Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 201
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Flip Flop Shops, the 10-year-old American chain specializing in beach...
Flip Flop Shops, the 10-year-old American chain specializing in beach and sports sandals, has opened the first of 50 stores in the Middle East in Kuwait City through its local master franchisee, Al Mana Fashion Group
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Base-Detallsport, the second-largest Spanish buying group, is inviting all the...
Base-Detallsport, the second-largest Spanish buying group, is inviting all the members of a regional splinter group, Giro 180, to rejoin the cooperative, which is said to be holding discussions with another buying group, Twinner. At the same time, Base is reportedly discussing a possible cooperation in purchasing with Intersport España. ...
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Adidas accepts trading on marketplaces
This apparent turnabout comes just as the German Cartel Office has agreed to shelve its anti-trust challenge against Adidas after the company agreed to stop banning sales of its products on third-party internet marketplaces such as Amazon and eBay as well as local platforms such as Rakuten.de, Tatego.de, Hitmeister.de and ...
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Hickies, the two-year-old American company that launched an innovative elastic...
Hickies, the two-year-old American company that launched an innovative elastic lacing system for shoes, has sold more than one million packages with 28 laces since its launch in July 2012 and is currently building its distribution network in Europe. The elastic laces, which turn a sneaker into a slip-on, were ...
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Manifattura Valcismon, the Italian company that owns the Sportful and...
Manifattura Valcismon, the Italian company that owns the Sportful and Castelli brands of sports clothing, has set up a German sales subsidiary, taking over the distribution of its products from Kops, with effect from July 1. The new entity is run by Berthold Blattmann who has been in charge of ...
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Footbalance, the Finnish brand for molded insoles and computer-aided analysis...
Footbalance, the Finnish brand for molded insoles and computer-aided analysis tools, has just started to sell in the Chinese market through a local distributor. The deal was signed with Mile Technology last October. At Ispo Beijing in February Footbalance set up an agreement with Tutwo, the Chinese outdoor retail chain ...
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Bernd Hummel, the licensee for KangaROOS in Germany and many...
Bernd Hummel, the licensee for KangaROOS in Germany and many other European countries, has a new distributor in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Since July, Urban Shoes has been working as sales agent for the brand with some retailers and as distributor for other accounts. In the U.K., Bernd Hummel ...
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Martes Sport, the Polish distribution and retail group, has expanded...
Martes Sport, the Polish distribution and retail group, has expanded its licensing and distribution agreement with Hi-Tec Sports to 19 countries around Eastern Europe. While it previously covered Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the Ukraine, another 15 countries were added, from the Baltics to the former Yugoslav republics, Bulgaria, ...
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Mountain Force, the Swiss brand of higher-end snow and outdoor...
Mountain Force, the Swiss brand of higher-end snow and outdoor wear, has founded a sales subsidiary for the Austrian market. Mountain Force Austria will be led by Bent Jensen as managing director from Aug. 1. The Dane has worked as a sales representative in Austria for Peak Performance for over ...
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MD Viper will handle the distribution of Adio's skate and...
MD Viper will handle the distribution of Adio's skate and skate-inspired footwear in Spain
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Sport Zone, the big Portuguese sporting goods retail chain owned...
Sport Zone, the big Portuguese sporting goods retail chain owned by Sonae Group, has launched its online store, offering some 25,000 different items. It has also launched a blog, connected with social networks, that will be updated daily. The new web shop is accessible to customers in Spain, where the ...
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From the start of next year Sport 2000 Germany will...
From the start of next year Sport 2000 Germany will be the official competence partner of the German athletics federation (DLV). Sport 2000 will be the sole retail partner for laufen.de, the website supported by the DLV, allowing it to provide relevant updates about product trends and other tips. These ...
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El Corte Inglés, the Spanish retailer, has appointed Manuel Pizarro...
El Corte Inglés, the Spanish retailer, has appointed Manuel Pizarro in the new function of vice president, focusing on finance. A former partner at the law firm Baker & McKenzie, Pizarro could help to deal with debt restructuring efforts set in motion by the Spanish retailer about a year ago, ...
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Karstadt, the embattled German department store group, is bracing itself...
Karstadt, the embattled German department store group, is bracing itself for significant cost reductions and perhaps store closures, after several managers indicated that further restructuring measures would have to be taken at the company. This came after the abrupt departure of Eva-Lotta Sjöstedt, the company's chief executive, after just five ...
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For the first six months of 2014, Intersport Germany reported...
For the first six months of 2014, Intersport Germany reported an overall sales improvement of 4 percent against the first half of the previous year. Running was up by 22 percent and team sports soared by 32 percent thanks to the football feast in Brazil. With an increase of 4 ...
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Sport Schuster, the big Munich-based sports retailer, has introduced a...
Sport Schuster, the big Munich-based sports retailer, has introduced a special new loyalty card for its customers. Instead of collecting points through their purchases, they collect “meters of elevation.” Registered card-holders get two meters for every euro spent. Once they reach a certain altitude, they obtain a special discount. For ...
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Superga has opened several new mono-brand stores outside its domestic...
Superga has opened several new mono-brand stores outside its domestic Italian market in the last couple of months and signed distribution contracts for new markets. Its first mono-brand store in South America was opened earlier this month. The store is located in the JK Iguatemi mall in São Paulo and ...
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Yoox, the online retailer, is to expand its offering with...
Yoox, the online retailer, is to expand its offering with a range of sports clothing, comprising garments from the leading international brands as well as performance labels
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Trespass is reportedly planning to open stores in Germany, France...
Trespass is reportedly planning to open stores in Germany, France and five other European countries, but the management declines to comment on this project
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Asics is planning to open a store with an Asics...
Asics is planning to open a store with an Asics Running Lab in Paris before the end of this year, similar to those it has at major locations in London (Oxford Street), Barcelona (Avenida Diagonal) and Amsterdam (Stadhouderskade)
