Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 166
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Le Coq Sportif has opened a store in the Morumbi...
Le Coq Sportif has opened a store in the Morumbi shopping mall of São Paulo, Brazil, through its local licensee, SPR, which also works with Kappa
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Asics is planning to open a store with an Asics...
Asics is planning to open a store with an Asics Running Lab in Paris before the end of this year, similar to those it has at major locations in London (Oxford Street), Barcelona (Avenida Diagonal) and Amsterdam (Stadhouderskade)
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Décathlon continues to expand in Eastern Europe and Asia. Confirming...
Décathlon continues to expand in Eastern Europe and Asia. Confirming a report in Sport-Guide, Décathlon says it plans to enter the Croatian market towards the end of this year with a 3,500-square-meter store in Zagreb. It will likely be supplied out of Hungary, where Décathlon already has 12 stores. The ...
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Under Armour's biggest store will open on Chicago's “Magnificent Mile”...
Under Armour's biggest store will open on Chicago's “Magnificent Mile” in March 2015, covering 9,000 square meters of retail space
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GoPro, Alibaba shake the stock market
GoPro went through one of the most successful public offering on the Nasdaq stock exchange in recent times. The shares were priced at $24 last Wednesday, at the high end of a previously set range of $21-24, valuing the young American action camera company at $2.96 billion. However, the stock ...
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Globe has reopened its store in Hossegor, France, after extensive...
Globe has reopened its store in Hossegor, France, after extensive renovation
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Intersport Italia has a new franchised store in the Republic...
Intersport Italia has a new franchised store in the Republic of San Marino
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China's Peak Sport has opened its first Spanish store in...
China's Peak Sport has opened its first Spanish store in the Argüelles district of Madrid, focusing on basketball, fitness and streetwear. A few months from now, it will start offering its products on an online store for the Spanish market.
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Intersport Krumholz, a big regional chain of sporting goods stores...
Intersport Krumholz, a big regional chain of sporting goods stores in northern Germany, is going nationwide with an online shop, sporthaus.de, whose resounding domain was reportedly registered by the Krumholz family 15 years ago
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Base Detall Sport, the second-largest Spanish buying group, is reported...
Base Detall Sport, the second-largest Spanish buying group, is reported to have been discussing possible cooperation in purchasing with Intersport España, but we understand that such discussions are not taking place at this time
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Giro180, the Spanish buying group, has decided to allow retailers...
Giro180, the Spanish buying group, has decided to allow retailers who have been members for at least two years to become shareholders, participating in the decision-making process. The members have elected a new president, Felipe Martinez of Leire Sport in Irún, replacing José Antonio Sanz of Aldo Deportes of Tafalla ...
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As we have previously reported, JD Sports Fashion has purchased...
As we have previously reported, JD Sports Fashion has purchased Isico, a Berlin-based chain of sporting goods that operates ten stores, six of which are located in the German capital. JD is revamping these outlets and rebranding them as JD. Apparently, JD has moderate growth plans for JD in Germany. Two ...
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Tennis Warehouse, which claims to be the world's largest online...
Tennis Warehouse, which claims to be the world's largest online shop for tennis products, has further extended its global reach by forming a joint venture in Australia with a local retailer, Tennis Only. The American company, which is part of Sports Warehouse, expanded to Europe in 2008, creating Tennis Warehouse ...
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Sportringen, the Swedish voluntary sporting goods chain, is in a...
Sportringen, the Swedish voluntary sporting goods chain, is in a growth phase. Since January, seven stores have joined it and there are more deals in the works. One store planned to open this fall will be located in the Norwegian ski resort town of Trysil, near the border with Sweden. ...
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A former senior buyer and category manager at Sport Eybl...
A former senior buyer and category manager at Sport Eybl & Sports Experts, Wolfgang Gaffal, has launched his own retail business. Since early May he has been operating an 80-square-meter outlet in Linz, Austria. It called Wolf-Sport and is exclusively dedicated to sports shoes. The concept is low-budget and offers ...
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Direct Golf has moved into cycling with the addition of...
Direct Golf has moved into cycling with the addition of £150,000 (€185,260-$252,510) worth of cycling stock to its flagship outlet in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. The Bike-Shed.com store, which opened in the Huddersfield shop on May 10, is Direct Golf's first “store within a store” outlet and is supposed to be a ...
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The German Sport 2000 is the new sponsor of the...
The German Sport 2000 is the new sponsor of the Opel Family Cup, a series of football tournaments for families. The idea behind the event is that all family members of any generation, from the children to the grandparents, play football together. Last year, when the Opel Cup premiered, 2,000 ...
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Intersport Germany has agreed to sponsor B2RUN, Germany's largest series...
Intersport Germany has agreed to sponsor B2RUN, Germany's largest series of public runs for companies. The event series of 6-kilometer runs was previously supported by the SportScheck chain. Under the new agreement with Intersport, the participating affiliated stores will be the official shops of B2RUN. Last year, 5,300 companies took ...
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Nike has run a temporary Phenomenal House in Paris for...
Nike has run a temporary Phenomenal House in Paris for four days until today, showcasing the brand's involvement in football. Similar events are due to be staged by the Swoosh in Berlin and London. Nike is also going to open a permanent concept store of 1,000 square meters in the ...
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Kesko's home and specialty goods retail operations, which include the...
Kesko's home and specialty goods retail operations, which include the Intersport license and Budget Sport, are involved in a “digital transition” that could involve some form of e-commerce as well as more electronic marketing, said the management of the Finnish group while discussing the results for the first quarter ended ...
