Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 168
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Adidas Originals has opened the first store under its new...
Adidas Originals has opened the first store under its new “Neighborhood” concept in Berlin. Five others are due to come on stream this year in London, Shanghai, Seoul, Moscow, New York and Paris. Adidas Original's symbol, the Trefoil, has been reinvented for the occasion. Each store is supposed to be ...
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Bogner is planning to open new stores in Oslo and...
Bogner is planning to open new stores in Oslo and Cyprus. In the past year, the German brand opened two new corporate stores in Munich and Innsbruck as well as 17 partner stores operated by franchisees, including foreign locations such as Moskow, St. Petersburg, Baku and Luxemburg. The company's revenues ...
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Asics' first Italian shop-in-shop has opened in a Sportland store...
Asics' first Italian shop-in-shop has opened in a Sportland store in Bergamo, and it features 3D foot scanning equipment
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The Red Fox group started its retail expansion outside Russia...
The Red Fox group started its retail expansion outside Russia and the other CIS countries with the opening last week of a corporate mono-brand store in the Swiss mountain resort of Pontresina. Another one is scheduled for May at Lyons, Colorado. A Red Fox store that was going to be ...
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Sportrade, an e-commerce platform for trading in new and used...
Sportrade, an e-commerce platform for trading in new and used sports products among vendors, retailers and consumers based in Berlin, filed for insolvency last Feb. 6 in the Charlottenburg district court. Björn Gehde has been appointed by the court as receiver, but the business is said to be running as ...
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Asics will open a new boutique store at Harrods, London's...
Asics will open a new boutique store at Harrods, London's most famous luxury department store, on March 10. The store will be located on the fifth floor and set over 35 square meters. It will be the largest Asics concession in the U.K. to date and the fourth biggest outlet ...
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The Adidas Group has unveiled a new retail concept called...
The Adidas Group has unveiled a new retail concept called Home Court, which is showcased at its huge concept store in Beijing and will be implemented in 25 stores around the world this year. The group explains that the concept is meant to convey the energy of a game and ...
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Keller Sports, a German-based online retailer specializing in running, fitness...
Keller Sports, a German-based online retailer specializing in running, fitness and tennis, has received a new seven-digit financial investment from Christian Mangstl, who co-founded Scout24, a German online marketplace for the sale and purchase of cars, real estate, financial services and other types of items. The additional money will be ...
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Karstadt Sports will be selling Fila's tennis product line in...
Karstadt Sports will be selling Fila's tennis product line in all of its stores from February
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Pearl Izumi has launched a virtual factory outlet store on...
Pearl Izumi has launched a virtual factory outlet store on the internet for the European market. It will be initially available for orders from France, the Benelux countries, Denmark, Finland and Sweden. The service will soon be extended to Austria and Poland. The brand already has three free-standing stores in ...
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Descente opened a new mono-brand store, owned by the company,...
Descente opened a new mono-brand store, owned by the company, in Tokyo last October
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Twinner Iberia, the Spanish buying group, is introducing a new...
Twinner Iberia, the Spanish buying group, is introducing a new store format, called Foot on Mars, for the sale of fashion-oriented sneakers, with a plan to reach more than 30 doors by the end of 2015. Twinner has already signed supply agreements for this type of footwear with the likes ...
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Nike will open a new three-storey flagship store on Berlin's...
Nike will open a new three-storey flagship store on Berlin's Traunzienstrasse on Feb. 14, calling it Nike Berlin. The 2,600-square-meter complex will have dedicated space for digital applications and for customization. It will also include a gym. Nike Berlin is taking the place of a former 3,500-sqm. Niketown on the ...
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After hiring Stefanie Gruber as international sales manager in November,...
After hiring Stefanie Gruber as international sales manager in November, Sportalm has been expanding its store franchising concept. Entering the U.S. market, the Austrian sports apparel brand opened its first franchised single-brand store in Aspen, Colorado at the end 2013. Sportalm will continue its expansion in Eastern Europe in 2014, ...
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After introducing its selective distribution concept in Germany last year,...
After introducing its selective distribution concept in Germany last year, Mammut separated from about 200-300 retailers in the course of 2013, representing about 20-25 percent of its sales. The selective distribution concept will now also be implemented in Switzerland and Austria, followed by the rest of the world, in the ...
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Adidas has opened the first free-standing Adidas by Stella McCartney...
Adidas has opened the first free-standing Adidas by Stella McCartney store in the U.S., operating at 1111 Lincoln Road in Miami
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Adidas has opened a temporary NBA retail store in...
Adidas has opened a temporary NBA retail store in the historic French quarter of New Orleans that will also host product launches and other events during the NBA All-Star Game
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Moncler is opening its 122nd mono-brand store and the first...
Moncler is opening its 122nd mono-brand store and the first one in Latin America, located in the JK Iguatemi mall of São Paulo
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Globetrotter is reportedly laying off 100 employees (more in The...
Globetrotter is reportedly laying off 100 employees (more in The Outdoor Industry Compass)
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Working under the supervision of the French Royer Group, New...
Working under the supervision of the French Royer Group, New Balance raised its sales in Germany by 62 percent in 2013, in comparison to the previous year, after introducing a very strict distribution system and separating itself from many clients in the course of 2012. From July 2013, New Balance ...
