in New York and Tokyo on Oct. 4 to mark the launch of “The House of Genius,” a new concept store for its Genius collections. The two concept stores are interactive spaces, enlivened by special activities and designed to establish close contact with the metropolitan ...
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Urban outdoor, rugged outdoor, training and other sports play a...
Urban outdoor, rugged outdoor, training and other sports play a big role in the revised version of Schuster, the famous sports store in downtown Munich, which reopened its doors a few days ago after two years of redecoration and its enlargement from 4,000 to 5,000 square. Run by Rainer Angstl, ...
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The general assembly of the retail members of Sport 2000...
The general assembly of the retail members of Sport 2000 France held on Sept. 27 reportedly validated the new potential offer issued by the cooperative to take over a share of 52 percent in the buying group . This stake is currently held by Activa Capital, a French-based investment firm. ...
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Media reports have been suggesting that Adidas is about to...
Media reports have been suggesting that Adidas is about to ink a 10-year clothing deal worth £6.5 million (€7.3m-$8.6m) per year with Naomi Osaka, the tennis player who recently won the US Open in New York. The news was initially reported by The Times of London on Sept. 10, and ...
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While working on a new Absolute Run store format for...
While working on a new Absolute Run store format for specialty retailers, Sport 2000 International is offering the Absolute brand to sports retailers in all the countries in which it has retail members. The Absolute concept has been developed by a strategic working group comprising five national organizations, called Sport ...
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JD Sprinter intends to absorb Sport Zone España, based on...
JD Sprinter intends to absorb Sport Zone España, based on a filing in the commercial register reported by Moda.es. The entity that manages the Sprinter and JD stores in Spain has started integrating Sport Zone's operations in the country, after the owners of Sport Zone and JD Sprinter formed the ...
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Decathlon is under pressure from activists to eliminate the sale...
Decathlon is under pressure from activists to eliminate the sale of hunting products in its French stores. More than 38,000 people signed a petition to this effect after the French government backed the requests of the French Hunters' Federation (FNC), which boasts 1.2 million members. Its support was said to ...
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Adidas has extended its sponsorship agreement with the Scottish Football...
Adidas has extended its sponsorship agreement with the Scottish Football Association through 2022
