Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 145
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Skiset, the French-based ski rental company, has developed an online...
Skiset, the French-based ski rental company, has developed an online foot scanning tool, Scanfeet, which should make it easier for customers to book ski boots precisely adjusted to the size and shape of their feet. Scanfeet uses 3D images of the customer's feet to analyze five key points about the ...
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Ski Market in Madrid is warning its customers that they...
Ski Market in Madrid is warning its customers that they will now be charged if they take advantage of testing and advice services in-store without buying the product, as these services do have a cost for the retailer. The practice of examining merchandise in a traditional brick-and-mortar retail store and ...
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De Skihut op Scheveningen, a famous retailer of winter sports...
De Skihut op Scheveningen, a famous retailer of winter sports products located in the eponymous Dutch sea resort, was declared bankrupt but was then quickly rescued by Retail Investments Beilen, reports Quote, a Dutch business magazine. The publication worked out that nearly all of the shares in Retail Investments Beilen ...
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Decathlon is planning to open new stores in the downtown...
Decathlon is planning to open new stores in the downtown areas of Brussels, Dresden and Munich. They will use to some extent the new urban Decathlon City format, concentrating on only a few product categories and complementing them with online purchases from its website. Focusing on cycling, running and fitness, ...
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François Neukirch, a former top manager of Decathlon and Go...
François Neukirch, a former top manager of Decathlon and Go Sport who recenlty ran Intersport France, has officially inaugurated a prestigious a 3,000 square meter Intersport store opened about two months ago at Herblay, near Paris
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Sport Partner reports that Regatta is opening its first Dutch...
Sport Partner reports that Regatta is opening its first Dutch branded store in Amersfoort, in the center of the Netherlands, to sell the Regatta and Dare2Be brands
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Sport-Guide.com reports that a Patagonia store in Grenoble is to...
Sport-Guide.com reports that a Patagonia store in Grenoble is to shut down around the end of October. The store has been open for several years but the owner apparently struggled to reach a sustainable level of sales, which he blamed on the lack of international tourists in Grenoble. The closure ...
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Lotto Sport Italia has opened a mono-brand store at Vicolo...
Lotto Sport Italia has opened a mono-brand store at Vicolo Barberia 19 in the heart of Treviso, close to its head office
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Colmar Originals shoes are now sold in 800 multibrand stores...
Colmar Originals shoes are now sold in 800 multibrand stores in Italy as well as 12 flagship stores across Europe, eight of which are in Italy. These figures, which have recently been reported by Pambianconews, reveal the retail expansion of the brand, driven by its good results, particularly in the ...
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Adidas rejigs European management
The Adidas Group is replacing its managing directors in France, Iberia and Italy, as part of a management reshuffle that saw these three executives assume more international functions while the group's European structure has been streamlined.Under the latest structure, which has just become effective, the Adidas Group's business has been ...
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Adidas and Puma deploy stores in India
Growing Indian demand for training and athleisure products is fueling increased sales in the country for some of the leading international brands, which are starting to deploy their own stores in the country.The Adidas Group reportedly achieved the strongest gains as its sales reached 1,513 crore rupees (€195.8m-$231.8m) for the ...
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Adidas has passed the Jordan brand as the second-largest sports...
Adidas has passed the Jordan brand as the second-largest sports footwear brand in the U.S. market, based on the athletic footwear report from the NPD Group for the year to date until August. The estimate marks a remarkable rise in the Adidas brand's footwear market share to 11.3 percent, compared ...
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Adidas says it has placed one of its employees on...
Adidas says it has placed one of its employees on administrative leave and engaged outside counsel to conduct a thorough investigation into a case of bribery in which he has allegedly been involved. Jim Gatto, who is Adidas' director of global sports marketing for basketball, was mentioned among ten people ...
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As predicted, Adidas has signed a new contract with the...
As predicted, Adidas has signed a new contract with the University of Kansas, extending a six-year-old partnership through 2031 and stengthening its position in the performance segment of the American sports market to complement its renewed strength in the lifestyle segment. It will be the richest deal between the brand ...
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Adidas France has established a running club affiliated with the...
Adidas France has established a running club affiliated with the French athletics federation, providing professional support for its members to take part in competitions. The company says the move is “reinventing the concept of sports marketing,” as it set out to create its own team. Adidas has already been involved ...
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The German sporting goods industry association (BSI), the Adidas Group,...
The German sporting goods industry association (BSI), the Adidas Group, Polartec and Vaude are taking part in a three-year research project, funded by the German federal ministry of education and research, to try and reduce micro-particles shed when textiles made with synthetic fibers are washed. Along with micro-particles from many ...
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Snow + Rock is on the expansion trail again with...
Snow + Rock is on the expansion trail again with the reported opening of a store covering about 1,200 square meters at the Bluewater shopping center in Kent in November. The outlet was described by the company as a “statement store,” which will be one of its largest in the ...
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Under Armour is preparing to open a flagship store later...
Under Armour is preparing to open a flagship store later this year in Amsterdam, the first for the U.S. brand in Europe. It already has more than 20 shops in Europe, a mixture of own stores and partner stores, but the flagship will display a broader range of products across ...
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Falke's first Chinese store has opened in Beijing's China Trade...
Falke's first Chinese store has opened in Beijing's China Trade Mall
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Sweaty Betty has opened a new European flagship store on...
Sweaty Betty has opened a new European flagship store on Carnaby Street in London, replacing a store on Beak Street. Spanning three floors, the new location offers the brand's full range of clothing, accessories and fitness equipment. It also hosts a fitness and wellness studio and a Farm Girl café.
