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    Skechers reports the opening of its 3,000th store. With a...

    2019-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Skechers reports the opening of its 3,000th store. With a surface of 3,000 square meters, it is its largest mono-brand store in the world. It is located in the Chinese city of Shenyang. The store has an entertainment area for children and a large assortment of branded clothing to complement ...

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    Rossignol has already opened its own stores in select ski...

    2019-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Rossignol has already opened its own stores in select ski resorts as well as in Lyon, Paris, Oslo and, most recently, Aspen. The management told us that it is looking to open more locations in Europe and the U.S. as well as the first four Rossignol stores in China by ...

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    Stadium, the Swedish sporting goods retailer, has decided to close...

    2019-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Stadium, the Swedish sporting goods retailer, has decided to close the Stadium Pulse concept store that it opened only recently at the Mall of Scandinavia, located just outside of Stockholm. The store is now heavily discounting its stock. The reasons given for the phaseout are that the new concept simply ...

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    Atmósfera Sport, the Spanish buying group, will be launching an...

    2019-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Atmósfera Sport, the Spanish buying group, will be launching an e-tail site – specifically for its sports-apparel division, Atmósfera Black – on Feb. 18. The initiative, representing an investment of more than €100,000, will be managed directly from the buying group's headquarters. The attendant staff has been expanded accordingly. For ...

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    Nike has opened its first city-inspired SNKRS pop-up shop at...

    2019-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Nike has opened its first city-inspired SNKRS pop-up shop at 711 10th Street NW in Atlanta. From Jan. 26 to the end of March, the shop will have a rotating selection of limited-edition styles – such the Ten collection and Air Force 1 drops – chosen specifically for Atlanta. Hoodies ...

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    11teamsports, the German multi-channel retailer, is expanding its network of...

    2019-02-01T00:00:00Z

    11teamsports, the German multi-channel retailer, is expanding its network of stores. On Feb. 1, at the C23 shopping center, 11teamsports opened its first store in Vienna, which is its sixth in Austria. The store, which covers 330 square meters, offers a wide selection of soccer shirts, soccer shoes and equipment for ...

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    Mammut is collaborating with Braun Hamburg, a German retailer of...

    2019-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Mammut is collaborating with Braun Hamburg, a German retailer of luxury brands like Bottega Veneta, Moncler, Maison Margiela and Santoni. Braun is now managed by a third generation of the Braun family in the person of Lars Braun. It runs two stores in Hamburg, which opened in 1933 and 1976, ...

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    At the Outdoor Retailer Snow Show, running from Jan. 30...

    2019-02-01T00:00:00Z

    At the Outdoor Retailer Snow Show, running from Jan. 30 to Feb. 1 in Denver, the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), Snowsports Industries America (SIA) and the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) announced that they were forming the Outdoor Business Climate Partnership. This is the first broad coalition of trade groups ...

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    Bründl Sports, one of the major Austrian sports retailers, has...

    2019-01-28T00:00:00Z

    Bründl Sports, one of the major Austrian sports retailers, has decided to stop working with Intersport Austria, starting next Sept. 1. It has already announced the divorce by removing the Intersport Bründl name from its website, after almost 50 years of collaboration. The reason for the separation is a desire ...

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    Nike has re-opened a store, called Blue Ribbon Sports like...

    2019-01-28T00:00:00Z

    Nike has re-opened a store, called Blue Ribbon Sports like the original name of the company, to serve as a community space for runners in Santa Monica, California. First opened in 1967 by Nike's first employee, the original Blue Ribbon Sports store served as a hang-out for so-called “oddball athletes.” ...

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    Trerè Innovation has opened its first store under its new...

    2019-01-28T00:00:00Z

    Trerè Innovation has opened its first store under its new UYN (Unleash Your Nature) brand in Paris. It replaces a store that the Italian high-end knitter had opened for X-Bionic, with which it had an exclusive manufacturing and distribution deal in Europe. Three more UYN stores and a new shop-in-shop ...

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    Li Ning is said to be one of several foreign...

    2019-01-28T00:00:00Z

    Li Ning is said to be one of several foreign brands that are planning to open their first stores in Russia in 2019. The Chinese brand plans to open between 15 and 20 stores in the country, focusing primarily on Moscow and St. Petersburg, the company had said in a ...

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    Blaming strong competition from online retailers, Himaraya reported a drop...

    2019-01-28T00:00:00Z

    Blaming strong competition from online retailers, Himaraya reported a drop of 1.4 percent to 34.6 percent in its gross margin for the first quarter of its financial year, ended on Nov. 30. The Japanese retailer's net loss expanded to 195 million yen (€1.56m-$1.78m) from ¥48 million in the year-ago period. ...

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    Puma and Blends, a California-based retailer of sneakers and apparel,...

    2019-01-28T00:00:00Z

    Puma and Blends, a California-based retailer of sneakers and apparel, have collaborated on a new edition of the Cell Endura, a Puma sneaker originally sold in the 1990s. The upper is made of mesh and polyurethane-coated leather with metallic silver overlays and a color fade. The midsole has Puma's Cell ...

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    Size?, the UK-based retailer owned by JD Sports Fashion, is...

    2019-01-28T00:00:00Z

    Size?, the UK-based retailer owned by JD Sports Fashion, is releasing a new exclusive sneaker with Adidas Originals for its Archive capsule: the “Beer” Kegler Super. Paying homage to the brewing traditions of Bavaria, the sneaker is an update of the Kegler Super of 1979, which was designed for Kegeln, ...

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    Adidas is doubling the number of sneakers it makes from...

    2019-01-28T00:00:00Z

    Adidas is doubling the number of sneakers it makes from ocean plastic this year, expecting to turn out 11 million pairs in cooperation with Parley for the Oceans. Adidas projected sales of about five million pairs of such Parley shoes in 2018, up from one million in 2017. The sporting goods ...

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    Adidas has announced the start of the second tranche of...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has announced the start of the second tranche of a multi-year share buyback program launched last March. The group plans to repurchase around €800 million worth of its own shares during 2019. It already spent last year €1 billion to buy back 5.1 million shares, corresponding to 2.5 percent ...

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    SportScheck, the leading German sporting goods retailer, appointed Axel Puhlmann...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    SportScheck, the leading German sporting goods retailer, appointed Axel Puhlmann to the position of marketing director on Jan. 7. He succeeds Paul Stahala, who had held the position since September 2016 and joined Karstadt as marketing director in November of last year. Puhlmann began his career as a consultant for ...

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    Intersport Austria is organizing its first-ever free-skiing day at 21...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Intersport Austria is organizing its first-ever free-skiing day at 21 Austrian ski resorts on Jan. 13. To motivate even more people to ski, the company is also giving away 10,000 ski-lift tickets on Jan. 7-11. Intersport Austria has also organized a kids' slope racing cup, with 17 ski races for ...

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    Kaufland and Lidl, which are both part of the Schwarz...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Kaufland and Lidl, which are both part of the Schwarz Group, have come out with their own sports collections. While Lidl has launched a line of fitness clothing, Kaufland, a German supermarket chain, has launched its own private sports label of apparel and accessories for yoga, Pilates, running, swimming, inline ...