News briefs - Retail – Page 113
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Joma Sport has opened its first store in Argentina through...
Joma Sport has opened its first store in Argentina through its new distributor and licensee in the country, KA Argentina. The store is located in Morón, a city in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires.
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XXL, the Norwegian sporting goods retail giant, has opened its...
XXL, the Norwegian sporting goods retail giant, has opened its 13th store in Sweden, this time in the town of Karlstad. The new store is 4,000 square meters and is the chain's fourth new store to open in Sweden this year. The number of its stores in the country is ...
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After expanding its unique click-and-mortar retail operation (see our previous...
After expanding its unique click-and-mortar retail operation (see our previous issue), Rossignol will open a 30-square-meter store in French ski resort of Chamonix for its apparel line at the end of this month, with a lease for two years. Similar stores are opening through franchisees in Austria, at Kirchberg and ...
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Hervis Sport is introducing a new multi-channel retailing concept in...
Hervis Sport is introducing a new multi-channel retailing concept in about 50 stores in Austria and a similar number in other countries where the Austrian chain operates, following a trial at its Hervis Future Store in The Mall, one of Vienna's shopping centers. Customers will be able to order products ...
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The Danish Sport-Master group, which is no longer a cooperative...
The Danish Sport-Master group, which is no longer a cooperative voluntary group, says it wants to build up the best online sporting goods store in Denmark, connecting it with the 100-plus physical stores which it owns now. The idea is to give customers the same experience regardless of whether they ...
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Intersport Danmark has come to the rescue of a Danish...
Intersport Danmark has come to the rescue of a Danish sports retailer, Sports On Top, which recently declared bankruptcy. Intersport will take over eight Sport On Top retail locations, converting six into Intersport stores and two into Sport Direct stores. Sport Direct is a Danish B2B service for sales of ...
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Intersport Sweden has adapted its loyalty program for mobile devices...
Intersport Sweden has adapted its loyalty program for mobile devices through an agreement with Flatwallet. Members of the Intersport Club can now download the Flatwallet app to validate their membership through their smartphones. Users will not have to carry around all their membership cards as they can get the benefits ...
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Totalsport, one of the multiple Spanish buying groups, has taken...
Totalsport, one of the multiple Spanish buying groups, has taken over Team Match, a small group of seven sports retailers operating in the Barcelona area. Based in Zaragoza, Totalsport now has 166 retail members operating 204 stores.
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J.Lindeberg recently opened its second store in the traditional Austrian...
J.Lindeberg recently opened its second store in the traditional Austrian ski resort town of Solden. The store, which is franchised, had its grand opening in conjunction with the recent Alpine Skiing World Cup. According to Sportfack, the Swedish company plans to invest more in sport fashion and to expand its ...
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Foremost Golf, the largest golf retail group in the U.K.,...
Foremost Golf, the largest golf retail group in the U.K., has launched a new “click & collect” retail service to help customers who buy on the internet but are seldom at home during office hours to receive a delivery. The service allows the customers who purchased at www.foremostgolf.com to collect ...
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SportScheck, Germany's largest sporting goods retailer, has opened its new...
SportScheck, Germany's largest sporting goods retailer, has opened its new high-tech flagship store in Munich on a net sales surface of 10,200 square meters. The store employs a staff of 250 people and offers some 30,000 different products under 530 brands, arranged by sports category and led by outdoor, running ...
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Kaufhof Sportarena has launched its virtual store, offering a first...
Kaufhof Sportarena has launched its virtual store, offering a first selection of 1,300 sports items that should go up to 2,000 in due course. A link with social networks allows customers to share their impressions with friends. The chain, which belongs to Kaufhof, manages 13 Sportarena stores and four Wanderzeit ...
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Germany's Planet Sports has opened its eighth store in the...
Germany's Planet Sports has opened its eighth store in the country in Karlsruhe. The company plans to open eight to ten more stores next year. Including its online stores, which sell to customers in 15 European countries, the boardsports retailer has reached an annual turnover of about €100 million.
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Volcom has just launched its own e-commerce operation in the...
Volcom has just launched its own e-commerce operation in the U.S. and Canada, where it was working online through a third-party e-tailer. It is going to launch it in Europe before the end of this year, with pages in English, French, German and Spanish.
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New Balance has opened its first Italian New Balance Experience...
New Balance has opened its first Italian New Balance Experience Store in Bologna, in the northern region of Emilia Romagna. The new shop, on two floors and with a total surface of 75 square meters, is located in Via de' Toschi, at the very heart of the city center, a ...
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Intersport is partnering with The North Face for its first...
Intersport is partnering with The North Face for its first pan-European campaign in the outdoor category, as it has already done with Adidas and Nike in football, Reebok in fitness and Asics in running. A co-branded “More Jacket. More Adventure” campaign is being rolled out across 14 countries this autumn ...
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El Corte Inglés is launching an online store in English...
El Corte Inglés is launching an online store in English to sell a variety of private label items, including sports products. The goal of the Spanish retailer is to position itself as a leading supplier for tourists visiting Spain. According to a Spanish online information portal, Modaes, it is targeting ...
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New Balance has opened a new global experience retail store...
New Balance has opened a new global experience retail store in Barcelona, in line with the firm's push to expand its global retail presence. The new outlet, which measures a total of 375 square meters, is located in the high-end Rambla De Catalunya area. The store's internal design has been ...
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Marmot has opened its first single-brand franchised store in the...
Marmot has opened its first single-brand franchised store in the U.K. in partnership with Adventure Peaks, a British outdoor retailer and expedition company. Located in Ambleside in the Lake District National Park, the store has a selling surface of 180 square meters (more in The Outdoor Industry Compass).
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Blue Tomato, the big Austrian action sports retailer acquired by...
Blue Tomato, the big Austrian action sports retailer acquired by Zumiez last year, has opened its first door in the Tyrol on a selling surface of 520 square meters, in the state capital of Innsbruck. It is, alongside Blue Tomato's mail-order service, the company's fifth point of sale in Austria ...
