The quarterly Sportindex by Svenskt Sportforum shows that Swedish sports retail sales decreased by 7.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2022, making it the fourth consecutive quarter with negative development for sports retail. For the full year 2022, sports retail sales development landed at -5.8 percent. However, the drop ...
After opening in Bolzano in November, Millet has now added another new flagship store in Turin at Via Gramsci 15. These two stores are the brand’s eighth and ninth in Europe and part of a broader retail plan for Italy that will see more openings, also in franchising, especially in ...
Marketmedia24 has launched its new “Branchen-Report Outdoor 2023,” which puts a spotlight on the market development in Germany from the pandemic years 2020 and 2021 to 2022, a year overshadowed by war and inflation. Overall, Marketmedia24 sees 2022 as a year of slightly negative sales numbers (-1.4 percent) for the ...
Ritchey, Scary Fast and SDG Components – these three bicycle-parts brands laid the foundations for bicycle wholesaler and importer Cosmic Sports in mid-December 1997. Founded by CEO Gerhard Schwarz in Nuremberg as an importer of premium bicycle accessories, the company is now proudly looking back on a 25-year success story.
The German specialist Merida & Centurion Germany (MCG) has become the exclusive distributor for bike-saddle specialist Selle San Marco in Germany and Austria. Selle San Marco was founded in 1935 and manufactures its saddles for gravel, road, urban and MTB in Italy. The Italian brand has been owned by Selle ...
Nov.ita has announced that it will distribute the Japanese winter boots brand Fubuki in Italy. Based in Turin, Nov.ita is already the Italian distributor for Camelbak and Buff, among other brands. Fubuki was founded in 2019 in Niseko, Japan, by Kalle Norman and Christofer Ljunggren. The brand is currently sold ...