Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 209
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Dunlop Sports Group Americas will distribute Diadora tennis shoes in...
Dunlop Sports Group Americas will distribute Diadora tennis shoes in the U.S., starting next January. They will complement Dunlop's range of tennis equipment and Antigua apparel. Dunlop and Antigua are both controlled by Sports Direct International.
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The distribution in Europe of Backcountry Access' snow safety and...
The distribution in Europe of Backcountry Access' snow safety and avalanche protection items will be transferred to K2 Europe following the company's acquisition by Jarden Corp. earlier this year from its founders, Bruce McGowan and Bruce Edgerly. They are both still involved in the management. K2 will also provide support ...
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JO Sports is Giro's new Swedish distributor for snow products....
JO Sports is Giro's new Swedish distributor for snow products. Giro Snow has had a tumultuous history of distributorships in Sweden. Roughly a year ago, Easton Bell Sports Nordic took over the distribution of Giro Snow from Inter Plaza Sports. With Giro Snow, JO Sports now has more alpine skiing ...
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Seger, the Swedish producer of socks and headwear owned by...
Seger, the Swedish producer of socks and headwear owned by the New Wave Group, is bringing the national distribution of its sports socks in-house, forming a dedicated sales network for the line. The distribution was previously handled by a separate division of the group, New Wave Sports, which owns Craft ...
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Peter Folkesson has left his position as managing director of...
Peter Folkesson has left his position as managing director of Batavus-Vartex, the Swedish distributor of bicycles, motorbike accessories, and sporting goods equipment. His successor will be Mats Douhan who has worked for Batavus-Vartex for the past seven years, most recently as key accounts manager.
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Skechers is upgrading its European distribution center (EDC) in Belgium...
Skechers is upgrading its European distribution center (EDC) in Belgium as the U.S.-based footwear company continues to grow in the region. The upgraded EDC in Milmort, Liège will feature an automated order-picking system. At present, goods are stored at the center until they are redistributed to customers in Europe, including ...
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Primaloft has taken over the distribution of its products...
Primaloft has taken over the distribution of its products in the U.K. and Scandinavia from Concept III, a British textile marketing company that had been working with the American insulation specialist for ten years. Chris Humphris, who was taking care of Primaloft at Concept III, is now a full-time employee ...
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Prettywear of Munich and Room with a View of Salzburg...
Prettywear of Munich and Room with a View of Salzburg will be the new agents for the Moon Boot lines of Tecnica Group from the autumn/winter 2014/15 season
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The Swiss section of ANWR-Garant, the international buying group, is...
The Swiss section of ANWR-Garant, the international buying group, is diversifying into the bike sector through a collaboration with Bico, the German cooperative of bicycle retailers in which ANWR has a 25 percent stake. The Swiss members of Bico will become members of the Swiss Sport 2000 organization controlled ...
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Sweaty Betty, the British retailer of women-specific sports clothing and...
Sweaty Betty, the British retailer of women-specific sports clothing and footwear, has opened its first two stores in the U.S. and plans to follow up with another one next year. The first two are located in the Soho district in New York City and in Greenwich, Connecticut. The chain already ...
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Lululemon Athletica has opened a 120-square-meter showroom in Frankfurt, on...
Lululemon Athletica has opened a 120-square-meter showroom in Frankfurt, on the city's Querstrasse. It works with a local crossfit studio and follows openings in the last few weeks on Munich's Holzstrasse and in the Charlottenburg area of Berlin. Lululemon has also opened four showrooms in London and one in Amsterdam. ...
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Reebok has opened a large store and Crossfit center on...
Reebok has opened a large store and Crossfit center on the centrally located avenue de l'Opéra in Paris, between the Louvre Museum and the Opera House. The 800-square-meter Fit Hub on two levels is similar to Reebok's Crossfit studio and store on Fifth Avenue in New York City. It takes ...
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Arena is opening its first store in Paris. Located near...
Arena is opening its first store in Paris. Located near Quiksilver's Boardriders Club in the Bercy Village shopping district of the French capital, the 100-square-meter shop will join on Dec. 17 those that it has in Lyon, Toulouse and Marseille. During the week of Dec. 16, people visiting swimming pools ...
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Joma Sport has opened its first store in Argentina through...
Joma Sport has opened its first store in Argentina through its new distributor and licensee in the country, KA Argentina. The store is located in Morón, a city in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires.
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XXL, the Norwegian sporting goods retail giant, has opened its...
XXL, the Norwegian sporting goods retail giant, has opened its 13th store in Sweden, this time in the town of Karlstad. The new store is 4,000 square meters and is the chain's fourth new store to open in Sweden this year. The number of its stores in the country is ...
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Ochsner Sport, the leading sporting goods retailer in Switzerland, plans...
Ochsner Sport, the leading sporting goods retailer in Switzerland, plans to open its first German store next Marcch, located in the new Galcis-Galerie of Neu-Ulm
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Sram's exclusive distributor, Kalnai Sports, has applied for insolvency proceedings...
Sram's exclusive distributor, Kalnai Sports, has applied for insolvency proceedings
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Sport Partner reports that Head is setting up its own...
Sport Partner reports that Head is setting up its own sales organization in the Benelux countries, after many years of trading through distribution companies. Head's sales in the Benelux countries were formerly handled by Eurolight Benelux, a company based near Rotterdam that also sold Reusch and Northwave, among others. As ...
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One Way Sport, the Finnish brand of Nordic outdoor sports...
One Way Sport, the Finnish brand of Nordic outdoor sports products, has formed a joint venture with 361 Degrees for its production and distribution in China. The two companies said they intend to open 150 One Way stores in the largest cities of mainland China and in Taiwan, to focus ...
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Reusch is re-entering the Canadian market through a new distributor,...
Reusch is re-entering the Canadian market through a new distributor, Green Room, with a customer database of over 130 retailers across the country. It will add Reusch' winter gloves to its portfolio, which includes the products of Powderhorn, Discrete Headwear and Old Guys Rule.
