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    Hardly a week goes by without a Decathlon store opening,...

    2017-07-31T00:00:00Z

    Hardly a week goes by without a Decathlon store opening, and the latest batch includes its expansion in three relatively small markets. The French retailer opened a store in Maribor earlier this month, its second in Slovenia after Ljubljana last year. Another opening occurred in Romania, where Decathlon has been ...

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    Textilwirtschaft reports that Decathlon intends to open a shop in...

    2017-07-31T00:00:00Z

    Textilwirtschaft reports that Decathlon intends to open a shop in the basement of a C&A store in Düsseldorf before the end of the year. The store would cover about 2,000 square meters in the fashion apparel retailer's flagship store in the city. A spokesman told the newspaper that the partnership ...

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    Stag, the British buying group for independent retailers, reports a...

    2017-07-31T00:00:00Z

    Stag, the British buying group for independent retailers, reports a record turnover of £275 million (€307m-$361m) for its retail members in the U.K. and €80 million for its retail members in the Republic of Ireland. Sales increased from £250 million and €78 million, respectively, in spite of a small decline ...

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    Yet another Spanish buying group, Anzamar, is launching a chain...

    2017-07-31T00:00:00Z

    Yet another Spanish buying group, Anzamar, is launching a chain of sneaker stores, called Black Laces. The first one opened earlier this month in the Bahia Plaza shopping mall of Cádiz. Another buying group, Atmósfera Sport, has launched a similar concept, Atmósfera Sport Black, as an internet store. A bigger ...

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    Carl-August Seibel and Philip Seibel will open a sneaker store,...

    2017-07-31T00:00:00Z

    Carl-August Seibel and Philip Seibel will open a sneaker store, called Fourty Tree, in Hauenstein on July 22. Covering 200 square meters, the store will feature apparel and shoes of brands such as Adidas, Puma, Nike, Reebok and Diadora. Carl-August Seibel is the chief executive of the Josef Seibel Group, ...

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    Havaianas opened its first store in the German market earlier...

    2017-07-31T00:00:00Z

    Havaianas opened its first store in the German market earlier this month. Located in the famous Berlin shopping avenue, the Ku'damm, the shop occupies 70 square meters of retail space. There are now 30 Havaianas stores throughout Europe, as well as 40 concessions and 80 franchise shops.

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    Adidas has developed its first laceless running shoe as part...

    2017-07-31T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has developed its first laceless running shoe as part of its Ultraboost range, using an advanced Primeknit contruction and new yarn engineering for more compression and support. Aramis motion tracking technology has allowed the brand's designers to integrate key support features and other functions based on an analysis of ...

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    Adidas has signed a multi-year sponsorship agreement with USA Volleyball,...

    2017-07-31T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has signed a multi-year sponsorship agreement with USA Volleyball, covering the men's and women's teams and the beach volleyball teams. The junior and Paraympic teams are also included in the deal. Adidas will also sponsor Lauren Carlini, a female player from Wisconsin who earned four All-America honors during her ...

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    Kasper Rorsted, chief executive of the Adidas Group, told Focus...

    2017-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Kasper Rorsted, chief executive of the Adidas Group, told Focus magazine that the Reebok brand has to return to profitability within four years. Shortly after Rorsted took over the helm in October last year, the company launched a reorganization at Reebok, Muscle Up, which entailed about 150 job cuts, the ...

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    Intersport Austria has updated the appearance as well as the...

    2017-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Intersport Austria has updated the appearance as well as the functions of its online store as part of the relaunch of intersport.at. The Austrian buying group says it has introduced new tools to reinforce the integration between its online and stationary business, comprising 272 stores at the end of June. ...

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    Der Standard, an Austrian newspaper, reports that Intersport Austria has...

    2017-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Der Standard, an Austrian newspaper, reports that Intersport Austria has taken over large selling surfaces from Sports Direct International (SDI) in the country. The report says that the British retailer intends to close down all of its unprofitable stores in Austria, and to keep just 20 of them. When SDI ...

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    Sports Direct International (SDI) has slightly reduced its interest in...

    2017-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Sports Direct International (SDI) has slightly reduced its interest in Finish Line, the U.S. sports retailer. It previously amassed contracts amounting to an interest of 19.9 percent in Finish Line through 19 purchases, from May 6 to June 19, but the seven transactions thereafter were all sales and the latest ...

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    Sportleader, one of the major sporting goods retailers in the...

    2017-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Sportleader, one of the major sporting goods retailers in the Levante region of Spain, has decided to switch over to Intersport from another voluntary group, Base Detall Sport, that operates only in Spain. With its seven stores, it will raise the number of points of sale affiliated with Intersport España ...

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    Oberalp, which recently got the distribution of Under Armour in...

    2017-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Oberalp, which recently got the distribution of Under Armour in Italy, has opened its first brand store in the peninsula. It's located in the Orio shopping mall near Bergamo's airport, close to Foot Locker and many other sports stores. Under Armour has also taken advantage of the settlement of a ...

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    Converse is opening its first stand-alone store in the U.K....

    2017-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Converse is opening its first stand-alone store in the U.K. It will be an outlet store located in Wembley Park's London Designer Outlet center. Converse already has a corner in Nike's outlet in the same center. Vans and Dr. Martens are also coming to the center with their own outlet ...

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    Decathlon is reportedly negotiating the installation of one of its...

    2017-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Decathlon is reportedly negotiating the installation of one of its small-surface Decathlon City stores in a landmark building at 16 Calle Fuencarral, the famous shopping street in the center of Madrid. Decathlon already operates 12 Decathlon City stores in the Spanish capital and 15 regular, large Decathlon stores in the ...

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    Decathlon is expanding its store at the Alexanderplatz in Berlin...

    2017-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Decathlon is expanding its store at the Alexanderplatz in Berlin by increasing the sales surface from 6,000 to 8,500 sqm. New sports categories like rugby, fun wheels, tennis for kids and yoga for men, have been added to the existing product offer. The number of employees has been increased by ...

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    Foot Locker is aiming for A1 locations in the major...

    2017-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Foot Locker is aiming for A1 locations in the major European cities. It plans to open a new store measuring 550 square meters at Alexanderplatz, in the center of Berlin, next spring. According to sport-guide.com, the American banner is also negotiating a lease for a store of 1,500 sqm. on ...

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    Banking on the athleisure trend, Supergroup has announced plans to...

    2017-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Banking on the athleisure trend, Supergroup has announced plans to launch directly-owned or franchised stand-alone stores and shop-in-shops for its 18-month-old Superdry Sport range, in a move that is aimed at accelerating what it calls its “global lifestyle” strategy. The British sportswear brand is already sold in 60 countries. After ...

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    Keller Sports, the German multi-channel retailer based in Munich, won...

    2017-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Keller Sports, the German multi-channel retailer based in Munich, won the German Brand Award 2017 at the end of June. Other bands that were given with the award were Uvex, Lowa and Led Lenser. Among the sporting goods retailers that participated, Keller Sports was the only company that won an ...