News briefs - Retail – Page 127
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Timberland has turned a temporary store in Paris into its...
Timberland has turned a temporary store in Paris into its third company-owned store in France. The brand plans to raise the number of corporate stores in Italy from five to seven this year, including one just inaugurated in Padua, while the number of franchised stores in the country should increase ...
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Li-Ning is going to open its first corporate store in...
Li-Ning is going to open its first corporate store in Spain, located in Barcelona. It is reportedly looking also at setting up a couple of factory outlets in the country. While working with L-Fashion Group of Finland in other European countries, the brand is covering Spain and Portugal through a ...
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On March 17, Intersport Sverige opened a 3,000-square-meter Intersport megastore...
On March 17, Intersport Sverige opened a 3,000-square-meter Intersport megastore on Drottninggatan in Stockholm, next to a Stadium store and where 75,000 people on average pass every day. Another 12 to 18 Intersport superstores based on the same format are planned in major Swedish cities. The format is a slightly ...
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Usports, a new Swedish chain of sporting goods stores, plans...
Usports, a new Swedish chain of sporting goods stores, plans to open its first outlet next autumn at Stora Bernstorp outside Malmö. According to Sportfack, 20 Usports superstores are to be established across Sweden – each averaging 3,000 square meters and featuring six sections: team and racquet sports, fitness and ...
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When Young Sport opens its first store in Frölunda Torg...
When Young Sport opens its first store in Frölunda Torg outside of Gothenburg on April 20, Sweden will get its first sports chain targeting only children and juniors between ages 2 and 14. The managing director is Marcus Björke, 25, who previously owned two big sport stores in western Sweden. ...
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According to local reports that could not be confirmed, Décathlon...
According to local reports that could not be confirmed, Décathlon will open two new stores in the Czech Republic in 2011. They will be located in Ostrava and Most. The French retailer, which began operating in the country in the autumn of last year with its first outlet in Liberec, ...
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Fitness Boutique, the French retailer of fitness equipment, has launched...
Fitness Boutique, the French retailer of fitness equipment, has launched a franchising program, hoping to attract a dozen retailers in the first year of operation. The company already has 17 stores in France and two in Spain, in addition to its online store. It plans to open five other corporate ...
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Billabong has opened its first flagship store in Germany and...
Billabong has opened its first flagship store in Germany and the second one in Europe. The shop of 180 square meters in Munich follows the doors in Anglet, France; Manly, Australia; and Singapore. The offer comprises not only the core brand, but also the merchandise of sister brands such as ...
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Icebreaker's first TouchLab store in Western Canada opened last week...
Icebreaker's first TouchLab store in Western Canada opened last week in Vancouver. The 1,800-square-foot store is in the Kitsilano neighborhood of the city, which Icebreaker said is full of trendsetters and people who look after their health, making them a target demographic for the company. The store's décor features photos ...
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Recently placed under new ownership and leadership, Karstadt is busy...
Recently placed under new ownership and leadership, Karstadt is busy investing significant amounts in revamping its stores. Textilwirtschaft, the German trade publication for the apparel business, reports that the chain is investing €10-12 million in Frankfurt alone to refurbish its local flagship store and to increase the surface of its ...
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Hervis Sport became on March 17 the second sporting goods...
Hervis Sport became on March 17 the second sporting goods retailer to sell over the internet in the Czech Republic after Sportissimo, which began in 2009, and it wants to become the biggest one on the web by 2012. The Austrian company plans to sell mainly medium and higher-priced products ...
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On March 5, Globetrotter opened its store in Munich at...
On March 5, Globetrotter opened its store in Munich at last. It was a 12-year journey to find the right location. In the end, the Hamburg-based chain set up at Isartor in a highly competitive retail environment. The 6,500-square-meter flagship store is only a few minutes' walk from single-brand stores ...
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Lacoste is taking many interesting and diversified initiatives at retail....
Lacoste is taking many interesting and diversified initiatives at retail. It is redecorating its flagship store on Paris' Champs-Elysées in time for the Roland-Garros tennis tournament, to be followed by a restyled flagship on New York's Fifth Avenue that should open in June. Meanwhile, the brand is sharing a new ...
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Oxylane, parent company of Décathlon, is testing a new store...
Oxylane, parent company of Décathlon, is testing a new store concept called Loco for to shopping malls, according to a blog about the activities of the Mulliez retail empire. A store was opened in Spain and another in northern France at Noyelles-Godault. The stores offer Décathlon products that are displayed ...
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Décathlon, which is developing strongly in the Chinese mainland, has...
Décathlon, which is developing strongly in the Chinese mainland, has reportedly obtained governmental approval to open between 10 and 12 superstores in Taiwan over the next five years. The total investment is said to be nearly €300 million including a new office and a distribution center. One of Décathlon's arguments ...
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SportScheck will move out of its birthpace in Munich's Sendlinger...
SportScheck will move out of its birthpace in Munich's Sendlinger Strasse. The leasing contract for the building, still owned – at least partially – by the Scheck family, is running out in 2013. SportScheck will move to a very prominent location in Neuhauser Strasse, close to Karlsplatz, spreading over more ...
