Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 173
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Keen has opened an enlarged mono-brand store in Atrium Flora,...
Keen has opened an enlarged mono-brand store in Atrium Flora, a premium shopping center in Prague, through its successful Czech distributor, Outdoor Concept. Replacing a smaller outlet that was opened on the same site three years ago, it's the third Keen store in the city.
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New Balance is reportedly planning to open its first flagship...
New Balance is reportedly planning to open its first flagship store in the U.K. at a prime location on Oxford Street in London, but not before 2017, although the lease has been signed apparently. The brand has many stores in the U.S., but in the U.K. it only has concessions ...
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Moncler has opened its first Paris boutique exclusively dedicated to...
Moncler has opened its first Paris boutique exclusively dedicated to the brand's men's collections, which include Moncler Gamme Bleu, Moncler main collection, and the Moncler Lunettes eyewear collection. The new 80-square-meter store is located in the trendy Marais district, at 11 rue des Archives. The concept store has been designed by ...
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Twinner Iberia continues to federate other smaller Spanish buying groups...
Twinner Iberia continues to federate other smaller Spanish buying groups around it in order to raise their collective buying power. It has signed a collaboration agreement with Gys Sport in the financial, administrative and commercial areas, starting with orders placed with some strategic vendors by their retail members for the ...
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Go Sport has launched an internet platform in France to...
Go Sport has launched an internet platform in France to allow consumers to rent or rent out all kinds of sporting goods items, including skis, bicycles, tennis racquets, tents and canoes. Other companies that rent out these kinds of products can post their ads on the website. The French retailer, ...
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Bauer Hockey, a subsidiary of Performance Sports Group, has announced...
Bauer Hockey, a subsidiary of Performance Sports Group, has announced it will open its first Bauer Hockey store, called “Own The Moment,” in the Boston suburb of Burlington, Massachusetts, in late summer. A second location will start up in the Minneapolis area in the autumn. The company currently plans an ...
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New Balance has inaugurated a 1,500-square-meter flagship store in Madrid,...
New Balance has inaugurated a 1,500-square-meter flagship store in Madrid, taking the place of an old jewelry shop at 15, Gran Via. In addition to an actual retail store, it features a museum with samples of historic styles, a coffee shop and a running club.
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Alibaba says it spent one billion renmimbi (€131.9m-$160.8m) in the...
Alibaba says it spent one billion renmimbi (€131.9m-$160.8m) in the 12 months ended on Nov. 30 to combat the sale of counterfeited goods online, engaging a task force of more than 2,000 people that will be expanded by a further 200 in the next year. Some 5,400 volunteers have also ...
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Adidas' first HomeCourt store in Germany and its 20th worldwide...
Adidas' first HomeCourt store in Germany and its 20th worldwide has opened in downtown Nuremberg
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Cisalfa Sport has launched a new retail concept, called Cisalfa...
Cisalfa Sport has launched a new retail concept, called Cisalfa 2.0, intended to place more emphasis on the product and to provide a more emotive shopping experience. It is starting off with a store located at 18 Corso Vercelli in Milan. It replaces a former Germani Sport owned by the ...
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VF Corp. has opened dual Vans/Eastpak shops in the San...
VF Corp. has opened dual Vans/Eastpak shops in the San Babila district of Milan and in the Roma Est shopping center of the Italian capital
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Décathlon has opened stores in Harlow and Croydon, taking the...
Décathlon has opened stores in Harlow and Croydon, taking the number of its stores in the U.K. up to a total of 16
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Moncler is opening its first store in Prague
Moncler is opening its first store in Prague
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A franchised Odlo stores opens in the French ski resort...
A franchised Odlo stores opens in the French ski resort of Megève
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Rossignol has opened a pop-up store in a Paris museum,...
Rossignol has opened a pop-up store in a Paris museum, the Grand Palais, to showcase a new, elegant line of urban clothing to promote its development in the sector. The store is set against the backdrop of a large ice skating rink that will remain in place for the holidays ...
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Amer Sports will have 260 mono-brand stores, 150 partner stores...
Amer Sports will have 260 mono-brand stores, 150 partner stores and 62 e-commerce sites in operation around the world by the end of the year. Salomon will have the biggest presence at the direct-to-consumer level with 196 branded stores and 29 web stores. It opened its first virtual store in ...
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Electric, the American brand of sunglasses and accessories owned by...
Electric, the American brand of sunglasses and accessories owned by the French Kering group through Volcom, has extended its e-commerce operations from the U.S. and Canada to a first series of European countries: France, Germany, the U.K., Spain, Italy, Belgium and Austria. The 14-year-old brand, which is based in California, ...
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Columbia Sportswear has celebrated a grand opening for its Columbia...
Columbia Sportswear has celebrated a grand opening for its Columbia flagship store in New York City, located at 345 West 14th Street
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Sports Direct has unveiled plans for a gym chain in...
Sports Direct has unveiled plans for a gym chain in the U.K. that it said will revolutionize the market. The retailer plans to open 200 fitness clubs offering membership at the very affordable and unprecedented price of £5 (€6.3-$7.9) per month. Members will also have to pay a £10 (€12.6-$15.7) joining fee. ...
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Golfino has launched its first omni-channel concept in Denmark, with...
Golfino has launched its first omni-channel concept in Denmark, with the idea of rolling it out to other parts of Europe after an initial trial phase. The launch coincides with the start-up of a golfino.dk online store and the opening of the German brand's first flagship store in Denmark, measuring ...
