News Briefs - Retail – Page 6
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News briefsFormer AlpenStrand store manager joins Sport 2000
The Outdoor Division of Sport 2000 GmbH – the top-performing division of the Germany-based group – has hired Katja Mendel as retail format manager, starting April 1. Mendel is no stranger to the retail group: Until the end of January, she managed the specialized retail store AlpenStrand in Landshut, Germany, ...
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News briefsGlobetrotter opens Re:Think store in Bonn
On May 11, German outdoor retailer Globetrotter will open the doors of its new Re:Think store in Bonn’s Weststadt district. The sustainable concept includes that large parts of the previous tenant’s inventory (an electronics store) were reused and partly transformed into something completely new – such as a large bear ...
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News briefsTrek has a new store
Trek’s first new store of the year in Spain is also its 25th point of sale in the country, according to CMDsport. It will also be the American brand’s last new store in Spain over the short term. Of the total, 12 are own stores, and the rest are operations ...
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News briefsItaly’s Accademia Outdoor Pro held two sessions this year
Accademia Outdoor Pro 2023, the annual training opportunity for salespeople from specialist outdoor stores in Italy, held two sessions this year, including the usual one in Villafranca di Verona on March 20, in northern Italy, and an additional session at the Hotel Valentino in Terni on March 27, to attract ...
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News briefsSalewa launches brand concept with second-hand, repair and rental offers
Italian brand Salewa (part of the Oberalp Group) has reopened its Bozen brand store, located next to the company headquarters, after a renovation phase since January 2023. The newly designed store (realized under the creative leadership of London-based retail design agency GPstudio) premiers the shop concept developed by the brand’s ...
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News briefsRussia sees a hike in demand in the outdoor goods market
Russian outdoor brands enjoy a strong rise in popularity, primarily owing to the exit of their foreign competitors from the market and a general upshift in outdoor tourism in the country, Russian outdoor goods retailer Globaldrive reported. “We are witnessing a significant growth in sales [of Russian brands]. This is ...
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News briefsScott and dVélos open the first Scott Reference Center in France
Scott Sports has partnered with French bike retailer dVélos to open the first Scott Reference Center in France. The new 310-sqm store is located in Épagny, in southeastern France. The store sells products from the Scott brand as well as other brands of the Scott Sports’ portfolio like Bergamont, Bold ...
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News briefsSigna Sports United plans to return to profitability in fiscal 2024
The sports e-commerce company Signa Sports United (SSU) is undergoing a strategic realignment assessment to generate long-term shareholder value that it intends to reveal at the end of Q2 but is projecting an ongoing challenging environment through the remainder of the FY due to inflationary pressures impacting both consumer sentiment ...
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News briefsSustainable Brand Index: Naturkompaniet and Fjällräven voted Sweden’s best
Naturkompaniet was again ranked as Sweden’s most sustainable brand in the category “Clothes & Fashion Stores” in Sweden’s largest independent study focusing on sustainability, the Sustainable Brand Index (SBI). This year’s first place makes Naturkompaniet top the list for the fifth year in a row. Stadium followed ...
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News briefsNaturkompaniet supports Keep Norway Clean
Outdoor retail chain Naturkompaniet is partnering with Hold Norge Rent (”Keep Norway Clean”), a non-profit organization that works to combat littering. The retailer is donating a portion of its revenue and inviting people to participate in clean-up events in six Norwegian cities on March 18 and April 1. “Since its ...
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News briefsNaturkompaniet Västerås moves to larger location
On March 24, retailer Naturkompaniet will open the doors to a brand new store in the Erikslunds shopping center in Västerås, a town about 1 hour west of Stockholm in the Swedish province of Västmanlands län. With an area of 1,000 square meters, it will be the largest Naturkompaniet store ...
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News briefsRe-Commerce company Responsible acquires IT specialist Haru
Responsible, a global circularity platform, has acquired Haru. This tech-powered re-commerce solution was founded in 2018 as a service provider for charity shops (to date, 550 of them work with the Haru solution across Ireland and the U.K.). While joining forces, the two companies are aiming to provide collecting, sorting, ...
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News briefsBergzeit supports social projects with €10K from returned products sale
German mountain sports retailer Bergzeit held a special sale of returned and sample merchandise at its Gmund store in January 2023. During the four-day sale, returned items were offered at heavily discounted prices. According to the company, this was to send a signal against the destruction of returned and old ...
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News briefsGlobetrotter campaigns for its greener choice-products
German retailer Globetrotter has declared March 2023 as the campaign month under the motto “Greener on the Road”. Besides consumer activations and information on the company’s sustainability efforts on-site and online (such as secondhand product and repair shops), Globetrotter celebrates the fifth anniversary of its in-house sustainability label “A Greener ...
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News briefsGlobetrotter creates lifecycle manager positions
Starting on March 1, German outdoor retailer Globetrotter is creating two new positions as product lifecycle managers. With their support, the company aims to expand existing initiatives, such as second-hand buying & selling and repair workshops, as well as develop new, innovative projects focused on extending the lifecycle of products. ...
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News briefsAngling Direct posts revenue growth, driven by in-store sales
Angling Direct, the British omnichannel fishing tackle and equipment retailer, posted sales of £74.1 million (€84m) for the financial year ended Jan. 31, 2023, representing a 2.2 percent increase from the prior year. Sales were boosted by the opening of new stores in Washington (July), Coventry (August) and Stockton-on-Tees (September). ...
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News briefsSecond European Adidas Terrex store opened in Salzburg
Adidas Terrex has opened its second concept store in Europe in Salzburg’s historic pedestrian zone, following the premiere of the specialist retail project in Munich in 2021. The new store is less than half the size of its Munich counterpart (176 sqm vs. 370 sqm) but carries the complete collections ...
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News briefsCake launches all-in subscription model
Cake, the Swedish maker of premium lightweight electric motorcycles, has launched Cake Subscribe, an all-inclusive subscription model that caters to professional business needs. The new program aims to ease the burden of upfront costs associated with buying a vehicle or a fleet of vehicles by requiring no down payment. Service ...
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News briefsDecathlon supports research on climate change adaptation
Decathlon has become an equipment partner in the new Deep Climate study, a research project by researcher Christian Clot and the Human Adaption Institute that looks at how humans adapt to situations of change and crisis. Together, they are conducting an expedition to three extreme climates (arid/hot, cold and tropical) ...
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News briefsManagement buyout at McTrek
According to German media, the outdoor retailer McTrek Retail GmbH was taken over by CM.Solutions GmbH and its managing director Christian Müller as part of a management buyout. In the past two years, McTrek has found its way back to an economically stable situation after insolvency, the company said. In ...
