Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 154
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Volcom, which already has ten other stores in France, will...
Volcom, which already has ten other stores in France, will open its first store in Paris in March, covering 210 square meters. It is located at 5 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, near the Bastille and close to other sports stores. It will be the 15th store in Europe for the ...
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Helge Mankowski, a former professional football player, has been appointed...
Helge Mankowski, a former professional football player, has been appointed by Intersport Germany to be managing director at Intersport Voswinkel from the start of this year, alongside Alla-Lena Schulte-Angels. The appointment comes after Matthias Bärtels passed away last year. Mankowski will be in charge of operations, buying, marketing and expansion. ...
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Asics has opened its first performance store in Belgium, showcasing...
Asics has opened its first performance store in Belgium, showcasing a retail concept that is to be rolled out in other Asics stores and point of sale areas. The store in Brussels features the latest performance ranges along with a community fitness space, running services and a digital experience linked ...
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There are new, insistent reports that Base, one of the...
There are new, insistent reports that Base, one of the major voluntary chains in Spain, will soon join Sport 2000 International
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Sport Partner reports that Rademaker Sports has become the Dutch...
Sport Partner reports that Rademaker Sports has become the Dutch distribution partner for Ronhill, the British brand of running apparel and accessories, adding to a distribution package that already comprised Sorbothane, Perfekta, Hilly, Soleus and Instinct
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Sport Zone, the leading Portuguese sporting goods retail chain, has...
Sport Zone, the leading Portuguese sporting goods retail chain, has decided to centralize purchases for the Iberian Peninsula to increase efficiencies and achieve new economies of scale. It will close company's purchasing office in Madrid, which was handling purchases for the 44 stores that Sport Zone is currently operating in ...
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Retailwatching.nl, a Dutch publication, reports that Perry Sport intends to close...
Retailwatching.nl, a Dutch publication, reports that Perry Sport intends to close at least six stores this year, while going ahead with the roll-out of an updated store concept in the largest Dutch cities and the launch of a new online store. Perry Sport is one of the Dutch retail banners acquired ...
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Zalando grows less than expected
Zalando put out nice preliminary figures for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, although they came in below its latest forecast for the period. Breaking the magic €1 billion range for the first time, the quarterly turnover reached a level estimated at between €1,086 million and €1,094 million, representing an ...
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Fashion Network reports that Jack Wolfskin is preparing to open...
Fashion Network reports that Jack Wolfskin is preparing to open a store in The Exchange, one of the oldest shopping arcades in Nottingham. It will be the ninth store for the German outdoor brand in the U.K. Dating back to the 1920s, The Exchange is a relatively small shopping center ...
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Decathlon is preparing to deploy urban stores of about 1,000...
Decathlon is preparing to deploy urban stores of about 1,000 square meters in France as part of a plan to expand in medium-sized cities, it was reported in Les Echos earlier this month. The French retailer will start by converting 25 existing Decathlon Easy into Decathlon Essential stores, and then ...
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Millet opened on Dec. 9 a single-brand store of 120...
Millet opened on Dec. 9 a single-brand store of 120 square meters in the French ski resort of Val d'Isère, in partnership with a well-known local retailer, Mick Killy, who is the brother of a former French ski champion, Jean-Claude Killy
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The new “Vibram Paris Academy” opened its doors at 20,...
The new “Vibram Paris Academy” opened its doors at 20, rue des Petits-Champs in Paris on Dec. 6. The 50-square-meter shop is Vibram's first in France, while it is the third in the world, after the Vibram “academies” in Athens and London. This store concept combines a selling area with ...
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Adidas put up for sale a limited number of 3D-printed...
Adidas put up for sale a limited number of 3D-printed running shoes on Dec. 15 in London, New York and Tokyo
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Adidas has launched the first versions of its ACE and...
Adidas has launched the first versions of its ACE and X soccer boots for female players. Using the insights provided by players, both boots have been designed to fit the female foot through a combination of shape and traction, according to the German brand. The tests showed, for example, that ...
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José Manuel Albentosa, a former sales manager for Adidas, Reebok...
José Manuel Albentosa, a former sales manager for Adidas, Reebok and Under Armour in Spain, has become sales director of Sport HG, a Spanish supplier of sports apparel
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Business Insider reports that Adidas has opened what the publication...
Business Insider reports that Adidas has opened what the publication describes as Europe's first interactive virtual-reality store, in conjunction with the re-opening of the brand's flagship store in central Stockholm. The accompanying website, 360conceptstore.com, is in Swedish. It takes the viewer on a tour of the flagship store filmed with ...
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As part of its investments in the U.S. market, Adidas...
As part of its investments in the U.S. market, Adidas has sealed an extension of its partnership with Kris Bryant, third baseman of the Chicago Cubs, the World Series champion. Bryant is also the 2016 National League MVP, and a two-time All Star player. Bryant is to continue taking part ...
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Blue Tomato has opened another store in Münster, expanding the...
Blue Tomato has opened another store in Münster, expanding the action sports retailer's network to 30 stores in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Owned by Zumiez since 2012, the group has been multiplying store openings in the last years: It moved into Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Munich, Stuttgart, Hamburg and Berlin, and ...
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Under Armour, Fanatics and Major League Baseball (MLB) have signed...
Under Armour, Fanatics and Major League Baseball (MLB) have signed a 10-year partnership that makes Under Armour (UA) the official uniform provider to MLB. The agreement marks UA's first-ever uniform deal for a professional league. The partnership will begin in the 2020 MLB season. Majestic Athletic, which has long been ...
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Engelhorn, the German sports and fashion retailer based in Mannheim,...
Engelhorn, the German sports and fashion retailer based in Mannheim, has started to sell its products online through Zalando's marketplace. Since Dec. 15, Engelhorn has been a member of Zalando's partnership program. Zalando will start by selling ski and snowboard products that were not available for purchase from the e-tailer's ...
