Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 187
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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. ...
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Patagonia has revamped its store in Chamonix, France
Patagonia has revamped its store in Chamonix, France
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Escada plans to start its own online shop for the...
Escada plans to start its own online shop for the German and Austria markets in the spring of 2013, according to Textilwirtschaft. Other countries should follow in the autumn. It should start up with only a selection of items from the brand's main collection, including its Escada Sport line.
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Go Sport has finally started up its virtual store in...
Go Sport has finally started up its virtual store in France. The launch is accompanied by a contest on the internet for purchase vouchers, tickets for a match of the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) football team and jerseys signed by the team's players, with which Go Sport struck a partnership last July. For its ...
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Intersport France is growing rapidly in the mountain resorts, where...
Intersport France is growing rapidly in the mountain resorts, where 18 new stores joined the cooperative so far this year, building up to a total of 206 units specializing in snow and outdoor sports. Thanks to the new store openings, the retailers affiliated with Intersport in the mountain resorts have ...
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Lafuma has opened a temporary store for its Killy line...
Lafuma has opened a temporary store for its Killy line in the French town of Annecy
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With a new location in the town of Uppsala, XXL...
With a new location in the town of Uppsala, XXL Sport has now opened its ninth store in Sweden. In 2012 alone, the Norwegian retailer has opened four of its megastores in the country. It wants to end up with six or seven stores in the Stockholm area and four ...
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Décathlon has opened its 18th German store in Essingen, a...
Décathlon has opened its 18th German store in Essingen, a small town in the state of Baden-Württemberg, on 2,000 square meters
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Both Décathlon and Karstadt are reportedly introducing “click & collect”...
Both Décathlon and Karstadt are reportedly introducing “click & collect” programs, offering customers the possibility to order the goods on the internet, and to pick them up at the nearest store at no extra cost
