Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 196
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Speedo has extended its distribution agreement with Oberalp to cover...
Speedo has extended its distribution agreement with Oberalp to cover the markets of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, starting next July 1. The Italian company, which has sales subsidiaries in Poland and the Czeck Republic, started distributing Speedo in Italy in 2007 and extended the deal to Germany ...
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Xavier and David Berneda, the two Spanish brothers who own...
Xavier and David Berneda, the two Spanish brothers who own the Munich brand of sneakers, have set up a new distribution company, Bernher, to distribute Jaked, the Italian brand of high-tech swimwear, on the Spanish market. Eduardo Loriente, who ran Jaked's former distributor, Aquatic Global Sports, has joined Bernher.
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Snow Factory is taking on the distribution of Stöckli in...
Snow Factory is taking on the distribution of Stöckli in Spain and Andorra, starting on Jan. 1. At the same time, it is stopping the distribution of the various product lines of K2 Sports, except for Zoot, reportedly because the American group wanted to see an increase in the volumes ...
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Eleven Outdoor has taken on the distribution of Houdini Sportswear...
Eleven Outdoor has taken on the distribution of Houdini Sportswear in France
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L-Fashion Group is looking for suitable distribution partners in the...
L-Fashion Group is looking for suitable distribution partners in the U.S. for Icepeak, its affordable line of sports clothing, whose annual sales have reached the equivalent of $140 million
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Falkenschuh Schnake takes on the German distribution of Shred Optics...
Falkenschuh Schnake takes on the German distribution of Shred Optics and Slytech Protection, the fast-growing eyewear and protection brands of Anomaly Action Sports
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Cisalfa Sport has launched a new retail concept, called Cisalfa...
Cisalfa Sport has launched a new retail concept, called Cisalfa 2.0, intended to place more emphasis on the product and to provide a more emotive shopping experience. It is starting off with a store located at 18 Corso Vercelli in Milan. It replaces a former Germani Sport owned by the ...
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New Balance has inaugurated a 1,500-square-meter flagship store in Madrid,...
New Balance has inaugurated a 1,500-square-meter flagship store in Madrid, taking the place of an old jewelry shop at 15, Gran Via. In addition to an actual retail store, it features a museum with samples of historic styles, a coffee shop and a running club.
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Rossignol has opened a pop-up store in a Paris museum,...
Rossignol has opened a pop-up store in a Paris museum, the Grand Palais, to showcase a new, elegant line of urban clothing to promote its development in the sector. The store is set against the backdrop of a large ice skating rink that will remain in place for the holidays ...
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Décathlon has opened stores in Harlow and Croydon, taking the...
Décathlon has opened stores in Harlow and Croydon, taking the number of its stores in the U.K. up to a total of 16
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VF Corp. has opened dual Vans/Eastpak shops in the San...
VF Corp. has opened dual Vans/Eastpak shops in the San Babila district of Milan and in the Roma Est shopping center of the Italian capital
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Adidas' first HomeCourt store in Germany and its 20th worldwide...
Adidas' first HomeCourt store in Germany and its 20th worldwide has opened in downtown Nuremberg
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Moncler is opening its first store in Prague
Moncler is opening its first store in Prague
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A franchised Odlo stores opens in the French ski resort...
A franchised Odlo stores opens in the French ski resort of Megève
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Asics is revising its system of selective distribution in the...
Asics is revising its system of selective distribution in the European Zone and Switzerland in the course of next year, in response to criticism from the German Cartel Office. It has developed a new set of criteria for authorizing online and offline retailers, defining the type of merchandise that they ...
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Alibaba says it spent one billion renmimbi (€131.9m-$160.8m) in the...
Alibaba says it spent one billion renmimbi (€131.9m-$160.8m) in the 12 months ended on Nov. 30 to combat the sale of counterfeited goods online, engaging a task force of more than 2,000 people that will be expanded by a further 200 in the next year. Some 5,400 volunteers have also ...
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Décathlon has also turned a one-year-old French distribution center at...
Décathlon has also turned a one-year-old French distribution center at Rouvignies, near Valenciennes and the Belgian border, into its sixth continental distribution platform, joining three others in France and two in Spain. Covering 56,000 square meters, it will process the merchandise received from the suppliers and dispatch it to any ...
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The Swiss subsidiary of Lowa is taking on the distribution...
The Swiss subsidiary of Lowa is taking on the distribution of Holmenkol in the country
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Two Spanish managers, David García and Beni Moret, are reportedly...
Two Spanish managers, David García and Beni Moret, are reportedly taking on the license for Umbro in Spain and Portugal, starting with the autumn/winter 2015/16 season. García is the commercial director of Gescom Sport. Moret is a manager of Anzamar.
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Socrep is opening a new showroom in Milan, in via...
Socrep is opening a new showroom in Milan, in via Morimondo, which will host the brands Canada Goose, Manhattan Portage and Fred Perry. The move is part of a series of openings by the Italian importer of sporting goods that also includes new showrooms in Verona, Prato, Rome and Trani. ...
