Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 177
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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
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Il Gufo, an Italian children's wear producer with an interesting...
Il Gufo, an Italian children's wear producer with an interesting line of golf clothing for kids, has opened a flagship store on via Tornabuoni in Florence
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Route One, one of the first British skate and streetwear...
Route One, one of the first British skate and streetwear retailers to have launched an e-commerce site in 1998, has opened an interesting store in Bristol. Located just outside the Busy Cabot Circus, it measures 1,800 square feet and carries a wider range of products. Shoppers can use iPads to ...
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Bogner has opened its fourth Austrian shop at Sölden...
Bogner has opened its fourth Austrian shop at Sölden
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Joma has opened a new store in the airport of...
Joma has opened a new store in the airport of Valencia and another one in Havana, the capital of Cuba
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Dainese will inaugurate a new D-Store of 240 m² in...
Dainese will inaugurate a new D-Store of 240 m² in Strasbourg, France, near the Meinau stadium
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Under Armour will open an 8,000-square-foot store in the Harbor...
Under Armour will open an 8,000-square-foot store in the Harbor East section of Baltimore next year, its first store in its hometown. The store will feature Under Armour's full line of apparel, accessories and footwear.
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Nike has chosen the trendy Ipanema district of Rio de...
Nike has chosen the trendy Ipanema district of Rio de Janeiro as the location of its first “Brand Experience” store in Latin America. Fully owned and operated by Nike, the store has three floors covering a total of more than 1,200 square meters, and a Brand Space at the top ...
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Volcom has opened its first store in Barcelona
Volcom has opened its first store in Barcelona
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Atomic is introducing a new display system that facilitates the...
Atomic is introducing a new display system that facilitates the choice of its skis in the stores
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Décathlon was acclaimed as the best sports retail chain in...
Décathlon was acclaimed as the best sports retail chain in Belgium, based on a survey by Q&A Research and Consultancy
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An international online retailer based in Spain, Tradeinn, is launching...
An international online retailer based in Spain, Tradeinn, is launching what it describes as the first international factory outlet for sports products on the internet. Called Outletinn, it will market the closeouts of various brands, offering discounts of between 40 and 80 percent from the original prices. Following in some ...
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Nicolas Berggruen, owner of Karstadt, and Andrew Jennings, who has...
Nicolas Berggruen, owner of Karstadt, and Andrew Jennings, who has been running the company for the past 20 months, have declared to the media over the past few weeks that they have no intention to divest its Karstadt Sports operation. They have plans to use more technology in the stores ...
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Décathlon has opened its 17th German store. It is strategically...
Décathlon has opened its 17th German store. It is strategically located in Essen, where Karstadt has its head office. Décathlon has inaugurated a new shop in the centre of Valencia, Spain. Distributed on two floors for a total surface of 5,470 square meters, the shop is the 97th in Spain ...
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Orage is opening next Dec. 1 its first European store...
Orage is opening next Dec. 1 its first European store at Val d'Isère through a local dealer, Misty Fly, which will add some complementary products. Coalision, the Canadian company that owns this brand of skiwear, specializing in the freeski segment, sees this as a test for a possible rollout of ...
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Salomon is opening its first store in Montreal. It is...
Salomon is opening its first store in Montreal. It is adjacent to an older store by Arc'teryx, which has been renovated for the occasion.
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Le Coq Sportif has inaugurated its first international flagship store...
Le Coq Sportif has inaugurated its first international flagship store in Milan. The 240-square-meter shop, on two floors, is located on Via Dante, a pedestrian shopping street in the heart of the city. Until now the brand has concentrated its retail development on the French market, with the opening of ...
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Citadium has launched its e-commerce platform. Over the last two...
Citadium has launched its e-commerce platform. Over the last two years, the Parisian superstore, which primarily targets a 15-25-year-old audience, has repositioned itself, switching from the sale of sports brands to in street and preppy fashion, including sports-inspired products by Adidas, Converse and other brands. Citadium's main store is located ...
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El Corte Inglés will join the AMS Sourcing buying group...
El Corte Inglés will join the AMS Sourcing buying group starting Jan. 1. The Dutch buying group currently encompasses 13 other retail members, including Ahold, Delhaize Group, Esselunga, Jerónimo Martins and Morrisons, in 28 European countries. With this decision, El Corte Inglés aims at getting better buying conditions for both ...
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Fila has set out plans to open 60 more stores...
Fila has set out plans to open 60 more stores in India with its local licensing partner Cravatex by the end of 2014, adding to its current 40 stores in the country. The Italian sportswear brand is willing to capitalize on Adidas' decision to reduce its Reebok stores in India ...
