All Retail articles – Page 16
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News briefsGlobetrotter presents outcome of Innolab start-up support at festivals
German retailer Globetrotter is giving some products from its Innolab a public platform at the two-day events of this year’s outdoor festivals in Berlin and Hamburg. The Innolab program was launched by Globetrotter in 2020 and offers start-ups in the outdoor equipment sector advice and support for their market entry. ...
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News briefsLa Sportiva opens shoe-repair shop
According to CMDsport, La Sportiva has opened a resoling shop – the first of its kind, the company says – for shoes under its own brand. Located at Snow Factory headquarters in Barcelona, the shop uses the same materials and machinery as the brand’s factory. For La Sportiva Spain’s marketing ...
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ArticleSuper Retail Group unveils sales, strategies for three banners
Super Retail Group, the Australian retailer with two outdoor formats and one focused on sporting goods, reported mixed results for the week 27 to 43 period. Rebel Sport, hurt by limited stock availability in some categories that included footwear, suffered a 4.0 percent year-to-date decline in same-store sales. SRG’s outdoor ...
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SponsoredEverything in One Place: GORE-TEX brand Presents New Online Tool GORE-TEX ONE for Retailers and Brand Partners
With the new GORE-TEX ONE Portal, the GORE-TEX brand is taking collaboration with retailers and brand partners to the next level.
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ArticleFenix Outdoor sales rise 30 percent in first quarter
Fenix Outdoor International generated a 22 percent increase in first-quarter operating profit to €17.7 million on a 30 percent topline expansion to €165.2 million against €127.1 million. The outcome was negatively impacted by about €2 million in one-time additional transportation costs. But the strong results for the Fjällräven, Tierra, and ...
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News briefsNaturkompaniet opens third store in Norway
Swedish retail chain Naturkompaniet opened its third store in Norway on April 28 at AMFI Moa in Ålesund. The company, part of Frilufts Retail Europe AB, owned by Fenix Outdoor International AG, said it plans to run about ten doors in the country by the end of 2023. “Our third ...
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News briefsGlobetrotter opens second city store in 2022
On April 28, outdoor equipment supplier Globetrotter is opening its newest store in downtown Augsburg in southern Germany. On three floors and around 1,000 square meters, the store in Annastrasse offers a broad outdoor range from the hiking, trekking, travel and everyday outdoor segments as well as brand stores from ...
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ArticleThredUp debuts Recommerce 100 report, sees rapid growth of brand’s resale programs
U.S.-based company ThredUP, a large online resale service provider and platform for women’s and kids’ apparel, shoes and accessories, has started a monthly index that tracks which brands and retailers have launched resale programs and monitors their potential impact on the planet. The monthly Recommerce 100 report, conducted by the ...
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News briefsVaude opens northernmost German franchise store
On Germany’s North Sea coast, the long-established regional fashion etailer Silomon has opened Germany’s northernmost Vaude franchise store in the pedestrian zone of the town of Norden. With a floor space of 160 sqm, the new store run by Heida und Sven Haltermann carries mainly the German outdoor manufacturer’s bike ...
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News briefsSportshopen builds new warehouse and logistics center
Sportshopen, the retail chain of Swedemount Sportswear & Fashion AB, which was founded in 1991 and currently has 15 stores in Sweden, is building a new warehouse and logistics center with offices in Gothenburg. The company’s growing European e-commerce business made this move necessary, according to ehandel.se, primarily to guarantee ...
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ArticleBicycle sales in Austria: turnover surpasses €1 billion
The Association of Sporting Goods Manufacturers and Sports Equipment Suppliers of Austria (VSSÖ) has released the 2021 Austrian bicycle sales figures. Although the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on supply chains was still strongly felt, around 490,000 bicycles were sold to Austrian sporting goods retailers and specialist bicycle dealers last ...
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News briefsH&M’s Arket to carry Klättermusen
As reported by habit.se, Arket will add the Swedish outdoor brand to its assortment starting April 21. Previously, Arket had already sold third-party products from footwear brands Tretorn, New Balance and Merrell, but Klättermusen marks the first time it is stocking an external clothing brand, with accessories to be offered ...
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ArticleGerman fashion chain Adler to enter outdoor business with McTrek
Germany’s Adler Modemärkte is cooperating with McTrek Retail GmbH to enter the outdoor product market with its more than 130 Adler stores in Germany, Austria, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Adler Modemärkte AG, a company that had been strong with private labels in the past, went into insolvency in 2021 and was ...
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ArticleRetailer Bergzeit invests in community electricity, gets support from Patagonia
A panel discussion in March at the retailer’s company headquarters made it clear what a contribution to the energy transition can look like and how important it is.
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News briefsGlobetrotter exhibits home-made upcycling collection in Berlin store
Closing its sustainability campaign month, Globetrotter presents a small collection of unique upcycling pieces, created and tailored by Globetrotter employee Christiane Gawlik, who is a trained fashion designer and works in the repair workshop at the retailer’s Hanover store. She designed eleven pieces for men and women ...
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News briefsAlpen opens largest flagship store ever
The Japanese retailer Alpen Group, headquartered in Nagoya City and celebrating its 50th anniversary on July 8, will open the largest flagship store in its history on April 1 in the Yunika building at the East Exit of Shinjuku, Tokyo. “Alpen Tokyo” will reportedly feature more than 3,700 square meters ...
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News briefsLa Sportiva opens first German mono-brand store
La Sportiva opened its first mono-brand store in Germany on March 20. The store is located in the municipality of Bubenreuth at Kurt Albert Strasse 1, inside the Blockhelden Frankenjura fitness club. The Frankenjura region is the largest climbing area in Germany and one of the top spots for sports ...
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News briefsSchöffel-Lowa expands its retail network in Germany with three new stores
The Schöffel-Lowa Sportartikel GmbH & Co. KG, headquartered in Schwabmünchen, Germany, has announced the opening of three new branded stores in Germany. One of them is a 120-sqm shop-in-shop at Intersport Grabert in Heilbronn, which our sister publication SGI recently reported about. Footwear retailer Carl Schnabel opened a 130-sqm Schöffel-Lowa ...
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ArticleIndustry spotlight: New target groups, supply chain challenges and retailer relationship in focus
25 brands presented their new products at the Sport & Outdoor Media Day in Munich. The event organized by Mandel PR in the ”Kohlebunker” near the MOC (Munich Order Center) was one of the first major industry gatherings in Germany since the start of the Covid crisis. We took the ...
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News briefsGrassroots Outdoor Alliance president Rich Hill to leave in April
Rich Hill, president of the U.S. Grassroots Outdoor Alliance (GOA) for the last five years, is apparently planning to quit his role in a few week’s time. According to SGB Media, Hill gave the news to GOA staff ahead of the group’s annual board of directors retreat earlier this month, ...
