News briefs - Retail – Page 109
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Décathlon is said to be planning to open a 4,000-square-meter...
Décathlon is said to be planning to open a 4,000-square-meter store in the Wandsbek district of Hamburg at the beginning of 2016. It would be its 25th store in Germany after two other stores due to be opened shortly in Mannheim and Hückelhoven. Meanwhile, local planning authorities have reportedly denied ...
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SportScheck has opened its second store in Berlin, measuring 4,700...
SportScheck has opened its second store in Berlin, measuring 4,700 square meters and located in the central Leipziger Platz. The German sporting goods retailer has thus become the anchor tenant of the Mall of Berlin, which is supposed to become the largest shopping center in Europe, with a retail surface ...
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Blue Tomato has revamped its pan-European e-commerce operations in response...
Blue Tomato has revamped its pan-European e-commerce operations in response to the fact that 35 percent of the orders it receives are now placed through tablets or smartphones. The new web store of the Austrian-based boardsports retailer, which is owned by Zumiez, offers more than 450,000 items in 14 languages.
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Cold Mountain, a Chinese multi-brand retailer for surf and snowboard-related...
Cold Mountain, a Chinese multi-brand retailer for surf and snowboard-related items, has opened its flagship store in the youth-oriented Sanlitun Soho shopping center of Beijing. The retailer already has nine other stores in the country.
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Asics has launched a web store in Germany, the second...
Asics has launched a web store in Germany, the second in Europe after the store that it put online in the U.K. in July 2013. The Japanese company already has e-commerce in Japan, the U.S. and Australia. The German internet store has a store locator and a program for individual ...
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Under Armour, too, has started its own online store for...
Under Armour, too, has started its own online store for the German market, giving a complete overview over the product range that it has developed for the European market. Shipments take between two and five days, and they are free of charge if the value of the products is €49 ...
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As announced in July, Yoox has expanded its activewear offerings...
As announced in July, Yoox has expanded its activewear offerings with a new area dedicated to sportswear, which has been online since mid-September. The new sportswear section includes a range of products from big brands like New Balance, Nike, Patagonia, The North Face and Under Armour but also niche labels like ...
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El Corte Inglés is reportedly looking at possible new investments...
El Corte Inglés is reportedly looking at possible new investments abroad, notably in Milan, as it has started to improve its profitability, after the downward curve of the last six years. Its online store is already offering its products in France and some other countries. The net profit of the ...
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Sport Zone ended the first half of 2014 with 77...
Sport Zone ended the first half of 2014 with 77 stores in Portugal and 34 in Spain. According to its parent company, Sonae Group, discretionary spending began to go up in Portugal in the fourth quarter of 2014 and has been accelerating since, reaching a growth rate of 14 percent ...
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Under Armour is in line to raise the number of...
Under Armour is in line to raise the number of single-brand stores outside the U.S. from 20 to 80 in the course of this year, including 50 in China. About 12 of the existing stores are directly owned by the American company, which is determined to have a stronger presence ...
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Sport Partner reports that Euretco Sport, the Dutch licensee of...
Sport Partner reports that Euretco Sport, the Dutch licensee of Intersport, has launched a new online platform, Jouwsportzaak.nl, that acts as a central web shop for its affiliated sporting goods retailers. It is now working to develop individual web stores for its independent retail members. In Germany, the ANWR Group, ...
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Løplabbet, the Norwegian sporting goods retailer specializing in running and...
Løplabbet, the Norwegian sporting goods retailer specializing in running and training, has reported a 12.3 percent sales increase to 72.6 million Norwegian kroner (€8.92m-$11.55m) for 2013. With its nine stores, it is expecting to raise them again to more than NOK 80 million (€9.83m-$12.73m) this year according to its general manager, Tor ...
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Working through Austrian-based Blue Tomato, Zumiez plans to raise the...
Working through Austrian-based Blue Tomato, Zumiez plans to raise the number of its European stores from 12 to 18 in the course of this year. The American action sports retailer performed better than expected in the second quarter ended Aug. 2, as its net profit jumped by 57.3 percent to ...
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Amer Sports will inaugurate a new Amer Sports Brand Store...
Amer Sports will inaugurate a new Amer Sports Brand Store at the group's headquarters in Helsinki, at Aleksis Kiven katu 17 A, on Aug. 29. The 280-square-meter store will offer a comprehensive selection of products representing the various brands of the group. The store offering will include sports and lifestyle ...
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Hervis, the Austrian sporting goods retail chain, plans to open...
Hervis, the Austrian sporting goods retail chain, plans to open its second German store in Nuremberg later this year and is looking for other locations in the southern part of Germany. The chain, which belongs to the Spar group, had a turnover of €424 million in 2013. Besides its Austrian ...
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Pearl Izumi will open its fifth European factory outlet store...
Pearl Izumi will open its fifth European factory outlet store in the U.K. this autumn. The sports apparel maker has opened four other factory outlet stores in Europe in four years, located in the Dutch city of Valkenburg, Palma de Mallorca, Vienna and Paris. The new store that will open ...
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Element will open its first stand-alone store in the U.K....
Element will open its first stand-alone store in the U.K. in November or December. The U.S.-based skateboarding clothing and footwear brand will open a 2,816-square-feet flagship store at 13 Shorts Gardens near Covent Garden in central London, in a space that was previously occupied by Berghaus. The three-floor shop will ...
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Base-Detallsport, the second-largest Spanish buying group, is inviting all the...
Base-Detallsport, the second-largest Spanish buying group, is inviting all the members of a regional splinter group, Giro 180, to rejoin the cooperative, which is said to be holding discussions with another buying group, Twinner. At the same time, Base is reportedly discussing a possible cooperation in purchasing with Intersport España. ...
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Sport Zone, the big Portuguese sporting goods retail chain owned...
Sport Zone, the big Portuguese sporting goods retail chain owned by Sonae Group, has launched its online store, offering some 25,000 different items. It has also launched a blog, connected with social networks, that will be updated daily. The new web shop is accessible to customers in Spain, where the ...
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From the start of next year Sport 2000 Germany will...
From the start of next year Sport 2000 Germany will be the official competence partner of the German athletics federation (DLV). Sport 2000 will be the sole retail partner for laufen.de, the website supported by the DLV, allowing it to provide relevant updates about product trends and other tips. These ...
