All Sport 2000 Austria articles
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C-Suite InterviewSport 2000 CEOs on AI in retail
Sport 2000’s CEOs Margit Gosau and Irina Andorfer discuss how AI assistants are shifting retail from search-based discovery to conversation-driven commerce.
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ArticleSport 2000 Austria shifts to retail service model
Austria’s leading sporting goods group reorganizes to enhance service, partner integration and future growth under a new strategic structure.
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ArticleSport 2000 Austria had a strong winter season
Rentals and premium gear, as well as ski tourism and consumer expectations, were the Austrian retail network’s best segments.
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C-Suite InterviewIrina Andorfer, Sport 2000 Austria: "As a retailer, I have to earn my USP"
Irina Andorfer talks about the transformation of Sport 2000 Austria and explains why listening and understanding are not enough for her first 100 days as CEO of Sport 2000 Austria.
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C-Suite InterviewMargit Gosau, Sport 2000: There’s a modest resurgence of the traditional sports retailer
What is the current state of the sports retail sector, and what are retailers’ expectations for the year 2025? Margit Gosau, provides her point of view.
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ArticleNew CEO for Sport 2000 Austria
Irina Andorfer takes over as CEO, focusing on international synergies, digitalization and enhanced retailer support.
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News briefsNew Managing Director for ANWR Sports (Austria)
Irina Andorfer will start as Managing Director of ANWR Sports GmbH, the wholly-owned Austrian subsidiary of the German ANWR Group eG responsible for Sport 2000 Austria.
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News briefsSport 2000 Austria joins forces with ANWR Group
At an extraordinary general meeting on Jan. 11, 2024, the Zentrasport Österreich e. Gen. cooperative, which is part of the international retail network Sport 2000, decided to become part of ANWR Group eG and the Sport 2000 country network led by Sport 2000 Germany. In July 2023, the Austrian cooperative ...
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ArticleSport 2000 Austria: Zentrasport’s reorganization proceedings closed
The restructuring proceedings with self-administration submitted by Zentrasport Österreich e.Gen. on Aug. 11 were successfully closed on Nov. 9, 2023, at the regional court in Wels. The creditors approved the restructuring plan. The original target ratio of 60 percent could not be fully met; creditors will receive a ratio of ...
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ArticleSport 2000 Austria: Zentrasport initiates restructuring process
The association of the Austrian sports retailer community, Zentrasport Österreich e. Gen., is reporting that due to full warehouses as well as the payment default of one major retailer, the liquidity of the cooperative has been significantly strained and restructuring measures had to be initiated. Only Zentrasport Österreich itself is ...
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C-Suite InterviewSport 2000 International’s CEO is pushing its specialist concept
In part two of our interview, CEO Margit Gosau shares what Sport 2000’s new specialist concept might look like and her predictions for 2023.
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C-Suite InterviewMargit Gosau: “In times of crisis, sport seems to become more important”
In an exclusive interview, Margit Gosau CEO Sport 2000 reveals the group’s most successful categories and why Finland and Sweden are leaving
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News briefsSport 2000 Austria joins global brand strategy and adapts claim
Sport 2000 Austria has joined the international marketing campaign of its mother company by adopting the corporate design and translating the brand claim “Home of experts” (launched by Sport 2000 International in April 2022) into German. “Wo Profis zuhause sind” (German for Home of experts) is the new motto in ...
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News briefsSport 2000 Austria recertified as Sport Leading Company, retailers honored with Victor awards
For the third time in a row, Sport 2000 Austria has been certified as a “Sport Leading Company,” one of the awards given by Sport Leading Certification, a company that is part of Austrian PP Sport Management GmbH, in cooperation with an institute for sports economics. Sport Leading Certification is ...
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News briefsSport 2000 Austria grows in 2022, is cautious with future forecasts
The expansion of strategic focus areas and the further development of logistics and sustainability topics were the focus of the recent Sport 2000 Austria general meeting. For the calendar year 2022, Sport 2000 Austria continues to expect a sales increase of around nine percent. However, the board is cautious with ...
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News briefsSport 2000 Austria celebrates 50th anniversary
Over the past 50 years, Sport 2000 Austria has developed from a small garage with ten retailers to Austria’s largest sports retailer community with currently 232 retailers. Sport 2000 Austria employs around 3,450 people and will achieve a projected turnover of 700 million euros in its anniversary year (estimate based ...
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ArticleSport 2000 Austria well positioned for upcoming challenges
Source: SPORT 2000 Holger Schwarting, CEO Sport 2000 Austria, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, is expecting slight sales growth in its anniversary year. ”The times are very eventful at the moment. On the one hand, sports retailers are benefiting from the megatrends of sports ...
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News briefsSport 2000 Austria Order Show is the “industry meeting point”
82 Sport 2000 retailers visited the Sport 2000 Multisport Order Show in Ohlsdorf, Upper Austria, from June 14 to 15 and got an overview of the product range for the spring and summer season 2023 from around 55 brands. On 2,000 square meters of floor space, the focus was on ...
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News briefsSport 2000 Austria retailers voted ski rental partner of the year
For the third year in a row, the Austrian Sport 2000 retailers were honored as the best ski rental points in Austria, according to a study by the Austrian society for consumer studies (ÖGVS). The survey assessed, amongst other things, the courtesy of the staff, the consultation, the quality of ...
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News briefsVSSÖ president Kellermayr resigns, association’s board with new structure
With Gernot Kellermayr leaving the organization after 14 years of presidency, the Austrian Association of Sporting Goods Manufacturers and Suppliers (VSSÖ) is reorganizing its presidium. In the future, the presidium of the VSSÖ, which defines the operational and strategic goals of the association, will be composed of four members with ...
