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The Adidas Group has unveiled a new retail concept called...
The Adidas Group has unveiled a new retail concept called Home Court, which is showcased at its huge concept store in Beijing and will be implemented in 25 stores around the world this year. The group explains that the concept is meant to convey the energy of a game and ...
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Asics will open a new boutique store at Harrods, London's...
Asics will open a new boutique store at Harrods, London's most famous luxury department store, on March 10. The store will be located on the fifth floor and set over 35 square meters. It will be the largest Asics concession in the U.K. to date and the fourth biggest outlet ...
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The Red Fox group started its retail expansion outside Russia...
The Red Fox group started its retail expansion outside Russia and the other CIS countries with the opening last week of a corporate mono-brand store in the Swiss mountain resort of Pontresina. Another one is scheduled for May at Lyons, Colorado. A Red Fox store that was going to be ...
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Keller Sports, a German-based online retailer specializing in running, fitness...
Keller Sports, a German-based online retailer specializing in running, fitness and tennis, has received a new seven-digit financial investment from Christian Mangstl, who co-founded Scout24, a German online marketplace for the sale and purchase of cars, real estate, financial services and other types of items. The additional money will be ...
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Nike will open a new three-storey flagship store on Berlin's...
Nike will open a new three-storey flagship store on Berlin's Traunzienstrasse on Feb. 14, calling it Nike Berlin. The 2,600-square-meter complex will have dedicated space for digital applications and for customization. It will also include a gym. Nike Berlin is taking the place of a former 3,500-sqm. Niketown on the ...
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Twinner Iberia, the Spanish buying group, is introducing a new...
Twinner Iberia, the Spanish buying group, is introducing a new store format, called Foot on Mars, for the sale of fashion-oriented sneakers, with a plan to reach more than 30 doors by the end of 2015. Twinner has already signed supply agreements for this type of footwear with the likes ...
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After hiring Stefanie Gruber as international sales manager in November,...
After hiring Stefanie Gruber as international sales manager in November, Sportalm has been expanding its store franchising concept. Entering the U.S. market, the Austrian sports apparel brand opened its first franchised single-brand store in Aspen, Colorado at the end 2013. Sportalm will continue its expansion in Eastern Europe in 2014, ...
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After introducing its selective distribution concept in Germany last year,...
After introducing its selective distribution concept in Germany last year, Mammut separated from about 200-300 retailers in the course of 2013, representing about 20-25 percent of its sales. The selective distribution concept will now also be implemented in Switzerland and Austria, followed by the rest of the world, in the ...
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Pearl Izumi has launched a virtual factory outlet store on...
Pearl Izumi has launched a virtual factory outlet store on the internet for the European market. It will be initially available for orders from France, the Benelux countries, Denmark, Finland and Sweden. The service will soon be extended to Austria and Poland. The brand already has three free-standing stores in ...
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Adidas has opened the first free-standing Adidas by Stella McCartney...
Adidas has opened the first free-standing Adidas by Stella McCartney store in the U.S., operating at 1111 Lincoln Road in Miami
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Adidas has opened a temporary NBA retail store in...
Adidas has opened a temporary NBA retail store in the historic French quarter of New Orleans that will also host product launches and other events during the NBA All-Star Game
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Moncler is opening its 122nd mono-brand store and the first...
Moncler is opening its 122nd mono-brand store and the first one in Latin America, located in the JK Iguatemi mall of São Paulo
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Karstadt Sports will be selling Fila's tennis product line in...
Karstadt Sports will be selling Fila's tennis product line in all of its stores from February
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Descente opened a new mono-brand store, owned by the company,...
Descente opened a new mono-brand store, owned by the company, in Tokyo last October
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Globetrotter is reportedly laying off 100 employees (more in The...
Globetrotter is reportedly laying off 100 employees (more in The Outdoor Industry Compass)
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Leader Sport Trading has opened the biggest multi-brand and multi-sport...
Leader Sport Trading has opened the biggest multi-brand and multi-sport stores in Abu Dhabi and Qatar, based on a new store concept that it wants to roll out across the Gulf states, competing with the likes of Intersport, Go Sport and Sports Direct. Spanning over 3,000 square meters and hosting ...
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Snipes, the German chain of sneaker shops, has taken over...
Snipes, the German chain of sneaker shops, has taken over SportsLab, a similar chain of ten stores in Switzerland that will change their names to Snipes next summer. The acquisition was made easier by the fact that Deichmann acquired a stake in Snipes in 2011. Deichmann, the largest shoe retailer ...
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Munich, the Spanish brand of sneakers, has opened its first...
Munich, the Spanish brand of sneakers, has opened its first two stores in China through a distributor as part of a new phase of development in Asia. They are located in Shanghai and Nanjing. The brand has also opened a shop-in-shop in the Lotte department store in Seoul and found ...
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Working under the supervision of the French Royer Group, New...
Working under the supervision of the French Royer Group, New Balance raised its sales in Germany by 62 percent in 2013, in comparison to the previous year, after introducing a very strict distribution system and separating itself from many clients in the course of 2012. From July 2013, New Balance ...
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Ochsner Sport, the leading sporting goods retailer in Switzerland, is...
Ochsner Sport, the leading sporting goods retailer in Switzerland, is moving into Germany with a first store planned to open in the Glacis-Galerie of Neu Ulm in March. Ochsner Sport has 97 stores in Switzerland and is the licensee for Fila in many parts of Europe. Its sales grew in ...
