Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 189
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Dainese is pushing the accelerator on the development of the...
Dainese is pushing the accelerator on the development of the international network of its D-Stores, which are conceived not only as selling points, but also as test areas for new trends and as hubs for special events and other initiatives in the area of impact protection. After opening stores in ...
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A total of 11 new Macron stores have opened so...
A total of 11 new Macron stores have opened so far this year, and seven more will follow over the balance of the year, bringing the total network up to 51 doors. The cities covered so far this year are Naples, Barcelona, Rome, Blois, Tallinn, Toledo, Miranda de Ebro, Faenza, ...
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Timberland is opening a second store in Manhattan, in Herald...
Timberland is opening a second store in Manhattan, in Herald Square
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Kappa's French licensee has launched the French version of the...
Kappa's French licensee has launched the French version of the brand's web store
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Quiksilver is making strong investments in retailing in Europe. It...
Quiksilver is making strong investments in retailing in Europe. It has completely renovated its 1,200-square-meter store in the Bercy Village section of Paris, which previously belonged to the now defunct Andaska chain. Taking its cues from Quik's new Boardriders store reopened at Capbreton one year ago, it features a vast ...
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Erima, the German team sports brand, has developed a special...
Erima, the German team sports brand, has developed a special new service for retail customers who also run their internet stores. Consumers can now check the availability of the brand's items on the retailers' own websites. This information is automatically updated by Erima every three hours, without any action needed ...
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Sundek, the iconic Italian brand of boardshorts, is doubling the...
Sundek, the iconic Italian brand of boardshorts, is doubling the number of its concept stores and moving outside the country. After opening stores at Santa Margherita Ligure and in Milan, it is opening two others at Lignano Sabbiadoro, on the coast of Tuscany, and at the French resort of Saint-Tropez. ...
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Chervò is making new investments in Asia, considering the fact...
Chervò is making new investments in Asia, considering the fact that there are an estimated 3 million golfers in China and 500,000 in India. It has inaugurated its first single-brand golf shop in China within Beijing's Shin Kong Place department store. Featuring a new avant-garde look, inspired by the “Watch ...
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Falke has opened a single-brand store of 80 square meters...
Falke has opened a single-brand store of 80 square meters in the Italian town of Ascona
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Garmin has opened a pilot shop-in-shop at Engelhorn Sport in...
Garmin has opened a pilot shop-in-shop at Engelhorn Sport in Mannheim, whose selling surface of 9,600 square meters makes it one of the largest sports stores in Europe. The GPS specialty brand offers its range on a surface of some 20 square meters.
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Décathlon will open a store with a floor space of...
Décathlon will open a store with a floor space of more than 5,000 square meters in June in Ostrava, the third-largest city in the Czech Republic. It will be the country's largest sporting goods store. The record in terms of size had been held by a store of 3,700 m² ...
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Décathlon has reportedly given up on a project for its...
Décathlon has reportedly given up on a project for its first superstore in Andorra for several reasons, including a requirement that it could not have control over the operation under the local legislation
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Columbia and Sorel are launching online sales to consumers in...
Columbia and Sorel are launching online sales to consumers in Canada, the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Spain (more in The Outdoor Industry Compass)
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Rusty has opened its first German collaboration store with Ride...
Rusty has opened its first German collaboration store with Ride n' Roll in at LidenStasse, in Potsdam. The company plans to open more Rusty Collaboration Stores throughout Europe. The goal of the stores is for the brand and the retailer to work together on sales.
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Oxbow is opening new stores in two French cities,...
Oxbow is opening new stores in two French cities, Dijon and Colmar
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Salomon will open a store in Chamonix next December in...
Salomon will open a store in Chamonix next December in partnership with a major local retailer, Coquoz Sport
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Casino, a French chain of supermarkets and hypermarkets, is testing...
Casino, a French chain of supermarkets and hypermarkets, is testing a sporting goods corner at one of its stores at Fontaine in the Isère region, according to sport-guide.com. Named Go Sport Basics, the area features only private label products by Go Sport, the French chain of sporting goods stores which, ...
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Rainer Ziplinsky, a retailer from Kiel on the German Baltic...
Rainer Ziplinsky, a retailer from Kiel on the German Baltic Sea coast, has been appointed new managing director of LEX Laufexperten (“running experts”), the influential cooperative network of specialty running shops across Germany. The 59-year-old has been in the retailing business for about 28 years and will coordinate the actions ...
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Garmont is changing its distribution for outdoor footwear in Australia....
Garmont is changing its distribution for outdoor footwear in Australia. Effective immediately, the new distributor is Lifestyle Industries Group which also takes care of Keen down under. The company replaces Sitro Group Australia.
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Peak Performance has opened its 9th corporate general store in...
Peak Performance has opened its 9th corporate general store in Germany. The selling surface of 170 square meters is located in the pedestrian zone in the heart of Regensburg, Bavaria, and follows similar formats in Munich, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Kempten, Münster, Stuttgart and Rosenheim. The new store displays the whole ...
