Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 198
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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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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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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 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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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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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.
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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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This spring, Asics will open a new two-level concept store...
This spring, Asics will open a new two-level concept store in central Stockholm. The store, which will be Asics' first in Scandinavia, will also act as the headquarters for Asics Sweden. It becomes the brand's fifth concept store after locations in Tokyo, New York, London and Amsterdam. Its high-profile location ...
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Kelme opened its first mono-brand store in Delhi this week,...
Kelme opened its first mono-brand store in Delhi this week, teaming up with an Indian distributor, Global Overseas. The company intends to rapidly open another seven such stores in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Bangalore. This comes as international markets are fueling the expansion of the Spanish sports brand, which reportedly ...
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This spring, Planet Sports, the leading German board sports specialty...
This spring, Planet Sports, the leading German board sports specialty retailer, will open its eighth store in Cologne
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Peak Sport Products, the Chinese brand, has opened a store...
Peak Sport Products, the Chinese brand, has opened a store in the Westfield Shopping Mall in Los Angeles, its first in the U.S., with plans for another in the country
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Sport Conrad, the large German retailer and mail-order operator, has...
Sport Conrad, the large German retailer and mail-order operator, has been granted the exclusive right to sell the Swedish brand Elevante in Germany. The brand of snow wear was founded in 2009 by Sara Rönngren, a former product manager at Peak Performance, and Jimmy Odén, a mountain guide. The Åre-based ...
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Karstadt is reportedly asking again suppliers to stretch payment...
Karstadt is reportedly asking again suppliers to stretch payment terms, waiting for 30 more days than usual. Quoting a company spokesman, Textilwirtschaft says the German retail group doesn't have any liquidity problems, however. The management has already reported that its Christmas sales had been relatively good.
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A new Italian law allowing stores to stay open at...
A new Italian law allowing stores to stay open at all times from the start of this year is causing controversy and disbelief among the country's retailers. The bold move was pushed by Mario Monti, Italy's prime minister, as part of his plan to open up the country's services industry. Some retailers applaud this ...
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Brunotti Sportswear has launched a remote order-entry app for the...
Brunotti Sportswear has launched a remote order-entry app for the iPad and iPhone, a tool for pre-order sales. It features excellent photos with zoom capabilities for its whole collection, and products can be ordered from anywhere, at any time. It also allows for the scanning of barcodes and QR codes, ...
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Sportalm, the Austrian brand of high-end skiwear and fashionable clothing,...
Sportalm, the Austrian brand of high-end skiwear and fashionable clothing, is about to expand its network of retail franchises with a new store in Bensheim, Germany, which is set to open by the end of February. Simultaneously, it has opened a new Sportalm store on two floors in Mayrhofen in ...
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Futbolmanía, a retailer specializing in football products in Barcelona, will...
Futbolmanía, a retailer specializing in football products in Barcelona, will open its first store in Madrid in mid-2012, in the first step in an ambitious expansion program. Meanwhile, the Barcelona store is organizing a three-on-three competition among football veterans on its own premises.
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Sporthaus Münzinger, the big sporting goods store on Munich's Marienplatz,...
Sporthaus Münzinger, the big sporting goods store on Munich's Marienplatz, is being renovated. It will reopen at the beginning of April with a 630m² area focusing on football and other team sports.
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Icebreaker is going to open its second Touchlab store in...
Icebreaker is going to open its second Touchlab store in New York City later this month. It will be located at 823 Washington Street, in the Meatpacking District of Manhattan. The New Zealand brand of merino wool apparel opened its first store in New York in December 2010. It also ...
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Li Ning is working with the Acquity Group, which has...
Li Ning is working with the Acquity Group, which has offices in the U.S. and China, to develop an e-commerce platform for its own basketball, women's fitness and running products
