Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 196
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A Norwegian sports retailer based in Bergen, Rye Sport, has...
A Norwegian sports retailer based in Bergen, Rye Sport, has gone out of business due to heavy competition from major retail chains, as well as pressure from the current financial crisis
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Salewa has a new store at Chiuro, a small town...
Salewa has a new store at Chiuro, a small town near Sondrio in the Italian Alps. Inaugurated a few days ago by Christoph Hainz, a well-known climber from South Tyrol, The store has 385 square meters of retail space and hosts a Dynafit shop-in-shop
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DC Shoes has opened a store in Lyon, the third-largest...
DC Shoes has opened a store in Lyon, the third-largest city in France
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Lindberg, a Swedish brand of headwear and outerwear for children...
Lindberg, a Swedish brand of headwear and outerwear for children that is now also serving the adult market, is opening a concept store in Stockholm on one of the city's busiest shopping streets
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Planet Sports, the leading Indian sporting goods retail chain, has...
Planet Sports, the leading Indian sporting goods retail chain, has seen most of its managers depart after its move last week from Gurgaon, near Delhi, to Mumbai. Only four of the 74 employees at the Gurgaon office were transferred. The move was ordered by the Future Group, the huge Mumbai-based ...
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The fifth full-fledged Intersport store in Italy is opening on...
The fifth full-fledged Intersport store in Italy is opening on a franchise basis in Faenza
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Usports, the new Swedish sports retailer that opened its first...
Usports, the new Swedish sports retailer that opened its first megastore in Malmö last month, confirmed the Birsta retail park in Sundsvall, a seaside town halfway up the eastern Swedish coast, as the location for its third store, to cover nearly 4,000 square meters. The company had already announced that ...
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Foot Locker launched a program on Oct. 23 to collect...
Foot Locker launched a program on Oct. 23 to collect used shoes at its stores all over Europe. Under the program, which was scheduled to run until Nov. 5, clients who return used shoes have been getting a €10 voucher for a discount on their next purchase of new sneakers ...
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Super Retail Group of Australia has completed the acquisition of...
Super Retail Group of Australia has completed the acquisition of the retail sporting goods retail division of Archer Capital, consisting of 90 Rebel Sport stores, 36 Amart shops and two Performance Sports doors. The acquisition price of 610 million Australian dollars (€458.4m-$632.3m) compares with the total turnover of these stores, ...
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Décathlon is reportedly planning to open four additional stores in...
Décathlon is reportedly planning to open four additional stores in Romania by next spring, complementing the six units that it already has in the country, with the goal of forming a network of 20 stores in due time. With four new stores launched in the course of last year, according ...
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Adidas has installed what it is calling a “virtual footwear...
Adidas has installed what it is calling a “virtual footwear wall” in its flagship store in London. The wall lets customers choose footwear from a virtual shelf of products through a touch-screen, and they can pre-order the shoes they pick. The shopper can turn the 3D images to see the ...
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JJB is launching a dedicated in-store area at its Trafford...
JJB is launching a dedicated in-store area at its Trafford Center store in Manchester in conjunction with Nike. The area will offer free Nike Training Club fitness classes for female shoppers, as well as provide a dedicated area for Nike sportswear. The move is part of the company's efforts to ...
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Charles van Schaik has been placed in charge of Runnersworld,...
Charles van Schaik has been placed in charge of Runnersworld, the chain of specialist running stores belonging to Euretco, the Dutch buying group that also supervises Sport 2000 in the Netherlands. Van Schaik has been in the Dutch sports industry for many years, with executive functions at Reebok, Asics and ...
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United Brands, the Belgian sports retailer, has reinforced its equity...
United Brands, the Belgian sports retailer, has reinforced its equity to continue enlarging its store network. A store of 2,000 square meters will be opened at the start of December in the city center of Aalst, and another store of the same size will appear near the K shopping center ...
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The situation worsened in the first half for Blacks Leisure...
The situation worsened in the first half for Blacks Leisure Group, as sales declined and losses widened for the British outdoor and sporting goods retailer. The group's new management, led by Julia Reynolds, who joined the company as chief executive on Aug. 1, still sees clear potential for a turnaround ...
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Peak Performance, the Swedish snow sports, outdoor and golf brand,...
Peak Performance, the Swedish snow sports, outdoor and golf brand, is opening a new company-owned store in Andorra later this week, in the Illa Carlemany shopping center in Escaldes
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Direct Golf UK, the British specialist golf retailer, has continued...
Direct Golf UK, the British specialist golf retailer, has continued its expansion with the acquisition of Scottish Golf Center, the leading Scottish retailer with stores in Dundee and Edinburgh. The deal is to be completed in January and will enlarge Direct Golf to 19 stores. Mike Grubb, the owner of ...
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Stag, the British buying group, held its second buying show...
Stag, the British buying group, held its second buying show in Ireland on Oct. 23-24 in Tullamore. Slightly more than 90 percent of the group's members based in Ireland showed up for the event, with the total number double that of last year's attendance. More than 30 brands were on ...
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JD Sports Fashion, the British sporting goods chain controlled by...
JD Sports Fashion, the British sporting goods chain controlled by Pentland Group, is selling Reebok's RunTone Prime toning shoe at half the regular price on its website, and is offering big discounts on three other models from Reebok's EasyTone collection
