Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 129

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    Karstadt Sports has opened a new store in Stuttgart's Königstrasse,...

    2018-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Karstadt Sports has opened a new store in Stuttgart's Königstrasse, with a surface of 3,650 square meters on three floors. It's smaller than a store that the chain had in the city until 2013, but it has more modern features, similar to those that it introduced at a redesigned store ...

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    Vivobarefoot has opened a second store in Switzerland, located in...

    2018-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Vivobarefoot has opened a second store in Switzerland, located in the downtown area of Zurich

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    Decathlon has opened its ninth store in Mexico, covering 3,000...

    2018-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Decathlon has opened its ninth store in Mexico, covering 3,000 square meters in the Magnocentro de Interlomas in Mexico City

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    As expected, the retailers affiliated with Sport 2000 in France...

    2018-12-04T00:00:00Z

    As expected, the retailers affiliated with Sport 2000 in France approved their acquisition of the 52 percent stake held by Activa Capital in their company at an extraordinary shareholders' meeting on Nov. 22. Supported by bank loans, the retailers will finance the acquisition in different ways, changing the status of ...

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    In December, with a soft launch scheduled for the 21st,...

    2018-12-04T00:00:00Z

    In December, with a soft launch scheduled for the 21st, Rossignol is set to open its first American pop-up store at the Benton building in Aspen, Colorado. It will be a seasonal concept store with a decor recalling both Rossignol's 110-year history in winter sports and its rooster logo. The ...

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    Zalando booked a net loss of €41.7 million in the...

    2018-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Zalando booked a net loss of €41.7 million in the third quarter, up sharply from €11.1 million in the year-ago period, while sales growth slowed down to 11.7 percent from 28.7 percent. The adjusted operating profit (Ebit) sank to a negative level of €38.9 million on total turnover of €1.2 ...

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    Arc'teryx, a division of Amer Sports, has opened a new...

    2018-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Arc'teryx, a division of Amer Sports, has opened a new mono-brand store in Japan, its largest in-mall store in the country. The new 264-square-meter store, on two floors, is located in Fukuoka Momochi, the largest commercial facility in western Japan. The store, which was inaugurated on Nov. 21, sells Arc'teryx's ...

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    Zalando announced that it would not organize the Bread &...

    2018-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Zalando announced that it would not organize the Bread & Butter by Zalando fashion festival in 2019, leaving the door open for similar events in selected cities. The online retailer launched the consumer-oriented marketing event for the first time three years ago at the former Tempelhof airport in Berlin, after ...

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    Zalando appointed two new vice presidents this month. Sara Diez,...

    2018-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Zalando appointed two new vice presidents this month. Sara Diez, previously working as senior buying director for Europe and the Middle East at Nike, became vice president for Zalando's product line for woman. Diez succeeds Dalbir Bains, who left Zalando after four years. Before her career at Nike, Diez worked ...

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    An Under Armour store is set to open soon in...

    2018-12-04T00:00:00Z

    An Under Armour store is set to open soon in Milan in a former building of Luxottica on via Orefici, next to Levi's and Tommy Hilfiger

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    Woolrich has opened a directly operated store in the Austrian...

    2018-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Woolrich has opened a directly operated store in the Austrian ski resort of Kitzbühel

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    Bogner, the German luxury sports brand, has expanded into China,...

    2018-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Bogner, the German luxury sports brand, has expanded into China, where it has opened its first franchise space. The store is located in the Thaiwoo ski resort, northwest of Beijing and a three-hour drive from China's capital city. The shop will be open seven days a week. Thaiwoo will play ...

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    Zalando is launching a new strategy, called Connected Retail, to...

    2018-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Zalando is launching a new strategy, called Connected Retail, to integrate online and offline channels as part of its evolution from an online retailer to an open ecosystem, or platform. Through Connected Retail, Zalando's fashion partners can take orders from Zalando customers themselves and ship the goods directly from their ...

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    El Corte Inglés has entered a wide-ranging cooperation with the...

    2018-12-04T00:00:00Z

    El Corte Inglés has entered a wide-ranging cooperation with the Alibaba Group, covering cloud computing, trading, logistics and smart payments. The Spanish department store chain, which is a major player in the domestic sporting goods market, will have access to Alibaba's software solutions for large data analysis and customer relationship ...

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    Sportiv, a new premium sports retailer in Russia

    2018-12-04T00:00:00Z

    A group of Russian investors has officially opened the first store under the banner of a new sporting goods retail chain, called Sportiv, in Moscow. Until the end of 2018 new stores are slated to be opened in the biggest shopping centers of the Russian capital, according to the Arendator ...

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    Decathlon plans to open a 38,000-square-foot store in Montreal's Eaton...

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Decathlon plans to open a 38,000-square-foot store in Montreal's Eaton Centre before the end of 2019

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    Adidas and Nike were among the 237 brands that generated...

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Adidas and Nike were among the 237 brands that generated sales of more than 100 million yuan renmimbi (€12.6m-$14.4m) at Alibaba's Single's Day consumption festival on Nov. 11. New Balance was also a winner with 60,000 pairs of shoes ordered during a pre-sales program. Overall, consumers placed orders for a ...

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    Adidas is performing well globally

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    The Adidas Group is predicting a global sales increase of between 8 and 9 percent in local currencies for the current financial year, down from a previous forecast of 10 percent, due to continued lower-than-expected sales results in Western Europe. However, it has revised upwards its expectations for profitability, predicting ...

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    More signs of fatigue for Adidas in Europe

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    After a strong rally between 2015 and 2017, the Adidas brand has performed so far this year less well in Europe generally than Nike, Puma or Under Armour. In the third quarter, its sales in Western Europe were off by one percent in euros and by two percent in constant ...

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    Runtastic, the mobile fitness company owned by Adidas, has announced...

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Runtastic, the mobile fitness company owned by Adidas, has announced that its co-founder and chief executive, Florian Gschwandtner, will withdraw from operational management and leave the company, effective Dec. 31, 2018. He has been with the start-up for nearly ten years. Alfred Luger and Christian Kaar, respectively chief financial officer ...