Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 234
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Asics America Group has opened the first flagship store for...
Asics America Group has opened the first flagship store for the Japanese brand in São Paulo, Brazil, the first move in the company's planned retail expansion in the country. The Brazilian subsidiary is the company's fastest-growing worldwide, reporting a 39 percent sales increase in 2010. The new store has shoes, ...
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Golfsmith International, which until now has had retail operations only...
Golfsmith International, which until now has had retail operations only in the U.S., is expanding internationally, starting with South Korea. Most golf there is played indoors on golf simulators, and more than 84 percent of the market for these products is ruled by Golfzon. This Korean company will open and ...
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An NBA Store is opening as a temporary pop-up shop...
An NBA Store is opening as a temporary pop-up shop in New York this autumn, near where the store it shuttered in February was located. Adidas will run the 6,000-square-foot store, on Fifth Avenue between 47th and 48th Streets, and incur all the associated expenses. The league is looking for ...
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Patagonia is teaming up with Ebay for a new Common...
Patagonia is teaming up with Ebay for a new Common Threads Initiative store at its online marketplace, encouraging customers to buy and sell used Patagonia products. The purpose of Patagonia's Common Threads Initiative is to reduce consumption and ease its environmental impact. The initiative is the first time that a ...
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The North Face will open a new flagship store in...
The North Face will open a new flagship store in Gothenburg, Sweden, next month
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Danish distributor acquires SOS
Ole Damm, who has been the successful distributor of SOS in Denmark, signed a deal for the takeover of the global rights to this Swedish skiwear brand earlier this month. Based on his experience in Denmark, which he built into the second-largest market for the brand, Damm intends to relaunch ...
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Batavus, the Dutch bicycle brand owned by Accell Group, has...
Batavus, the Dutch bicycle brand owned by Accell Group, has bought a Swedish bicycle supplier, Vartex, to strengthen the group's position on the Swedish market. Vartex will distribute Batavus as well as other Accell brands, such as Tunturi, Redline and Lapierre. This purchase also means that Vartex will no longer ...
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Royal Dutch Gazelle is ending its partnership with Intercycle A/S...
Royal Dutch Gazelle is ending its partnership with Intercycle A/S and opening its own sales and marketing office in Denmark, expected to be up and running as of Feb. 1, 2012
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Normark has stopped working with Bushnell on the Swedish market...
Normark has stopped working with Bushnell on the Swedish market for the Michaels of Oregon, Butler Creek, Stoney Point and Millett brands, but the reasons for the breakup are apparently different from those mentioned in the Swedish press
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DPA, the German press agency, reports that Karstadt's new chief,...
DPA, the German press agency, reports that Karstadt's new chief, Andrew Jennings, appointed at the beginning of the year, is serious about expanding its network of sports stores. Currently, it has 26 of them, plus 86 department stores and the three premium stores operated in Hamburg, Munich and Berlin. Jennings ...
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Décathlon is said to be opening its 13th German store...
Décathlon is said to be opening its 13th German store in Mainz soon with the interesting adjustment of strategy that the store should be located right downtown, next to the central railway station. Reportedly, the French chain is investing €40 million in a new distribution center in Schwetzingen, a town ...
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Activinstinct, the leading specialist online retailer of sporting goods in...
Activinstinct, the leading specialist online retailer of sporting goods in the U.K., has announced a partnership with Shop Direct Group, the largest online and home shopping retailer in the country, which will thus continue to expand the product range it offers to a large clientele. After reaching sales of ...
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The Flatiron District of New York City is the home...
The Flatiron District of New York City is the home to the first New Balance Experience Store in North America. The store has a Mondo running track as well as a Demonstration Area where customers can watch a New Balance employee assemble shoes. It takes up 4,000 square feet and ...
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Crocs' second store in France has opened its door in...
Crocs' second store in France has opened its door in the seaside resort of Antibes
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Skechers has opened a shop-in-shop in the London department store...
Skechers has opened a shop-in-shop in the London department store of Harrods, situated in the fitness department, on the store's fifth floor
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Holey Soles and Double Diamond Distribution of Canada, plus a...
Holey Soles and Double Diamond Distribution of Canada, plus a Massachusetts retailer selling Waldies clogs are going to be forbidden from selling foam shoes like those of Crocs in the U.S. if President Obama endorses a decision by the U.S. International Trade Commission. Crocs has thus won a ...
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DQM, described as the leading skate shop in New York,...
DQM, described as the leading skate shop in New York, will open a co-branded store with Vans in the heart of the city's SoHo district in September. Called the Vans DQM General store, it will showcase DQM's own line of apparel and Vans footwear, including some exclusive co-branded styles. It ...
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Intersport España indicates that its members will open eight...
Intersport España indicates that its members will open eight new stores during the second half of 2011
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Forum Sport will be able to open a new 2,400-m²...
Forum Sport will be able to open a new 2,400-m² store in Gijón in September, the 39th door within the Spanish chain, as a local court overruled the opposition of municipal authorities against the move
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Protest, the Dutch board sports brand, has opened its first...
Protest, the Dutch board sports brand, has opened its first brand store in China, in The Place, an upmarket shopping mall in Beijing
