News briefs - Retail – Page 29
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News briefsRossignol launches new multi-brand mountain sports store concept
Rossignol Group has announced the opening of its “Start Gate” stores in Bex (Switzerland) and Bromont (Canada). The stores offer customers products from the group’s brands in a single location, alongside specialist technical and customization services. The group’s portfolio includes the brands Rossignol, Dynastar, Lange, Look, Kerma and Risport. The ...
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News briefsHurley is focusing on expansion
U.S. action sports brand Hurley is currently reporting sales growth of more than 50 percent through September 2022. The year kicked off for the brand, which was acquired by Bluestar Alliance from Nike in 2019, with the Hurley Pro Sunset Beach, the first competition it has sponsored in nearly three ...
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News briefsSport 2000 promotes Bert Verdijck to country manager Benelux
Bert Verdijck, manager of the Belgian operations of Sport 2000, will take over a newly created role as country manager Benelux for the buying group based in Mainhausen, Germany, by expanding his area or responsibility to include the Netherlands and Luxemburg. In this role, he reports directly to the Sport ...
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News briefsNew Klarna in-app search and compare tool as an alternative to Google and Amazon
Klarna launched a new “rich and unbiased search and compare tool” in the Klarna App in the U.S. last month and is now expanding it to the U.K., Sweden and Denmark. The tool compares prices from thousands of retailers. In addition, consumers can filter their search by criteria that matter ...
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News briefsFusalp to open first Spanish store
High-end skiwear brand Fusalp is set to open a store in Madrid, the brand’s first in Spain, Palco 23 has reported. The store will be located at 88 calle Claudio Coello, in the Salamanca district, one of the wealthiest areas in Spain’s capital city and a major shopping district. Fusalp ...
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News briefsDanish orthopedics specialist KSO joins Running Experts Europe
Source: SPORT 2000 From left to right: Jannich Hammer Marker, COO KSO, Jörg Seifert, Head of Division Running SPORT 2000, Jan Steinicke, CEO KSO. Danish running and orthopedics specialist Kaiser Sport & Orthopaedi (KSO) has become part of Running Experts Europe, the network of running specialty retailers ...
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News briefsHervis opens store in Saalfelden
Following its major revitalization offensive at the beginning of the year, Hervis has launched a new opening in Austria just in time for the start of the winter business. Equipped with the latest store concept, the Hervis store in Saalfelden opened its doors on Oct. 27 with an area of ...
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News briefsFirst Under Armour store in southern Italy
Oberalp, the exclusive distributor of Under Armour in Italy, has opened an Under Armour store in Catania, Sicily, the first of the American brand in southern Italy. The new 120-square-meter store is located inside the Centro Sicilia shopping mall. The recent opening brings the number of Under Armour stores operated ...
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News briefseBay’s sales continue to decline
eBay has posted another revenue decline in Q3, which was marked by inflation and economic worries. In the quarter ended September 30, revenues fell five percent year-on-year to $2.4 billion. Adjusted income fell seven percent to $552 million. eBay has been struggling since the pandemic online order boom came to ...
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News briefsH&M’s Arket opens flagship in Paris
The first French flagship store of Arket, H&M’s “one-stop destination for sustainable fashion for women, men and children,” opens Nov. 4 in a sleek Scandinavian design at 13 Rue des Archives, Le Marais, in Paris. The store covers 400 square meters on two floors and overlooks a courtyard with a ...
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News briefsAliExpress launches 11.11 global shopping festival with longest sales period ever
AliExpress, the global online retail marketplace owned by Alibaba Group, officially kicked off its 2022 11.11 Global Shopping Festival on Oct. 31 under the theme “Deals & Fun. Always Better Together” – a full two weeks earlier than previous years and running throughout November. For all orders in Spain, France, ...
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News briefsDeporvillage installs solar panels at its new headquarters
Sports e-tailer Deporvillage has completed the installation of 286 solar panels on the roof of its new offices in Sant Fruitós de Bages (Barcelona). The company moved to its new 2,600-square-meter headquarters, from the previous one in Manresa, earlier this year, as also reported by SGI Europe at the time. ...
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News briefsKappa opens first Latin American store
Kappa has entered the Latin American retail scene starting from Colombia, with its first store in Bogotà. It was opened in partnership with the Pernine group and is located on the second floor of the La Colina shopping mall. Three more Kappa stores are reportedly expected to open in Colombia ...
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News briefsDecathlon Italy introduces app for staff with Down syndrome
Decathlon Italy has presented My Personal Training, an app specially designed for the members of its staff affected by Down syndrome. The app has been developed in partnership with AIPD (Associazione Italiana Persone Down) and AGPD (Associazione Genitori e Persone con Sindrome di Down). Decathlon has been collaborating with these ...
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News briefseBay and Inter Milan partner on new e-commerce deal
Italy’s Serie A team Inter Milan has announced a partnership deal with eBay for the 2022/23 season. The agreement will see Inter open a dedicated club shop on the e-commerce platform. eBay recently agreed to a three-year deal with the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) to become a premium partner of ...
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News briefsAdidas opens second flagship in Mexico City
Adidas has opened its second brand store in Mexico City on one of the busiest and most prestigious streets in the city, Presidente Marasyk Avenue. In a press release, Adidas said that the new store focuses mainly on running, a rapidly growing sport in the country, as well as Adidas ...
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News briefsOMA / AMO create new retail identity for Stone Island
OMA and AMO (the Office for Metropolitan Architecture and its research and design studio) are collaborating with Stone Island to design a new identity for the Italian luxury brand’s stores. The new store concept envisions altar-like spaces, with niches for archival pieces and prototypes, “concrete slabs” of pressed shredded paper ...
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News briefsBrightpearl releases lists of fastest-growing U.K. online retailers and U.S. DTC brands
Brightpearl, a Bristol (U.K.) and Austin, Texas-based retail operating system owned by U.K. enterprise software giant Sage, has released its lists of the fastest-growing online retailers in the U.K. and the fastest-growing D2C brands in the U.S (”‘Lightning 50”). While a beer brewing brand (Pinter) tops the U.K. list with ...
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News briefsStockX appoints head of brand protection
Source: StockX Paul Foley Sneaker marketplace StockX has appointed Paul Foley as head of brand protection, reporting directly to chief supply chain officer Sean McCartney. Foley will lead the company’s product verification efforts. He brings more than three decades of experience in brand protection, global operations and ...
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News briefsLi Ning with high single-digit growth in Q3
Chinese sportswear giant Li Ning Company Ltd. reported that sales across its entire platform, excluding Li-Ning Young stores, grew in the high single digits year-on-year in the third quarter. Broken down by sales channel, directly operated retail stores posted a mid-single-digit increase, while franchised distributor sales posted a high-single-digit increase. ...
