Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 171
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Kaufhof Sportarena has launched its virtual store, offering a first...
Kaufhof Sportarena has launched its virtual store, offering a first selection of 1,300 sports items that should go up to 2,000 in due course. A link with social networks allows customers to share their impressions with friends. The chain, which belongs to Kaufhof, manages 13 Sportarena stores and four Wanderzeit ...
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Germany's Planet Sports has opened its eighth store in the...
Germany's Planet Sports has opened its eighth store in the country in Karlsruhe. The company plans to open eight to ten more stores next year. Including its online stores, which sell to customers in 15 European countries, the boardsports retailer has reached an annual turnover of about €100 million.
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Volcom has just launched its own e-commerce operation in the...
Volcom has just launched its own e-commerce operation in the U.S. and Canada, where it was working online through a third-party e-tailer. It is going to launch it in Europe before the end of this year, with pages in English, French, German and Spanish.
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New Balance has opened its first Italian New Balance Experience...
New Balance has opened its first Italian New Balance Experience Store in Bologna, in the northern region of Emilia Romagna. The new shop, on two floors and with a total surface of 75 square meters, is located in Via de' Toschi, at the very heart of the city center, a ...
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Oakley plans to have 210 mono-brand stores in place worldwide...
Oakley plans to have 210 mono-brand stores in place worldwide by the end of this year
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Golfino has opened a 150-square-meter store on Berlin's Kurfürstendamm...
Golfino has opened a 150-square-meter store on Berlin's Kurfürstendamm
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Haglöfs is opening a 130-square-meter outlet store in the Ringsted...
Haglöfs is opening a 130-square-meter outlet store in the Ringsted Outlet southwest of Copenhagen, selling closeouts from previous seasons
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Marmot has opened its first single-brand franchised store in the...
Marmot has opened its first single-brand franchised store in the U.K. in partnership with Adventure Peaks, a British outdoor retailer and expedition company. Located in Ambleside in the Lake District National Park, the store has a selling surface of 180 square meters (more in The Outdoor Industry Compass).
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Intersport is partnering with The North Face for its first...
Intersport is partnering with The North Face for its first pan-European campaign in the outdoor category, as it has already done with Adidas and Nike in football, Reebok in fitness and Asics in running. A co-branded “More Jacket. More Adventure” campaign is being rolled out across 14 countries this autumn ...
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Décathlon is preparing to open a second Swedish store in...
Décathlon is preparing to open a second Swedish store in the Kungens Kurva shopping mall in the south-west of Stockholm
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El Corte Inglés is launching an online store in English...
El Corte Inglés is launching an online store in English to sell a variety of private label items, including sports products. The goal of the Spanish retailer is to position itself as a leading supplier for tourists visiting Spain. According to a Spanish online information portal, Modaes, it is targeting ...
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New Balance has opened a new global experience retail store...
New Balance has opened a new global experience retail store in Barcelona, in line with the firm's push to expand its global retail presence. The new outlet, which measures a total of 375 square meters, is located in the high-end Rambla De Catalunya area. The store's internal design has been ...
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Blue Tomato, the big Austrian action sports retailer acquired by...
Blue Tomato, the big Austrian action sports retailer acquired by Zumiez last year, has opened its first door in the Tyrol on a selling surface of 520 square meters, in the state capital of Innsbruck. It is, alongside Blue Tomato's mail-order service, the company's fifth point of sale in Austria ...
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Golfsmith International is partnering with Golfzon, a publicly listed golf...
Golfsmith International is partnering with Golfzon, a publicly listed golf simulation company in South Korea, to open a chain of stores in and around Seoul over the next five years. The first one should emerge before the end of 2013. Golfzon is expanding into golf course management and related industries. ...
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Mango has unveiled a collection of T-shirts, softshells and other...
Mango has unveiled a collection of T-shirts, softshells and other sports clothing, called Mango Sport. It is featured in 155 of its stores in 25 countries, and reportedly it should become a permanent feature of its shops. The launch follows a similar initiative by H&M, which is said to be ...
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Lacoste, the French sportswear brand, has opened an online store...
Lacoste, the French sportswear brand, has opened an online store in China. It reportedly offers 800 products in apparel, footwear and accessories. The number is still far below the more than 2,000 products available at online stores in the larger European countries. Lacoste is represented in China with six stores ...
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Helly Hansen has inaugurated its first store in Barcelona, the...
Helly Hansen has inaugurated its first store in Barcelona, the fourth one in Spain
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New Balance has opened its second corporate Spanish store in...
New Balance has opened its second corporate Spanish store in Barcelona
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The Adidas Group has picked the town of Leeds to...
The Adidas Group has picked the town of Leeds to open a regional flagship Adidas store with a wide assortment of sports and fashion ranges. The outlet of just over 600 square meters opened at the Trinity shopping center in August is the first English one outside London to feature ...
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Twinner France has signed an agreement with ABN AMRO Commercial...
Twinner France has signed an agreement with ABN AMRO Commercial Finance that will allow all the affiliated French retailers in the Twinner and Pro du Sport to benefit from centralized settlements and invoicing for their 550 shops. Twinner France had broken one year ago a similar agreement with Garant Schuh, ...
