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Décathlon has reportedly given up on a project for its...
Décathlon has reportedly given up on a project for its first superstore in Andorra for several reasons, including a requirement that it could not have control over the operation under the local legislation
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Columbia and Sorel are launching online sales to consumers in...
Columbia and Sorel are launching online sales to consumers in Canada, the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Spain (more in The Outdoor Industry Compass)
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Salomon will open a store in Chamonix next December in...
Salomon will open a store in Chamonix next December in partnership with a major local retailer, Coquoz Sport
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Oxbow is opening new stores in two French cities,...
Oxbow is opening new stores in two French cities, Dijon and Colmar
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KPSport has started the distribution of Halti in Spain and...
KPSport has started the distribution of Halti in Spain and Andorra
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JD Sports Fashion plans to open 20 JD stores in...
JD Sports Fashion plans to open 20 JD stores in and around Paris and five to six shops in Marseille as the group focuses on its development in France this year, chairman Peter Cowgill said in an interview with the Financial Times. Cowgill explained that the JD format, focused on ...
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Peak Performance will open five new stores in Sweden within...
Peak Performance will open five new stores in Sweden within the next few months. First out is a 154-square-meter store at Frölunda Torg, Gothenburg. Locations for the other four stores have yet to be announced. Peak Performance is also expanding internationally. New stores are to be opened in Switzerland, Italy ...
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Element is amid a flurry of store openings. The skateboarding...
Element is amid a flurry of store openings. The skateboarding brand, which is owned by Billabong, is most recently opening shop in Paris, following on the heels of a new store in Plymouth, England, earlier this month and the March opening in Barcelona. The new Paris shop, on the Rue ...
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The Tom Morris Golf Shop, the 144-year-old store at St....
The Tom Morris Golf Shop, the 144-year-old store at St. Andrews in Scotland, has reopened after being closed for remodeling over the winter. The shop has a new “old” look, featuring furniture that Tom Morris himself owned and the same design for the shop's sign as was used when he ...
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Quiksilver has opened a new flagship store in the Orchard...
Quiksilver has opened a new flagship store in the Orchard Central Mall in Singapore, its fourth retail location in the country in partnership with RSH (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
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Sports Direct International plans to open its first four full-fledged...
Sports Direct International plans to open its first four full-fledged stores in France this year, all in the Paris region. The first one is set to open shortly on 1,500 m² in the area of Herblay-Franconville, across from a Décathlon superstore. Another one, measuring 2,000 m², should take the place ...
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Somewhat like Zara, starting in May, H&M will open sport...
Somewhat like Zara, starting in May, H&M will open sport departments ranging from 50 to 300 square meters in most Swedish stores. Claes Forsberg, former chief executive of Svenskt Sportforum, is responsible for this launch. At first the focus will be on athletic shoes and running clothes. A former athlete, ...
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Runners Point, the German specialty chain, is moving into Switzerland...
Runners Point, the German specialty chain, is moving into Switzerland and Liechtenstein. The operation is going to be handled through a local partner, Futura AG. The latter was founded and is run by Stephan Ruggle, who was the chief executive of Swiss Intersport until late 2008. He then switched to ...
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Kaufhof has integrated a specialty sports store under the Sportarena...
Kaufhof has integrated a specialty sports store under the Sportarena banner in its department store in Düsseldorf. The selling surface is 4,400 square meters. This store is the 13th of its type in Germany after one door was closed in a shopping mall in Oberhausen.
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Franz-Leo Drucks, the chairman of Intersport Germany's supervisory board, has...
Franz-Leo Drucks, the chairman of Intersport Germany's supervisory board, has opened his fifth store in the town of Eschweiler on a selling surface of 1,100 square meters. The retailer from Aachen now has an estimated total surface of 8,500 square meters in five towns in the region between Cologne and ...
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Shareholders of JJB Sports will vote later this month on...
Shareholders of JJB Sports will vote later this month on a proposal to issue 162.5 million new shares in order to raise £65 million (€74m-$106m) so it can continue with its restructuring plan. The four largest shareholders, Harris Associates, Crystal Amber, Invesco Asset Management and the Bill & Melinda Gates ...
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A.S. Adventure, the Belgian retailer with 37 stores in that...
A.S. Adventure, the Belgian retailer with 37 stores in that country and Luxembourg, has entered the French market with a 2,000-square-meter store in Reims-Thillois. The company, which also has 36 stores under the Bever Travel & Outdoor banner in the Netherlands and 59 Cotswold Outdoor shops in the U.K., touts ...
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Oakley just opened a new store in Times Square in...
Oakley just opened a new store in Times Square in New York this past weekend. It will feature the latest styles and technologies, including the Perform Beautifully line for women and the golf apparel and footwear collections. New products will debut there, and it also has an Oakley Custom bar ...
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O'Neill has opened new stores in Hasselt, Belgium, and in...
O'Neill has opened new stores in Hasselt, Belgium, and in Dresden, Germany. The 250-square-meter shop is in the center of the old town of Hasselt, where most shopping is in the city. The Dresden store occupies 150 square meters in the ECE shopping center of the city. O'Neill plans to ...
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Timberland has turned a temporary store in Paris into its...
Timberland has turned a temporary store in Paris into its third company-owned store in France. The brand plans to raise the number of corporate stores in Italy from five to seven this year, including one just inaugurated in Padua, while the number of franchised stores in the country should increase ...
