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 ...
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 ...
Vass is returning to the European market, Angling International has reported. Last month, the U.K.-based fishing rainwear and waders supplier opened its European operations center and warehouse to enable regional retailers to stock its range again. Since Brexit, it has been difficult for anglers in mainland Europe to buy Vass’ ...
The U.K.’s trade association for the bicycle industry, the Bicycle Association (BA), has entered into a new partnership with Novuna Consumer Finance, one of the U.K.’s leading retail finance providers. The partnership will enable all BA members and the more than 1,000 U.K. bicycle retailers participating in its Investors in ...