Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 159
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Foot Locker is aiming for A1 locations in the major...
Foot Locker is aiming for A1 locations in the major European cities. It plans to open a new store measuring 550 square meters at Alexanderplatz, in the center of Berlin, next spring. According to sport-guide.com, the American banner is also negotiating a lease for a store of 1,500 sqm. on ...
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Banking on the athleisure trend, Supergroup has announced plans to...
Banking on the athleisure trend, Supergroup has announced plans to launch directly-owned or franchised stand-alone stores and shop-in-shops for its 18-month-old Superdry Sport range, in a move that is aimed at accelerating what it calls its “global lifestyle” strategy. The British sportswear brand is already sold in 60 countries. After ...
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After 20 years of glorious existence, Colette, the Paris boutique...
After 20 years of glorious existence, Colette, the Paris boutique that has been offering original products from many different sports and fashion brands, is going to close its doors on Dec. 20
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Targeting mainly young women with its sports fashion offerings, the...
Targeting mainly young women with its sports fashion offerings, the Printemps group has celebrated the long-awaited opening of a 1,664-square-meter Citadium store at 65, avenue des Champs-Elysées in Paris, next to Nike's store on the famous shopping street
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JD Sports Fashion plans to double the size of its...
JD Sports Fashion plans to double the size of its flagship store in Glasgow to nearly 13,000 square feet on two floors by November, using the new store design of its recently opened flagship in Newcastle
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Carhartt has announced plans to open a 2,500-square-foot store on...
Carhartt has announced plans to open a 2,500-square-foot store on London's King's Boulevard in September, not far from the Nike Central store that opened last August
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Champion Europe is reportedly set to open the first Champion...
Champion Europe is reportedly set to open the first Champion USA store in the Soho district of London
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Poc Sweden will close in the autumn its first and...
Poc Sweden will close in the autumn its first and only single-brand store, which it had opened in the French ski resort of Chamonix in 2006
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Keller Sports, the German multi-channel retailer based in Munich, won...
Keller Sports, the German multi-channel retailer based in Munich, won the German Brand Award 2017 at the end of June. Other bands that were given with the award were Uvex, Lowa and Led Lenser. Among the sporting goods retailers that participated, Keller Sports was the only company that won an ...
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Reportedly, Under Armour has finally reached a settlement with its...
Reportedly, Under Armour has finally reached a settlement with its former Spanish distributor, Alnisa Sport. The American company had terminated a distribution agreement with Alnisa, giving it notice that the contract would stop at the end of 2016, and decided to set up its own sales subsidiary in the country. ...
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Bunker Mentality, one of the most original golf apparel brands...
Bunker Mentality, one of the most original golf apparel brands in the U.K., is moving into the U.S. market through The Duran Group. Its products will be adapted to the U.S. market, where the group works with more than 6,500 pro golf shops. The group also owns the National Golf ...
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ABC Distribution will again be the Italian distributor of Inov-8,...
ABC Distribution will again be the Italian distributor of Inov-8, the British brand of trail running shoes owned by Descente, starting with the spring/summer 2018 season. ABC, which now also sells the backpacks of Ultimate Direction, had taken on the Italian distribution for Hoka One One at the start of ...
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Mundo Mammoth, one of the major physical and online retailers...
Mundo Mammoth, one of the major physical and online retailers for bicycles in Spain, has announced an agreement to integrate its operations into those of Barrabès Esquí y Montaña, the leading Spanish outdoor and ski retailer, which has adopted a hybrid online/offline retail structure since it launched its web store ...
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As the outcome of Britain's general election earlier this month...
As the outcome of Britain's general election earlier this month caused a sharp fall in the exchange rate of the pound against the dollar, Sports Direct International (SDI) said that its exchange rate for these currencies was fully hedged for the fiscal year until April 2018 at a rate of ...
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Intersport France has stated that it wants to become the...
Intersport France has stated that it wants to become the second-largest sporting goods retailer in Belgium, where it now has only six stores, compared with 639 in France. We estimate that Intersport was in sixth place in a market dominated by Decathlon in 2015. After closing many stores, Intersport opened ...
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Decathlon has opened its 15th store in the Paris area....
Decathlon has opened its 15th store in the Paris area. Located in the suburb of Malakoff, it measures 3,500 square meters. In Spain, the French retailer inaugurated on June 16 a smaller store of 1,800 sqm. in the Maquinista shopping center of Barcelona.
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Yet another Spanish voluntary group, Anzamar, is launching its own...
Yet another Spanish voluntary group, Anzamar, is launching its own chain of sneaker shops, called Black Laces. The first one will open next month at Los Barrios, near Algeciras, to be followed by another one at Jaén in August or September.
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Lacoste unveiled a new global store concept in early June...
Lacoste unveiled a new global store concept in early June that features a stronger and more immersive brand experience. Located at Westfield White City in Shepherd's Bush, London, the 140-square-meter boutique celebrates the heritage of the French premium lifestyle brand. The central feature is The Polo Wall, which features Lacoste ...
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Volcom has opened a flagship store on rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine...
Volcom has opened a flagship store on rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine in Paris, near the Bastille and close to several other mono-brand shops including the Jordan store recently opened by Foot Locker. It covers 200 square meters of space on two floors. Volcom now has 18 directly owned or partner-owned stores ...
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Launching a new store concept, Dainese has inaugurated a store...
Launching a new store concept, Dainese has inaugurated a store in Berlin for its motorcycling and sports apparel and protection products. It has a Custom Works room for special projects.
