Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 176
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Intersport France is growing rapidly in the mountain resorts, where...
Intersport France is growing rapidly in the mountain resorts, where 18 new stores joined the cooperative so far this year, building up to a total of 206 units specializing in snow and outdoor sports. Thanks to the new store openings, the retailers affiliated with Intersport in the mountain resorts have ...
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Go Sport has finally started up its virtual store in...
Go Sport has finally started up its virtual store in France. The launch is accompanied by a contest on the internet for purchase vouchers, tickets for a match of the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) football team and jerseys signed by the team's players, with which Go Sport struck a partnership last July. For its ...
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Escada plans to start its own online shop for the...
Escada plans to start its own online shop for the German and Austria markets in the spring of 2013, according to Textilwirtschaft. Other countries should follow in the autumn. It should start up with only a selection of items from the brand's main collection, including its Escada Sport line.
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Patagonia has revamped its store in Chamonix, France
Patagonia has revamped its store in Chamonix, France
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The first and only Budget Sport store in Sweden is...
The first and only Budget Sport store in Sweden is closing its doors. Ola Persson, the Intersport franchisee who has been running the store, has found a new tenant for the location from the Sportringen chain. According to Intersport officials, there were at least two reasons for dropping the experiment. ...
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Xtep, the Chinese sports brand, is opening a store in downtown...
Xtep, the Chinese sports brand, is opening a store in downtown Valencia and three others in other parts of the Levante region of Spain
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Billabong has opened its third franchised single-brand door in Germany....
Billabong has opened its third franchised single-brand door in Germany. Located in Hamburg and measuring 140 square meters, it carries also the group's Element line and follows the opening of stores in Berlin and Dortmund. In return, the Australian boardsports brand has closed its first and only corporate store in the country. ...
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Intersport Bündl is the first affiliate of Intersport in Austria...
Intersport Bündl is the first affiliate of Intersport in Austria to have set up a full-fledged factory outlet. It is located in the factory outlet center operated by McArthur Glenn in Salzburg, far away from Intersport Bündl's 18 other Intersport stores in the country. The factory outlet has a total surface ...
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BH is opening its 11th Spanish concept store in Barcelona,...
BH is opening its 11th Spanish concept store in Barcelona, carrying its fitness equipment and its bicycles
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Twinner Iberia is joining Sport Trade Marketing International (STMI), the...
Twinner Iberia is joining Sport Trade Marketing International (STMI), the international purchasing platform launched by Go Sport and Hervis to negotiate special conditions with the sports brands. With 231 affiliated stores, Twinner Iberia represented retail sales of €230 million last year. The French Twinner cooperative and another related French group, ...
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Odlo has opened a franchised store for the first...
Odlo has opened a franchised store for the first time in Germany in the town of Lörrach, in the extreme southwest corner of the country. The selling space of 180 square meters is run by Intersport Bohny, a local retailer that already operates two single-brand stores for The North Face ...
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Oberalp, which distributes Speedo in Italy, is inaugurating its first...
Oberalp, which distributes Speedo in Italy, is inaugurating its first Speedo House in the country in the city of Bolzano, in the northeast of the country. It is located in the large sporting goods store operated by a sister company, Sportler, under the city's arcades. The Speedo House consists of ...
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Pursuing its expansion in China, Protest has opened a new...
Pursuing its expansion in China, Protest has opened a new store in Tianjin after the startup of two stores in Beijing last year. The Dutch boardwear brand already has stores in Russia, France and the U.K. With a population of more than 10 million, Tianjin is one of the top ...
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Known as the first sports banner in France exclusively dedicated...
Known as the first sports banner in France exclusively dedicated to women, Attractive is closing its last physical store, located in Paris, to concentrate on the web. The decision follows the acquisition by Ch ristophe and Nicolas Deconinck, who founded Attractive in 2007, of a similar British operation, Sheactive, through ...
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Both Décathlon and Karstadt are reportedly introducing “click & collect”...
Both Décathlon and Karstadt are reportedly introducing “click & collect” programs, offering customers the possibility to order the goods on the internet, and to pick them up at the nearest store at no extra cost
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Décathlon has opened its 18th German store in Essingen, a...
Décathlon has opened its 18th German store in Essingen, a small town in the state of Baden-Württemberg, on 2,000 square meters
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A new franchised Intersport store is opening in Florence...
A new franchised Intersport store is opening in Florence
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Jack Wolfskin is opening its first store in Slovenia. The...
Jack Wolfskin is opening its first store in Slovenia. The 85-square-meter shop is located in the City Park shopping mall of Ljubljana. The German producer of outdoor clothing, footwear and equipment is focusing on Eastern Europe, France, the U.K., the Benelux countries and China for its foreign expansion.
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Confirming previous plans, the Twinner France cooperative, which groups the...
Confirming previous plans, the Twinner France cooperative, which groups the owners of some 200 sporting goods retail stores, has acquired a 20 percent stake in Pros du Sport, a network of 350 technical sports stores. The latter will benefit from the same conditions offered to Twinner's members in purchasing and ...
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Peak Sports reduced the number of its dealers in China...
Peak Sports reduced the number of its dealers in China by 14% during the first nine months of this year
