All Retail articles – Page 59
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After a successful pilot project last year with three...
After a successful pilot project last year with three pop-up stores in major Canadian shopping malls, Manitobah Mukluks, the indigenous shoe brand from Winnipeg, Manitoba, is launching an aggressive retail expansion in Canada, raising the number of stores to 18. Manitobah Mukluks was founded in 2008 by Sean McCormick, an ...
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Deportes Alaska, a well-known ski and mountaineering shop in Madrid,...
Deportes Alaska, a well-known ski and mountaineering shop in Madrid, has moved to new premises. In tripling its area to 430 square meters, the shop has gained a storefront 12 meters wide on Calle Cristóbal Bordiú and, at last, a parking lot. The old shop had been tight for years ...
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Timberland has opened its first “purpose-led” flagship store in...
Timberland has opened its first “purpose-led” flagship store in Europe at 5-7 Carnaby Street in London, following the opening of similar stores in Philadelphia and New York. The 2,594-square-foot store in London features living trees, a real green wall and other natural elements. The purpose is to combine nature with ...
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Redefining a faster supply chain
The supply chain has been getting faster and faster. The process that goes from the design and development to the distribution of a product for a particular season has been shortened in the last few years, taking only about 11 months instead of 18 months.Many fashion companies have reacted to ...
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The store as a medium
The physical store has a future, according to one of the speakers at the conference, Magnus Ohlsson. It can stand up against the “apocalypse” created by the internet and e-commerce as just another type of media, creating a halo effect around its banner and becoming a brand.Furthermore, he indicated, “bricks ...
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LVMH is planning to reopen La Samaritaine later in 2019...
LVMH is planning to reopen La Samaritaine later in 2019 or early in 2020, and according to a report by sportguide.com, several outdoor brands will be present there. La Samaritaine, a historic department store between rue de Rivoli and the river Seine, in the heart of Paris, has been closed ...
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Bergzeit, the big German-based online outdoor retailer, has become a...
Bergzeit, the big German-based online outdoor retailer, has become a member of Sport 2000, the German buying group, joining other pure players like 11teamsports and Keller Sports. According to its management, the benefits of the move include access to special make-ups and to the marketplaces of Sport 2000, plus help ...
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Patagonia has opened a new store in Berlin, its second...
Patagonia has opened a new store in Berlin, its second one in Germany after the one in Munich, and the ninth one in Europe
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Buff has opened its first permanent brick-and-mortar store in downtown...
Buff has opened its first permanent brick-and-mortar store in downtown Barcelona. It is located in the Illa Diagonal shopping mall, where the Catalonian brand of head- and neckwear has been running a pop-up store every winter for the past 12 years. The brand's only other permanent points of sale locally ...
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CMDSport reports the recent closure of a couple of outdoor...
CMDSport reports the recent closure of a couple of outdoor retail stores on the island of Mallorca. One of them is Trekoon, which opened its online store in 2009, followed by a physical store in Palma de Mallorca last year. The presence of four Decathlon stores on the island is ...
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La Sportiva is expanding its retail presence in Spain with...
La Sportiva is expanding its retail presence in Spain with the opening of a new franchised mono-brand store at Siurana, in the region of Catalonia. Nested in the Tarragona mountains, Siurana is a major attraction for climbers thanks to its vertical walls, slabs and steep overhangs, and grades varying from ...
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Sport 2000 Germany has reported the opening of a second...
Sport 2000 Germany has reported the opening of a second specialized Absolute Run store in the city of Singen. The cooperative also held for the first time a house fair completely focused on team sports, with the participation of big players like Adidas, Nike and Puma as well as smaller ...
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Canada Goose has opened a 400-meter branded store on Milan's...
Canada Goose has opened a 400-meter branded store on Milan's 10 Via della Siga, its second in Europe after London and its 15th worldwide. Set in the heart of Milan's luxury shopping district, the shop covers two floors and, like the brand's other stores, has a cold room that allows ...
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Naturkompaniet has signed an agreement to purchase next April the...
Naturkompaniet has signed an agreement to purchase next April the Gävle Adventure Store, run by one of its franchisees in the Swedish town of Uddevalla, according to Sportfack magazine. The store's founder, Esa Kuosku, will continue part-time with the store after 25 years of management. Naturkompaniet has also decided to ...
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Woolrich, the American outdoor brand, has opened a new flagship...
Woolrich, the American outdoor brand, has opened a new flagship store in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City. Designed by the architect Andrea Caputo, and located at 121 Wooster Street, the store measures 4,000 square feet and its layout is modular. The variety of possible configurations makes it suitable ...
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Goldwin is opening its second brand store
Goldwin, which has mainly been offering highly technical skiwear outside Japan, is starting to offer a wider collection – with some functional lifestyle clothing and outdoor and athletic apparel for running, hiking and climbing – through retailers in the U.S., Europe and Asia during the current autumn season. Compression garments ...
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Nordiska Kompaniet (NK), the Swedish company with department stores in...
Nordiska Kompaniet (NK), the Swedish company with department stores in Gothenburg and Stockholm founded in 1902, has opened an NK Sport department on the third floor of its main store in Stockholm. The multi-brand department covers more than 1,500 square meters on the men's fashion floor on the third floor. ...
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Maloja opens up shop in Vermont
Catering to the local community of outdoor enthusiasts, Maloja, the German brand of functional apparel with cool designs, is opening its first American flagship store in Stowe, Vermont, on Sept. 28. In the U.S., where the company has a subsidiary that handles sales to more than 170 retail stores in ...
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Yeti, the big American supplier of coolers and drinkware, has...
Yeti, the big American supplier of coolers and drinkware, has opened a third-party distribution center in the Netherlands and launched its first European e-commerce site. The international market made only 4 percent of its total revenues in the first quarter of this year. In the second quarter, its revenues rose ...
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The North Face has opened another store in New York...
The North Face has opened another store in New York City. Located at 584 Broadway in the SoHo neighborhood, the 8,000-square-foot location is the first to showcase a so-called “basecamp for exploration,” with the sales staff referred to as “guides.” It focuses on premium products and uses reclaimed wood certified ...
