Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 191
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Joma is opening its first Peruvian store in Lima as...
Joma is opening its first Peruvian store in Lima as well as its third Spanish store, located in Madrid's Calle Bravo Murillo
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Etnies is opening its first European stand-alone store next March...
Etnies is opening its first European stand-alone store next March 31 at Kingston Upon Thames, in the U.K.
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Citadium, the large Parisian fashion store managed by the Printemps...
Citadium, the large Parisian fashion store managed by the Printemps department store chain, is hosting an ephemeral presentation of Hummel's heritage collection between March 28 and April 9
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Usports, a new Swedish chain of sporting goods stores, plans...
Usports, a new Swedish chain of sporting goods stores, plans to open its first outlet next autumn at Stora Bernstorp outside Malmö. According to Sportfack, 20 Usports superstores are to be established across Sweden – each averaging 3,000 square meters and featuring six sections: team and racquet sports, fitness and ...
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Icebreaker's first TouchLab store in Western Canada opened last week...
Icebreaker's first TouchLab store in Western Canada opened last week in Vancouver. The 1,800-square-foot store is in the Kitsilano neighborhood of the city, which Icebreaker said is full of trendsetters and people who look after their health, making them a target demographic for the company. The store's décor features photos ...
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Recently placed under new ownership and leadership, Karstadt is busy...
Recently placed under new ownership and leadership, Karstadt is busy investing significant amounts in revamping its stores. Textilwirtschaft, the German trade publication for the apparel business, reports that the chain is investing €10-12 million in Frankfurt alone to refurbish its local flagship store and to increase the surface of its ...
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Fitness Boutique, the French retailer of fitness equipment, has launched...
Fitness Boutique, the French retailer of fitness equipment, has launched a franchising program, hoping to attract a dozen retailers in the first year of operation. The company already has 17 stores in France and two in Spain, in addition to its online store. It plans to open five other corporate ...
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Billabong has opened its first flagship store in Germany and...
Billabong has opened its first flagship store in Germany and the second one in Europe. The shop of 180 square meters in Munich follows the doors in Anglet, France; Manly, Australia; and Singapore. The offer comprises not only the core brand, but also the merchandise of sister brands such as ...
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Benitosport is one of the retailers operating in a newly...
Benitosport is one of the retailers operating in a newly inaugurated urban shopping center in Barcelona, Las Arena, that takes the place of the former bullfighting ring next to the centrally located Plaza Espanya
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According to local reports that could not be confirmed, Décathlon...
According to local reports that could not be confirmed, Décathlon will open two new stores in the Czech Republic in 2011. They will be located in Ostrava and Most. The French retailer, which began operating in the country in the autumn of last year with its first outlet in Liberec, ...
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On March 17, Intersport Sverige opened a 3,000-square-meter Intersport megastore...
On March 17, Intersport Sverige opened a 3,000-square-meter Intersport megastore on Drottninggatan in Stockholm, next to a Stadium store and where 75,000 people on average pass every day. Another 12 to 18 Intersport superstores based on the same format are planned in major Swedish cities. The format is a slightly ...
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Lacoste is taking many interesting and diversified initiatives at retail....
Lacoste is taking many interesting and diversified initiatives at retail. It is redecorating its flagship store on Paris' Champs-Elysées in time for the Roland-Garros tennis tournament, to be followed by a restyled flagship on New York's Fifth Avenue that should open in June. Meanwhile, the brand is sharing a new ...
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Peak Performance is opening its second German corporate General Store...
Peak Performance is opening its second German corporate General Store in Regensburg
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Specialized opens three new concept stores in Spain
Specialized opens three new concept stores in Spain
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Adidas is opening a pilot store for women only in...
Adidas is opening a pilot store for women only in Seoul
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On March 5, Globetrotter opened its store in Munich at...
On March 5, Globetrotter opened its store in Munich at last. It was a 12-year journey to find the right location. In the end, the Hamburg-based chain set up at Isartor in a highly competitive retail environment. The 6,500-square-meter flagship store is only a few minutes' walk from single-brand stores ...
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Hervis Sport became on March 17 the second sporting goods...
Hervis Sport became on March 17 the second sporting goods retailer to sell over the internet in the Czech Republic after Sportissimo, which began in 2009, and it wants to become the biggest one on the web by 2012. The Austrian company plans to sell mainly medium and higher-priced products ...
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Oxylane, parent company of Décathlon, is testing a new store...
Oxylane, parent company of Décathlon, is testing a new store concept called Loco for to shopping malls, according to a blog about the activities of the Mulliez retail empire. A store was opened in Spain and another in northern France at Noyelles-Godault. The stores offer Décathlon products that are displayed ...
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New Era has opened a 1,100-sq.-ft. flagship store in Tokyo,...
New Era has opened a 1,100-sq.-ft. flagship store in Tokyo, its eighth such store globally
