Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 178
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Niketown Berlin will close in summer 2013. The 3,500-square-meter megastore,...
Niketown Berlin will close in summer 2013. The 3,500-square-meter megastore, located in Tauentzienstrasse, was inaugurated in 1999 and was the first of that kind in Europe. Nike has 10 similar megastores around the world but London will be the only remaining Niketown in Europe after the closing of Berlin. It ...
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Indian newspapers have reported that more than 150 retail franchisees...
Indian newspapers have reported that more than 150 retail franchisees running Reebok mono-brand stores in India held a virulent demonstration in New Delhi earlier this monthy. They vented their anger about the measures taken by the Adidas Group to alter its relationship with Reebok franchises, which should lead to a ...
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Intersport Italia has inaugurated a new franchised store at Ortona...
Intersport Italia has inaugurated a new franchised store at Ortona
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Golfino has opened a new flagship store on London's West...
Golfino has opened a new flagship store on London's West End, its first standalone shop in the city. The market leader in high-quality golfwear already has stores in Edinburgh, Paris, Berlin, Munich and Zurich, among others, as well as a shop-in-shop in Harrods department store in London. The new flagship ...
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sJD Sports Fashion has inaugurated a more elaborate format for...
sJD Sports Fashion has inaugurated a more elaborate format for its JD stores by revamping its “King of Trainers” unit on Birmingham's New Street
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Intersport PSC Holding has now definitely decided to shut down...
Intersport PSC Holding has now definitely decided to shut down its Budget Sport Schweiz subsidiary, and to close down its four low-priced stores in Ostermundigen, Biel, Emmenbrücke and Winterthur. On Aug. 16, the Swiss Intersport organization announced that it was considering this step, but called on its employees to deliver ...
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Jack Wolfskin, the German outdoor brand, and Cotswold Outdoor, the...
Jack Wolfskin, the German outdoor brand, and Cotswold Outdoor, the leading British specialty outdoor retailer, have agreed on a partnership for internet sales (more on this and other outdoor-related stories in The Outdoor Industry Compass)
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Vans opens its first store in Southern France in Bordeaux...
Vans opens its first store in Southern France in Bordeaux
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At the end of 2013 or beginning of 2014, SportScheck,...
At the end of 2013 or beginning of 2014, SportScheck, Germany's leading specialty sporting goods retailer, will open its second store in Berlin. The selling surface of 4,600 square meters will be located in a new shopping mall that is described as the country's largest shopping center in a downtown ...
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Fred Perry is opening a 190-square-meter store in Munich, adding...
Fred Perry is opening a 190-square-meter store in Munich, adding to those it already has in Berlin and Cologne and to an outlet in Ingolstadt
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Last week, Puma opened its first sustainable store in a...
Last week, Puma opened its first sustainable store in a suburb of Bangalore, India. The 800-square-meter store was locally developed and sourced, and was designed for energy savings and environmentally friendly practices. The lower levels are reserved for retail sales, while and upper floor and a terrace will feature a ...
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Reebok has opened its first Fit Hub in the U.S.,...
Reebok has opened its first Fit Hub in the U.S., at 37th Street and Fifth Avenue in New York. A Reebok retail store is on the street level, with the brand's gym, CrossFit Box, on the lower level. The employees there are fitness and product experts who can give the ...
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The NBA will partner with Kitbag, one of Europe's leading...
The NBA will partner with Kitbag, one of Europe's leading online sports retailers, to launch the league's official e-commerce store for Europe, the Middle East and Africa next month. NBAStore.eu will offer NBA-branded products from the league's official merchandise partners, including Adidas, the NBA's official outfitter, as well as Spalding, ...
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Etnies has opened a pop-up store in London showcasing its...
Etnies has opened a pop-up store in London showcasing its “Buy a Shoe, Plant a Tree” program. The program plants one tree in the rainforests in the Brazilian state of São Paulo for each purchase of Etnies' Jameson 2 and Jameson 2 Eco shoes. Its goal is to plant 100,000 ...
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DC Shoes, the footwear company of Quiksilver, has opened its...
DC Shoes, the footwear company of Quiksilver, has opened its first Central European door through a franchisee in Innsbruck, Austria. The store is run by Markus Baier, a co-founder of moreboards.com, a network of currently 17 stores in the country. Baier also operates three Quiksilver-branded franchises in the Austrian cities ...
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Fans of Rapala can now shop in the comfort of...
Fans of Rapala can now shop in the comfort of their own homes. The maker of fishing lure, knives and other products has gone live with its new e-commerce site, rapala.com, carrying 10 of the company's brands. The site was designed on the Demandware Commerce platform.
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Puma inaugurated its first full-price store in Spain on Aug....
Puma inaugurated its first full-price store in Spain on Aug. 24. Located in Barcelona, in the central and well-known Passeig de Gracia, the store occupies a surface of 250 square meters on two floors, filled with audiovisual equipment including iPads from which customers can directly buy Puma's products.
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Puma customers in Copenhagen will be able to design their...
Puma customers in Copenhagen will be able to design their own sneakers. Together with a Danish retailer, Rezet, Puma will open the Creative Factory, a store where customers can choose the materials and colors for their new Puma shoes using an iPad. The store, which is due to open on ...
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The German section of Sport 2000 has bundled a package...
The German section of Sport 2000 has bundled a package for its affiliated retailers to improve their presence online. The group's e-services solutions are a toolbox of five modular pieces that the retailers can pick according to their demand. The new service starts with a basic offer: a website in ...
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Nike Germany confirmed that the Niketown store in Berlin would...
Nike Germany confirmed that the Niketown store in Berlin would be closed down next summer, as part of the American sports brand's global retail strategy. Situated in Charlottenburg, the store of about 3,300 square meters was among the first Niketowns to open in Europe and it remains Nike's only store in Berlin. ...
