News briefs - Retail – Page 31
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News briefsBlue Tomato expands in Norway
Blue Tomato has opened a second Norwegian store, after the one in Oslo, in the city of Trondheim. A third is due to follow in Bergen, and there are plans for a store in Rovaniemi, Finland, as well. “Trondheim is located at the center of retail in central Norway and ...
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News briefsHervis gets Austrians moving
The Austrian sports specialty chain Hervis, which operates more than 240 doors across six European countries, has donated €47,250 to Austrian Sports Aid that was raised by its “Hervis Team Run.” The initiative saw nearly 4,800 Austrians across the country’s nine states take to the roads or trails to “get ...
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News briefsPSG expands its retail partnership with Lids to Europe
Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) has announced that it is expanding its partnership with Lids Sports Group. The French football club will entrust Lids to oversee operations for the club’s European locations. The expansion follows the openings of the Fanatics and Lids-operated PSG permanent store in Los Angeles in 2021 and the ...
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News briefsPuma selects Secret Sales as its first U.K. marketplace partner
According to a post by Secret Sales owner Matthew Purt on LinkedIn, Puma has partnered with the U.K. marketplace to distribute surplus inventory and custom products. That means Puma can focus on full-price inventory on its own websites and other channels while having full control over its brand, offering and ...
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News briefsGfK data platform gfknewron gets retail analysis option
Shortly after GfK SE and Nielsen IQ have announced their merger in July 2022, the company expanded its gfknewron data platform with a new gfknewron retail sector. According to GfK, the new platform is designed to help retailers identify market developments and sales potential and compare their own performance with ...
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News briefsUnions seek to raise pay and benefits at El Corte Inglés
The collective-bargaining agreement drafted by Spain’s Federation of Department Store Unions (FASGA) for El Corte Inglés and other big retailers proposes a raise of 6 percent for employees earning about €18,500 a year for 2023, with a second 6 percent raise to follow in 2024. FASGA had proposed raises of ...
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News briefsReef opens first “full price” store in Europe
Reef, the U.S. brand of surf shoes, apparel and accessories, has opened its first “full price” store in Europe, and specifically in Marbella, Spain, according to CMDsport. Enabling the move is Albion 1879, which handles the brand’s distribution in Spain, Portugal and Andorra and operates some 1,000 points of sale ...
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News briefsAdidas inaugurates a store in Rome
Adidas has opened a new store in Rome. The 714-square-meter retail space, on two floors, is located at via del Corso 132, a main street in the historical city center and one of Rome’s shopping avenues. The store features a number of technological innovations, among them immersive dressing rooms with ...
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News briefsDecathlon promotes French sports subsidy
Decathlon is promoting a French government subsidy of €50 for youths aged six to 18 whose families receive the government’s back-to-school subsidy, youths of the same age who receive the handicap subsidy, adults up to age 30 who receive the handicap subsidy or, as of this year, students who receive ...
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News briefsZalando is Nike’s second retail partner for Connected Partnership in ten European countries
Just a few hours after JD Sports announced it would become Nike’s first European retail partner for the brand’s Connected Partnership program, Zalando has spread the news that it will be Nike’s partner in Germany, Austria, Benelux, France, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Italy and Poland for the same integrated customer ...
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News briefsJD Sports to be first European retailer to go live with Nike’s connected partnership
JD Sports will be Nike’s first European retail partner for the brand’s Connected Partnership. The integrated loyalty program aims to enhance the shopping experience of customers through access to member-exclusive products and experiences. Starting in the U.K., the program will enable customers to link their JD and Nike membership accounts ...
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News briefsANWR Media promotes Tim Wiese to management board
Tim Wiese, in charge of the e-commerce activities of Sport 2000 GmbH (a subsidiary of ANWR Media GmbH), will be appointed to the management of ANWR Media by the ANWR Group’s executive board on Oct. 1. He will lead the company together with Michael Decker. “The relevance of online trade ...
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News briefsTennis-Point hires Stefan Salzer as managing director
The German tennis and running equipment retailer Tennis-Point has hired Stefan Salzer as its new managing director. He will be working alongside company founder Christian Miele to lead the European growth of the company in existing markets and new business lines, focusing on strengthening stability and scalability in the company’s ...
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News briefsPGA Tour Superstore makes two changes at the top
There have been two executive changes at golf and tennis specialty retailer PGA Tour Superstore, as reported by our colleagues at the American edition of SGI. President and CEO Dick Sullivan has become executive chairman and CEO, and chief merchandising officer Jill Spiegel has become president. Sullivan has been working ...
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News briefsAsics using Contentsquare for e-commerce
Asics EMEA has begun working with the analytics company Contentsquare to improve its e-commerce website. In the blog section of its own website, Contentsquare has published an interview with Asics EMEA’s senior e-commerce manager, Rick Hoving, in charge of the website-optimization team. “Most of our production takes place in Southeast ...
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News briefsEighth Sport 2000 Absolute Run store opens, international expansion planned
An eighth Absolute Run store (based on the Sport 2000 focus shop concept for running specialists) opened in Würzburg on Sept. 22. The owner is Jan Diekow, who together with concept provider Sport 2000 has reopened his Laufstil store on more than 250 square meters of retail space. Besides one ...
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News briefsGo Sport opens new Paris store “La Salle de Sport”
Less than one year after the acquisition of Go Sport by Hermione People & Brands for one symbolic Euro from Rallye, the company has opened its first new store in Paris. The new, 1,700-square-meter ‘La Salle de Sport’ (the gym) retail concept at Boulevard de la Madeleine in the heart ...
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News briefsTracksmith to expand outside the States with new U.K. store
According to Drapers and Apparel Resources, the U.S. running brand Tracksmith is about to expand over the big pond and will open its first store in the U.K. at the end of September. The two media outlets report that the new brick-and-mortar store, located in London’s Marylebone district, is planned ...
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News briefsMike Ashley stepping down at Frasers
Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley is renouncing the directorship of Frasers Group and will not be standing for re-election. He will therefore be stepping down at the end of his term, which coincides with the annual general meeting of Oct. 19. Ashley will nevertheless retain a majority stake, of about ...
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News briefsJD Sports Fashion reaches deals with its former executive chairman
JD Sports Fashion says that it has come to an agreement with its former executive chairman, Peter Cogwill, whom it obliged to step down in May after an internal review of its management. The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had fined JD for the illicit disclosure of “commercially sensitive ...
