News briefs - Retail – Page 27
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News briefsBlue Tomato opens fourth store in the Netherlands
International boardsports and lifestyle specialist Blue Tomato is expanding its presence in the Netherlands with a fourth store. The company from Austria opened a new store in the “Spaarnestad” Haarlem just in time for the important shopping day Sinterklaas. The new store is located at Grote Houtstraat 96 and covers ...
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News briefsSport 2000 Austria joins global brand strategy and adapts claim
Sport 2000 Austria has joined the international marketing campaign of its mother company by adopting the corporate design and translating the brand claim “Home of experts” (launched by Sport 2000 International in April 2022) into German. “Wo Profis zuhause sind” (German for Home of experts) is the new motto in ...
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News briefsNew “Jordan World of Flight” retail concept launches in Milan
Source: Nike Craig Williams, Jordan Brand President, and Sandra Idehen, Jordan Brand VP/GM, EMEA, stand at the World of Flight entrance. Jordan Brand has opened Jordan World of Flight Milan, an innovative retail destination to celebrate the legacy and future of basketball culture. World of Flight is ...
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News briefsAll for Padel not quite all pádel
CEO José Luís Sicre announced at this month’s seventh edition of International Padel Days in Barcelona that All For Padel is looking to make good on its slogan, “Not everything’s padel,” especially when it comes to international expansion. According to CMDsport, the Adidas retail licensee is looking to move into ...
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News briefsShein looks at becoming an online marketplace
Shein, one of the world’s largest online fashion retailers, is looking at becoming an online marketplace, according to The Wall Street Journal. The move would likely mean Shein becomes a direct competitor for existing e-commerce sites such as Alibaba, AliExpress and Amazon Marketplace, expanding beyond selling its own apparel and ...
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News briefsAsics partners with Apparel Group to roll out retail stores in the GCC
Asics has teamed up with regional conglomerate Apparel Group to launch Asics retail stores in Qatar, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Oman and Bahrain. The franchise contract encompasses the opening of 20 stores within the next five years. The first Asics store under this agreement was inaugurated at the ...
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News briefsHead of XXL Norway to step down next May
Source: via Norsk Sportsbransjeforening Stine Trygg-Hauger Stine Trygg-Hauger will step down as managing director of XXL Sport & Villmark in May 2023. At the same time, the new XXL group CEO Freddy Sobin will take over from Pål Wibe, who stepped down earlier this year. Trygg-Hauger has ...
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News briefsIntersport Austria forecasts good winter business with renewed interest in all winter sports
In the first two weekends of Advent, Intersport Austria registered a boom in all winter sports equipment: According to the buying group, there was request for skis, touring skis, snowshoes, as well as sleds. The booking situation on the company’s rental platform is also developing well. As last year, the ...
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News briefsHigh energy costs massively change Germans’ buying habits
The German Retail Association (HDE) reports that the high price increases for energy in Germany have significantly changed the shopping behavior of consumers. For example, the latest HDE “Consumer Monitor Prices” for 2022/23 shows that eight out of ten consumers are affected by rising energy costs, and ...
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News briefsDecathlon Germany becomes Payback partner
From Jan. 2, 2023, Decathlon in Germany will partner with the Payback loyalty program. The French sporting goods manufacturer and retailer operates more than 80 stores and an online store in Germany, and customers can choose from more than 100 types of sports in its product range. Payback was founded ...
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News briefsSport 2000 runs employer branding campaign to support retail recruitment efforts
Enhancing the attractivity of jobs in sports retail is the goal of the current cross-country employer branding efforts of Sport 2000, run in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands. With advertisements, a social media campaign and selected tools and assets like the locally held ”Junior Sales Champion” competition offered to its ...
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News briefsKettler pilots new fitness equipment rental service in German cities
In partnership with the Munich-based service provider Mietfit, Kettler started a new rental program for training machines such as the Tour 300 cycle ergometer or the Optima 800 cross-trainer, which can be selected on the Kettler website. The offer is aimed at customers who only train at home in winter, ...
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News briefsCovision Media introduces new 3D scanner, wins ISPO Brandnew Award
Covision Media, founded in 2020 in Italy, won the ISPO Brandnew Awards in the Sports, Technology and Platforms category at ISPO Munich a few weeks ago with D-Twin, a fully automated 3D scanner that creates top-quality 3D models in a very short time. With one click, D-Twin can convert any ...
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News briefsHavaianas releases app for custom flip-flops
According to Lorena, Havaianas is celebrating its 60th anniversary with the release of an app that will enable customers to customize the flip-flops they purchase through it. Limited to the Brazilian brands’ two most traditional models, the Top and the Slim, the service covers prints and color combinations for straps ...
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News briefsJD Sports’ storefront in Oxford Street becomes an AR arcade game
JD Sports has transformed the facia of its flagship store in London’s Oxford Street into a free interactive claw grabber game using augmented reality (AR). The sporting goods retailer has launched the experience in partnership with Snap Inc., the tech company behind Snapchat. In order to play, shoppers scan the ...
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News briefsFusalp is expanding its retail presence
High-end skiwear brand Fusalp has recently opened new stores in New York and Zurich. The new flagship in New York, which opened its doors on Nov. 5, is located on Madison Avenue, next to a Givenchy boutique, and extends over 240 square meters. The new 150-sqm store in Zurich followed ...
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News briefsBurton launches online rental program
Burton has announced a new online rental program for snowboards, boots, bindings and outerwear in the continental U.S. The rental model is aimed at short-term rentals, with gear shipped directly to the customers. Burton promises professionally cleaned and like-new condition equipment, shipped with the tools and hardware needed to set ...
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News briefsDecathlon integrates Resortecs disassembly technologies and launches ski jacket designed for recycling
Resortecs, the textile technology company, has announced that Decathlon is launching the first ski jacket to incorporate its Smart Stitch thread, in the retailer’s winter sport’s brand, Wedze. Resortecs has received a €2.5 million grant from the E.U. to accelerate the go-to-market of its heat-dissolvable and purportedly fully recyclable sewing ...
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News briefsKeller Sports opens insolvency proceedings, business operations continue
The German Keller Group – umbrella company of Keller Sports, Keller X, Keller Premium and Keller Smiles – has filed for insolvency proceedings in self-administration at the Munich District Court, according to German trade magazine TextilWirtschaft. The main reasons cited are the supply chain crisis and the significant deterioration in ...
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News briefsXXL announces new group CEO
Norwegian sporting goods retailer XXL has announced the appointment of Freddy Sobin as the next group CEO. He is expected to join XXL by May 2023 at the latest. Stein Eriksen, currently serving as interim CEO, will return to his position as CFO when Sobin joins XXL next year. He ...
