Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 220
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Twinner Iberia is joining Sport Trade Marketing International (STMI), the...
Twinner Iberia is joining Sport Trade Marketing International (STMI), the international purchasing platform launched by Go Sport and Hervis to negotiate special conditions with the sports brands. With 231 affiliated stores, Twinner Iberia represented retail sales of €230 million last year. The French Twinner cooperative and another related French group, ...
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Oberalp, which distributes Speedo in Italy, is inaugurating its first...
Oberalp, which distributes Speedo in Italy, is inaugurating its first Speedo House in the country in the city of Bolzano, in the northeast of the country. It is located in the large sporting goods store operated by a sister company, Sportler, under the city's arcades. The Speedo House consists of ...
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Odlo has opened a franchised store for the first...
Odlo has opened a franchised store for the first time in Germany in the town of Lörrach, in the extreme southwest corner of the country. The selling space of 180 square meters is run by Intersport Bohny, a local retailer that already operates two single-brand stores for The North Face ...
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Pursuing its expansion in China, Protest has opened a new...
Pursuing its expansion in China, Protest has opened a new store in Tianjin after the startup of two stores in Beijing last year. The Dutch boardwear brand already has stores in Russia, France and the U.K. With a population of more than 10 million, Tianjin is one of the top ...
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Known as the first sports banner in France exclusively dedicated...
Known as the first sports banner in France exclusively dedicated to women, Attractive is closing its last physical store, located in Paris, to concentrate on the web. The decision follows the acquisition by Ch ristophe and Nicolas Deconinck, who founded Attractive in 2007, of a similar British operation, Sheactive, through ...
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Both Décathlon and Karstadt are reportedly introducing “click & collect”...
Both Décathlon and Karstadt are reportedly introducing “click & collect” programs, offering customers the possibility to order the goods on the internet, and to pick them up at the nearest store at no extra cost
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Décathlon has opened its 18th German store in Essingen, a...
Décathlon has opened its 18th German store in Essingen, a small town in the state of Baden-Württemberg, on 2,000 square meters
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The Unicorn Group is Molten's new distributor for the U.K....
The Unicorn Group is Molten's new distributor for the U.K. and Ireland. The company also is made up of Unicorn Darts, Gunn & Moore and PowerGlide. It takes over from Bob Hope, who had been Molten's previous distributor for the countries since 2004. He is retiring, but will stick around ...
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Confirming previous plans, the Twinner France cooperative, which groups the...
Confirming previous plans, the Twinner France cooperative, which groups the owners of some 200 sporting goods retail stores, has acquired a 20 percent stake in Pros du Sport, a network of 350 technical sports stores. The latter will benefit from the same conditions offered to Twinner's members in purchasing and ...
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Under Armour will open an 8,000-square-foot store in the Harbor...
Under Armour will open an 8,000-square-foot store in the Harbor East section of Baltimore next year, its first store in its hometown. The store will feature Under Armour's full line of apparel, accessories and footwear.
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Jack Wolfskin is opening its first store in Slovenia. The...
Jack Wolfskin is opening its first store in Slovenia. The 85-square-meter shop is located in the City Park shopping mall of Ljubljana. The German producer of outdoor clothing, footwear and equipment is focusing on Eastern Europe, France, the U.K., the Benelux countries and China for its foreign expansion.
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Route One, one of the first British skate and streetwear...
Route One, one of the first British skate and streetwear retailers to have launched an e-commerce site in 1998, has opened an interesting store in Bristol. Located just outside the Busy Cabot Circus, it measures 1,800 square feet and carries a wider range of products. Shoppers can use iPads to ...
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Bogner has opened its fourth Austrian shop at Sölden...
Bogner has opened its fourth Austrian shop at Sölden
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Dainese will inaugurate a new D-Store of 240 m² in...
Dainese will inaugurate a new D-Store of 240 m² in Strasbourg, France, near the Meinau stadium
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Joma has opened a new store in the airport of...
Joma has opened a new store in the airport of Valencia and another one in Havana, the capital of Cuba
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A new franchised Intersport store is opening in Florence...
A new franchised Intersport store is opening in Florence
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Il Gufo, an Italian children's wear producer with an interesting...
Il Gufo, an Italian children's wear producer with an interesting line of golf clothing for kids, has opened a flagship store on via Tornabuoni in Florence
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Peak Sports reduced the number of its dealers in China...
Peak Sports reduced the number of its dealers in China by 14% during the first nine months of this year
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D&K Distribution to revive Conte of Florence
D&K Distribution is taking over gradually Conte of Florence, an iconic Italian brand of sports clothing with 60 years of history in the sector. The process should be concluded by mid-2013, after a settlement with the bankrupt company's creditors, but D&K has already agreed to take over its management, starting ...
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Having taken over the distribution of its Gregory line of...
Having taken over the distribution of its Gregory line of backpacks in Japan, Black Diamond has appointed an industry veteran, Mori Hikari, to run the operation. After working for Patagonia and REI in Japan, he acted as general manager of The North Face for Goldwin over the last eight years. ...
