Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 103
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Rossignol is opening a 100-square-meter store in New York's SoHo...
Rossignol is opening a 100-square-meter store in New York's SoHo district in December. The opening follows that of a new store in Innsbruck, Austria, in June. As reported by sportguide.com, the French brand is not planning to expand its retail presence much further unless in strategic locations. Rossignol also has ...
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On Oct. 1, Signa acquired a 49.99 percent stake in...
On Oct. 1, Signa acquired a 49.99 percent stake in Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), thereby attaining a 100 percent stake in Galeria Kaufhof Karstadt. HBC remains the owner of the deficit-ridden Hudson's Bay stores in the Netherlands. In December 2018, Signa and HBC agreed to a joint venture to run ...
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Nike is gearing up to open its third House of...
Nike is gearing up to open its third House of Innovation in Paris in the next few weeks, after those it already has in NewYork and Shanghai. Taking the place of a former Toyota concession and extra office space, the new flagship store will be located at 79, avenue des ...
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Pursuing its expansion policy in Europe, Courir has returned to...
Pursuing its expansion policy in Europe, Courir has returned to the Belgian market by opening a store in Brussels. The store takes up 400 square meters on the ground floor of the City2 shopping mall on rue Neuve. On Oct. 4, two other Courir stores will follow on the outskirts ...
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Craft will launch a “plogging” challenge with selected retailers in...
Craft will launch a “plogging” challenge with selected retailers in Germany throughout October and November to celebrate the release of its new collection of jogging shoes. Plogging, a term which comes from Sweden and translates as collecting trash while jogging, will give consumers gathering at seven retail stores throughout Germany ...
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Gazelle is opening a specific test center and demo facility...
Gazelle is opening a specific test center and demo facility for e-bikes in Frankfurt
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Lululemon is planning to close its ivivva kid's business by...
Lululemon is planning to close its ivivva kid's business by shutting down the seven remaining standalone ivivva stores, of which four are in the U.S. and three in Canada. The closures are scheduled to take place by the middle of next year. The retailer will also be pulling any remaining ...
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Under Armour has set up a temporary store at Galeries...
Under Armour has set up a temporary store at Galeries Lafayette on Paris' boulevard Haussman entirely dedicated to some of its women's apparel lines
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Woolrich, the American outdoor brand, has opened a new flagship...
Woolrich, the American outdoor brand, has opened a new flagship store in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City. Designed by the architect Andrea Caputo, and located at 121 Wooster Street, the store measures 4,000 square feet and its layout is modular. The variety of possible configurations makes it suitable ...
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Reebok and Adidas, which belong to the same group, have...
Reebok and Adidas, which belong to the same group, have collaborated on a sneaker for the first time. The Instapump Fury Boost blends Adidas' Boost technology with Reebok's Instapump Fury silhouette. Reebok's original Instapump Fury, released in 1994, was a slip-on shoe with no laces, a GraphLite bridge instead of ...
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Adidas and the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) have extended their...
Adidas and the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) have extended their long-standing partnership. Adidas will continue to be the FMF's official supplier through the 2026 Fifa World Cup, which will be played in Mexico, Canada and the U.S. The original deal between Adidas and the FMF ran from 1984 to 1990. ...
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Four years after acquiring Runtastic for €220 million, Adidas is...
Four years after acquiring Runtastic for €220 million, Adidas is further integrating the app into its own e-commerce platform. Adidas is now using Runtastic to power its Adidas Running and Adidas Training apps, through which users will be collecting points and connecting to the Adidas' Creators Club, a free membership ...
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On Sept. 20, Arena opened a pop-up store at the...
On Sept. 20, Arena opened a pop-up store at the flagship Galeries Lafayette department store on boulevard Haussmann in Paris. It is located on the fourth floor of the Magasin Coupole in an area called Vestiaire Sport and will be doing business through Oct. 13. There the Italian swimwear brand ...
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Adidas has unveiled the official ball for 2019/20 UEFA Champions...
Adidas has unveiled the official ball for 2019/20 UEFA Champions League group stage. The base of the ball is a bold multi-colored design incorporating traditional colors from the UEFA Champions League as well as those seen across stadiums worldwide. The ball features a blend of blues, fluorescent oranges and yellows. ...
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Fred Perry is opening a 1,541-square-foot store on London's Camden...
Fred Perry is opening a 1,541-square-foot store on London's Camden High Street in October, the sixth in the U.K. capital
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Zalando is launching a four-week pilot project to introduce reusable...
Zalando is launching a four-week pilot project to introduce reusable packaging for its customer deliveries. The Berlin-based online retailer will ship deliveries to 10,000 customers in Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark in envelopes that can be used for shipments as well as returns in a bid to reduce packaging waste ...
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Foot Locker is planning to open a new regional flagship...
Foot Locker is planning to open a new regional flagship store in Manchester Arndale, one of the U.K.'s largest city center shopping malls, with more than 40 million visitors per year. The footwear retailer is already present at the mall, and will be relocating to a 14,000-square-foot unit on the ...
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Nordiska Kompaniet (NK), the Swedish company with department stores in...
Nordiska Kompaniet (NK), the Swedish company with department stores in Gothenburg and Stockholm founded in 1902, has opened an NK Sport department on the third floor of its main store in Stockholm. The multi-brand department covers more than 1,500 square meters on the men's fashion floor on the third floor. ...
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Colmar will soon be opening its first Parisian flagship store....
Colmar will soon be opening its first Parisian flagship store. As reported by Fashion Network, the 120-square-meter space of the Italian skiwear brand will be located at 44 rue Etienne Marcel, taking the place of an Antony Morato men's clothing store. In France, Colmar already has five monobrand stores, located ...
