Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 189
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Décathlon has opened its 17th German store. It is strategically...
Décathlon has opened its 17th German store. It is strategically located in Essen, where Karstadt has its head office. Décathlon has inaugurated a new shop in the centre of Valencia, Spain. Distributed on two floors for a total surface of 5,470 square meters, the shop is the 97th in Spain ...
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Nicolas Berggruen, owner of Karstadt, and Andrew Jennings, who has...
Nicolas Berggruen, owner of Karstadt, and Andrew Jennings, who has been running the company for the past 20 months, have declared to the media over the past few weeks that they have no intention to divest its Karstadt Sports operation. They have plans to use more technology in the stores ...
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An international online retailer based in Spain, Tradeinn, is launching...
An international online retailer based in Spain, Tradeinn, is launching what it describes as the first international factory outlet for sports products on the internet. Called Outletinn, it will market the closeouts of various brands, offering discounts of between 40 and 80 percent from the original prices. Following in some ...
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Indian newspapers have reported that more than 150 retail franchisees...
Indian newspapers have reported that more than 150 retail franchisees running Reebok mono-brand stores in India held a virulent demonstration in New Delhi earlier this monthy. They vented their anger about the measures taken by the Adidas Group to alter its relationship with Reebok franchises, which should lead to a ...
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Niketown Berlin will close in summer 2013. The 3,500-square-meter megastore,...
Niketown Berlin will close in summer 2013. The 3,500-square-meter megastore, located in Tauentzienstrasse, was inaugurated in 1999 and was the first of that kind in Europe. Nike has 10 similar megastores around the world but London will be the only remaining Niketown in Europe after the closing of Berlin. It ...
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Fila has set out plans to open 60 more stores...
Fila has set out plans to open 60 more stores in India with its local licensing partner Cravatex by the end of 2014, adding to its current 40 stores in the country. The Italian sportswear brand is willing to capitalize on Adidas' decision to reduce its Reebok stores in India ...
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El Corte Inglés will join the AMS Sourcing buying group...
El Corte Inglés will join the AMS Sourcing buying group starting Jan. 1. The Dutch buying group currently encompasses 13 other retail members, including Ahold, Delhaize Group, Esselunga, Jerónimo Martins and Morrisons, in 28 European countries. With this decision, El Corte Inglés aims at getting better buying conditions for both ...
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Citadium has launched its e-commerce platform. Over the last two...
Citadium has launched its e-commerce platform. Over the last two years, the Parisian superstore, which primarily targets a 15-25-year-old audience, has repositioned itself, switching from the sale of sports brands to in street and preppy fashion, including sports-inspired products by Adidas, Converse and other brands. Citadium's main store is located ...
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Le Coq Sportif has inaugurated its first international flagship store...
Le Coq Sportif has inaugurated its first international flagship store in Milan. The 240-square-meter shop, on two floors, is located on Via Dante, a pedestrian shopping street in the heart of the city. Until now the brand has concentrated its retail development on the French market, with the opening of ...
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Salomon is opening its first store in Montreal. It is...
Salomon is opening its first store in Montreal. It is adjacent to an older store by Arc'teryx, which has been renovated for the occasion.
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Fred Perry is opening a 190-square-meter store in Munich, adding...
Fred Perry is opening a 190-square-meter store in Munich, adding to those it already has in Berlin and Cologne and to an outlet in Ingolstadt
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At the end of 2013 or beginning of 2014, SportScheck,...
At the end of 2013 or beginning of 2014, SportScheck, Germany's leading specialty sporting goods retailer, will open its second store in Berlin. The selling surface of 4,600 square meters will be located in a new shopping mall that is described as the country's largest shopping center in a downtown ...
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Vans opens its first store in Southern France in Bordeaux...
Vans opens its first store in Southern France in Bordeaux
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Jack Wolfskin, the German outdoor brand, and Cotswold Outdoor, the...
Jack Wolfskin, the German outdoor brand, and Cotswold Outdoor, the leading British specialty outdoor retailer, have agreed on a partnership for internet sales (more on this and other outdoor-related stories in The Outdoor Industry Compass)
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Intersport PSC Holding has now definitely decided to shut down...
Intersport PSC Holding has now definitely decided to shut down its Budget Sport Schweiz subsidiary, and to close down its four low-priced stores in Ostermundigen, Biel, Emmenbrücke and Winterthur. On Aug. 16, the Swiss Intersport organization announced that it was considering this step, but called on its employees to deliver ...
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sJD Sports Fashion has inaugurated a more elaborate format for...
sJD Sports Fashion has inaugurated a more elaborate format for its JD stores by revamping its “King of Trainers” unit on Birmingham's New Street
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Golfino has opened a new flagship store on London's West...
Golfino has opened a new flagship store on London's West End, its first standalone shop in the city. The market leader in high-quality golfwear already has stores in Edinburgh, Paris, Berlin, Munich and Zurich, among others, as well as a shop-in-shop in Harrods department store in London. The new flagship ...
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Intersport Italia has inaugurated a new franchised store at Ortona...
Intersport Italia has inaugurated a new franchised store at Ortona
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The German section of Sport 2000 has bundled a package...
The German section of Sport 2000 has bundled a package for its affiliated retailers to improve their presence online. The group's e-services solutions are a toolbox of five modular pieces that the retailers can pick according to their demand. The new service starts with a basic offer: a website in ...
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Puma customers in Copenhagen will be able to design their...
Puma customers in Copenhagen will be able to design their own sneakers. Together with a Danish retailer, Rezet, Puma will open the Creative Factory, a store where customers can choose the materials and colors for their new Puma shoes using an iPad. The store, which is due to open on ...
