News briefs - Retail – Page 124
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Evasion Running, a very dynamic Spanish chain of running stores,...
Evasion Running, a very dynamic Spanish chain of running stores, will be the exclusive distributor in Spain of the Lance Armstrong collection designed by Nike. The first specialist running store to present the new collection has been in fact the big recently opened new Evasion Running concept store in Barcelona. ...
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Super Retail Group of Australia has added to its stable...
Super Retail Group of Australia has added to its stable of companies with the purchase of Rebel, the country's largest sporting goods retailer, from Archer Capital. The price of 610 million Australian dollars (€453.5m- $623.4m) covers 90 Rebel Sport stores, 36 Amart stores and two Performance Sport stores and expands ...
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Etnies has opened a flagship store in Amsterdam, created in...
Etnies has opened a flagship store in Amsterdam, created in cooperation with its key retailer, Eberhardt. The store is in the sought-after Damrak area, and carries the largest collection of Etnies footwear and apparel in Europe. It's the Etnies second store to open in Europe after a shop in London ...
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Playlife, the sports lifestyle brand of Benetton Group, has opened...
Playlife, the sports lifestyle brand of Benetton Group, has opened a multi-brand store in Treviso that also hosts another action sports brand of the group, Killer Loop, and others including the Dahon brand of foldable bicycles. Set up like a loft, the store specializes in the sale of sustainable and ...
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Reischmann, a German retailer of sports and fashion products based...
Reischmann, a German retailer of sports and fashion products based in Ravensburg, is opening its 13th store in nearby Kempten. With 8,000 square meters of space, of which more than 5,000 m² will be for sporting goods, it will be the biggest one in the chain. The company already has ...
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Ebay has launched a new pilot project aiming to win...
Ebay has launched a new pilot project aiming to win new sellers that as of now is limited to only ebay.de and ebay.at, for Germany and Austria respectively. For the first time ever, Ebay is letting buyers pay Ebay for their goods; then Ebay will transfer the money to the ...
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Zalando will launch a pilot project next November to sell...
Zalando will launch a pilot project next November to sell sporting goods online in partnership with a sporting goods retailer in Germany. Philip Metzler and Christian Zingel, who are taking care of Zalando's partnership program for the moment, indicate that the retailer does not wish to be named during ...
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Taobao Mall, China's largest online retailer, is going to let...
Taobao Mall, China's largest online retailer, is going to let 38 rival retailers open virtual stores on its site as a way to expand its offerings. It won't become a retailer itself, but will continue in its role as a B2C platform between customers and brands or retailers. Taobao already ...
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Munich, the Spanish brand of sneakers, has inaugurated its first...
Munich, the Spanish brand of sneakers, has inaugurated its first store outside Spain in the Kildare Village of Ireland, near Dublin. Munich already has 10 mono-brand stores in Spain, plus shop-in-shops in various department stores of El Corte Inglés.
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Shortly after the opening of a store on the Portuguese...
Shortly after the opening of a store on the Portuguese Algarve coast, Golfino has made it into Milan. The new shop is located in the rather exclusive area of Brera in Via Solferino, which is packed with good boutiques and restaurants. The 70-square-meter selling surface is just a 10-minute walk ...
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Salomon is opening a 2,000-square-foot store in Vancouver next month....
Salomon is opening a 2,000-square-foot store in Vancouver next month. This will be the first look at its new design concept, which is warm and rustic yet contemporary, demonstrating the influence of the mountains with rough wood and rock features. A digital kiosk lets customers explore options for footwear depending ...
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New Balance will be opening its first mono-brand store in...
New Balance will be opening its first mono-brand store in Spain by the end of September. The store will be located in Madrid and will offer various product categories of the brand, including apparel, footwear and accessories. Additionally, a lifestyle collection will be added to the offerings.
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Norrøna has opened its first store in Sweden on Norrlandsgatan...
Norrøna has opened its first store in Sweden on Norrlandsgatan in Stockholm, mostly to improve the image of the Norwegian brand in the country. The spacious 450m² store is divided into five sections: skiing and snowboard, alpine climbing, outdoor, hunting, and lifestyle. In the middle of the store, there is ...
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Protest, the Dutch brand of boardsports apparel, has opened its...
Protest, the Dutch brand of boardsports apparel, has opened its second store in Beijing as part of its expansion in China, with more stores in Beijing and Shanghai planned by the end of this year, run through its Chinese partner, BTS Shanghai International. The Netherlands now represents only 20 percent ...
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The Adidas Group plans to open more than 2,500 single-brand...
The Adidas Group plans to open more than 2,500 single-brand stores in the lower-tier cities of China over the next few years, expanding coverage to more than 1,400 cities in the country. The plan was mentioned in a report in the China Daily newspaper quoting Colin Currie, managing director of ...
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Asics America Group has opened the first flagship store for...
Asics America Group has opened the first flagship store for the Japanese brand in São Paulo, Brazil, the first move in the company's planned retail expansion in the country. The Brazilian subsidiary is the company's fastest-growing worldwide, reporting a 39 percent sales increase in 2010. The new store has shoes, ...
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Golfsmith International, which until now has had retail operations only...
Golfsmith International, which until now has had retail operations only in the U.S., is expanding internationally, starting with South Korea. Most golf there is played indoors on golf simulators, and more than 84 percent of the market for these products is ruled by Golfzon. This Korean company will open and ...
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An NBA Store is opening as a temporary pop-up shop...
An NBA Store is opening as a temporary pop-up shop in New York this autumn, near where the store it shuttered in February was located. Adidas will run the 6,000-square-foot store, on Fifth Avenue between 47th and 48th Streets, and incur all the associated expenses. The league is looking for ...
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Patagonia is teaming up with Ebay for a new Common...
Patagonia is teaming up with Ebay for a new Common Threads Initiative store at its online marketplace, encouraging customers to buy and sell used Patagonia products. The purpose of Patagonia's Common Threads Initiative is to reduce consumption and ease its environmental impact. The initiative is the first time that a ...
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DPA, the German press agency, reports that Karstadt's new chief,...
DPA, the German press agency, reports that Karstadt's new chief, Andrew Jennings, appointed at the beginning of the year, is serious about expanding its network of sports stores. Currently, it has 26 of them, plus 86 department stores and the three premium stores operated in Hamburg, Munich and Berlin. Jennings ...
