Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 203
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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
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Ephemeral stores can be a good way to establish a...
Ephemeral stores can be a good way to establish a new brand name in the market. Pelé Sports, the football and lifestyle brand inspired by the Brazilian football player by the same name that was launched in several countries last year, is to open its first store on a temporary ...
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A total of 11 new Macron stores have opened so...
A total of 11 new Macron stores have opened so far this year, and seven more will follow over the balance of the year, bringing the total network up to 51 doors. The cities covered so far this year are Naples, Barcelona, Rome, Blois, Tallinn, Toledo, Miranda de Ebro, Faenza, ...
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Dainese is pushing the accelerator on the development of the...
Dainese is pushing the accelerator on the development of the international network of its D-Stores, which are conceived not only as selling points, but also as test areas for new trends and as hubs for special events and other initiatives in the area of impact protection. After opening stores in ...
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After its recent opening of its first French store in...
After its recent opening of its first French store in Paris, a second Jack Wolfskin store is due to open in Strasbourg in autumn
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Anta has opened a new flagship store of more than...
Anta has opened a new flagship store of more than 1,000 square meters in Beijing's Capital Indoor Stadium
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The first European outlet store of Under Armour will open...
The first European outlet store of Under Armour will open in San Sebastián, Spain
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Norrøna has opened its second store in the capital of...
Norrøna has opened its second store in the capital of Norway. In contrast to the first store in Oslo, which has a selling surface of some 500 square meters, the new door in the Storo shopping mall will be smaller, with some 200 square meters. The Norwegian sports apparel company ...
