Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 21
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Sports Direct opens new store in Belfast
Frasers Group has opened a new Sports Direct store at Boucher Retail Park in Belfast, Northern Ireland, a property acquired by the group in 2022. The new store spans 3,252 sqm and promises a larger and improved retail space compared to its predecessor at the same location. Spanning two floors, ...
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News briefsFrasers may acquire former Dutch JD-owned stores
The Netherlands-based Sports Unlimited Retail, owned by JD Sports and the parent group of Perry Sport, Aktiesport and Sprinter Netherlands, was declared bankrupt in December. At the time, around 50 stores were owned by the company. According to a new report by the Dutch media company RTL Z, up ...
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News briefsLamoda kicks off offline retail chain
Lamoda, a prominent Russian e-commerce retailer, has started opening its first brick-and-mortar stores as part of a project to build an offline retail chain in the country. The first two stores have been put into operation in Moscow and Mitishi, a town in the Moscow Oblast. The third store is ...
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ArticleIntersport Austria motivates children and teenagers to do more sport
To mark its 60th anniversary, Intersport Austria wants to motivate children and teenagers to participate in sports with specific activities because the foundation for a sporty and healthy future is laid at toddler and primary school age. Source: Intersport Austria Thorsten Schmitz, Managing Director Unfortunately, however, the ...
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ArticleDecathlon Austria with successful 2023
The international sporting goods manufacturer and retailer Decathlon, headquartered in France, can look back on a successful 2023 in Austria. In addition to encouraging increases in employees and sales, there was also growth in the form of another store. Source: Decathlon Decathlon Austria Managing Director Gábor Pósfai ...
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ArticleRussia faces 50% increase in prices for European sporting goods
In the foreseeable future, the price of European sporting goods can jump by 50 percent, owing to expensive logistics and other difficulties associated with returning foreign brands to the shelves, Marina Malakhatko, head of the retail department of Core.XP, a Moscow-based real estate firm, told local state news outlet Tass. ...
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News briefsNew Country Manager for POC in Switzerland
Source: POC Jessica Negele POC, the Swedish manufacturer of ski and cycling helmets, goggles, protection and apparel, is optimizing its management structure in Switzerland. Jessica Negele, previously head of POC’s sales activities in Germany, has additionally taken over the position of Country Manager Switzerland on Jan. 1, ...
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ArticleFounder of Snipes steps down as CEO
Sven Voth, the founder of sneaker specialist Snipes SE, is handing over his position as CEO to Dennis Schröder, who has been the company’s General Manager since April 2023. Schröder will immediately assume responsibility for the business of the internationally operating sneaker and streetwear retailer. Voth will remain with the ...
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Infographics & DataTop 50 sporting retailers in the world 2022
Download our annual overview of the world’s 50 largest sports retailers, including revenue and growth ranking compared with last year.
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News briefsSport 2000 Austria joins forces with ANWR Group
At an extraordinary general meeting on Jan. 11, 2024, the Zentrasport Österreich e. Gen. cooperative, which is part of the international retail network Sport 2000, decided to become part of ANWR Group eG and the Sport 2000 country network led by Sport 2000 Germany. In July 2023, the Austrian cooperative ...
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News briefsPuma collaborates with US cloud platform to enhance global e-com operations
Massachusetts-based Yottaa, Inc., a cloud platform for accelerating and securing digital commerce experiences, announced that it has partnered with Puma to enhance the German sporting goods company’s e-commerce operations globally. According to a Yottaa press release, Puma faced challenges managing its numerous e-commerce sites, with the primary hurdle being the ...
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News briefsBoss signs two new tennis ambassadors
Boss is making further strides in the world of tennis, announcing two new ambassadors, Noma Noha Akugue and Ella Seidel. According to the German fashion brand, Akugue and Seidel have already established themselves as players worth watching more closely. Just in time for the Australian Open, the two German tennis ...
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News briefsZumiez updates quarter-to-date sales
Zumiez, the parent of the Blue Tomato retail chain, reported a 4.2 percent increase in international net sales, consisting of revenues generated in Europe and Australia, for the nine weeks ended Dec. 30. However, comparable international sales were down 4.2 percent for the period. Group sales fell by 6.6 percent ...
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News briefsIntersport Spain still down from 2019
Neither separately nor in aggregate have the companies that make up Intersport Spain yet matched the annual sales of 2019 – which themselves were, for the most part, in decline from 2018. The latest available figure for its full-year 2022 is about 28 percent down from the pre-lockdown year. Intersport ...
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ArticleA challenger rises in Spanish pádel e-tail
In its three years of operation, Padel Pro Shop has reached €10 million in annual sales, and its latest annual results for 2023 represent a year-on-year increase of 95 percent. For the new year, the online retailer’s objective is to achieve another increase in annual sales, this time of 60 ...
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News briefsGerman consumer sentiment deteriorates
After the consumer mood in Germany recovered at the end of 2023, consumers are once again more pessimistic about the future in the new year. This was revealed by the consumer barometer for January published by the German Retail Association (HDE), which is compiled monthly by the Handelsblatt Research Institute ...
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ArticleAliExpress publishes report on general online shopping landscape in Europe
AliExpress, the international online retail marketplace of Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group, has published its first Consumer Insights Report examining the online shopping landscape in Europe. The report surveyed consumers in France, Germany, Spain and the UK and aimed to uncover key trends and insights into European consumers’ online behavior ...
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ArticleAmer’s Arc’teryx brand key to sales growth in China
Amer Sports, the Finnish parent of 11 brands, which filed for an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange on Jan. 4, has dramatically increased its sales in Greater China over the last four years largely through its Arc’teryx brand. The group’s total sales in the market increased ...
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Infographics & DataSGI Sporting Goods Scorecard Q3 2023
Find out whose sales are up and whose profits are down for Q3 2023 in our exclusive and downloadable version of our SGI Europe sporting goods industry scorecard. We’ve expanded our coverage and now examine 48 of the leading sporting goods industry companies.
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News briefsAuthentic partners with BBC Int'l for DC Shoes in USA, Canada
Authentic Brands Group has partnered with Florida-based BBC International for its skateboarding, snowboarding and street lifestyle brand DC Shoes. Under this agreement, BBC will handle the global design, wholesale distribution and sourcing of DC Shoes footwear and snowboard boots in the US and Canada. BBC is a full-service footwear company ...
