Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 172
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Nike is opening a store of 550 square meters in...
Nike is opening a store of 550 square meters in the Berlin Mitte district and two more are said to be planned in the German capital, in the new shopping district at Leipziger Platz and in the Europa-Center at Breitscheidplatz
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Karstadt will set up 50 Timberland shop-in-shops of up to...
Karstadt will set up 50 Timberland shop-in-shops of up to 40 square meters in its department stores throughout Germany, offering either shoes or clothing or both. The first such area has already opened in Karstadt's store in Essen, where the retailer has its head office. Another one is due to ...
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As of last month, 42 retailers had adopted the new...
As of last month, 42 retailers had adopted the new SportXtreme concept proposed by the GMS buying group at the beginning of this year. Thirteen have signed contracts with GMS in Germany, eight in Austria and 21 in the Netherlands. One Dutch store has already been renovated based on the ...
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K-Way is opening its first boutique in France. As of...
K-Way is opening its first boutique in France. As of the beginning of September, the brand, which already has a boutique in New York, will have a shop in rue de Charonne, near place de la Bastille, a young and trendy area of Paris. Originally founded in France, K-Way is ...
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X-Technology, the marketer of the X-Bionic brand of functional base...
X-Technology, the marketer of the X-Bionic brand of functional base layers and X-Socks, has opened its first single branded store in Germany. The shop is located in Hofstatt-Passage, a shopping mall in downtown Munich, and has a selling surface of 40 square meters. The store is operated by Tre Vertriebs ...
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In a world first, Moncler has opened a store for...
In a world first, Moncler has opened a store for children's wear only in the Italian mountain resort of Courmayeur
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Rip Curl has inaugurated a highly technical corporate surf shop...
Rip Curl has inaugurated a highly technical corporate surf shop of 180 square meters at Bidart, on the Basque coast of France. The offer concentrates on wetsuits and surfboards, including second-hand boards.
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Hummel opened a shop corner in the Citadium mega-store in...
Hummel opened a shop corner in the Citadium mega-store in Paris last April, offering also a presentation of the brand's 90-year history
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Décathlon has opened its first distribution center in Germany. Located...
Décathlon has opened its first distribution center in Germany. Located at Schwetzingen, near Mannheim, it measures 30,000 square meters and employs 180 people, with a plan to raise the staff to 300. The new structure will service the 18 stores that Décathlon has in the country and the German customers ...
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Arc'teryx is opening in London its first stand-alone store in...
Arc'teryx is opening in London its first stand-alone store in Europe, in partnership with the British Snow+Rock chain. The new door will be located at the St Martin's Courtyard, in London's Covent Garden, a stylish shopping and dining destination, not far from the existing Snow+Rock's store in Mercer Street. The ...
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On Aug. 1, New Era is set to open a...
On Aug. 1, New Era is set to open a new mono-brand store in Germany, in the Mein Zeil shopping center in Frankfurt. New Era already owns and manages a mono-brand store in Berlin. The brand's sales in Germany increased by about 25 percent in 2012, as compared to the ...
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D&K Distribution, which took over Conte of Florence last year,...
D&K Distribution, which took over Conte of Florence last year, plans to open a total of seven stores in Italy. The expansion plans also extend to foreign countries, according to a report, with Prague coming first in September, followed by locations in Spain and France. The store opening program will ...
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Sports Direct and Tesco, the U.K.'s largest supermarket chain and...
Sports Direct and Tesco, the U.K.'s largest supermarket chain and the world's third largest, are reportedly in advanced talks over sharing space at some of the grocer's biggest stores. According to a report in the Financial Times, the sports retailer could take on the mezzanine floors in three of Tesco's ...
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+++Seafolly has opened a shop in the Breuninger department store...
+++Seafolly has opened a shop in the Breuninger department store in Stuttgart
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Billabong has renovated three corporate stores in France and opened...
Billabong has renovated three corporate stores in France and opened a new concept store on a franchised basis at Biscarrosse, a sea resort south of Bordeaux. The brand currently owns five stores in France and six more in other parts of Europe. It also has 15 franchised stores and 25 ...
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Forum Sport continues to expand outside the Basque region of...
Forum Sport continues to expand outside the Basque region of Spain by opening its second store in the region of Cantabria and the first one in Santander. Located in the El Alisal shopping center, it measures 2,100 square meters. With this opening, the Spanish chain, which is owned by Eroski, ...
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The 15 retail members of Full Equip Grup have agreed...
The 15 retail members of Full Equip Grup have agreed to join Twinner Iberia, consolidating its position as the third-largest national buying group in the Spanish sporting goods sector. Full Equip's members have 23 shops in the Balearic Islands which generate annual sales of €4.2 million. They are generally small. ...
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XXL Sport og Villmark, the large Norwegian sporting goods retailer,...
XXL Sport og Villmark, the large Norwegian sporting goods retailer, continues to focus investments on the Swedish market. This spring, the tenth Swedish XXL store opened in the city of Jönköping, but the expansion will not stop there. By the autumn of 2013, three more stores are set to open ...
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New Era is opening its second corporate store in Germany...
New Era is opening its second corporate store in Germany and the fifth in Europe in Frankfurt on Aug. 1. Located in MyZeil, a prestigious shopping mall in downtown Frankfurt, it will have a sales surface of 250 square meters and will feature a completely new concept, setting a model ...
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Prince is opening a store in Wimbledon, London, in connection...
Prince is opening a store in Wimbledon, London, in connection with the annual tennis tournament in this historic site. A private VIP and media event will mark the opening this coming weekend in the presence of Nick Bollettieri and some top tennis players sponsored by Prince. The store will carry ...
