Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 202
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Taobao Mall, China's largest online retailer, is going to let...
Taobao Mall, China's largest online retailer, is going to let 38 rival retailers open virtual stores on its site as a way to expand its offerings. It won't become a retailer itself, but will continue in its role as a B2C platform between customers and brands or retailers. Taobao already ...
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Zalando will launch a pilot project next November to sell...
Zalando will launch a pilot project next November to sell sporting goods online in partnership with a sporting goods retailer in Germany. Philip Metzler and Christian Zingel, who are taking care of Zalando's partnership program for the moment, indicate that the retailer does not wish to be named during ...
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The Adidas Group plans to open more than 2,500 single-brand...
The Adidas Group plans to open more than 2,500 single-brand stores in the lower-tier cities of China over the next few years, expanding coverage to more than 1,400 cities in the country. The plan was mentioned in a report in the China Daily newspaper quoting Colin Currie, managing director of ...
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Asics America Group has opened the first flagship store for...
Asics America Group has opened the first flagship store for the Japanese brand in São Paulo, Brazil, the first move in the company's planned retail expansion in the country. The Brazilian subsidiary is the company's fastest-growing worldwide, reporting a 39 percent sales increase in 2010. The new store has shoes, ...
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Protest, the Dutch brand of boardsports apparel, has opened its...
Protest, the Dutch brand of boardsports apparel, has opened its second store in Beijing as part of its expansion in China, with more stores in Beijing and Shanghai planned by the end of this year, run through its Chinese partner, BTS Shanghai International. The Netherlands now represents only 20 percent ...
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New Balance will be opening its first mono-brand store in...
New Balance will be opening its first mono-brand store in Spain by the end of September. The store will be located in Madrid and will offer various product categories of the brand, including apparel, footwear and accessories. Additionally, a lifestyle collection will be added to the offerings.
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Patagonia is teaming up with Ebay for a new Common...
Patagonia is teaming up with Ebay for a new Common Threads Initiative store at its online marketplace, encouraging customers to buy and sell used Patagonia products. The purpose of Patagonia's Common Threads Initiative is to reduce consumption and ease its environmental impact. The initiative is the first time that a ...
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The North Face will open a new flagship store in...
The North Face will open a new flagship store in Gothenburg, Sweden, next month
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Norrøna has opened its first store in Sweden on Norrlandsgatan...
Norrøna has opened its first store in Sweden on Norrlandsgatan in Stockholm, mostly to improve the image of the Norwegian brand in the country. The spacious 450m² store is divided into five sections: skiing and snowboard, alpine climbing, outdoor, hunting, and lifestyle. In the middle of the store, there is ...
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Golfsmith International, which until now has had retail operations only...
Golfsmith International, which until now has had retail operations only in the U.S., is expanding internationally, starting with South Korea. Most golf there is played indoors on golf simulators, and more than 84 percent of the market for these products is ruled by Golfzon. This Korean company will open and ...
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An NBA Store is opening as a temporary pop-up shop...
An NBA Store is opening as a temporary pop-up shop in New York this autumn, near where the store it shuttered in February was located. Adidas will run the 6,000-square-foot store, on Fifth Avenue between 47th and 48th Streets, and incur all the associated expenses. The league is looking for ...
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Décathlon is said to be opening its 13th German store...
Décathlon is said to be opening its 13th German store in Mainz soon with the interesting adjustment of strategy that the store should be located right downtown, next to the central railway station. Reportedly, the French chain is investing €40 million in a new distribution center in Schwetzingen, a town ...
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Activinstinct, the leading specialist online retailer of sporting goods in...
Activinstinct, the leading specialist online retailer of sporting goods in the U.K., has announced a partnership with Shop Direct Group, the largest online and home shopping retailer in the country, which will thus continue to expand the product range it offers to a large clientele. After reaching sales of ...
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DPA, the German press agency, reports that Karstadt's new chief,...
DPA, the German press agency, reports that Karstadt's new chief, Andrew Jennings, appointed at the beginning of the year, is serious about expanding its network of sports stores. Currently, it has 26 of them, plus 86 department stores and the three premium stores operated in Hamburg, Munich and Berlin. Jennings ...
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The Flatiron District of New York City is the home...
The Flatiron District of New York City is the home to the first New Balance Experience Store in North America. The store has a Mondo running track as well as a Demonstration Area where customers can watch a New Balance employee assemble shoes. It takes up 4,000 square feet and ...
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Crocs' second store in France has opened its door in...
Crocs' second store in France has opened its door in the seaside resort of Antibes
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Skechers has opened a shop-in-shop in the London department store...
Skechers has opened a shop-in-shop in the London department store of Harrods, situated in the fitness department, on the store's fifth floor
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Forum Sport will be able to open a new 2,400-m²...
Forum Sport will be able to open a new 2,400-m² store in Gijón in September, the 39th door within the Spanish chain, as a local court overruled the opposition of municipal authorities against the move
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Protest, the Dutch board sports brand, has opened its first...
Protest, the Dutch board sports brand, has opened its first brand store in China, in The Place, an upmarket shopping mall in Beijing
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DQM, described as the leading skate shop in New York,...
DQM, described as the leading skate shop in New York, will open a co-branded store with Vans in the heart of the city's SoHo district in September. Called the Vans DQM General store, it will showcase DQM's own line of apparel and Vans footwear, including some exclusive co-branded styles. It ...
