Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 191
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Haglöfs will open a brand store in Oslo this fall,...
Haglöfs will open a brand store in Oslo this fall, and another will open in Tokyo shortly thereafter. Haglöfs' first ever brand store opened in Stockholm last year, so that the new locations will bring the total number of Haglöfs brand stores to three. Expectations are that the ...
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Intersport Sweden is launching a new online business to complement...
Intersport Sweden is launching a new online business to complement its store network. This is meant to increase the number of products available for consumers, and to improve customer service. Anders Dahlberg, former interactive concept manager for Lindex, has been recruited to supervise the development of the platform. The new ...
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This summer, Houdini Sportswear is opening its first concept store...
This summer, Houdini Sportswear is opening its first concept store in the same shopping district of Stockhom where Quiksilver, Norrøna, The North Face, Salomon and Hestra have their own stores
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Regatta has opened its first Spanish store through a retail...
Regatta has opened its first Spanish store through a retail partner in Gijón, Deportes Asturias, featuring also its Dare2b brand
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Adidas will not renew the lease on its 1,100-m2 flagship...
Adidas will not renew the lease on its 1,100-m2 flagship Paris store on Rue de Rivoli. The store, which opened in 2001, stopped making money in 2009, following the closure of a big neighboring department store, La Samaritaine, which reduced the levels of consumer traffic in the area. They have ...
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Décathlon is adjusting its retail concept in the German market...
Décathlon is adjusting its retail concept in the German market with a new store to be opened next year in Mannheim. Contrary to its usual approach, the French chain will open the store in the city's downtown area, not too far from Engelhorn Sports, the local retail hero, which has ...
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Intersport Italia is celebrating the opening of yet another franchised...
Intersport Italia is celebrating the opening of yet another franchised store at Sassuolo
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Intersport Voswinkel, the retail chain controlled by Intersport Germany, has...
Intersport Voswinkel, the retail chain controlled by Intersport Germany, has acquired a 32,000-square-meter surface in the city of Bochum. The chain will establish its central warehouse there and will use an existing hall with a surface of 12,000 square meters. Currently, Voswinkel operates 62 doors in the country.
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Sprinter, the Spanish sporting goods retail chain partly owned by...
Sprinter, the Spanish sporting goods retail chain partly owned by JD Sports Fashion, has launched its own virtual store, selling branded as well as exclusive products. Customers are entitled to a 20 percent discount on any orders placed on the web until June 17.
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Helge Hinrichs and Stefan Moosleitner, two entrepreneurs from Hamburg, have...
Helge Hinrichs and Stefan Moosleitner, two entrepreneurs from Hamburg, have launched a new retailing platform on the internet called Sportrade. The service is currently focused on athletic sports, but shall be extended to outdoor and fitness in the near future. In the first place, Sportrade addresses both retailers and consumers ...
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Following in the footsteps of Zalando, Spartoo, one of the...
Following in the footsteps of Zalando, Spartoo, one of the major pure e-commerce players for footwear in France, has launched a dedicated page for sports shoes on its website. It features some 900 styles by 35 brands including Adidas, Nike and Reebok. Categories covered include running, trail-running, football, fitness, golf, ...
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Preparations are in full swing for the Olympic Games at...
Preparations are in full swing for the Olympic Games at Lacoste, which is opening a flagship store of about 700 square meters on Brompton Road in London. Replacing a much smaller store on the same street, this will be the French brand's largest outlet – nearly twice the size of ...
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Jaked, the young Italian brand of technical swimwear and accessories,...
Jaked, the young Italian brand of technical swimwear and accessories, has opened its first single-brand store in the Italian city of Pescara. Owned by Pianoforte Holding, which is also the parent company of Yamamay and Carpisa, Jaked will continue to sponsor the Italian Swimwear Federation at the Olympic Games in ...
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Adidas has opened its first Stella McCartney flagship store, after...
Adidas has opened its first Stella McCartney flagship store, after working with the British designer for eight years. It is located next to the main Stella McCartney store and her children's store, which opened in Brompton Cross, London a few weeks ago. McCartney has designed the uniforms of the British ...
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Vans' first South African concept store has opened in Cape...
Vans' first South African concept store has opened in Cape Town
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Arena France is launching a new distribution channel: pop-up stores...
Arena France is launching a new distribution channel: pop-up stores set up in partnership with retailers at swimming events. Complete with changing cabins and a range of branded product displays, these stores are easy to build and a test has shown that they could generate twice as much turnover as ordinary booths. Arena ...
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Keen Footwear plans to open its first Japanese store in...
Keen Footwear plans to open its first Japanese store in Tokyo next month. The American brand already has stores in Toronto, Canada and near its head office in Portland, Oregon.
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Intersport Italia opened yesterday a new Intersport store in the...
Intersport Italia opened yesterday a new Intersport store in the Coop shopping center of Follonica
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Last Sunday, two thieves went away with €5,000 in cash...
Last Sunday, two thieves went away with €5,000 in cash from the newly opened Aigle store on Paris' Champs-Elysées
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Planet Sports, the German-based action sports retailer acquired by Carlyle...
Planet Sports, the German-based action sports retailer acquired by Carlyle last year, has opened a new European distribution center in the Czech town of Bor
