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    Décathlon is changing the name of its discount-oriented Koodza stores...

    2013-06-21T00:00:00Z

    Décathlon is changing the name of its discount-oriented Koodza stores to Décathlon Simply, according to Sport-Guide.com. The parent company, Oxylane, has sharply reduced the number of Koodza stores in France in the last two years.

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    Asics is launching its first European online store in the...

    2013-06-21T00:00:00Z

    Asics is launching its first European online store in the U.K. in September 2013. It already launched its virtual store in the U.S. at the end of April, followed by one in Japan. The U.K. was chosen for the European launch because of its high internet penetration in retailing and ...

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    Prince is opening a store in Wimbledon, London, in connection...

    2013-06-21T00:00:00Z

    Prince is opening a store in Wimbledon, London, in connection with the annual tennis tournament in this historic site. A private VIP and media event will mark the opening this coming weekend in the presence of Nick Bollettieri and some top tennis players sponsored by Prince. The store will carry ...

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    New Era is opening its second corporate store in Germany...

    2013-06-21T00:00:00Z

    New Era is opening its second corporate store in Germany and the fifth in Europe in Frankfurt on Aug. 1. Located in MyZeil, a prestigious shopping mall in downtown Frankfurt, it will have a sales surface of 250 square meters and will feature a completely new concept, setting a model ...

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    Lolë, the wellness brand of Coalision, has opened a flagship...

    2013-06-21T00:00:00Z

    Lolë, the wellness brand of Coalision, has opened a flagship store in Biarritz on the Basque coast of France, almost simultaneously with the inauguration of its 7th European store not far away at Saint-Jean-de-Luz. According to Fashionmag.fr, the brand is planning to open shop in the French ski resort of ...

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    SportScheck, Germany's leading specialty sporting goods chain, is joining an...

    2013-05-31T00:00:00Z

    SportScheck, Germany's leading specialty sporting goods chain, is joining an charity initiative called Tag des Aufrundens (“Day of rounding Up”). The retailer and other participants in the campaign encourage their customers to round up the total of their purchases at the cashier by up to ten cents of a euro. ...

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    Quiksilver has inaugurated its first store in Myanmar, the former...

    2013-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Quiksilver has inaugurated its first store in Myanmar, the former Burma, which has recently opened up to the world after many years of isolation. The store was opened in partnership with Sein Wut Hmon Company Limited (SWH Asia) and is located in Kamayut Township, in the capital city of Rangoon, ...

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    Forum Sport, a big Spanish sporting goods retail chain with...

    2013-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Forum Sport, a big Spanish sporting goods retail chain with a strong position in the Basque region, has decided to join Sports Trade Marketing International (STMI) as a member of Twinner International. STMI is the European purchasing group created last year by the French-based Groupe Go Sport and Hervis Sport, ...

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    Décathlon is opening its 19th German store in Neustadt on...

    2013-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Décathlon is opening its 19th German store in Neustadt on a surface of 2,450 square meters. Fighting against the competition from established traditional German retailers, Décathlon opened four new stores in Germany last year including a downtown location in Essen's Rathausgalerie. Another downtown store is reportedly planned for Mannheim's former ...

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    Retail News is reporting that Lululemon, the fast-growing Canadian yoga...

    2013-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Retail News is reporting that Lululemon, the fast-growing Canadian yoga and sports apparel brand, is preparing to move into the Dutch market. The specialized Dutch newspaper was told by Jessica Edwards, international community manager at Lululemon, that the company intended to open its first store in Amsterdam before the end ...

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    In the middle of July, Lundhags will open its second...

    2013-05-15T00:00:00Z

    In the middle of July, Lundhags will open its second factory outlet store in Insjøn, Sweden.  It will have three different areas for Lundhags own products, external brands and an outlet section. The company's first store in Järpen, Sweden has turned into something of a destination store and the same ...

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    At the end of May, Stormberg will open its second...

    2013-05-15T00:00:00Z

    At the end of May, Stormberg will open its second store in Sweden, this time in the town of Norrköping. The new store comes only half a year after the Norwegian sportswear brand opened its first Swedish store in Malmö.  In addition, Stormberg is strongly represented in all the Swedish ...

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    Peak Performance, which went through wide-ranging management changes last year,...

    2013-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Peak Performance, which went through wide-ranging management changes last year, saw its sales drop by 6 percent to 267.5 million Danish kroner (€35.9m-$46.3m) for the three months until the end of March. This is the third quarter in the fiscal year of IC Companys, the Danish company that owns the ...

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    Intersport's global network of sporting goods retailers is about to...

    2013-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Intersport's global network of sporting goods retailers is about to move into its 43rd market, Morocco. With plans to open at least 12 stores with average surfaces of 300 to 400 square meters, Intersport International Corporation has granted a sub-license for the Moroccan market to Intersport Spain. The Spanish Intersport ...

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    GMS, a German buying group for shoe retailers formed nine...

    2013-05-02T00:00:00Z

    GMS, a German buying group for shoe retailers formed nine years ago, has presented a new concept, SportXtreme, which addresses about 80 of its 1,000-odd retail members in Germany, Austria and the Benelux countries that carry some sports brands in the stores. It is also targeting sporting goods retailers specializing ...

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    +++ Two new franchised Intersport stores are being opened in...

    2013-05-02T00:00:00Z

    +++ Two new franchised Intersport stores are being opened in Italy, one on the island of Ischia and one in Udine +++ Fire & Ice has opened a new store in Munich +++

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    Sportscheck, the leading integrated sports retail chain in Germany, achieved...

    2013-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Sportscheck, the leading integrated sports retail chain in Germany, achieved a gross turnover of about €394 million for the fiscal year ended in February, down by just 3.4 percent compared with its record sales in the previous year. The company said that it still managed to lift its operating profit. ...

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    In the 2012 financial year, SportXX, the Swiss sporting goods...

    2013-04-16T00:00:00Z

    In the 2012 financial year, SportXX, the Swiss sporting goods retail chain under the helm of the Migros cooperative, managed to increase its sales by 2.9 percent to 257 million Swiss francs (€211.2m-$276.3m) before VAT. Given an average deflation of retail prices for the chain of 1.0 percent, the actual increase ...

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    Foot Locker had 590 stores in Europe last Feb. 2,...

    2013-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Foot Locker had 590 stores in Europe last Feb. 2, at the end of its latest financial year, or 5.2 percent more than a year earlier. Globally, its total door count under various banners went up by just 1 percent to 3,335 units. It had 42 franchised stores, half of ...

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    Kelme inaugurated its first concept store in Indonesia, located in...

    2013-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Kelme inaugurated its first concept store in Indonesia, located in the prestigious residential area of Tangerang, Jakarta, last April 6. The premises include two floors for offices and a showroom. It is the first store where the Spanish company has used a new interior design that it will use to present Kelme's image ...