Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 173
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Intersport Sverige's third attempt to become a serious bicycle retailer...
Intersport Sverige's third attempt to become a serious bicycle retailer seems to have succeeded. Over the next year, 15 new stores in Sweden will begin selling bikes. The two requirements for stores to be included in the bicycle initiative are that there is room for the products and the appropriate ...
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Asics has introduced its new retail concept with the first...
Asics has introduced its new retail concept with the first “True Sport Performance Store” opening on Oct. 31 in the center of Hamburg, close to Mönckebergstrasse, the city's prestigious shopping street. The new store has a selling surface of nearly 1,000 square meters and intends to offer a state-of-the-art shopping ...
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Asics plans to open flagship stores in Madrid and Lisbon,...
Asics plans to open flagship stores in Madrid and Lisbon, similar to the one that it inaugurated in Barcelona in 2012. The brand already has 12 stores in Spain and three in Portugal including nine factory outlets in Spain and two in Portugal.
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Volcom has opened a store in Stuttgart, its third one...
Volcom has opened a store in Stuttgart, its third one in Germany. The surf and skate brand, which is owned by the Kering group, has already opened four new stores in France since the beginning of this year. It now has 15 physical stores in Europe, the same as in ...
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As planned, Stadium has opened its first store in Germany,...
As planned, Stadium has opened its first store in Germany, measuring 1,800 square meters and located on Hamburg's high-end Mönckebergstrasse
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Element plans to open a flagship store in London in...
Element plans to open a flagship store in London in December
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Globetrotter and Volcom have opened stores of very different sizes...
Globetrotter and Volcom have opened stores of very different sizes in Stuttgart, Germany (more on Globetrotter in the Outdoor Industry Compass)
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Décathlon is still the favorite sports retailer of French people,...
Décathlon is still the favorite sports retailer of French people, according to a recent survey by OC&C, a management consulting firm. The survey, in its fifth year, was conducted on around 6,000 people in June-July 2014. Among sports retailers, Décathlon ranked ahead of both Intersport and the duo Go Sport ...
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Décathlon is planning to open small stores in the U.K....
Décathlon is planning to open small stores in the U.K. with click-and-collect points, according to Retail Week
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William Zhang, a manager who climbed through the ranks at...
William Zhang, a manager who climbed through the ranks at Décathlon in China, has become its chief executive officer in Greater China. He replaces Pannya Khamphommala, who has returned to Europe to work for Domyos, the French retail group's private label for fitness products. The switch was confirmed to us ...
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Salvatore Grimaldi, chairman of Bianchi and its parent company, Cycleurope,...
Salvatore Grimaldi, chairman of Bianchi and its parent company, Cycleurope, has inaugurated a Bianchi store in a prestigious area of Milan, on via Cavallotti between San Babila and the Cathedral. Featuring also a coffee shop, it is called Café & Cycle Bianchi. It is the first of the kind in ...
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SportScheck has opened its second store in Berlin. With a...
SportScheck has opened its second store in Berlin. With a retail area of 4,700 square meters, it is located in the Leipziger Platz 12 shopping mall, which is expected to turn into Europe's largest shopping center, with 135,000 sqm. of leased space.
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Original Buff has opened its second store in Barcelona's airport....
Original Buff has opened its second store in Barcelona's airport. The first one was opened in Terminal 1 in March. The new one is in Terminal 2 and measures 75 square meters. It offers a special line designed for the Pilgrimage to Santiago on an exclusive basis.
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Top-Sport, a privately owned company with 20 stores in Finland,...
Top-Sport, a privately owned company with 20 stores in Finland, has warned that it may have to dismiss about 140 of its 250 employees to get out of its financial problems. To this end, the chain's management has started consultations with the personnel and indicated that some stores may be ...
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Cold Mountain, a Chinese multi-brand retailer for surf and snowboard-related...
Cold Mountain, a Chinese multi-brand retailer for surf and snowboard-related items, has opened its flagship store in the youth-oriented Sanlitun Soho shopping center of Beijing. The retailer already has nine other stores in the country.
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Blue Tomato has revamped its pan-European e-commerce operations in response...
Blue Tomato has revamped its pan-European e-commerce operations in response to the fact that 35 percent of the orders it receives are now placed through tablets or smartphones. The new web store of the Austrian-based boardsports retailer, which is owned by Zumiez, offers more than 450,000 items in 14 languages.
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Asics has launched a web store in Germany, the second...
Asics has launched a web store in Germany, the second in Europe after the store that it put online in the U.K. in July 2013. The Japanese company already has e-commerce in Japan, the U.S. and Australia. The German internet store has a store locator and a program for individual ...
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Under Armour, too, has started its own online store for...
Under Armour, too, has started its own online store for the German market, giving a complete overview over the product range that it has developed for the European market. Shipments take between two and five days, and they are free of charge if the value of the products is €49 ...
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Alibaba gets a high valuation
The giant Chinese internet marketplace, which occupies a strong position in the domestic sporting goods market through TMall and other websites, made a triumphant listing on the New York Stock Exchange last Friday. From an initial pricing of $68, Alibaba Group Holding's share shot up to $99.70 and then ...
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As announced in July, Yoox has expanded its activewear offerings...
As announced in July, Yoox has expanded its activewear offerings with a new area dedicated to sportswear, which has been online since mid-September. The new sportswear section includes a range of products from big brands like New Balance, Nike, Patagonia, The North Face and Under Armour but also niche labels like ...
