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Lacoste has opened a temporary Lacoste Christmas Shop on its...
Lacoste has opened a temporary Lacoste Christmas Shop on its Facebook page, offering a selection of products with a Lacoste iPhone cover and other exclusive gifts to accompany the customer's order
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Specialized is calling on its bike dealers and distributors to...
Specialized is calling on its bike dealers and distributors to send over damaged carbon bike frames of any brand to get them recycled, using a strategy already employed in the aerospace sector. The results of the program will be announced at the Eurobike and Interbike shows in Europe and the ...
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The German subsidiary of Salewa is taking on the distribution...
The German subsidiary of Salewa is taking on the distribution of Silva in the country. It's a further step in the internationalization of the distribution activities of Oberalp, the Italian-based parent company of Salewa, which recently announced a similar deal for Briko in Austria, France and Poland (more in The ...
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Blue Beat Distribution has become the new distributor for Eastpak...
Blue Beat Distribution has become the new distributor for Eastpak in Sweden
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Uvex' Swiss operations have taken on the distribution of Roeckl...
Uvex' Swiss operations have taken on the distribution of Roeckl gloves in the country
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More than 15,000 people flocked to the first store opened...
More than 15,000 people flocked to the first store opened by Décathlon in Sweden last weekend. The store of about 7,000 square meters is situated in a Stockholm shopping center near the airport of Bromma, in a former building of the Pripps brewery, next to three other large-scale retailers. Décathlon ...
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Asics' 1-year-old flagship store in Amsterdam won for Best New...
Asics' 1-year-old flagship store in Amsterdam won for Best New Retail Concept 2011 at the Mapic Awards this month. The awards are intended to honor excellence, innovation and creativity of design among retailers and retail real estate companies in Europe. Asics' flagship features state-of-the-art facilities and services including a Running ...
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Otto Group is expecting a 20 percent boost for Christmas...
Otto Group is expecting a 20 percent boost for Christmas in the online sales of its 50 e-commerce platforms, including that of its SportScheck subsidiary. The latter's new mobile application has generated more than 10,000 orders from customers since its launch last January, said Stefan Herzog, chief executive of the ...
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In a project said to be worth €6 million, Décathlon...
In a project said to be worth €6 million, Décathlon reportedly has a plan to set up a large sports park in Spain, similar to those it has in France, with the backing of the province of Barcelona. Covering 10 hectares (24.7 acres) in the area of Sant Perde de ...
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A Norwegian sports retailer based in Bergen, Rye Sport, has...
A Norwegian sports retailer based in Bergen, Rye Sport, has gone out of business due to heavy competition from major retail chains, as well as pressure from the current financial crisis
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Adidas plans to open 10 of its Neo young fashion...
Adidas plans to open 10 of its Neo young fashion shops in Germany during the first half of 2012
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Lolë, the new women's sports apparel brand of Orage, will...
Lolë, the new women's sports apparel brand of Orage, will open its third European store in Paris on Dec. 15
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DC Shoes has opened a store in Lyon, the third-largest...
DC Shoes has opened a store in Lyon, the third-largest city in France
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Meeting is opening its 21st Deha store in Rome...
Meeting is opening its 21st Deha store in Rome
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Salewa has a new store at Chiuro, a small town...
Salewa has a new store at Chiuro, a small town near Sondrio in the Italian Alps. Inaugurated a few days ago by Christoph Hainz, a well-known climber from South Tyrol, The store has 385 square meters of retail space and hosts a Dynafit shop-in-shop
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Revo, one of Luxottica's brands, has started selling 14 styles...
Revo, one of Luxottica's brands, has started selling 14 styles of its sunglasses in the flagship stores of The North Face, so far in New York, Chicago and San Francisco
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Erich Weitzmann, the Italian company that took over the distribution...
Erich Weitzmann, the Italian company that took over the distribution of Reusch in France at the beginning of 2010, intends to boost is sales of Reusch goalkeeper equipment by setting up a partly integrated sales force in the country. Pierrick Lecharpentier will act as area manager for Reusch summer products ...
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DAC Sport Import takes over the distribution of Orage in...
DAC Sport Import takes over the distribution of Orage in Switzerland from The Source
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Planet Sports, the leading Indian sporting goods retail chain, has...
Planet Sports, the leading Indian sporting goods retail chain, has seen most of its managers depart after its move last week from Gurgaon, near Delhi, to Mumbai. Only four of the 74 employees at the Gurgaon office were transferred. The move was ordered by the Future Group, the huge Mumbai-based ...
