Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 181
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Reebok has opened a large store and Crossfit center on...
Reebok has opened a large store and Crossfit center on the centrally located avenue de l'Opéra in Paris, between the Louvre Museum and the Opera House. The 800-square-meter Fit Hub on two levels is similar to Reebok's Crossfit studio and store on Fifth Avenue in New York City. It takes ...
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XXL, the Norwegian sporting goods retail giant, has opened its...
XXL, the Norwegian sporting goods retail giant, has opened its 13th store in Sweden, this time in the town of Karlstad. The new store is 4,000 square meters and is the chain's fourth new store to open in Sweden this year. The number of its stores in the country is ...
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Ochsner Sport, the leading sporting goods retailer in Switzerland, plans...
Ochsner Sport, the leading sporting goods retailer in Switzerland, plans to open its first German store next Marcch, located in the new Galcis-Galerie of Neu-Ulm
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K-Way is about to open its first store in Milan,...
K-Way is about to open its first store in Milan, on the premises of a former Robe di Kappa store on Corso Vittorio Emanuele
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Intersport Sweden has adapted its loyalty program for mobile devices...
Intersport Sweden has adapted its loyalty program for mobile devices through an agreement with Flatwallet. Members of the Intersport Club can now download the Flatwallet app to validate their membership through their smartphones. Users will not have to carry around all their membership cards as they can get the benefits ...
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After expanding its unique click-and-mortar retail operation (see our previous...
After expanding its unique click-and-mortar retail operation (see our previous issue), Rossignol will open a 30-square-meter store in French ski resort of Chamonix for its apparel line at the end of this month, with a lease for two years. Similar stores are opening through franchisees in Austria, at Kirchberg and ...
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Under Armour has joined the list of approved suppliers at...
Under Armour has joined the list of approved suppliers at Foremost Golf
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J.Lindeberg recently opened its second store in the traditional Austrian...
J.Lindeberg recently opened its second store in the traditional Austrian ski resort town of Solden. The store, which is franchised, had its grand opening in conjunction with the recent Alpine Skiing World Cup. According to Sportfack, the Swedish company plans to invest more in sport fashion and to expand its ...
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Totalsport, one of the multiple Spanish buying groups, has taken...
Totalsport, one of the multiple Spanish buying groups, has taken over Team Match, a small group of seven sports retailers operating in the Barcelona area. Based in Zaragoza, Totalsport now has 166 retail members operating 204 stores.
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Intersport Danmark has come to the rescue of a Danish...
Intersport Danmark has come to the rescue of a Danish sports retailer, Sports On Top, which recently declared bankruptcy. Intersport will take over eight Sport On Top retail locations, converting six into Intersport stores and two into Sport Direct stores. Sport Direct is a Danish B2B service for sales of ...
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Hervis Sport is introducing a new multi-channel retailing concept in...
Hervis Sport is introducing a new multi-channel retailing concept in about 50 stores in Austria and a similar number in other countries where the Austrian chain operates, following a trial at its Hervis Future Store in The Mall, one of Vienna's shopping centers. Customers will be able to order products ...
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The Danish Sport-Master group, which is no longer a cooperative...
The Danish Sport-Master group, which is no longer a cooperative voluntary group, says it wants to build up the best online sporting goods store in Denmark, connecting it with the 100-plus physical stores which it owns now. The idea is to give customers the same experience regardless of whether they ...
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Desigual is launching an online store for its new Desigual...
Desigual is launching an online store for its new Desigual Sport line
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Foremost Golf, the largest golf retail group in the U.K.,...
Foremost Golf, the largest golf retail group in the U.K., has launched a new “click & collect” retail service to help customers who buy on the internet but are seldom at home during office hours to receive a delivery. The service allows the customers who purchased at www.foremostgolf.com to collect ...
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Karstadt has launched a new format for its Karstadt and...
Karstadt has launched a new format for its Karstadt and Karstadt Sports online stores
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Haglöfs is opening a 130-square-meter outlet store in the Ringsted...
Haglöfs is opening a 130-square-meter outlet store in the Ringsted Outlet southwest of Copenhagen, selling closeouts from previous seasons
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Golfino has opened a 150-square-meter store on Berlin's Kurfürstendamm...
Golfino has opened a 150-square-meter store on Berlin's Kurfürstendamm
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Oakley plans to have 210 mono-brand stores in place worldwide...
Oakley plans to have 210 mono-brand stores in place worldwide by the end of this year
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New Balance has opened its first Italian New Balance Experience...
New Balance has opened its first Italian New Balance Experience Store in Bologna, in the northern region of Emilia Romagna. The new shop, on two floors and with a total surface of 75 square meters, is located in Via de' Toschi, at the very heart of the city center, a ...
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Volcom has just launched its own e-commerce operation in the...
Volcom has just launched its own e-commerce operation in the U.S. and Canada, where it was working online through a third-party e-tailer. It is going to launch it in Europe before the end of this year, with pages in English, French, German and Spanish.
