Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 205
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After opening mono-brand stores in Beijing and Shanghai, Ogio will...
After opening mono-brand stores in Beijing and Shanghai, Ogio will open two others in Seoul this month and in Jakarta in May
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Under Armour is launching its products in Brazil, starting with...
Under Armour is launching its products in Brazil, starting with training and running apparel and footwear and some other sports-specific collections. They are being made available to the public through the Netshoes website and more than 70 other physical and online stores including those of Centauro, Paquetà. The Brazilian office, ...
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Sports Connection, the Danish distributor of Skechers, which took over...
Sports Connection, the Danish distributor of Skechers, which took over the distribution of the brand in Sweden from Sportmarket in 2006, has created a Performance Division for the brand in Sweden, with a dedicated sales force for technical running and fitness. An intensive Skechers Performance marketing campaign will be running ...
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Bogner is planning to open new stores in Oslo and...
Bogner is planning to open new stores in Oslo and Cyprus. In the past year, the German brand opened two new corporate stores in Munich and Innsbruck as well as 17 partner stores operated by franchisees, including foreign locations such as Moskow, St. Petersburg, Baku and Luxemburg. The company's revenues ...
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Asics' first Italian shop-in-shop has opened in a Sportland store...
Asics' first Italian shop-in-shop has opened in a Sportland store in Bergamo, and it features 3D foot scanning equipment
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K-Swiss, the company acquired by E-Land last year, has signed...
K-Swiss, the company acquired by E-Land last year, has signed a distribution agreement for its tennis shoes, clothing and accessories in the U.K., Germany, Austria and the Benelux countries with Brands Inc., a subsidiary of Sports Direct International. Sales and distribution of K-Swiss' tennis lines will be combined with those ...
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Adidas has introduced its Neo label to the Polish market...
Adidas has introduced its Neo label to the Polish market with a store in the Arkadia Mall of Warsaw
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Sportrade, an e-commerce platform for trading in new and used...
Sportrade, an e-commerce platform for trading in new and used sports products among vendors, retailers and consumers based in Berlin, filed for insolvency last Feb. 6 in the Charlottenburg district court. Björn Gehde has been appointed by the court as receiver, but the business is said to be running as ...
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The Adidas Group has unveiled a new retail concept called...
The Adidas Group has unveiled a new retail concept called Home Court, which is showcased at its huge concept store in Beijing and will be implemented in 25 stores around the world this year. The group explains that the concept is meant to convey the energy of a game and ...
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Asics will open a new boutique store at Harrods, London's...
Asics will open a new boutique store at Harrods, London's most famous luxury department store, on March 10. The store will be located on the fifth floor and set over 35 square meters. It will be the largest Asics concession in the U.K. to date and the fourth biggest outlet ...
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The Red Fox group started its retail expansion outside Russia...
The Red Fox group started its retail expansion outside Russia and the other CIS countries with the opening last week of a corporate mono-brand store in the Swiss mountain resort of Pontresina. Another one is scheduled for May at Lyons, Colorado. A Red Fox store that was going to be ...
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Brunotti upgrades distribution
Brunotti Europe has been upgrading and expanding its distribution in the last two years, as part of a multi-year plan mapped out with investors to lift sales to about €50 million by 2017. This compares with a turnover in the range of €26 million in 2013 and projected sales of ...
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Keller Sports, a German-based online retailer specializing in running, fitness...
Keller Sports, a German-based online retailer specializing in running, fitness and tennis, has received a new seven-digit financial investment from Christian Mangstl, who co-founded Scout24, a German online marketplace for the sale and purchase of cars, real estate, financial services and other types of items. The additional money will be ...
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Alnisa Sport, distributor of Under Armour in Spain, is moving...
Alnisa Sport, distributor of Under Armour in Spain, is moving to new premises in Madrid
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Salewa's German office is no longer responsible for the distribution...
Salewa's German office is no longer responsible for the distribution of Briko in the country. Two former Uvex managers, Oliver Heimbach and Kristian Otsa, are now taking care of the Italian brand.
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Icebug, the Swedish brand specializing in footwear with grip for...
Icebug, the Swedish brand specializing in footwear with grip for icy conditions, is expanding strongly in the U.S. and Northern Europe. Icebug took over the distribution of its products in Norway last November, hiring two new sales representatives for the market. In addition, Icebug plans to establish a subsidiary in ...
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Jack & Jones Tech has signed an exclusive contract with...
Jack & Jones Tech has signed an exclusive contract with Asos for the U.K. and Ireland and is currently in dialogue with the three most important retail chains in Scandinavia. The Jack & Jones Tech line is currently sold in about 800 Jack & Jones mono-brand stores in Europe, but ...
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Sergio Tacchini is returning to the Dutch market through an...
Sergio Tacchini is returning to the Dutch market through an agent, Frank Harrak of TennisNed, according to Sport Partner. He has been hired by Sport Finance, the French company that has the license for the Italian brand covering also the Spanish, Portuguese, Swiss and Benelux markets. Harrak is already the ...
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Skullcandy has assigned to Dynamic Distribution the task of expanding...
Skullcandy has assigned to Dynamic Distribution the task of expanding its presence in the U.K. action sports market, using a dedicated network of three agents that take care of other brands such as New Era, Reef and Westbeach. Dynamic has been working mainly on the music retail channel for the ...
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A subsidiary of Sojitz Corporation, the Japanese trading company, has...
A subsidiary of Sojitz Corporation, the Japanese trading company, has taken on the trade market rights to the Admiral brand for China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and South Korea. The subsidiary, Sojitz General Merchandise Corporation (Sojitz GMC) has been selling casual footwear under the Admiral brand name in Japan since ...
