Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 54
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SaaS provider Stravito launches new market research tool for retailers
The Swedish software provider Stravito, based in Stockholm, has launched Atlas. This new AI-based market research program targets non-research teams across retail businesses, delivering insights and market data from the retail industry and digestible and ready-to-use images, charts and material for presentations. The new software-as-a-service tool promises easy navigation utilizing ...
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Under Armour capsule collection available at Aldi Spain
The discount supermarket chain Aldi will be selling a capsule collection from the U.S. sportswear brand Under Armour in its Spanish stores. The collection comprises eight products, including both apparel and footwear, with prices ranging from €14.99 to €34.99. The products will be available at all the chain’s physical stores ...
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News briefsIntersport South East Europe opens new 25,000-sqm logistics center
Source: Fourlis Group New Intersport logistics center, southeast Europe The Intersport South East Europe subsidiary, based in Greece, has opened its new logistics center, run by Trade Logistics S.A. (both companies belonging to the Fourlis group). The new 25,000-square-meter facility in Oinofyta/Boeotia is a fully automated distribution ...
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News briefsVans opens new store in Milan
Vans has opened a three-story, 300-square-meter shop in Milan’s Via Orefici at the Orefici11 retail space, which also hosts brands like The North Face, Timberland and Napapijri. It is Vans’ 36th store in Italy and its fifth in Milan. Steve Van Doren, the son of Vans’ founder Paul Van Doren ...
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ArticleDeportes Cronos to expand Portuguese footprint
According to CMDsport, Deportes Cronos plans to open three stores in Portugal in the first half of the present year, bringing its total to six. And there are plans for more before the year is out, although how many remains unclear. The Spanish buying group is pursuing a policy that ...
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ArticleArklyz continues to invest in retail businesses
First Shoe City store. © Arklyz Group Following Arklyz Group’s July 2021 acquisition of The Athlete’s Foot (TAF) from Intersport International Corp. and its acquisition of Asphaltgold, a European omnichannel provider of high-end sneakers and streetwear based in Germany, earlier this month, the acquisition-happy Swiss retail group ...
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News briefsJD to open four stores in Andalusia
According to CMDsport, JD will be opening four stores in Andalusia over the next several weeks, raising its total doors in Spain to 88. The first of the four is scheduled for Seville on May 28, and the first store in Alcalá de Guadaira will follow on June 11. The ...
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ArticleGymshark FY profit up 47 percent, readies London store
Gymshark Group Ltd.’s net profit rose by 47 percent to £36.5 million (€41.4m) from £24.8 million for the 12 months ended July 31, 2021. Group revenues for the DTC-only brand increased by 68 percent to £401.9 million (€455.8m) from £260.7 million. Financial year operating profit slipped to 11.6 percent from ...
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Pádel Nuestro wins Spain’s Internet Prize
Grupo Pádel Nuestro won one of Spain’s Internet Prizes (Premios de Internet) on May 17, also known in the country as Internet Day. Established in 1996 by Spain’s Association of Internet Users (Asociación de Usuaros de Internet), the award recognizes initiatives, persons or organizations that make good use of the ...
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News briefsBase Detall Sport to enter Portugal
Base Detall Sport is entering Portugal, according to CMDsport. The Spanish sporting goods purchasing group, founded in Barcelona in 1985 and a former member of Sport 2000 International, has signed a deal with Brands Leaders to clap its banner or that of Wanna Sneakers onto many of the latter’s Portuguese ...
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News briefsLacoste opens largest flagship store on Champs-Elysées
Lacoste opened a 1,600-square-meter store at 50 Champs-Elysées in Paris, at the corner of rue du Colisée, on May 20. The new retail space – dubbed Lacoste Arena – is the brand’s largest flagship store globally. Tennis takes center stage in the new store, alongside the brand’s collections for golf ...
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News briefsTurkish footwear retailer apparently plans to take over 100 Reebok stores in Russia
According to Reuters, Turkish footwear retailer Flo Magazacilik is reportedly in the midst of negotiations to acquire more than 100 stores that Reebok owns and operates in Russia. The retailer is currently a wholesaler in Russia but does not operate its own stores there in the country. Authentic Brands, owner ...
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News briefsBlue Tomato opens its 70th store
The Austrian board sports and lifestyle retail chain Blue Tomato has just opened its 70th shop. Currently, the company is running physical stores in Germany, Austria, Finland, Switzerland, the Netherlands and – since the end of 2021 – Norway. The newly opened 230 sqm Blue Tomato store is next to ...
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ArticleFoot Locker sees FY sales at top end of estimates as Q1 hit estimates
The U.S. retail chain Foot Locker said it now expects full-year sales to be at the high end of guidance after better than expected first-quarter results. Comparable store sales fell 1.9 percent in the first quarter to April 30, better than the 3.5 percent decline expected by analysts. The company ...
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News briefsDecathlon introduces rental service in Belgium
Decathlon is launching rental options for its Belgian customers. The service, available across the whole country and headed by Quentin Goffart, will initially involve equipment for five sports, namely cycling, kayak/paddle, fitness, camping/trekking and skiing. The offer will be expanded to other sports later this year, the company said. Belgian ...
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ArticleIntersport Germany and Adidas agree on new single account delivery concept
Intersport Germany has entered a new stage of its cooperation with Adidas. Both companies signed for a single account model, similar to the agreement that Intersport has had with Nike since 2018. Kicking off with the June 2022 order show in Heilbronn, Intersport retailers will have access to pre-set single ...
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ArticleSwiss sports market with record growth in 2021
According to GfK Switzerland, the Swiss sports market (excluding bicycles), like other non-food markets, benefited from the pandemic and recorded a 14 percent increase in growth to just under 2 billion Swiss francs, thus reaching record levels. For once, all sectors contributed to the double-digit sales growth: Hardware with +11 ...
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General Assembly confirms Intersport Germany's “Best in Sports” strategy
At the General Assembly of Intersport Deutschland on May 10, to which all members of the cooperative were invited and 147 voting members attended, it was decided that the further implementation of the “Best in Sports” strategy will determine the roadmap in the current fiscal year 2021/2022, now that many ...
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ArticleWibe to step down as chief executive of XXL
Source: XXL ASA Pål Wibe, CEO XXL ASA The board of Nordic sports retailer XXL ASA and Pål Wibe agreed on May 13 that the latter will step down as CEO on Sept. 1 of this year. The Norwegian Sports Industry Association wrote in a statement that ...
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News briefsStockX appoints chief impact officer
Source: StockX Damien Hooper-Campbell, CIO at StockX Vintage sneaker and other collectibles auction platform StockX has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of its first-ever chief impact officer, Damien Hooper-Campbell. He will report directly to CEO Scott Cutler and oversee key functional areas, including Diversity, Equity ...
