News briefs - Retail – Page 112
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Nike will open a new three-storey flagship store on Berlin's...
Nike will open a new three-storey flagship store on Berlin's Traunzienstrasse on Feb. 14, calling it Nike Berlin. The 2,600-square-meter complex will have dedicated space for digital applications and for customization. It will also include a gym. Nike Berlin is taking the place of a former 3,500-sqm. Niketown on the ...
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Twinner Iberia, the Spanish buying group, is introducing a new...
Twinner Iberia, the Spanish buying group, is introducing a new store format, called Foot on Mars, for the sale of fashion-oriented sneakers, with a plan to reach more than 30 doors by the end of 2015. Twinner has already signed supply agreements for this type of footwear with the likes ...
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After hiring Stefanie Gruber as international sales manager in November,...
After hiring Stefanie Gruber as international sales manager in November, Sportalm has been expanding its store franchising concept. Entering the U.S. market, the Austrian sports apparel brand opened its first franchised single-brand store in Aspen, Colorado at the end 2013. Sportalm will continue its expansion in Eastern Europe in 2014, ...
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After introducing its selective distribution concept in Germany last year,...
After introducing its selective distribution concept in Germany last year, Mammut separated from about 200-300 retailers in the course of 2013, representing about 20-25 percent of its sales. The selective distribution concept will now also be implemented in Switzerland and Austria, followed by the rest of the world, in the ...
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Pearl Izumi has launched a virtual factory outlet store on...
Pearl Izumi has launched a virtual factory outlet store on the internet for the European market. It will be initially available for orders from France, the Benelux countries, Denmark, Finland and Sweden. The service will soon be extended to Austria and Poland. The brand already has three free-standing stores in ...
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Leader Sport Trading has opened the biggest multi-brand and multi-sport...
Leader Sport Trading has opened the biggest multi-brand and multi-sport stores in Abu Dhabi and Qatar, based on a new store concept that it wants to roll out across the Gulf states, competing with the likes of Intersport, Go Sport and Sports Direct. Spanning over 3,000 square meters and hosting ...
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Snipes, the German chain of sneaker shops, has taken over...
Snipes, the German chain of sneaker shops, has taken over SportsLab, a similar chain of ten stores in Switzerland that will change their names to Snipes next summer. The acquisition was made easier by the fact that Deichmann acquired a stake in Snipes in 2011. Deichmann, the largest shoe retailer ...
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Munich, the Spanish brand of sneakers, has opened its first...
Munich, the Spanish brand of sneakers, has opened its first two stores in China through a distributor as part of a new phase of development in Asia. They are located in Shanghai and Nanjing. The brand has also opened a shop-in-shop in the Lotte department store in Seoul and found ...
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Working under the supervision of the French Royer Group, New...
Working under the supervision of the French Royer Group, New Balance raised its sales in Germany by 62 percent in 2013, in comparison to the previous year, after introducing a very strict distribution system and separating itself from many clients in the course of 2012. From July 2013, New Balance ...
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Ochsner Sport, the leading sporting goods retailer in Switzerland, is...
Ochsner Sport, the leading sporting goods retailer in Switzerland, is moving into Germany with a first store planned to open in the Glacis-Galerie of Neu Ulm in March. Ochsner Sport has 97 stores in Switzerland and is the licensee for Fila in many parts of Europe. Its sales grew in ...
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Euretco Sport, the leading buying group for sports stores in...
Euretco Sport, the leading buying group for sports stores in the Netherlands, has started an online store concept for its members. The manager in charge at Euretco Sport told Sport Partner that the initiative was meant to support retailers who do not have the time to set up their own ...
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Sport-inn Organisatie, the central organization for a buying and marketing...
Sport-inn Organisatie, the central organization for a buying and marketing group of 13 stores in the Netherlands, has changed its name to Sportimo Retail. Sport Partner reports that the name change is meant to draw retail members who may be interested in the purchasing, marketing and other services provided by ...
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Skiset, the French-based online ski rental service, has launched Skiset...
Skiset, the French-based online ski rental service, has launched Skiset Holidays, an international reservation service in French and English for ski holidays, hotels and other lodgings at ski resorts. It is limited for the moment to France, Switzerland and Andorra, but the website indicates its possible extension to Italy, Spain ...
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Keller Sports, an online retailer based in Munich, is reportedly...
Keller Sports, an online retailer based in Munich, is reportedly coming out with a dedicated transactional website for the Swiss market. Its German online store already has pages in English, French, Dutch and Spanish. According to a report, the company has customers in 30 countries.
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K-Way is opening its first store in Milan at 8,...
K-Way is opening its first store in Milan at 8, via Ugo Foscolo, very close to the famous Galleria. This takes up to 10 the number of single-brand stores in Italy and 14 around the world for the vintage brand of sports fashion clothing owned by Basicnet, which is experiencing ...
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The Swiss section of ANWR-Garant, the international buying group, is...
The Swiss section of ANWR-Garant, the international buying group, is diversifying into the bike sector through a collaboration with Bico, the German cooperative of bicycle retailers in which ANWR has a 25 percent stake. The Swiss members of Bico will become members of the Swiss Sport 2000 organization controlled ...
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Sweaty Betty, the British retailer of women-specific sports clothing and...
Sweaty Betty, the British retailer of women-specific sports clothing and footwear, has opened its first two stores in the U.S. and plans to follow up with another one next year. The first two are located in the Soho district in New York City and in Greenwich, Connecticut. The chain already ...
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Lululemon Athletica has opened a 120-square-meter showroom in Frankfurt, on...
Lululemon Athletica has opened a 120-square-meter showroom in Frankfurt, on the city's Querstrasse. It works with a local crossfit studio and follows openings in the last few weeks on Munich's Holzstrasse and in the Charlottenburg area of Berlin. Lululemon has also opened four showrooms in London and one in Amsterdam. ...
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Reebok has opened a large store and Crossfit center on...
Reebok has opened a large store and Crossfit center on the centrally located avenue de l'Opéra in Paris, between the Louvre Museum and the Opera House. The 800-square-meter Fit Hub on two levels is similar to Reebok's Crossfit studio and store on Fifth Avenue in New York City. It takes ...
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Arena is opening its first store in Paris. Located near...
Arena is opening its first store in Paris. Located near Quiksilver's Boardriders Club in the Bercy Village shopping district of the French capital, the 100-square-meter shop will join on Dec. 17 those that it has in Lyon, Toulouse and Marseille. During the week of Dec. 16, people visiting swimming pools ...
