Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 4
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News briefsSales up for Inditex in first 9 months of 2024
The Spanish retail group is expanding its logistics.
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News briefsVans opens skateable flagship store
Originally opened in 2019, Vans’ Oxford Street store has been transformed into a new retail and community hub, in celebration of the brand’s three passions: skateboarding, music and art. The installation has been curated to “showcase skateboarding culture through elevated architectural and retail design,” and was designed by Milan-based architecture ...
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News briefsNew distribution center for Hervis near Vienna
The Austrian sports retailer is investing in optimized logistics and new jobs.
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News briefsRetail pesence expanded by Patagonia on Hawaii’s North Shore
The outdoor brand is expanding its retail footprint with a dedicated area for surfing equipment and services.
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News briefsWilson has opened a tennis store in Dallas
Tennis, anyone? Amer Sports brand Wilson has opened a flagship store at the North Park Center in Dallas, Texas.
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ArticleISPO talk – Retail’s shift away from the transaction
One of the many talks at ISPO Munich 2024 was “The Renaissance of Retail,” which featured Margit Gosau of Sport 2000, Bründl Sports CEO Christoph Bründl, and two other retail experts.
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News briefsSalomon has opened in Milan
Right now, Salomon is opening a lot of their own stores. Fashion and shopping city Milan is the newest location for the company.
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ArticleRental business is a driving force with double-digit growth at Intersport Austria
Winter sports accessibility is increasing as expanded rental services, sustainability initiatives and family-friendly offers at Intersport Austria lead to solid growth.
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News briefsPuma has opened 2,300 sqm store in Las Vegas
Puma has opened its second North American flagship store in Las Vegas, at the BLVD shopping center, a 25,000-square-foot retail space with three stores.
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News briefsGymshark opens Holiday pop-up in NYC
The British fitness and clothing brand has opened its first US pop-up store in over seven years in New York City.
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ArticleJD Sports warns profit will be at lower end of range after ‘volatile’ October
The retailer warns of lower profits as October sales slip amid discounting and consumer caution, but expansion plans fuel long-term growth hopes.
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ArticleDecathlon to expand heavily in Germany – 60 new store openings by 2027
60 new store openings and €100 million invested in new locations and modernizations. Decathlon Germany’s expansion plans until 2027 are, to say the least, massive.
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News briefsVuori has landed in Europe
After opening 70 stores in the US and e-commerce operations in Asia and Mexico, the retailer is expanding in Europe with a first flagship in London.
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C-Suite InterviewMargit Gosau, Sport 2000: There’s a modest resurgence of the traditional sports retailer
What is the current state of the sports retail sector, and what are retailers’ expectations for the year 2025? Margit Gosau, provides her point of view.
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News briefsCraft has opened up its first store in the US, fully focused on running
On Broadway, New York, Craft has opened up a store that will focus on running during the New York Marathon.
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News briefsOn opens up two new stores in the US
New York and Chicago, there are the locations for On Runnings two new stores in the US.
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News briefsFoot Locker steps into India
Foot Locker debuted in India on Nykaa and offline at Nexus Select City Walk in Delhi with its first store in the country.
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AnalysisThe world’s biggest sports retailers
Our annual analysis of the world’s largest sports retailers presents the revenue of the top international sports retailers and ranks their growth year-on-year.
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News briefsSports Emotion has a new head of marketing
Sports Emotion has brought aboard Chema Jaray to serve as its new Chief Marketing Officer, with sway over the retail group’s Fútbol Emotion and Basketball Emotion banners. Jaray has spent most of his career in marketing but in a variety of fields. Over the past dozen or so years, for ...
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News briefsSurrey to get Europe’s biggest pickleball and padel club
The councillors of Waverley Borough, in the British county of Surrey, have approved plans for the conversion of a vacant, 57,600-square-foot warehouse into Europe’s largest club for pickleball and padel, according to The Padel Paper. The HOPP, as the club will be called, was conceived by Sally Grace and Andre ...
