News Briefs - Retail – Page 10
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News briefsHelly Hansen to enter Portugal next year
Helly Hansen Iberia is planning a proper entry into Portugal next year, its country manager, Oriol Mercadal, has informed CMDsport. To this end, the outdoor brand has signed a deal with the Portuguese commercial agency Mercadal. At present, all of Helly Hansen’s Portuguese sales flow through two stores near the ...
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News briefsNaturkompaniet starts rental service of hiking equipment
Naturkompaniet has introduced hiking equipment rental in all 39 Naturkompaniet stores in Sweden and Norway. The range includes tents, backpacks, stoves, outdoor kitchens and sleeping bags from leading brands such as Fjällräven, Hilleberg, Primus and Marmot. “Renting quality gear is a great way for us to give more people the ...
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News briefsVaude opens outlet store in Switzerland
Source: Vaude Vaude outlet store manager Roberto Stuber with his team On Aug. 23, Switzerland’s first Vaude outlet store opened at the Landquart Fashion Outlet, a shopping center with more than 160 designer, sports, outdoor and lifestyle brands. The new outlet store offers functional and sustainable products ...
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News briefsNordic Outdoor opens flagship in London’s Covent Garden
The British outdoor retailer with “Swedish roots,” Nordic Outdoor, announced on its website that it has opened a new store in the heart of London’s Covent Garden. Nordic Outdoor London spans 130 square meters and brings Scandinavian outdoor apparel and gear to the heart of the outdoor retail market in ...
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News briefsEvans Cycles and Cube to restart their U.K. retail partnership
Evans Cycles, part of Frasers Group, will soon restart its retail partnership in the U.K. with German bike brand Cube. The partnership had been put on pause during the pandemic due to supply chain issues, and is expected to resume later this year. It will see Evans Cycle’s physical and ...
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News briefsEddie Bauer launches resale program in the U.S.
Arrive, a full-service technology and reverse logistics company based in California, and U.S. outdoor company Eddie Bauer have launched the (Re)Adventure program, offering resale and rental in the U.S. to increase access to the outdoor sector and provide alternative, more sustainable shopping options. (Re)Adventure powered by Arrive allows customers to ...
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News briefsTrek acquires two more U.S. retail chains
Trek Bicycle Company is acquiring two chains in the U.S., American Cycle & Fitness and East Coasters Bike Shops. The deals will raise its store total to 35. These will be the company’s fourth and fifth acquisitions this year, after the 21 stores of David’s World Cycle (April), the two ...
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News briefsDidriksons invests in international growth
The Swedish outdoor brand Didriksons has broken new sales records, according to ehandel.se. “We are seeing an increase of 30 percent compared to last year. This is going to be our best year ever; we had the best spring ever,” Petra Sabo, head of DTC at Didriksons, commented on the ...
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News briefsEcologyst Outfitters to acquire upcycling specialist Frankie Collective
Canadian company Ecologyst Outfitters Inc., an apparel manufacturer with an assortment of 100 percent natural fibers, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Frankie Collective, a Vancouver-based company offering upcycled women’s streetwear made from used and unsold garments. With the acquisition of Frankie Collective, Ecologyst opens an ...
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News briefsArc’teryx opens first stores in Yunnan with Songtsam
Luxury boutique hotel group Songtsam has announced the opening of the first two Arc’teryx / Songtsam stores in Yunnan, a province in the southwest of the People’s Republic of China. One is the Arc’teryx Mountain Classroom Shangri-La Center, located in the Songtsam Linka Retreat Shangri-La. The second store is located ...
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News briefsEscapa opens Madrid’s largest bike store
The Spanish cycling chain Escapa has just opened the largest bike shop in both the city and the autonomous community of Madrid, according to CMDsport. Owned and operated by Quadis, which describes itself as Spain’s largest network of automotive dealers and repair shops, Escapa has, over the past few years, ...
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News briefsSpecialized acquires U.K. retail chain Rutland Cycling
Specialized has taken over Rutland Cycling, an independent cycle retailer in the U.K. Founded in 1981, Rutland currently has 12 stores in operation. Big Growth Fund, the London-based investment firm that became the largest shareholder in the company in March 2014, will be completely exiting the business. Simon Homer, managing ...
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News briefsVSF and BICO jointly expand support for the specialist bicycle retail trade in Germany
The board of directors of the German bicycle industry association VSF (Verbund Service und Fahrrad e.V.) and the supervisory board of the purchasing association Bike&Co (BICO) have signed a cooperation agreement at Eurobike to work more closely together. This covers the areas of product supply, training and education, and politics. ...
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News briefsRab and Lowe Alpine launch B2B platform for retailers
Rab and Lowe Alpine (both owned by Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd.) have launched the Equip B2B Hub. The global B2B online portal bundles all retailer-relevant apps and services for day-to-day operations and strategic planning of orders. The services include: order management via Elastic access to the latest marketing and ...
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News briefsCake expands operations in Germany
Cake, the Swedish manufacturer of lightweight premium electric motorcycles and a member of the Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG), has announced the expansion of its presence in the German market. A local sales team is already operating in Berlin and a full-service CAKEsite is expected to open later this year. A ...
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News briefsMulticycle announces seven new openings in Germany
Following the opening of its 30th bicycle store in its home country of Germany in Gütersloh, Multicycle Fahrrad-Handels GmbH & Co. KG has announced the opening of no fewer than seven additional locations until the first quarter of 2023. With its expansion plans behind it, the chain store operator (Multicycle ...
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News briefsRebike opens new flagship store in Frankfurt, Munich shop to follow soon
While the first Eurobike was held at the exhibition center, the online specialist Rebike Mobility opened its first flagship store in Frankfurt on July 15, 2022. Another Rebike store in Munich is planned to follow at the end of July. With the new brick-and-mortar concept, the Munich-based online specialist Rebike ...
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News briefsSimplon with pop-up space at Breuninger in Munich
The Austrian bike manufacturer Simplon runs a new exhibition space in an unusual surrounding: In the high-fashion store Breuninger (formerly Konen) in the heart of Munich, the bike maker shows its bikes and offers 3D body scanning and consultancy on its products. The pop-up project runs for four weeks and ...
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News briefsGerman outdoor outfitter McTrek opens shop-in-shop spaces in Adler fashion stores
German outdoor retailer McTrek has moved into the first two Adler fashion stores – near Rosenheim and near Regensburg – following the announcement in April that it would open shop-in-shop spaces in the fashion stores, both owned by Zeitfracht Group. The outdoor products are displayed on 130 square meters each ...
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News briefsJD Sports reveals ongoing expansion plans for outdoor retail division
According to the Retailgazette and Drapers, the multi-channel retail group JD Sports is on a U.K. outdoor store opening spree that is to be continued. Both media reported that the company plans to open more than a dozen new stores this summer in the U.K. The outdoor division of JD ...
