Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 188
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E-commerce has reportedly come to represent between 6% and 8%...
E-commerce has reportedly come to represent between 6% and 8% of Décathlon's sales in France, and it being used heavily by the company to sell its more voluminous products in the tough German market
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Ellesse Heritage opened a pop-up store in Redchurch Street in...
Ellesse Heritage opened a pop-up store in Redchurch Street in London
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VF Corporation is launching a pilot online store to sell...
VF Corporation is launching a pilot online store to sell products under its Vans brand on tmall.com, a retail website run by Taobao, China's largest online retailer, which could be a prelude to wider online sales of Vans and other VF brands in China next year
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Handelsblatt reports that Metro, the German retail giant, is considering...
Handelsblatt reports that Metro, the German retail giant, is considering the launch of its Kaufhof department stores on the stock exchange. A Metro executive was quoted as saying that discussions were being held with bankers, with a view to a stock market introduction. One of the issues in this respect ...
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Foot Locker is opening a flagship store in the center...
Foot Locker is opening a flagship store in the center of Milan, with a new format including the first House of Hoops in Italy and a shop-in-shop by Adidas Originals
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Volcom is opening its first retail location in Huntington Beach,...
Volcom is opening its first retail location in Huntington Beach, California, inside the iconic Huntington Surf and Sport outlet
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The Oxbow store in Anglet is to be transformed into...
The Oxbow store in Anglet is to be transformed into a full-fledged board shop, with about half of its surface dedicated to equipment and wetsuits
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Surfdome.com, an online lifestyle department store with several action and...
Surfdome.com, an online lifestyle department store with several action and board sports categories, is launching its revamped online skate department with an extended offering of apparel and footwear as well as skating equipment
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Décathlon has opened its 12th German store in Dreieich...
Décathlon has opened its 12th German store in Dreieich
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Ephemeral stores can be a good way to establish a...
Ephemeral stores can be a good way to establish a new brand name in the market. Pelé Sports, the football and lifestyle brand inspired by the Brazilian football player by the same name that was launched in several countries last year, is to open its first store on a temporary ...
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Telstar, a Dutch sports retailer, has opened its fourth megastore...
Telstar, a Dutch sports retailer, has opened its fourth megastore in Coevorden, which is probably the largest sports store in the eastern part of the Netherlands with a surface of about 2,500 square meters
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Callaway Golf is opening two new Callaway Performance Centers, offering...
Callaway Golf is opening two new Callaway Performance Centers, offering specialized custom-fitting technology, in San Francisco a nd in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
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Bos Groep, a large-scale sports distribution and licensing company in...
Bos Groep, a large-scale sports distribution and licensing company in the Netherlands, has appointed Arie van der Pas, former executive at Nike and buyer at Intersport Nederland, to lead its sports business unit, replacing Johan Bolhuis
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Last Thursday, Patagonia opened its first store in Spain. It...
Last Thursday, Patagonia opened its first store in Spain. It is located in the Basque city of San Sebastián and is mainly dedicated to boardsports. The selling surface is 220 square meters and it is located near the Playa de Gros. Besides the current summer collection, the offer comprises the ...
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Planet Sports has opened a store in Dresden, and the...
Planet Sports has opened a store in Dresden, and the German boardsports retailer is reportedly considering opening in other countries as well
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Replicating what it did for the domestic Dutch market last...
Replicating what it did for the domestic Dutch market last year, Protest is opening a web store for the French market
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Norrøna has opened its second store in the capital of...
Norrøna has opened its second store in the capital of Norway. In contrast to the first store in Oslo, which has a selling surface of some 500 square meters, the new door in the Storo shopping mall will be smaller, with some 200 square meters. The Norwegian sports apparel company ...
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The first European outlet store of Under Armour will open...
The first European outlet store of Under Armour will open in San Sebastián, Spain
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Anta has opened a new flagship store of more than...
Anta has opened a new flagship store of more than 1,000 square meters in Beijing's Capital Indoor Stadium
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After its recent opening of its first French store in...
After its recent opening of its first French store in Paris, a second Jack Wolfskin store is due to open in Strasbourg in autumn
