News briefs - Retail – Page 119

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    The NBA will partner with Kitbag, one of Europe's leading...

    2012-08-30T00:00:00Z

    The NBA will partner with Kitbag, one of Europe's leading online sports retailers, to launch the league's official e-commerce store for Europe, the Middle East and Africa next month. NBAStore.eu will offer NBA-branded products from the league's official merchandise partners, including Adidas, the NBA's official outfitter, as well as Spalding, ...

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    Fans of Rapala can now shop in the comfort of...

    2012-08-30T00:00:00Z

    Fans of Rapala can now shop in the comfort of their own homes. The maker of fishing lure, knives and other products has gone live with its new e-commerce site, rapala.com, carrying 10 of the company's brands. The site was designed on the Demandware Commerce platform.

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    Puma inaugurated its first full-price store in Spain on Aug....

    2012-08-30T00:00:00Z

    Puma inaugurated its first full-price store in Spain on Aug. 24. Located in Barcelona, in the central and well-known Passeig de Gracia, the store occupies a surface of 250 square meters on two floors, filled with audiovisual equipment including iPads from which customers can directly buy Puma's products.

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    Puma customers in Copenhagen will be able to design their...

    2012-08-30T00:00:00Z

    Puma customers in Copenhagen will be able to design their own sneakers. Together with a Danish retailer, Rezet, Puma will open the Creative Factory, a store where customers can choose the materials and colors for their new Puma shoes using an iPad. The store, which is due to open on ...

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    Last week, Puma opened its first sustainable store in a...

    2012-08-30T00:00:00Z

    Last week, Puma opened its first sustainable store in a suburb of Bangalore, India. The 800-square-meter store was locally developed and sourced, and was designed for energy savings and environmentally friendly practices. The lower levels are reserved for retail sales, while and upper floor and a terrace will feature a ...

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    Etnies has opened a pop-up store in London showcasing its...

    2012-08-30T00:00:00Z

    Etnies has opened a pop-up store in London showcasing its “Buy a Shoe, Plant a Tree” program. The program plants one tree in the rainforests in the Brazilian state of São Paulo for each purchase of Etnies' Jameson 2 and Jameson 2 Eco shoes. Its goal is to plant 100,000 ...

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    Reebok has opened its first Fit Hub in the U.S.,...

    2012-08-30T00:00:00Z

    Reebok has opened its first Fit Hub in the U.S., at 37th Street and Fifth Avenue in New York. A Reebok retail store is on the street level, with the brand's gym, CrossFit Box, on the lower level. The employees there are fitness and product experts who can give the ...

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    Nike Germany confirmed that the Niketown store in Berlin would...

    2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

    Nike Germany confirmed that the Niketown store in Berlin would be closed down next summer, as part of the American sports brand's global retail strategy. Situated in Charlottenburg, the store of about 3,300 square meters was among the first Niketowns to open in Europe and it remains Nike's only store in Berlin. ...

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    W.L. Gore & Associates has chosen PFSweb to handle its...

    2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

    W.L. Gore & Associates has chosen PFSweb to handle its e-commerce operations in the U.S. and Europe for Gore Bike Wear and Gore Running Wear. The two new brands were launched in the U.S. in July; their online presence will start September. The new site is www.goreapparel.com.

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    Volcom is ready to start its first store in Spain....

    2012-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Volcom is ready to start its first store in Spain. The exact address has not been disclosed, but the company has said that the store would be located in Barcelona.

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    Hannover Finanz says it wants to cash out of Runners Point,...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Hannover Finanz says it wants to cash out of Runners Point, reselling the 75 percent stake that it acquired in 2005 in this big German sporting goods retail chain from the former Karstadt Quelle group. The German private equity firm has asked Deloitte to find new investors for the company. Runners ...

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    French suppliers and retailers have agreed on an extension of...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    French suppliers and retailers have agreed on an extension of the deal that exempts them from the more stringent payment rules adopted in France in 2008 in the Loi de Modernisation de l'Economie (LME). This law called for retailers to pay their invoices 60 days after receipt at the latest, ...

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    Netshoes, a big Brazilian online retailer of footwear, sporting goods...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Netshoes, a big Brazilian online retailer of footwear, sporting goods and other products, has launched the first online NBA store in Brazil. The new LojaNBA.com website offers a comprehensive assortment of NBA merchandise including the NBA sports apparel and footwear line licensed by Adidas, basketballs by Spalding and other NBA ...

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    Nike has opened a 14,000-square-foot store dedicated to runners in...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Nike has opened a 14,000-square-foot store dedicated to runners in New York City. The two-story shop is at Fifth Avenue and West 20th Street and includes an iPad gait analysis, free bag storage for runners and a free club for evening runs with cunning coach Margot Fleming.

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    Intersport Sweden is launching a new online business to complement...

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Intersport Sweden is launching a new online business to complement its store network. This is meant to increase the number of products available for consumers, and to improve customer service. Anders Dahlberg, former interactive concept manager for Lindex, has been recruited to supervise the development of the platform. The new ...

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    Haglöfs will open a brand store in Oslo this fall,...

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Haglöfs will open a brand store in Oslo this fall, and another will open in Tokyo shortly thereafter. Haglöfs' first ever brand store opened in Stockholm last year, so that the new locations will bring the total number of Haglöfs brand stores to three. Expectations are that the ...

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    Reportedly, Cushman & Wakefield has received a mandate from JD...

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Reportedly, Cushman & Wakefield has received a mandate from JD Sports Fashion to open 15 new JD stores in France each year. The sixth JD store in the country is set to open shortly in the O'Parinor shopping mall of Aulnay-sous-Bois, near Paris, and others are planned in and around ...

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    Décathlon is adjusting its retail concept in the German market...

    2012-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Décathlon is adjusting its retail concept in the German market with a new store to be opened next year in Mannheim. Contrary to its usual approach, the French chain will open the store in the city's downtown area, not too far from Engelhorn Sports, the local retail hero, which has ...

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    Intersport Voswinkel, the retail chain controlled by Intersport Germany, has...

    2012-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Intersport Voswinkel, the retail chain controlled by Intersport Germany, has acquired a 32,000-square-meter surface in the city of Bochum. The chain will establish its central warehouse there and will use an existing hall with a surface of 12,000 square meters. Currently, Voswinkel operates 62 doors in the country.

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    Helge Hinrichs and Stefan Moosleitner, two entrepreneurs from Hamburg, have...

    2012-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Helge Hinrichs and Stefan Moosleitner, two entrepreneurs from Hamburg, have launched a new retailing platform on the internet called Sportrade. The service is currently focused on athletic sports, but shall be extended to outdoor and fitness in the near future. In the first place, Sportrade addresses both retailers and consumers ...