Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 173
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Décathlon is changing the name of its discount-oriented Koodza stores...
Décathlon is changing the name of its discount-oriented Koodza stores to Décathlon Simply, according to Sport-Guide.com. The parent company, Oxylane, has sharply reduced the number of Koodza stores in France in the last two years.
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Lolë, the wellness brand of Coalision, has opened a flagship...
Lolë, the wellness brand of Coalision, has opened a flagship store in Biarritz on the Basque coast of France, almost simultaneously with the inauguration of its 7th European store not far away at Saint-Jean-de-Luz. According to Fashionmag.fr, the brand is planning to open shop in the French ski resort of ...
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Herman van Beveren, the general manager of Décathlon in Belgium,...
Herman van Beveren, the general manager of Décathlon in Belgium, told reporters earlier this month that the French retailer intends to double its number of Belgian stores to 30 in the next five years. As reported by Sport Partner, there are currently 15 Décathlon stores in Belgium but two more ...
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Asics is launching its first European online store in the...
Asics is launching its first European online store in the U.K. in September 2013. It already launched its virtual store in the U.S. at the end of April, followed by one in Japan. The U.K. was chosen for the European launch because of its high internet penetration in retailing and ...
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Quiksilver has inaugurated its first store in Myanmar, the former...
Quiksilver has inaugurated its first store in Myanmar, the former Burma, which has recently opened up to the world after many years of isolation. The store was opened in partnership with Sein Wut Hmon Company Limited (SWH Asia) and is located in Kamayut Township, in the capital city of Rangoon, ...
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SportScheck, Germany's leading specialty sporting goods chain, is joining an...
SportScheck, Germany's leading specialty sporting goods chain, is joining an charity initiative called Tag des Aufrundens (“Day of rounding Up”). The retailer and other participants in the campaign encourage their customers to round up the total of their purchases at the cashier by up to ten cents of a euro. ...
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In the middle of July, Lundhags will open its second...
In the middle of July, Lundhags will open its second factory outlet store in Insjøn, Sweden. It will have three different areas for Lundhags own products, external brands and an outlet section. The company's first store in Järpen, Sweden has turned into something of a destination store and the same ...
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At the end of May, Stormberg will open its second...
At the end of May, Stormberg will open its second store in Sweden, this time in the town of Norrköping. The new store comes only half a year after the Norwegian sportswear brand opened its first Swedish store in Malmö. In addition, Stormberg is strongly represented in all the Swedish ...
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Peak Performance, which went through wide-ranging management changes last year,...
Peak Performance, which went through wide-ranging management changes last year, saw its sales drop by 6 percent to 267.5 million Danish kroner (€35.9m-$46.3m) for the three months until the end of March. This is the third quarter in the fiscal year of IC Companys, the Danish company that owns the ...
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Retail News is reporting that Lululemon, the fast-growing Canadian yoga...
Retail News is reporting that Lululemon, the fast-growing Canadian yoga and sports apparel brand, is preparing to move into the Dutch market. The specialized Dutch newspaper was told by Jessica Edwards, international community manager at Lululemon, that the company intended to open its first store in Amsterdam before the end ...
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Forum Sport, a big Spanish sporting goods retail chain with...
Forum Sport, a big Spanish sporting goods retail chain with a strong position in the Basque region, has decided to join Sports Trade Marketing International (STMI) as a member of Twinner International. STMI is the European purchasing group created last year by the French-based Groupe Go Sport and Hervis Sport, ...
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Lacoste has launched a click-and-collect service, allowing French customers to...
Lacoste has launched a click-and-collect service, allowing French customers to browse through the internet to check the availability of an item and to pick it up at one of its stores
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Décathlon is opening its 19th German store in Neustadt on...
Décathlon is opening its 19th German store in Neustadt on a surface of 2,450 square meters. Fighting against the competition from established traditional German retailers, Décathlon opened four new stores in Germany last year including a downtown location in Essen's Rathausgalerie. Another downtown store is reportedly planned for Mannheim's former ...
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GMS, a German buying group for shoe retailers formed nine...
GMS, a German buying group for shoe retailers formed nine years ago, has presented a new concept, SportXtreme, which addresses about 80 of its 1,000-odd retail members in Germany, Austria and the Benelux countries that carry some sports brands in the stores. It is also targeting sporting goods retailers specializing ...
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+++ Two new franchised Intersport stores are being opened in...
+++ Two new franchised Intersport stores are being opened in Italy, one on the island of Ischia and one in Udine +++ Fire & Ice has opened a new store in Munich +++
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Intersport's global network of sporting goods retailers is about to...
Intersport's global network of sporting goods retailers is about to move into its 43rd market, Morocco. With plans to open at least 12 stores with average surfaces of 300 to 400 square meters, Intersport International Corporation has granted a sub-license for the Moroccan market to Intersport Spain. The Spanish Intersport ...
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The members of the Ver.Di trade union of Leipzig, where...
The members of the Ver.Di trade union of Leipzig, where Amazon Germany's most important distribution center is located, have voted with an overwhelming majority in favor of a strike, claiming that the wages paid by the retailer are too low. The issue is that Amazon Germany is not bound to ...
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The first physical Joma store in Hungary has opened its...
The first physical Joma store in Hungary has opened its doors in a shopping mall at Drebecen
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Kelme inaugurated its first concept store in Indonesia, located in...
Kelme inaugurated its first concept store in Indonesia, located in the prestigious residential area of Tangerang, Jakarta, last April 6. The premises include two floors for offices and a showroom. It is the first store where the Spanish company has used a new interior design that it will use to present Kelme's image ...
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Fitness Boutique, the French chain of fitness equipment stores, continues...
Fitness Boutique, the French chain of fitness equipment stores, continues to develop internationally. According to sport-guide.com, it has opened its first store in Morocco, in Casablanca. It already has two stores in Spain, one in Brussels and one in the French territory of La Réunion. It has others in France. ...
