Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 184
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Activinstinct, the British internet retailer of action and performance sports...
Activinstinct, the British internet retailer of action and performance sports products, expects that it will generate as much revenue outside the U.K. as in its domestic market within the next 12 to 18 months. The company has just launched its online store in Germany. It is its second move on ...
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Li Ning is working with the Acquity Group, which has...
Li Ning is working with the Acquity Group, which has offices in the U.S. and China, to develop an e-commerce platform for its own basketball, women's fitness and running products
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Lacoste has opened a temporary Lacoste Christmas Shop on its...
Lacoste has opened a temporary Lacoste Christmas Shop on its Facebook page, offering a selection of products with a Lacoste iPhone cover and other exclusive gifts to accompany the customer's order
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DC Shoes has opened a store in Lyon, the third-largest...
DC Shoes has opened a store in Lyon, the third-largest city in France
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Salewa has a new store at Chiuro, a small town...
Salewa has a new store at Chiuro, a small town near Sondrio in the Italian Alps. Inaugurated a few days ago by Christoph Hainz, a well-known climber from South Tyrol, The store has 385 square meters of retail space and hosts a Dynafit shop-in-shop
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A Norwegian sports retailer based in Bergen, Rye Sport, has...
A Norwegian sports retailer based in Bergen, Rye Sport, has gone out of business due to heavy competition from major retail chains, as well as pressure from the current financial crisis
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Lolë, the new women's sports apparel brand of Orage, will...
Lolë, the new women's sports apparel brand of Orage, will open its third European store in Paris on Dec. 15
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In a project said to be worth €6 million, Décathlon...
In a project said to be worth €6 million, Décathlon reportedly has a plan to set up a large sports park in Spain, similar to those it has in France, with the backing of the province of Barcelona. Covering 10 hectares (24.7 acres) in the area of Sant Perde de ...
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Meeting is opening its 21st Deha store in Rome...
Meeting is opening its 21st Deha store in Rome
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Otto Group is expecting a 20 percent boost for Christmas...
Otto Group is expecting a 20 percent boost for Christmas in the online sales of its 50 e-commerce platforms, including that of its SportScheck subsidiary. The latter's new mobile application has generated more than 10,000 orders from customers since its launch last January, said Stefan Herzog, chief executive of the ...
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Revo, one of Luxottica's brands, has started selling 14 styles...
Revo, one of Luxottica's brands, has started selling 14 styles of its sunglasses in the flagship stores of The North Face, so far in New York, Chicago and San Francisco
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Adidas plans to open 10 of its Neo young fashion...
Adidas plans to open 10 of its Neo young fashion shops in Germany during the first half of 2012
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Asics' 1-year-old flagship store in Amsterdam won for Best New...
Asics' 1-year-old flagship store in Amsterdam won for Best New Retail Concept 2011 at the Mapic Awards this month. The awards are intended to honor excellence, innovation and creativity of design among retailers and retail real estate companies in Europe. Asics' flagship features state-of-the-art facilities and services including a Running ...
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More than 15,000 people flocked to the first store opened...
More than 15,000 people flocked to the first store opened by Décathlon in Sweden last weekend. The store of about 7,000 square meters is situated in a Stockholm shopping center near the airport of Bromma, in a former building of the Pripps brewery, next to three other large-scale retailers. Décathlon ...
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Usports, the new Swedish sports retailer that opened its first...
Usports, the new Swedish sports retailer that opened its first megastore in Malmö last month, confirmed the Birsta retail park in Sundsvall, a seaside town halfway up the eastern Swedish coast, as the location for its third store, to cover nearly 4,000 square meters. The company had already announced that ...
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The fifth full-fledged Intersport store in Italy is opening on...
The fifth full-fledged Intersport store in Italy is opening on a franchise basis in Faenza
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Planet Sports, the leading Indian sporting goods retail chain, has...
Planet Sports, the leading Indian sporting goods retail chain, has seen most of its managers depart after its move last week from Gurgaon, near Delhi, to Mumbai. Only four of the 74 employees at the Gurgaon office were transferred. The move was ordered by the Future Group, the huge Mumbai-based ...
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Lindberg, a Swedish brand of headwear and outerwear for children...
Lindberg, a Swedish brand of headwear and outerwear for children that is now also serving the adult market, is opening a concept store in Stockholm on one of the city's busiest shopping streets
