Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 199
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Under Armour is considering opening a full-price shop in a...
Under Armour is considering opening a full-price shop in a European country sometime over the next 12 months as the range of its products is widening, comprising also some models that have been specifically designed for the market. Under Armour's Iberian distributor, Alnisa Sport Group, has just opened the first ...
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Benitosports, one of the major retail members of Spain's Base...
Benitosports, one of the major retail members of Spain's Base buying group, has launched its own e-commerce site
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J.Lindeberg opened several new mono-brand stores in the last couple...
J.Lindeberg opened several new mono-brand stores in the last couple of months. Three new stores have been opened in Hong Kong, a new store has been opened in Malmö, two new stores in Stockholm and one new store in Miami. Further expansion of mono-brand stores is planned for the second ...
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E-commerce has reportedly come to represent between 6% and 8%...
E-commerce has reportedly come to represent between 6% and 8% of Décathlon's sales in France, and it being used heavily by the company to sell its more voluminous products in the tough German market
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Nike has opened its third Salvation store, the banner devoted...
Nike has opened its third Salvation store, the banner devoted to action sports. The new 4,000-square-foot store in Malibu, California, joins others in Laguna Beach and Irvine in the same state. Salvation offers products from Nike, Converse and Hurley, along with a knowledgeable sales staff. It also features “The Workshop,” ...
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Lolë has opened a first “showtique” – showroom/boutique – in...
Lolë has opened a first “showtique” – showroom/boutique – in Biarritz, on the Basque coast of France, to showcase its products for the European market. The Canadian brand of women's sports and leisure apparel, owned by Coalision, held a large yoga session last Sunday on the beach there. About 50 ...
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O'Neill has just opened a flagship store near the Santa...
O'Neill has just opened a flagship store near the Santa Monica Promenade in California, selling men's, boys' and women's apparel as well as the wetsuits the company launched almost 60 years ago. The new store is planning various promotions for throughout the summer. It has also joined forces with Heal ...
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Sportshopsdirect, a specialist online retailer in the Netherlands, wants to...
Sportshopsdirect, a specialist online retailer in the Netherlands, wants to increase the number of its websites from two to 11 by 2014. Established in 2002, the company has rapidly become a weighty online retailer in the tennis and football categories, with its specialist websites tennisdirect.nl and voetbaldirect.nl. Sportshopsdirect's managers told ...
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Décathlon has opened its 12th German store in Dreieich...
Décathlon has opened its 12th German store in Dreieich
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Surfdome.com, an online lifestyle department store with several action and...
Surfdome.com, an online lifestyle department store with several action and board sports categories, is launching its revamped online skate department with an extended offering of apparel and footwear as well as skating equipment
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The Oxbow store in Anglet is to be transformed into...
The Oxbow store in Anglet is to be transformed into a full-fledged board shop, with about half of its surface dedicated to equipment and wetsuits
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Volcom is opening its first retail location in Huntington Beach,...
Volcom is opening its first retail location in Huntington Beach, California, inside the iconic Huntington Surf and Sport outlet
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Foot Locker is opening a flagship store in the center...
Foot Locker is opening a flagship store in the center of Milan, with a new format including the first House of Hoops in Italy and a shop-in-shop by Adidas Originals
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Handelsblatt reports that Metro, the German retail giant, is considering...
Handelsblatt reports that Metro, the German retail giant, is considering the launch of its Kaufhof department stores on the stock exchange. A Metro executive was quoted as saying that discussions were being held with bankers, with a view to a stock market introduction. One of the issues in this respect ...
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VF Corporation is launching a pilot online store to sell...
VF Corporation is launching a pilot online store to sell products under its Vans brand on tmall.com, a retail website run by Taobao, China's largest online retailer, which could be a prelude to wider online sales of Vans and other VF brands in China next year
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Ellesse Heritage opened a pop-up store in Redchurch Street in...
Ellesse Heritage opened a pop-up store in Redchurch Street in London
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Bos Groep, a large-scale sports distribution and licensing company in...
Bos Groep, a large-scale sports distribution and licensing company in the Netherlands, has appointed Arie van der Pas, former executive at Nike and buyer at Intersport Nederland, to lead its sports business unit, replacing Johan Bolhuis
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Callaway Golf is opening two new Callaway Performance Centers, offering...
Callaway Golf is opening two new Callaway Performance Centers, offering specialized custom-fitting technology, in San Francisco a nd in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
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Telstar, a Dutch sports retailer, has opened its fourth megastore...
Telstar, a Dutch sports retailer, has opened its fourth megastore in Coevorden, which is probably the largest sports store in the eastern part of the Netherlands with a surface of about 2,500 square meters
