Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 167
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Stadium has opened a new flagship store in Kungens Kurva,...
Stadium has opened a new flagship store in Kungens Kurva, a popular shopping destination in Stockholm. The new 2,500 square-meter, two-story retail space is ideally located just opposite an Ikea store. As with most Stadium stores, products are highlighted by a subtle decor, but with new display solutions as well ...
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Soloporteros, a Spanish chain of fan football shops, is planning...
Soloporteros, a Spanish chain of fan football shops, is planning to grow from six to 11 stores in the next few weeks, partly through franchising, while moving into the running segment, says CMD Sport
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After a two-year trial period in Sweden, Norway's Stormberg has...
After a two-year trial period in Sweden, Norway's Stormberg has launched its web shop in 23 markets worldwide. The international site has been optimized for use in the U.S. and in 21 European countries outside of Norway. Stienar Olsen, chief executive of Stormberg, has told Sportsbransjenthat the response to the ...
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The number of Foot Locker stores outside the U.S. rose...
The number of Foot Locker stores outside the U.S. rose last year by 1.8 percent to 732, with those located in Europe rising to 604 from 590. According to the group's 10-K filing with the U.S. Securities Commission, sales per square foot rose in its stores by 3.9 percent to ...
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SportScheck, Germany's largest specialty retail chain of sporting goods, has...
SportScheck, Germany's largest specialty retail chain of sporting goods, has added a new store to its network. It has a selling surface of about 3,000 square meters and is located in Kassel, a city in northern Hesse. The subsidiary of the Otto Group plans more openings after this 18th outlet, ...
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Sports Trade & Marketing International (SMTI) welcomes a new partner...
Sports Trade & Marketing International (SMTI) welcomes a new partner to the international Geneva-based buying group. The newest member is SportXX, the Swiss specialty chain owned by Migros, Switzerland's large retail cooperative. The turnover of SportXX, including its Outdoor by SportXX specialty shops, amounted to the equivalent of €226 million ...
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Adidas is said to be looking at opening a Runbase...
Adidas is said to be looking at opening a Runbase store in Paris before the end of this year to help consolidate its third place in the French running shoe market, estimated at nearly €300 million, after Asics and Nike. It already has Runbase stores in Tokyo, London and Berlin.
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Trigema, the German brand of activewear that prides itself on...
Trigema, the German brand of activewear that prides itself on manufacturing all its clothing in Germany, is opening its first flagship store on 200 square meters in the Mall of Berlin, a new centrally located shopping center in the German capital. According to Textilwirtschaft, the company's chief executive and owner, ...
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Printemps, the French department store chain acquired by Qatar Holding,...
Printemps, the French department store chain acquired by Qatar Holding, has a plan to boost the number of its Citadium stores to between ten and 15 in the next years. The store concept, which was first inaugurated by Printemps in 2000 with a 6,000-square-meter unit next to its Paris flagship ...
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K-Way has opened its third French store in Lille through...
K-Way has opened its third French store in Lille through its French distributor, Robert Dodd
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Puma has closed its last remaining full-price store in Scandinavia,...
Puma has closed its last remaining full-price store in Scandinavia, located on the Hamngatan in Stockholm. It is retaining a factory outlet in Denmark. The brand has already shut down 73 of the 91 single-brand stores that it had selected for elimination. The others should follow over the balance of ...
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Foot on Mars, the new Spanish chain of franchised sports...
Foot on Mars, the new Spanish chain of franchised sports fashion stores of Twinner Iberia, has opened its own pages on Facebook and Instagram and launched a blog. It is accompanying the opening of the first two stores in Lugo and Santiago de Compostela in the past few weeks and ...
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Salewa plans to open a new store in Bologna, Italy,...
Salewa plans to open a new store in Bologna, Italy, and a second store in Munich, not far from Globetrotter, Sport Schuster and other local major players
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Stadium, the Scandinavian sporting goods retailer based in Sweden, has...
Stadium, the Scandinavian sporting goods retailer based in Sweden, has closed three of its stores in Denmark, where it has reported a decrease in sales of just over one million Swedish kronor, down to SEK 63 million (€7.07m-$9.73m) for the financial year ended last Aug. 31. Profits before tax remained roughly ...
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Gigasport, the Austrian sporting goods retail chain, is said to...
Gigasport, the Austrian sporting goods retail chain, is said to be pulling out of Slovenia, closing its three stores in Ljubljana, Maribor and Celje in the summer. Slovenia is the last foreign market for the Austrian retailer which left the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 2012. In Austria, this subsidiary ...
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Deckers Outdoor Corporation announced this week the opening of its...
Deckers Outdoor Corporation announced this week the opening of its first Brand Showcase store at the company's new headquarters at Goleta, in the Santa Barbara area of California. Measuring more than 8,000 square feet, it features an extensive range of products across all its brands: Ugg Australia, Teva, Sanuk, Tsubo, ...
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With concept store locations already in Stockholm and Helsinki, Hestra...
With concept store locations already in Stockholm and Helsinki, Hestra is now opening a new store in Oslo in August. It will be located in the popular shopping street of Bogstadsveien and will display over 300 models of sports and fashion gloves.
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Buff has opened a store in the Barcelona-El Prat airport...
Buff has opened a store in the Barcelona-El Prat airport
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Aigle has launched a new version of its website which...
Aigle has launched a new version of its website which provides visitors with intuitive access to e-commerce functions. The website is managed by The Other Store and is already operational in France, Germany, Italy and Spain. In partnership with SoCloz, customers can also book products online to try them on ...
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After opening mono-brand stores in Beijing and Shanghai, Ogio will...
After opening mono-brand stores in Beijing and Shanghai, Ogio will open two others in Seoul this month and in Jakarta in May
