Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 41
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News briefsThe Athlete’s Foot launches new neighborhood store concept in the USA
Specialty footwear and lifestyle chain The Athlete’s Foot (TAF) has opened its first “neighborhood” concept store with several community-focused events at Atlantic Station in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. TAF is focused on enhancing the customer experience while continuing to drive hyperlocal product assortment and community engagement. The new store concept is ...
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ArticleSprinter, Deporvillage hope to open new chapter with new store
Sprinter has opened a big store – on the former premises of an IKEA – that it hopes will serve as a watershed, separating its past from its future, according to Diffusion Sport and other sources in Spain. Located at the Alcora Plaza de Alcorcón shopping center in Madrid, the ...
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Infographics & DataChinese consumer preferences
McKinsey sees a Chinese market with “robust underlying demand.” But what leads to consumers’ preference for local over international brands?
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News briefsNike to open new 1,200 sqm concept store in the U.K.
Nike will open a new, digitally focused, 1,200-sqm store in Manchester, U.K., in the city’s Arndale shopping center. The two-story store will focus on the Nike Rise concept, which uses digital services to empower athletes to make sport a daily habit, according to RetailGazette.co.uk. Manchester Arndale is one of the ...
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News briefsFrasers Group to introduce loyalty scheme across all brands
Frasers Group, the owner of Sports Direct, is set to launch a new membership program called Frasers Plus in the U.K. market. Speaking at the World Retail Congress in Barcelona on April 26, Frasers Group’s chief executive, Michael Murray, described the solution as the retailer’s version of Amazon Prime. Frasers ...
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ArticleFirst Intersport flagships open in Germany
Engelhorn Sports in Mannheim, L&T in Osnabrück and Sport Reischmann in Kempten and Ravensburg are the first four German sports retailers to operate under the new Intersport flagship concept, for which a new Intersport logo in an exclusive color scheme was created. With the new concept, Intersport Germany says it ...
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ArticleKlarna launches resale function and more to mark 18th anniversary
Payment and shopping service provider Klarna has unveiled a number of new innovations on the occasion of its 18th anniversary. The new products include the new Klarna app and smart shopping features that help consumers find and resell the perfect items. With the Klarna app’s new AI-driven shopping feed, consumers ...
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News briefsHDE: German retail expected to lose 9,000 doors in 2023
Following the Covid years, the retail sector in Germany is set to lose 9,000 more stores (across all consumer goods segments) in 2023, according to a forecast by the German Retail Association (HDE). Increasing vacancies in many city centers are making locations less attractive and putting more businesses at risk. ...
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ArticleXXL sees 6% sales boost in Q1 as market share rises but margins squeezed
XXL ASA generated revenues of 1,984 million Norwegian kroner (€168.8m) from continuing operations in the first quarter of 2023, up by 6.4 percent compared to the year earlier, as heavy discounts allowed the company to post sales growth and gain market share but squeezed profit margins. Like-for-like sales growth stood ...
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ArticleCanada Goose with five new executives to drive strategic growth plan
Canada Goose announced five new appointments to its leadership team, all effective immediately, aligned to its recently unveiled five-year strategic growth plan. The Canadian company appointed Matt Blonder as the brand’s first-ever chief digital officer; Juliette Streichenberger as president of CGAG and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA); Ana ...
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News briefsBritish MPs write to Frasers Group against use of facial recognition cameras
A cross-party collection of nearly 50 Members of Parliament and peers have written to Frasers Group, the owner of Sports Direct, condemning the use of “live facial recognition” cameras in the group’s stores, The Guardian has reported. The parliamentarians have described the technology as “invasive and discriminatory,” urging the group ...
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News briefsAW LAB launches new store concept in Italy
Sneakers and lifestyle retail chain AW LAB has introduced a new retail concept in its Italian stores in Rimini, Viareggio, Rome, Verona and Carini. The new store concept, developed in partnership with London-based agency TRC, is meant to provide a contemporary feel and enhance the shopping experience. The retail concept ...
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News briefsJD Sports appoints two non-executive directors
Following last week’s appointment of Michael Armstrong as the company’s first global managing director to further drive the group’s growth and achieve its goal of becoming the “leading global sports-fashion powerhouse,” JD Sports has appointed Angela Luger and Darren Shapland to the board as non-executive directors. Luger will join the ...
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News briefsZalando opens virtual fitting rooms as pilot for millions of customers
Zalando has opened its virtual fitting room to millions of customers across its 25 markets for the first time. The pilot is part of Zalando’s Size & Fit initiatives. Customers can create a 3D avatar by entering their height, weight and gender. For a selected range of jeans (22 items ...
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Infographics & DataCanada Goose’s DTC growth plan
Canada Goose’s 5-year goals announced in February aim to increase DTC penetration. We look at a breakdown of the luxury brand’s own figures.
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News briefsZalando to test fashion assistant powered by ChatGPT
European online fashion and lifestyle platform Zalando has announced that it will soon launch a beta version of a fashion assistant powered by ChatGPT across its web and app platforms. The OpenAI technology will allow customers to ask questions using their own words, helping them navigate Zalando’s assortment more intuitively. ...
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News briefsSporting goods sales in the U.S. grew 4.3% last year
U.S. wholesale sales of athletic footwear, apparel, sports and fitness equipment, and licensed products grew by 4.3 percent in 2022, totaling over $116 billion. This represents the second-largest percentage growth since 2010, although it also marks a pullback from the record performance of 15.8 percent in 2021. These figures were ...
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News briefsFarfetch hires new CMO
Farfetch, an Internet platform for luxury goods, announced that Nick Tran has joined the company as chief marketing officer. Tran will be based in London and will report to chief marketplace officer, Edward Sabbagh, and will oversee all global marketing functions for Farfetch Marketplaces. Tran brings more than 20 years ...
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ArticleAmazon puts the moves on France
In the Pixar movie of the same name, a Provençal dish called ratatouille serves to save the soul of a crotchety old food critic in France. The stewed vegetables produce an epiphany, hitting the critic like the madeleine hit Proust, and transport him back “in search of lost time” or ...
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News briefsJD Sports creates new global leadership position
JD Sports appointed Michael Armstrong to the newly created position of global managing director to drive growth and advance expansion plans internationally, particularly in the North American and European markets, to become the “leading global sports-fashion powerhouse.” Armstrong will work under CEO Régis Schultz to oversee JD’s strategic direction, business ...
