Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 133
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Decathlon is reportedly negotiating the installation of one of its...
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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Converse is opening its first stand-alone store in the U.K....
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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Champion Europe is reportedly set to open the first Champion...
Champion Europe is reportedly set to open the first Champion USA store in the Soho district of London
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Keller Sports, the German multi-channel retailer based in Munich, won...
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 ...
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Poc Sweden will close in the autumn its first and...
Poc Sweden will close in the autumn its first and only single-brand store, which it had opened in the French ski resort of Chamonix in 2006
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Der Standard, an Austrian newspaper, reports that Intersport Austria has...
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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Oberalp, which recently got the distribution of Under Armour in...
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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Intersport Austria has updated the appearance as well as the...
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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Banking on the athleisure trend, Supergroup has announced plans to...
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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Decathlon is expanding its store at the Alexanderplatz in Berlin...
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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Kasper Rorsted, chief executive of the Adidas Group, told Focus...
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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After 20 years of glorious existence, Colette, the Paris boutique...
After 20 years of glorious existence, Colette, the Paris boutique that has been offering original products from many different sports and fashion brands, is going to close its doors on Dec. 20
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Carhartt has announced plans to open a 2,500-square-foot store on...
Carhartt has announced plans to open a 2,500-square-foot store on London's King's Boulevard in September, not far from the Nike Central store that opened last August
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Foot Locker is aiming for A1 locations in the major...
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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Mundo Mammoth, one of the major physical and online retailers...
Mundo Mammoth, one of the major physical and online retailers for bicycles in Spain, has announced an agreement to integrate its operations into those of Barrabès Esquí y Montaña, the leading Spanish outdoor and ski retailer, which has adopted a hybrid online/offline retail structure since it launched its web store ...
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Volcom has opened a flagship store on rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine...
Volcom has opened a flagship store on rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine in Paris, near the Bastille and close to several other mono-brand shops including the Jordan store recently opened by Foot Locker. It covers 200 square meters of space on two floors. Volcom now has 18 directly owned or partner-owned stores ...
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Lacoste unveiled a new global store concept in early June...
Lacoste unveiled a new global store concept in early June that features a stronger and more immersive brand experience. Located at Westfield White City in Shepherd's Bush, London, the 140-square-meter boutique celebrates the heritage of the French premium lifestyle brand. The central feature is The Polo Wall, which features Lacoste ...
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Launching a new store concept, Dainese has inaugurated a store...
Launching a new store concept, Dainese has inaugurated a store in Berlin for its motorcycling and sports apparel and protection products. It has a Custom Works room for special projects.
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Karstadt buys more online marketplaces
Karstadt Warenhaus and its Austrian parent company, Signa Retail, have taken a stake of 70 percent in Hood.de, a popular German marketplace, in order to turn the department store group into an omni-channel marketplace. The shares were formally bought by Karstadt Marktplatz, a joint venture between Karstadt Warenhaus and Signa ...
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As the outcome of Britain's general election earlier this month...
As the outcome of Britain's general election earlier this month caused a sharp fall in the exchange rate of the pound against the dollar, Sports Direct International (SDI) said that its exchange rate for these currencies was fully hedged for the fiscal year until April 2018 at a rate of ...
