Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 36
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News briefsPádel brand invites you to rent before you buy
StarVie has introduced eight-day pre-purchase rentals for pádel racquets. The fee per rental is €22.90 and includes the costs of shipping to and from the customer and of insurance to cover any damage to the racquet. The racquet is delivered to and collected from whatever address the customer provides. If ...
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News briefsSpanish e-tailer hits three more European markets
Deporvillage has inaugurated three more e-commerce sites – for Denmark, the Netherlands and Poland. According to sales director Alex Reina, who has spoken with CMDsport, the Spanish specialist in cycling, running and outdoor sports believes that the Netherlands could become a key market in three to five years, as early ...
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News briefsFrasers Group acquires greater stake in XXL
XXL’s share price rose significantly on the Oslo Stock Exchange after Britain’s Frasers Group acquired 117 million shares in the troubled Norwegian sporting goods chain on Tuesday, now owning 162 million shares, which – according to E24 – equals 9.75 percent of the total shares and 12.16 percent of the ...
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News briefsFútbol Emotion branches out
A specialty retailer until now, Fútbol Emotion is branching out into a new sport – indeed, new sports. As we’ve learned through Diffusion Sport, CEO and co-owner Carlos Sánchez has detailed the plan to infoRetail. “We’d like to take our know-how in football and export it to other sports, and ...
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ArticleGerman e-commerce lacks positive impetus
Weak consumer sentiment continues to leave its mark on German online retail. Compared with the same quarter in 2022, according to the German e-commerce and mail order retail association (bevh), online sales of goods (including VAT, not price-adjusted) fell by 13.9 percent across the sector from the beginning of July ...
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ArticleIntersport Voswinkel invests in growth, opens 50th store
German retailer Intersport Voswinkel is celebrating its 50th location with the opening of its new 1,100-sqm sports store in Hanau, underlining its growth course, with more Voswinkel stores to follow. Source: Intersport Intersport Voswinkel Hanau Source: Intersport Marcus Neul “We want to continue to ...
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News briefsNike’s virtual shoe goes real-life
Nike’s digital member platform .SWOOSH is launching its first-ever real sneaker, designed exclusively for its members: The Air Force 1 Low TINAJ (“this is not a jpg”). According to the .SWOOSH blog, customers must have uncovered one or more OF1 boxes by Oct. 16 to enjoy exclusive access to the ...
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News briefsSaaS provider Scnd receives €4 million in funding
Scnd, a Paris-based provider of a SaaS solution for e-commerce services, announced a €4 million funding round backed by investors including 42Cap and Partech. Led by Anthoni Noyon, CEO, Thomas Weyand, Chief Revenue Officer, and Sam Schneider, Chief Technical Officer, Scnd has developed a white label solution that allows companies ...
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News briefsJD’s new CFO in office
As announced earlier this year, Neil Greenhalgh, Group CFO since 2018, has left JD Group. Dominic Platt took over the position on Oct. 4, 2023. Platt was most recently CFO of BGL Group, one of the UK’s leading digital distributors of financial services and owner of Compare the Market. He ...
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News briefsRidestore breaks billion SEK mark
According to a report on ehandel.se, Gothenburg-based e-tailer Ridestore will close the 2022/2023 fiscal year, which runs until the end of March, stronger than ever, already reporting net sales of 1.16 billion Swedish kroner (€99.91m). Operating profit is SEK 353.2 million (€30.42m). The company says the strong Euro had a ...
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News briefsFrasers Group submits plans for new HQ
According to Retail Gazette, U.K. retailer Frasers Group has submitted a planning application to establish a new global headquarters at Ansty in Rugby, Warwickshire. The move is intended to support its growth ambitions, the retail group said. The campus is expected to include a logistics area, offices, R&D retail, a ...
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News briefsSuperdry transfers IP for South Asia to joint venture with Indian retailer
India’s largest retailer, Reliance Brands Limited (RBL), through its wholly-owned subsidiary in the UK (RBUK), signed a definitive agreement to form a joint venture with British fashion brand Superdry PLC to acquire its intellectual property for the territories of India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, the company said in a statement. ...
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ArticleSigna Sports to delist from NYSE, new CEO in Q1/2024
After assuming in June that the worst of the market disruptions were over, Signa Sports United N.V. (SSU), the Berlin-based sports e-commerce specialist, has now announced an acceleration of its strategic realignment and performance improvement program. Ahead of putting its Q3 numbers on the table, the company is talking ...
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News briefsReorganization of ANWR's Executive Board completed
Matthias Grevener has left the Executive Board of the German ANWR Group eG on Sept. 30, 2023, after a total of 17 years and as the longest-serving member of the Board. He also resigned all his mandates within the ANWR Group of companies but will continue to be available to ...
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News briefsAuthentic Brands Group furthers strategic partnership with Liberated Brands
Authentic Brands Group has entered into a new long-term agreement with its strategic partner Liberated Brands, to be the retail and e-commerce operator for its brands Quiksilver, Billabong, Roxy, RVCA, Honolua and the recently acquired Boardriders in the US and Canada. Additionally, Liberated will become the license partner and wholesale ...
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ArticleE-commerce sales continue to grow in Europe, but at a slower pace
In 2022, B2C European e-commerce grew to €899 billion, representing a 6 percent growth from 2021, according to the 2023 European E-commerce Report. The growth rate decreased from a 12 percent growth in 2021. The deceleration was attributed to saturation in e-commerce markets after the fading of the Covid-19 pandemic ...
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News briefsMarks & Spencer expands its online roster of sports brands
British retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) has added an extensive mix of womenswear products from Adidas and Sweaty Betty to The Sports Edit online platform, in line with its strategy of enhancing its Sportswear category. This latest addition brings the total number of third-party sportswear brands available on M&S.com to ...
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News briefsDecathlon opens fifth Austrian store
Source: Decathlon/Romar Ferry Gábor Pósfai, Managing Director Decathlon Austria. Five years after the opening of the first Austrian store in the SCS Park in Vösendorf, the fifth Decathlon location is to follow on Sept. 29. Customers will find equipment and clothing for more than 70 sports on ...
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News briefsJD closer to buying Courir
The acquisition of Courir has advanced to the next stage, with JD Sports Fashion signing an agreement to make the purchase for €520 million, as CMDsport reports. The sum is to comprise €325 million in cash and €195 million in redemptions. The deal remains subject to regulatory approval but is ...
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ArticleIntersport Germany invests in climate neutrality at its HQ
An important milestone in Intersport Germany’s holistic sustainability strategy is the expansion of renewable energies at HQ in Heilbronn. To ensure a self-sufficient energy supply and reduce CO2 emissions, the company is investing a total of up to €10 million in the renovation of approximately 20,000 square meters of roof ...
