Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 186
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After opening new corporate stores in Lyon, France and Cologne,...
After opening new corporate stores in Lyon, France and Cologne, Germany, at the end of last year, The North Face will be opening four additional corporate stores in Germany, France and Poland in 2013. In March, a new store directly operated by TNF will be inaugurated in Düsseldorf, to be followed by ...
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Schoenenreus, a Dutch discount retailer that sells predominantly sports footwear,...
Schoenenreus, a Dutch discount retailer that sells predominantly sports footwear, was declared bankrupt last month but its business was immediately restarted in a slimmed-down version. The company said that its owners, Synergia, Eric Companjen and Paul Schouwenaar, agreed to invest in the company for the next two years. The deal ...
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The Sonae Group is placing Berg Outdoor, the private label of its...
The Sonae Group is placing Berg Outdoor, the private label of its Sportzone chain of sporting goods stores, at the disposal of other retailers and distributors worldwide. Since one year ago, it has been making it available to other retailers in Portugal and Spain. Berg exhibited at the Ispo Munich fair earlier this month for the ...
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Fredrik Andreasson, chief executive of Team Sportia, the third-largest sports...
Fredrik Andreasson, chief executive of Team Sportia, the third-largest sports retail group in Sweden, is leaving the company, it was reported by Sportfack this Friday. Andreasson has spent more than three years at the helm of Team Sportia, a buying group with 127 stores. Team Sportia reinforced its market share ...
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One of the major sporting goods retailers in Brazil, Grupo...
One of the major sporting goods retailers in Brazil, Grupo Paquetá, plans to raise the number of its sporting goods stores, called Paquetá Esportes, from 35 to 50 by the end of 2014. Coinciding with the football World Cup, which will be held in Brazil next year, the program includes ...
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Sport Schuster, the large Munich-based downtown retailer, is starting the...
Sport Schuster, the large Munich-based downtown retailer, is starting the celebration of its 100th anniversary by closing a shop, a single-brand store of The North Face with a selling surface of 280 square meters. The store, where clearance sales are being held now, will be taken over by the brand's ...
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Nico van Offeren, former head of Intersport Nederland, has teamed...
Nico van Offeren, former head of Intersport Nederland, has teamed up with another specialist to launch Friends of Retail, a consultancy focusing on sports retailing. His partner is André Wierper, whose career includes stints at Salomon, the Euro Shoe Group and Intersport Nederland. They will offer advice on such issues ...
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Planet Sports, the leading multi-brand sports retailer in India, has...
Planet Sports, the leading multi-brand sports retailer in India, has inked a deal to become the exclusive Indian distributor of Pluggers, an Australian brand of thongs. India is the first country where the hip Pluggers brands will be distributed outside Australia. The tie-up was revealed earlier this month at an ...
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The Indian newspaper Business Standard reports that Décathlon has reacted...
The Indian newspaper Business Standard reports that Décathlon has reacted to the new rules on foreign direct investment (FDI) in Indian retailing by applying for a permit to open full-fledged retail stores in the country, instead of the cash & carry business that Décathlon has been running in India for ...
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Le Coq Sportif has opened its first Spanish store in...
Le Coq Sportif has opened its first Spanish store in Barcelona, measuring 350 square meters on two floors, at 6 Calle Boters
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Rip Curl has opened a new urban store in Ubud,...
Rip Curl has opened a new urban store in Ubud, Bali
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Moncler is opening its second German store on Frankfurt's famous...
Moncler is opening its second German store on Frankfurt's famous Goethestrasse, taking the total number of single-brand stores around the world up to 90. The Italian brand of down-filled outerwear opened a store in Bel Harbour, Florida, in December. It is about to open a shop in Istanbul.
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Giant has inaugurated its first store in Spain, located in...
Giant has inaugurated its first store in Spain, located in Madrid's Paseo de la Castellana
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Rossignol is partnering with AdVentori, a cross-channel marketing agency in...
Rossignol is partnering with AdVentori, a cross-channel marketing agency in Paris, to raise the number of customers in physical stores through the internet. AdVentori had already launched a pilot store-locator system via mobile phone, which was launched at the end of 2011 for the Rossignol, Dynastar, and Lange brands. Based on ...
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JD Pro, the new performance-oriented chain of sporting goods stores...
JD Pro, the new performance-oriented chain of sporting goods stores being launched by JD Sports Fashion, is not going to work with Intersport International on branding, private label or exclusive products. Negotiations were held in the past few weeks to no avail. Intersport officials declined to comment, but it would ...
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BH is opening its 11th Spanish concept store in Barcelona,...
BH is opening its 11th Spanish concept store in Barcelona, carrying its fitness equipment and its bicycles
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Intersport Bündl is the first affiliate of Intersport in Austria...
Intersport Bündl is the first affiliate of Intersport in Austria to have set up a full-fledged factory outlet. It is located in the factory outlet center operated by McArthur Glenn in Salzburg, far away from Intersport Bündl's 18 other Intersport stores in the country. The factory outlet has a total surface ...
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Billabong has opened its third franchised single-brand door in Germany....
Billabong has opened its third franchised single-brand door in Germany. Located in Hamburg and measuring 140 square meters, it carries also the group's Element line and follows the opening of stores in Berlin and Dortmund. In return, the Australian boardsports brand has closed its first and only corporate store in the country. ...
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Xtep, the Chinese sports brand, is opening a store in downtown...
Xtep, the Chinese sports brand, is opening a store in downtown Valencia and three others in other parts of the Levante region of Spain
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The first and only Budget Sport store in Sweden is...
The first and only Budget Sport store in Sweden is closing its doors. Ola Persson, the Intersport franchisee who has been running the store, has found a new tenant for the location from the Sportringen chain. According to Intersport officials, there were at least two reasons for dropping the experiment. ...
