News briefs - Retail – Page 111

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    Sports Trade & Marketing International (SMTI) welcomes a new partner...

    2014-04-22T00:00:00Z

    Sports Trade & Marketing International (SMTI) welcomes a new partner to the international Geneva-based buying group. The newest member is SportXX, the Swiss specialty chain owned by Migros, Switzerland's large retail cooperative. The turnover of SportXX, including its Outdoor by SportXX specialty shops, amounted to the equivalent of €226 million ...

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    SportScheck, Germany's largest specialty retail chain of sporting goods, has...

    2014-04-22T00:00:00Z

    SportScheck, Germany's largest specialty retail chain of sporting goods, has added a new store to its network. It has a selling surface of about 3,000 square meters and is located in Kassel, a city in northern Hesse. The subsidiary of the Otto Group plans more openings after this 18th outlet, ...

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    Printemps, the French department store chain acquired by Qatar Holding,...

    2014-04-22T00:00:00Z

    Printemps, the French department store chain acquired by Qatar Holding, has a plan to boost the number of its Citadium stores to between ten and 15 in the next years. The store concept, which was first inaugurated by Printemps in 2000 with a 6,000-square-meter unit next to its Paris flagship ...

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    Trigema, the German brand of activewear that prides itself on...

    2014-04-22T00:00:00Z

    Trigema, the German brand of activewear that prides itself on manufacturing all its clothing in Germany, is opening its first flagship store on 200 square meters in the Mall of Berlin, a new centrally located shopping center in the German capital. According to Textilwirtschaft, the company's chief executive and owner, ...

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    Adidas is said to be looking at opening a Runbase...

    2014-04-22T00:00:00Z

    Adidas is said to be looking at opening a Runbase store in Paris before the end of this year to help consolidate its third place in the French running shoe market, estimated at nearly €300 million, after Asics and Nike. It already has Runbase stores in Tokyo, London and Berlin.

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    The number of Foot Locker stores outside the U.S. rose...

    2014-04-22T00:00:00Z

    The number of Foot Locker stores outside the U.S. rose last year by 1.8 percent to 732, with those located in Europe rising to 604 from 590. According to the group's 10-K filing with the U.S. Securities Commission, sales per square foot rose in its stores by 3.9 percent to ...

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    Gigasport, the Austrian sporting goods retail chain, is said to...

    2014-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Gigasport, the Austrian sporting goods retail chain, is said to be pulling out of Slovenia, closing its three stores in Ljubljana, Maribor and Celje in the summer. Slovenia is the last foreign market for the Austrian retailer which left the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 2012. In Austria, this subsidiary ...

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    Stadium, the Scandinavian sporting goods retailer based in Sweden, has...

    2014-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Stadium, the Scandinavian sporting goods retailer based in Sweden, has closed three of its stores in Denmark, where it has reported a decrease in sales of just over one million Swedish kronor, down to SEK 63 million (€7.07m-$9.73m) for the financial year ended last Aug. 31. Profits before tax remained roughly ...

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    Foot on Mars, the new Spanish chain of franchised sports...

    2014-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Foot on Mars, the new Spanish chain of franchised sports fashion stores of Twinner Iberia, has opened its own pages on Facebook and Instagram and launched a blog. It is accompanying the opening of the first two stores in Lugo and Santiago de Compostela in the past few weeks and ...

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    Puma has closed its last remaining full-price store in Scandinavia,...

    2014-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Puma has closed its last remaining full-price store in Scandinavia, located on the Hamngatan in Stockholm. It is retaining a factory outlet in Denmark. The brand has already shut down 73 of the 91 single-brand stores that it had selected for elimination. The others should follow over the balance of ...

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    Adidas Originals has opened the first store under its new...

    2014-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Adidas Originals has opened the first store under its new “Neighborhood” concept in Berlin. Five others are due to come on stream this year in London, Shanghai, Seoul, Moscow, New York and Paris. Adidas Original's symbol, the Trefoil, has been reinvented for the occasion. Each store is supposed to be ...

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    Deckers Outdoor Corporation announced this week the opening of its...

    2014-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Deckers Outdoor Corporation announced this week the opening of its first Brand Showcase store at the company's new headquarters at Goleta, in the Santa Barbara area of California. Measuring more than 8,000 square feet, it features an extensive range of products across all its brands: Ugg Australia, Teva, Sanuk, Tsubo, ...

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    With concept store locations already in Stockholm and Helsinki, Hestra...

    2014-04-01T00:00:00Z

    With concept store locations already in Stockholm and Helsinki, Hestra is now opening a new store in Oslo in August. It will be located in the popular shopping street of Bogstadsveien and will display over 300 models of sports and fashion gloves.

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    Aigle has launched a new version of its website which...

    2014-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Aigle has launched a new version of its website which provides visitors with intuitive access to e-commerce functions. The website is managed by The Other Store and is already operational in France, Germany, Italy and Spain. In partnership with SoCloz, customers can also book products online to try them on ...

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    Bogner is planning to open new stores in Oslo and...

    2014-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Bogner is planning to open new stores in Oslo and Cyprus. In the past year, the German brand opened two new corporate stores in Munich and Innsbruck as well as 17 partner stores operated by franchisees, including foreign locations such as Moskow, St. Petersburg, Baku and Luxemburg. The company's revenues ...

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    Sportrade, an e-commerce platform for trading in new and used...

    2014-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Sportrade, an e-commerce platform for trading in new and used sports products among vendors, retailers and consumers based in Berlin, filed for insolvency last Feb. 6 in the Charlottenburg district court. Björn Gehde has been appointed by the court as receiver, but the business is said to be running as ...

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    The Adidas Group has unveiled a new retail concept called...

    2014-02-27T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2014-02-27T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2014-02-27T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2014-02-10T00:00:00Z

    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 ...