Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 180
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Sprinter, the Spanish sporting goods retail chain partly owned by...
Sprinter, the Spanish sporting goods retail chain partly owned by JD Sports Fashion, has launched its own virtual store, selling branded as well as exclusive products. Customers are entitled to a 20 percent discount on any orders placed on the web until June 17.
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Intersport Italia is celebrating the opening of yet another franchised...
Intersport Italia is celebrating the opening of yet another franchised store at Sassuolo
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Décathlon is adjusting its retail concept in the German market...
Décathlon is adjusting its retail concept in the German market with a new store to be opened next year in Mannheim. Contrary to its usual approach, the French chain will open the store in the city's downtown area, not too far from Engelhorn Sports, the local retail hero, which has ...
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Adidas will not renew the lease on its 1,100-m2 flagship...
Adidas will not renew the lease on its 1,100-m2 flagship Paris store on Rue de Rivoli. The store, which opened in 2001, stopped making money in 2009, following the closure of a big neighboring department store, La Samaritaine, which reduced the levels of consumer traffic in the area. They have ...
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Intersport Italia opened yesterday a new Intersport store in the...
Intersport Italia opened yesterday a new Intersport store in the Coop shopping center of Follonica
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Keen Footwear plans to open its first Japanese store in...
Keen Footwear plans to open its first Japanese store in Tokyo next month. The American brand already has stores in Toronto, Canada and near its head office in Portland, Oregon.
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Arena France is launching a new distribution channel: pop-up stores...
Arena France is launching a new distribution channel: pop-up stores set up in partnership with retailers at swimming events. Complete with changing cabins and a range of branded product displays, these stores are easy to build and a test has shown that they could generate twice as much turnover as ordinary booths. Arena ...
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Vans' first South African concept store has opened in Cape...
Vans' first South African concept store has opened in Cape Town
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Adidas has opened its first Stella McCartney flagship store, after...
Adidas has opened its first Stella McCartney flagship store, after working with the British designer for eight years. It is located next to the main Stella McCartney store and her children's store, which opened in Brompton Cross, London a few weeks ago. McCartney has designed the uniforms of the British ...
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Jaked, the young Italian brand of technical swimwear and accessories,...
Jaked, the young Italian brand of technical swimwear and accessories, has opened its first single-brand store in the Italian city of Pescara. Owned by Pianoforte Holding, which is also the parent company of Yamamay and Carpisa, Jaked will continue to sponsor the Italian Swimwear Federation at the Olympic Games in ...
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Tennis Warehouse Europe will now be included as part of...
Tennis Warehouse Europe will now be included as part of ATPWorldTourStore.com through an expanded retail partnership between Tennis Warehouse and the ATP. The two entities have been working together since 2000. The expanded website means that fans in Europe can get the same service as those in the U.S., while ...
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Sportler, the Italian sporting goods retail chain owned by the...
Sportler, the Italian sporting goods retail chain owned by the Oberrauch family, has opened a new, innovative store across from its renovated store in downtown Brunico. Spread over 785 square meters on five floors, the new store is the company's 7th Alpinhaus, specializing in outdoor and winter sports products. It ...
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Intersport Germany has won the creativity award of ZGV, the...
Intersport Germany has won the creativity award of ZGV, the country's federation of buying groups and cooperatives. ZGV awarded the buying and franchising group because of its initiatives for better quality, service, advice and a reasonable value-for-money ratio. Intersport won over two other nominees, Garant Möbel and Noweda, which are ...
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After opening a single-brand store for its Fire & Ice...
After opening a single-brand store for its Fire & Ice brand on the German island of Sylt, Bogner is opening a slightly smaller one on the same island under its own name. The Bogner shop offers items from its eponymous collection, as well as those of Sonia Bogner and Fire ...
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Planet Sports, the German-based action sports retailer acquired by Carlyle...
Planet Sports, the German-based action sports retailer acquired by Carlyle last year, has opened a new European distribution center in the Czech town of Bor
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Last Sunday, two thieves went away with €5,000 in cash...
Last Sunday, two thieves went away with €5,000 in cash from the newly opened Aigle store on Paris' Champs-Elysées
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Nike has opened a new shop-in-shop in an Intersport store...
Nike has opened a new shop-in-shop in an Intersport store in central Stockholm. The 100-square-meter space is heavily focused on football. It will display Nike's football collection leading up to this summer's European Football Championships. Customers will be able to find products such as training apparel and football shoes, ...
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Peak Performance recently opened its first store in the South...
Peak Performance recently opened its first store in the South Korean capital of Seoul. As part of its global strategy, the company is placing a larger focus on the Asian market. Its Asian expansion began about two years ago when the brand was first launched in Japan. Now, as the ...
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XXL Sport has opened an online store for Swedish customers....
XXL Sport has opened an online store for Swedish customers. The Norwegian sporting goods retail giant already operates one of the largest online stores for sports and outdoor products in Norway. Over the past two years, XXL has quickly expanded into neighboring Sweden with four stores in operation and three ...
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The first negative winter sales results in years have caused...
The first negative winter sales results in years have caused an increase in bankruptcies among Norwegian sporting goods retailers. A drop in sales of about 10 percent in the last quarter of 2011 was the last straw for many sport retailers across the country. In the last three and a ...
