Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 179
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W.L. Gore & Associates has chosen PFSweb to handle its...
W.L. Gore & Associates has chosen PFSweb to handle its e-commerce operations in the U.S. and Europe for Gore Bike Wear and Gore Running Wear. The two new brands were launched in the U.S. in July; their online presence will start September. The new site is www.goreapparel.com.
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Volcom is ready to start its first store in Spain....
Volcom is ready to start its first store in Spain. The exact address has not been disclosed, but the company has said that the store would be located in Barcelona.
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Quiksilver has inaugurated a big new Boardriders store at its...
Quiksilver has inaugurated a big new Boardriders store at its new European headquarters at Saint Jean de Luz, France
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Bench has taken over ownership of two stores operated by...
Bench has taken over ownership of two stores operated by franchisees in Berlin and Munich
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Timberland has opened a franchised store in Chamonix
Timberland has opened a franchised store in Chamonix
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Hannover Finanz says it wants to cash out of Runners Point,...
Hannover Finanz says it wants to cash out of Runners Point, reselling the 75 percent stake that it acquired in 2005 in this big German sporting goods retail chain from the former Karstadt Quelle group. The German private equity firm has asked Deloitte to find new investors for the company. Runners ...
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Netshoes, a big Brazilian online retailer of footwear, sporting goods...
Netshoes, a big Brazilian online retailer of footwear, sporting goods and other products, has launched the first online NBA store in Brazil. The new LojaNBA.com website offers a comprehensive assortment of NBA merchandise including the NBA sports apparel and footwear line licensed by Adidas, basketballs by Spalding and other NBA ...
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Thomas Storck, former financial manager at Galeria Kaufhof, has become...
Thomas Storck, former financial manager at Galeria Kaufhof, has become head of multi-channel retailing, Sportarena, sustainability and purchasing, a position that became vacant after the departure of Ralf Pütmann in June last year
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French suppliers and retailers have agreed on an extension of...
French suppliers and retailers have agreed on an extension of the deal that exempts them from the more stringent payment rules adopted in France in 2008 in the Loi de Modernisation de l'Economie (LME). This law called for retailers to pay their invoices 60 days after receipt at the latest, ...
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Nike has opened a 14,000-square-foot store dedicated to runners in...
Nike has opened a 14,000-square-foot store dedicated to runners in New York City. The two-story shop is at Fifth Avenue and West 20th Street and includes an iPad gait analysis, free bag storage for runners and a free club for evening runs with cunning coach Margot Fleming.
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Regatta has opened its first Spanish store through a retail...
Regatta has opened its first Spanish store through a retail partner in Gijón, Deportes Asturias, featuring also its Dare2b brand
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This summer, Houdini Sportswear is opening its first concept store...
This summer, Houdini Sportswear is opening its first concept store in the same shopping district of Stockhom where Quiksilver, Norrøna, The North Face, Salomon and Hestra have their own stores
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Intersport Sweden is launching a new online business to complement...
Intersport Sweden is launching a new online business to complement its store network. This is meant to increase the number of products available for consumers, and to improve customer service. Anders Dahlberg, former interactive concept manager for Lindex, has been recruited to supervise the development of the platform. The new ...
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Haglöfs will open a brand store in Oslo this fall,...
Haglöfs will open a brand store in Oslo this fall, and another will open in Tokyo shortly thereafter. Haglöfs' first ever brand store opened in Stockholm last year, so that the new locations will bring the total number of Haglöfs brand stores to three. Expectations are that the ...
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Reportedly, Cushman & Wakefield has received a mandate from JD...
Reportedly, Cushman & Wakefield has received a mandate from JD Sports Fashion to open 15 new JD stores in France each year. The sixth JD store in the country is set to open shortly in the O'Parinor shopping mall of Aulnay-sous-Bois, near Paris, and others are planned in and around ...
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Golfino is opening its first Scottish store on 100 square...
Golfino is opening its first Scottish store on 100 square meters in the downtown area of Edinburgh. It is the brand's 39th store
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Preparations are in full swing for the Olympic Games at...
Preparations are in full swing for the Olympic Games at Lacoste, which is opening a flagship store of about 700 square meters on Brompton Road in London. Replacing a much smaller store on the same street, this will be the French brand's largest outlet – nearly twice the size of ...
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Following in the footsteps of Zalando, Spartoo, one of the...
Following in the footsteps of Zalando, Spartoo, one of the major pure e-commerce players for footwear in France, has launched a dedicated page for sports shoes on its website. It features some 900 styles by 35 brands including Adidas, Nike and Reebok. Categories covered include running, trail-running, football, fitness, golf, ...
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Helge Hinrichs and Stefan Moosleitner, two entrepreneurs from Hamburg, have...
Helge Hinrichs and Stefan Moosleitner, two entrepreneurs from Hamburg, have launched a new retailing platform on the internet called Sportrade. The service is currently focused on athletic sports, but shall be extended to outdoor and fitness in the near future. In the first place, Sportrade addresses both retailers and consumers ...
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Intersport Voswinkel, the retail chain controlled by Intersport Germany, has...
Intersport Voswinkel, the retail chain controlled by Intersport Germany, has acquired a 32,000-square-meter surface in the city of Bochum. The chain will establish its central warehouse there and will use an existing hall with a surface of 12,000 square meters. Currently, Voswinkel operates 62 doors in the country.
