Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 192
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Sports Experts, the price-driven retail chain of Sport Eybl &...
Sports Experts, the price-driven retail chain of Sport Eybl & Sports Experts, the single largest Austrian sports retailer, has opened its second German outlet in the town of Erding, which is known for its beer and is located outside Munich. The new store has a selling surface of 2,200 square ...
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The Italian Sport Alliance buying group has launched a web...
The Italian Sport Alliance buying group has launched a web shop for GetFit, its private brand of home fitness equipment
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Sportler, the big northern Italian sporting goods retailer, has acquired...
Sportler, the big northern Italian sporting goods retailer, has acquired bergzeit.de, a German-based online outdoor retailer that also runs two brick-and-mortar stores in Bavaria. Apparently, Sportler, run by Georg Oberrauch, the brother of Heiner Oberrauch, who runs the Salewa/Oberalp group, wants to expand its small online business through this acquisition. ...
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After 10 years of operations in the Czech Republic, Gigasport,...
After 10 years of operations in the Czech Republic, Gigasport, the Austrian sporting goods chain under the helm of Kastner & Öhler, has decided to pull out of the country. Sportfachandel, the German trade publication, reports that Gigasport sensed an ongoing negative evolution of the market, partly fueled by the ...
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Karstadt is planning to open two more sports stores this...
Karstadt is planning to open two more sports stores this year, after its recent new opening in Wiesbaden, and to add eight to ten new ones in the next three to four years, according to TextilWirtschaft. The well-informed German magazine also indicates that Karstadt Sports' 27 existing stores saw their ...
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Macron has opened two new stores in Rimini and Helsinki,...
Macron has opened two new stores in Rimini and Helsinki, and it is preparing further openings at Alkmaar, in the Netherlands, and at Wrexham, in the U.K.
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Vibram USA is opening a store for its FiveFingers footwear...
Vibram USA is opening a store for its FiveFingers footwear on Newbury Street in Boston
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Munich has inaugurated a new futuristic concept at its store...
Munich has inaugurated a new futuristic concept at its store in Barcelona
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Peak Sport, a Chinese company that makes and distributes sporting...
Peak Sport, a Chinese company that makes and distributes sporting footwear, apparel and accessories, has opened its first U.S. store, in Los Angeles. Another move in its expansion in the U.S. is its new partnership with the Miami Heat basketball team, which will focus mainly on signage visible on camera ...
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X-Bionic, the Swiss brand of functional under- and outerwear, has...
X-Bionic, the Swiss brand of functional under- and outerwear, has opened its first single-branded point of sale at Shin Kong Plaza, the prestigious shopping mall in Beijing on 15 square meters. According to Patrick Lambertz, the company's chief administrative officer, the shop reached a turnover of more than 10,000 yuan ...
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Décathlon has gained 13 percentage points in Interbrand's ranking of...
Décathlon has gained 13 percentage points in Interbrand's ranking of the major retail banners in France, taking the seventh position after Carrefour, Auchan, Leroy Merlin and other retail chains
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Shopatron is launching an online store for Söll skiwear in...
Shopatron is launching an online store for Söll skiwear in the U.K. The American e-commerce technology company says that sporting goods brands working with its internet hosting platform saw their revenues increase by 30 percent last year, with a rise of 21 percent in same-store sales. Shopatron is also opening ...
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The Runners Point group, the specialist German retailer, is preparing...
The Runners Point group, the specialist German retailer, is preparing to open a dozen stores in Germany and Austria, after its sales increased by 12.9 percent to €166.2 million last year, Textilwirtschaft reports. This includes sales in all of the group's stores, including 25 independent franchises. Comparable store sales were ...
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This spring, Stadium will enter the bicycle market with its...
This spring, Stadium will enter the bicycle market with its own line of bikes under the brand name Occano. The new bicycle line of the Swedish sporting goods retailer is composed of dirt bikes, mountain bikes, road bikes, hybrid/commuter bikes and junior bikes, and will be priced between 1,000 and ...
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The China Leather Industry Association notes in a press release...
The China Leather Industry Association notes in a press release that national sports brands are reducing the number of new store openings and reviewing their product strategies as big international brands such as Adidas and Nike are expanding at retail into second- and third-tier cities and rural areas. For example, ...
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Amer Sports Winter and Outdoor Americas is opening the first...
Amer Sports Winter and Outdoor Americas is opening the first Salomon flagship store in the U.S. in late March. It will be located in the City Creek Shopping Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. It will sell Salomon apparel, footwear and other softgoods, but no hardgoods – customers will be ...
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Shortly before the Olympic Games, Marmot Mountain Europe is about...
Shortly before the Olympic Games, Marmot Mountain Europe is about to open its second corporate store in London. The door will be located in the Westfield Stratford City shopping mall in the northeast of the city, in the neighborhood of the Olympic venues. The outdoor brand opened its first own ...
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Net 69, distributor of Fusalp in South Korea, has decided...
Net 69, distributor of Fusalp in South Korea, has decided to open the first store dedicated to its new premium Fusalp 1952 collection in Seoul later this year, probably in September. As already reported, the French company launched this heritage line of high-luxury ski and leisurewear at Ispovision a few ...
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Amer Sports Winter and Outdoor Americas is opening the first...
Amer Sports Winter and Outdoor Americas is opening the first Salomon flagship store in the U.S. in late March. It will be located in the City Creek Shopping Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. It will sell Salomon apparel, footwear and other softgoods, but no hardgoods – customers will be ...
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Sport Fundgrube, the price-driven retailer with 37 outlets in Germany...
Sport Fundgrube, the price-driven retailer with 37 outlets in Germany and Austria, has appointed Toni Schmidt as co-managing director next to the owner, Willy Kühme. Schmidt was a longtime friend of the late Christian Kühme, the owner's son who died in an avalanche in 2009.
