News briefs - Retail – Page 108

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    Golfino has launched its first omni-channel concept in Denmark, with...

    2014-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Golfino has launched its first omni-channel concept in Denmark, with the idea of rolling it out to other parts of Europe after an initial trial phase. The launch coincides with the start-up of a golfino.dk online store and the opening of the German brand's first flagship store in Denmark, measuring ...

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    Odlo has opened a shop-in-shop at the NK department store...

    2014-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Odlo has opened a shop-in-shop at the NK department store in Stockholm. The move is a part of the company's strategy to establish itself on the Swedish market. Odlo also sells its products to about 20 Stadium stores throughout Sweden as well as a number of specialist retailers. The brand ...

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    Electric, the American brand of sunglasses and accessories owned by...

    2014-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Electric, the American brand of sunglasses and accessories owned by the French Kering group through Volcom, has extended its e-commerce operations from the U.S. and Canada to a first series of European countries: France, Germany, the U.K., Spain, Italy, Belgium and Austria. The 14-year-old brand, which is based in California, ...

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    Amer Sports will have 260 mono-brand stores, 150 partner stores...

    2014-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Amer Sports will have 260 mono-brand stores, 150 partner stores and 62 e-commerce sites in operation around the world by the end of the year. Salomon will have the biggest presence at the direct-to-consumer level with 196 branded stores and 29 web stores. It opened its first virtual store in ...

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    SportScheck has invested a double-digit million figure to renovate and...

    2014-11-13T00:00:00Z

    SportScheck has invested a double-digit million figure to renovate and expand its 18-year-old store in downtown Cologne, which now measures 5,600 square meters. The interior layout has been changed completely and a new glass window allows a view of the city's famous Cathedral from every floor. The chain's next store ...

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    Alibaba Group's share price reached new highs, trading above $115...

    2014-11-13T00:00:00Z

    Alibaba Group's share price reached new highs, trading above $115 a share and reaching a market capitalization above $280 billion, after reporting strong results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30 and announcing that it generated record sales of $9.3 billion through its marketplaces on Nov. 11 in connection with ...

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    Hervis Sports, the large price-driven retail chain from Austria, opened...

    2014-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Hervis Sports, the large price-driven retail chain from Austria, opened its second store in Germany on Oct. 27. Two years after the first one in Garmisch-Partenkirchen at the foot of the Alps, the choice fell this time on Nuremberg. The outlet has a selling surface of 1,030 square meters and ...

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    Blue Tomato, the large Austrian chain and mail-order retailer of...

    2014-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Blue Tomato, the large Austrian chain and mail-order retailer of action sports products, has arrived in Salzburg. The company owned by Zumiez, the U.S. retailer, had 17 doors in Germany and Austria. The new one, which opened on Oct. 30, is located in the old heart of the Austrian city and ...

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    Intersport Sverige's third attempt to become a serious bicycle retailer...

    2014-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Intersport Sverige's third attempt to become a serious bicycle retailer seems to have succeeded. Over the next year, 15 new stores in Sweden will begin selling bikes. The two requirements for stores to be included in the bicycle initiative are that there is room for the products and the appropriate ...

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    SportScheck has the best online sports store for tablet computers...

    2014-11-03T00:00:00Z

    SportScheck has the best online sports store for tablet computers in Europe, according to a German agency, Quisma, which has checked out 15 web shops for sporting goods for their features. It is followed by the online stores of JD Sports, Karstadt Sports and Intersport Deutschland. All of them are ...

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    Working through Hermes NexTec, a subsidiary of the Otto Group,...

    2014-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Working through Hermes NexTec, a subsidiary of the Otto Group, Adidas has launched a webshop in 15 European countries at adidasspecialtysports.com, offering products specifically developed for specific sports such as badminton, cricket, cross-country skiing, cycling, handball, rugby, swimming, weightlifting and wrestling. The site contains links to Adidas' national websites for ...

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    Asics has introduced its new retail concept with the first...

    2014-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Asics has introduced its new retail concept with the first “True Sport Performance Store” opening on Oct. 31 in the center of Hamburg, close to Mönckebergstrasse, the city's prestigious shopping street. The new store has a selling surface of nearly 1,000 square meters and intends to offer a state-of-the-art shopping ...

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    Asics plans to open flagship stores in Madrid and Lisbon,...

    2014-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Asics plans to open flagship stores in Madrid and Lisbon, similar to the one that it inaugurated in Barcelona in 2012. The brand already has 12 stores in Spain and three in Portugal including nine factory outlets in Spain and two in Portugal.

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    Top-Sport, a privately owned company with 20 stores in Finland,...

    2014-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Top-Sport, a privately owned company with 20 stores in Finland, has warned that it may have to dismiss about 140 of its 250 employees to get out of its financial problems. To this end, the chain's management has started consultations with the personnel and indicated that some stores may be ...

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    Salvatore Grimaldi, chairman of Bianchi and its parent company, Cycleurope,...

    2014-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Salvatore Grimaldi, chairman of Bianchi and its parent company, Cycleurope, has inaugurated a Bianchi store in a prestigious area of Milan, on via Cavallotti between San Babila and the Cathedral. Featuring also a coffee shop, it is called Café & Cycle Bianchi. It is the first of the kind in ...

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    Décathlon is still the favorite sports retailer of French people,...

    2014-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Décathlon is still the favorite sports retailer of French people, according to a recent survey by OC&C, a management consulting firm. The survey, in its fifth year, was conducted on around 6,000 people in June-July 2014. Among sports retailers, Décathlon ranked ahead of both Intersport and the duo Go Sport ...

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    William Zhang, a manager who climbed through the ranks at...

    2014-10-14T00:00:00Z

    William Zhang, a manager who climbed through the ranks at Décathlon in China, has become its chief executive officer in Greater China. He replaces Pannya Khamphommala, who has returned to Europe to work for Domyos, the French retail group's private label for fitness products. The switch was confirmed to us ...

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    Volcom has opened a store in Stuttgart, its third one...

    2014-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Volcom has opened a store in Stuttgart, its third one in Germany. The surf and skate brand, which is owned by the Kering group, has already opened four new stores in France since the beginning of this year. It now has 15 physical stores in Europe, the same as in ...

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    SportScheck has opened its second store in Berlin. With a...

    2014-10-14T00:00:00Z

    SportScheck has opened its second store in Berlin. With a retail area of 4,700 square meters, it is located in the Leipziger Platz 12 shopping mall, which is expected to turn into Europe's largest shopping center, with 135,000 sqm. of leased space.

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    Original Buff has opened its second store in Barcelona's airport....

    2014-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Original Buff has opened its second store in Barcelona's airport. The first one was opened in Terminal 1 in March. The new one is in Terminal 2 and measures 75 square meters. It offers a special line designed for the Pilgrimage to Santiago on an exclusive basis.