Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 201
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Fitness Boutique, the French retailer of fitness equipment, has launched...
Fitness Boutique, the French retailer of fitness equipment, has launched a franchising program, hoping to attract a dozen retailers in the first year of operation. The company already has 17 stores in France and two in Spain, in addition to its online store. It plans to open five other corporate ...
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Billabong has opened its first flagship store in Germany and...
Billabong has opened its first flagship store in Germany and the second one in Europe. The shop of 180 square meters in Munich follows the doors in Anglet, France; Manly, Australia; and Singapore. The offer comprises not only the core brand, but also the merchandise of sister brands such as ...
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Benitosport is one of the retailers operating in a newly...
Benitosport is one of the retailers operating in a newly inaugurated urban shopping center in Barcelona, Las Arena, that takes the place of the former bullfighting ring next to the centrally located Plaza Espanya
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According to local reports that could not be confirmed, Décathlon...
According to local reports that could not be confirmed, Décathlon will open two new stores in the Czech Republic in 2011. They will be located in Ostrava and Most. The French retailer, which began operating in the country in the autumn of last year with its first outlet in Liberec, ...
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On March 17, Intersport Sverige opened a 3,000-square-meter Intersport megastore...
On March 17, Intersport Sverige opened a 3,000-square-meter Intersport megastore on Drottninggatan in Stockholm, next to a Stadium store and where 75,000 people on average pass every day. Another 12 to 18 Intersport superstores based on the same format are planned in major Swedish cities. The format is a slightly ...
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Lacoste is taking many interesting and diversified initiatives at retail....
Lacoste is taking many interesting and diversified initiatives at retail. It is redecorating its flagship store on Paris' Champs-Elysées in time for the Roland-Garros tennis tournament, to be followed by a restyled flagship on New York's Fifth Avenue that should open in June. Meanwhile, the brand is sharing a new ...
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Peak Performance is opening its second German corporate General Store...
Peak Performance is opening its second German corporate General Store in Regensburg
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Specialized opens three new concept stores in Spain
Specialized opens three new concept stores in Spain
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Adidas is opening a pilot store for women only in...
Adidas is opening a pilot store for women only in Seoul
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On March 5, Globetrotter opened its store in Munich at...
On March 5, Globetrotter opened its store in Munich at last. It was a 12-year journey to find the right location. In the end, the Hamburg-based chain set up at Isartor in a highly competitive retail environment. The 6,500-square-meter flagship store is only a few minutes' walk from single-brand stores ...
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Hervis Sport became on March 17 the second sporting goods...
Hervis Sport became on March 17 the second sporting goods retailer to sell over the internet in the Czech Republic after Sportissimo, which began in 2009, and it wants to become the biggest one on the web by 2012. The Austrian company plans to sell mainly medium and higher-priced products ...
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Oxylane, parent company of Décathlon, is testing a new store...
Oxylane, parent company of Décathlon, is testing a new store concept called Loco for to shopping malls, according to a blog about the activities of the Mulliez retail empire. A store was opened in Spain and another in northern France at Noyelles-Godault. The stores offer Décathlon products that are displayed ...
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New Era has opened a 1,100-sq.-ft. flagship store in Tokyo,...
New Era has opened a 1,100-sq.-ft. flagship store in Tokyo, its eighth such store globally
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Décathlon, which is developing strongly in the Chinese mainland, has...
Décathlon, which is developing strongly in the Chinese mainland, has reportedly obtained governmental approval to open between 10 and 12 superstores in Taiwan over the next five years. The total investment is said to be nearly €300 million including a new office and a distribution center. One of Décathlon's arguments ...
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Concentrating more and more on emerging markets, where Foot Locker...
Concentrating more and more on emerging markets, where Foot Locker is not present yet, The Athlete's Foot entered Botswana and Lebanon last year and is now entering Angola
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DW Sports, the British chain of sporting goods stores and...
DW Sports, the British chain of sporting goods stores and fitness clubs that was bought by David Whelan from JJB Sports, is holding talks to integrate the Intersport UK buying group
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SportScheck will move out of its birthpace in Munich's Sendlinger...
SportScheck will move out of its birthpace in Munich's Sendlinger Strasse. The leasing contract for the building, still owned – at least partially – by the Scheck family, is running out in 2013. SportScheck will move to a very prominent location in Neuhauser Strasse, close to Karlsplatz, spreading over more ...
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Volcom is opening a concept store in Bordeaux in April...
Volcom is opening a concept store in Bordeaux in April 2011
