Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 132
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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. ...
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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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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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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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Wiggle, the British online retailer specializing in cycling, running and...
Wiggle, the British online retailer specializing in cycling, running and swimming products, has launched a range of outdoor products on its website in the U.K. The brands featured on the site include The North Face, Berghaus, Jack Wolfskin, Craghoppers, Marmot, Mountain Hardwear, Icebreaker and Columbia. The initiative is steered by ...
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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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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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Falke has opened its first sports-only store worldwide in the...
Falke has opened its first sports-only store worldwide in the IFC Mall of Hong Kong
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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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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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Schuhe24.de, a company founded and run by Dominik Benner, a German...
Schuhe24.de, a company founded and run by Dominik Benner, a German shoe retailer who was formerly a member of ANWR's supervisory board, aims to diversify from footwear by entering the sporting goods and fashion sectors. A new internet portal, Sportmarken24.de, was launched in February. It is managed by Benner's wife, Valeska ...
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Adidas said it was made aware on June 26 that...
Adidas said it was made aware on June 26 that an unauthorized party had gained access to customer information from its e-commerce platform in the U.S. A preliminary investigation indicates that a few million records were stolen including contact information, user names and encrypted passwords, but there was no evidence ...
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Foot Locker has announced that it is about to test...
Foot Locker has announced that it is about to test a new retail format called Power Store. The information has been released by the retailer's senior management during a conversation with financial analysts, according to reports by Fashion Network. The new format is supposed to offer customers an immersive experience ...
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Kasper Rorsted, the Adidas Group's chief executive, has expressed concerns...
Kasper Rorsted, the Adidas Group's chief executive, has expressed concerns about potential over-commercialization of football and dilution of the game's quality, due to an increasing number of competitions and participants. In an interview with Kicker, a German football magazine, he said that Fifa's decision to increase the number of teams ...
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Sportsworld Cruquius is to be taken over at the start...
Sportsworld Cruquius is to be taken over at the start of October by Intersport Twinsport, the largest Intersport member in the Netherlands, Sport Partner reports. The store of about 6,000 square meters is one of the five megastores run by Sportsworld, which was launched by Inge van Kemenade as a ...
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Intersport opened its first fitness park in Germany on June,...
Intersport opened its first fitness park in Germany on June, 28. The German voluntary group opened it in Kiel in cooperation with Intersport Knudsen, the group's local retail partner, and with Puma and the city of Kiel. Other sponsors and partners are AOK NordWest, the German insurance company, and Kompan, ...
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Lululemon opened on June 1st its first flagship store in...
Lululemon opened on June 1st its first flagship store in Sweden, in a popular shopping district in the middle of Stockholm. Like the company's other locations around the world, the store space of about 200 square meters will be used to sell the company's clothing and as a yoga studio.
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Adidas has launched the AM4LA shoe, the latest release from...
Adidas has launched the AM4LA shoe, the latest release from its AM4 (Adidas Made For) series. The shoe, which is made at Adidas' Speedfactory facility in Atlanta, this time utilizes yarns derived from marine plastic recovered from coastal areas. The AM4LA, tailored to the streets of Los Angeles, follows the ...
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Adidas has announced the extension of its partnership with Uefa...
Adidas has announced the extension of its partnership with Uefa through 2021, including its Champions League, its Super Cup, its Youth League and its Futsal Champions League. The Three Stripes has supplied the match ball for Uefa's tournaments since 2001.
