Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 132
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K-Way is set to open a flagship store on Paris'...
K-Way is set to open a flagship store on Paris' rue du Temple on Aug. 22
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Havaianas opened its first store in the German market earlier...
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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Hardly a week goes by without a Decathlon store opening,...
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...
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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Zalando continues its shopping spree with the takeover of yet...
Zalando continues its shopping spree with the takeover of yet another start-up, Anatwine. The European e-commerce giant first acquired a 20 percent stake in this British software firm in May, but announced in July that it was taking over the company entirely. The purchase price has not been made public. ...
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The Paris Saint-German football club, which is sponsored by Emirates...
The Paris Saint-German football club, which is sponsored by Emirates and Nike, has opened its first pop-up store in the artistic Wynwood district of Miami, Florida
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Retail Trends reports that Sportsworld, the Dutch chain of sports...
Retail Trends reports that Sportsworld, the Dutch chain of sports megastores, is preparing to open a sixth store in the center of Purmerend, on the site of a former V&D department store
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Carl-August Seibel and Philip Seibel will open a sneaker store,...
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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Stag, the British buying group for independent retailers, reports a...
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...
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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Competing with Amazon, Zalando goes premium
Zalando, which is also a major client for sports apparel and footwear brands in Europe, suffered one of its worst days of trading in more than two years, with the share price dropping by 8.2 percent, as the German-based e-commerce giant reported an unexpectedly strong slowdown in its growth. In ...
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Adidas raises guidance, sells CCM Hockey
The Adidas Group has again raised its guidance for the full year, after its sales increased by 20 percent to €5.0 billion for continuing operations in the second quarter, up by 19 percent in constant currencies, and operating profit surged by 18 percent to €505 million.The group issued preliminary figures ...
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Adidas has developed its first laceless running shoe as part...
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,...
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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Moncler has opened a 500-square-meter store in the important Harbour...
Moncler has opened a 500-square-meter store in the important Harbour City shopping mall of Hong Kong
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Arc'teryx has opened a 3,300-square-foot store in the La Brea...
Arc'teryx has opened a 3,300-square-foot store in the La Brea district of Los Angeles
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Sportleader, one of the major sporting goods retailers in the...
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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Targeting mainly young women with its sports fashion offerings, the...
Targeting mainly young women with its sports fashion offerings, the Printemps group has celebrated the long-awaited opening of a 1,664-square-meter Citadium store at 65, avenue des Champs-Elysées in Paris, next to Nike's store on the famous shopping street
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JD Sports Fashion plans to double the size of its...
JD Sports Fashion plans to double the size of its flagship store in Glasgow to nearly 13,000 square feet on two floors by November, using the new store design of its recently opened flagship in Newcastle
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Sports Direct International (SDI) has slightly reduced its interest in...
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 ...
