Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 182
-
News briefs
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.
-
News briefs
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 ...
-
News briefs
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 ...
-
News briefs
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 ...
-
Short stops
Desigual is launching an online store for its new Desigual...
Desigual is launching an online store for its new Desigual Sport line
-
News briefs
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 ...
-
Short stops
Karstadt has launched a new format for its Karstadt and...
Karstadt has launched a new format for its Karstadt and Karstadt Sports online stores
-
Short stops
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
-
Short stops
Golfino has opened a 150-square-meter store on Berlin's Kurfürstendamm...
Golfino has opened a 150-square-meter store on Berlin's Kurfürstendamm
-
Short stops
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
-
News briefs
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 ...
-
News briefs
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.
-
News briefs
Germany's Planet Sports has opened its eighth store in the...
Germany's Planet Sports has opened its eighth store in the country in Karlsruhe. The company plans to open eight to ten more stores next year. Including its online stores, which sell to customers in 15 European countries, the boardsports retailer has reached an annual turnover of about €100 million.
-
News briefs
Kaufhof Sportarena has launched its virtual store, offering a first...
Kaufhof Sportarena has launched its virtual store, offering a first selection of 1,300 sports items that should go up to 2,000 in due course. A link with social networks allows customers to share their impressions with friends. The chain, which belongs to Kaufhof, manages 13 Sportarena stores and four Wanderzeit ...
-
News briefs
SportScheck, Germany's largest sporting goods retailer, has opened its new...
SportScheck, Germany's largest sporting goods retailer, has opened its new high-tech flagship store in Munich on a net sales surface of 10,200 square meters. The store employs a staff of 250 people and offers some 30,000 different products under 530 brands, arranged by sports category and led by outdoor, running ...
-
Short stops
Sportalm has opened its second store in Prague
Sportalm has opened its second store in Prague
-
News briefs
Blue Tomato, the big Austrian action sports retailer acquired by...
Blue Tomato, the big Austrian action sports retailer acquired by Zumiez last year, has opened its first door in the Tyrol on a selling surface of 520 square meters, in the state capital of Innsbruck. It is, alongside Blue Tomato's mail-order service, the company's fifth point of sale in Austria ...
-
News briefs
New Balance has opened a new global experience retail store...
New Balance has opened a new global experience retail store in Barcelona, in line with the firm's push to expand its global retail presence. The new outlet, which measures a total of 375 square meters, is located in the high-end Rambla De Catalunya area. The store's internal design has been ...
-
News briefs
El Corte Inglés is launching an online store in English...
El Corte Inglés is launching an online store in English to sell a variety of private label items, including sports products. The goal of the Spanish retailer is to position itself as a leading supplier for tourists visiting Spain. According to a Spanish online information portal, Modaes, it is targeting ...
-
Short stops
Décathlon is preparing to open a second Swedish store in...
Décathlon is preparing to open a second Swedish store in the Kungens Kurva shopping mall in the south-west of Stockholm
