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Merrell closes U.S. stores
Effective tomorrow, Merrell will close all U.S. stores to limit the spread of Covid-19. The closure is planned until Friday, March 27, but the decision will be re-evaluated and adjusted to the situation as well as local and federal regulations. Merrell also announced that the store staff will continue to ...
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News briefsBergzeit’s new marketing campaign focuses on women
Bergzeit, the German-based outdoor retailer that became a member of the buying group Sport 2000 in October last year, launched a new marketing campaign on March 8, International Women’s Day. The so-called mountain heroine campaign with the slogan “You are a mountain heroine. Always.” was launched for the disciplines of ...
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News briefsVaude’s Second Use Shop launched on eBay
Vaude has recently launched an upcycling store with eBay. The German manufacturer of outdoor products is now selling residual materials through a newly launched upcycling store on the online marketplace with more than 18 million customers in Germany alone. In 2015, Vaude launched the so-called “Vaude Second Use Shop” with ...
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News briefsBlue Tomato to open 50th physical store
Source: blue-tomato.com Blue Tomato, the Austrian-based action sports retailer, will open its 50th store on March 12. The new store, covering 400 square meters, will be located in Ulm in Southern Germany. Blue Tomato opened its first store in Finland in October last year and another store ...
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News briefsSchöffel offers ski clothes for rent
In conjunction with local retail partners, Schöffel started renting ski clothing in Austria and Switzerland this winter. The German brand of functional outdoor and ski apparel says the offer is intended not only to appeal to skiers who seldom or only occasionally hit the slopes, but also to bolster its ...
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News briefsFirst Houdini Reuse store in downtown Stockholm
In February, the Swedish outdoor brand Houdini opened up its first “Reuse” store in downtown Stockholm. The pop-up offers secondhand Houdini clothes in a premium setting. The secondhand stock come from Houdini’s buyback system, in which customers sell back their clothes at up to €100 per item. Beyond extending the ...
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Partial revocation of “Black Friday” trademark in Germany
The German Federal Patent Court (BPatG) has decided that the word mark “Black Friday” will continue to enjoy trademark protection. In other words, the term “Black Friday” remains a registered trademark and may not be used without permission. However, the BPatG also considers that the term “Black Friday” does ...
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ArticleEuroShop 2020: these trends determine the retail business of the future
What are the trends in retail design and retail technology? Which new solutions does the international shopfitting scene present to retailers? Düsseldorf’s international shopfitting trade fair, EuroShop, was able to provide a clear answer to these questions: the more digital the shopping experience, the more important the emotional quality of ...
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Retailer Au Vieux Campeur expands in Strasbourg
Au Vieux Campeur, the French retailer specializing in outdoor apparel and gear, is expanding its retail space in Strasbourg’s rue du 22 Novembre. As reported by sport-guide.com, the retailer saw its sales increase by 2 percent in the fiscal year ended on Sept. 30, 2019, followed by a new sales ...
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Clarella resigns as sales manager of Camp Base
Bernat Clarella resigned as sales director of Camp Base at the end of 2019, after a year in the job. He remains an advisor to the Catalonian outdoor retail chain. Clarella was in the past country manager (Spain and Andorra) for Edelrid, sales coordinator for Garmont shoes and country manager ...
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Second Patagonia store open in the UK
(SGI) Patagonia opened its second store in the U.K. earlier this month, located in Bristol. It already has one in Manchester. The new 280-square-meter brand store will not only present the collections from the outdoor sports segments, covering climbing, snow sports, surfing and trail running, but will also serve as ...
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ArticleDecathlon grows by 9.2% in 2019
(SGI) Decathlon has reported a sales increase of 9.2 percent to €12.4 billion (before sales taxes) in 2019, with a gain of 9.1 percent in local currencies and including growth of 3 percent to €3.3 billion in the domestic French market.
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Burton opens new store in Verbier
Burton is opening a new 218-square-meter store in Verbier, Switzerland, which will combine retail space with a showroom for Western Switzerland, a booking desk for the local Independent Snowboard School and a test-ride center. This is the first time the company will be directly operating a shop at a resort ...
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Canada Goose has opened its first store in Paris
(SGI) Canada Goose has opened its first store in Paris, at a prestigious location on rue Saint-Honoré, on the corner of rue Royale. Featuring art that depicts the cold landscapes of Canada, it is the first one that has a separate room for its children’s collection. Like other Canada Goose ...
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Short stops
After expanding its concept store on Munich's Maximilianstrasse, Moncler is...
After expanding its concept store on Munich's Maximilianstrasse, Moncler is prepared to pay rent of €6 million per year for a store on Paris' avenue des Champs-Elysées, according to fashionmagazine.it
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White or Green rather than Black Friday
Black Friday, the Friday after Thanksgiving in the U.S., has been considered the beginning of the American Christmas shopping season since 1952. Meanwhile, the phenomenon has spread globally, and with online shopping, Cyber Monday and Cyber Week have been added to the pre-Christmas shopping extravaganza all around the world.
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Black Diamond Equipment has opened its first European flagship store...
Black Diamond Equipment has opened its first European flagship store in Innsbruck, Austria. The downtown store offers all of the brand's product categories as well as events and workshops. It also serves as a platform for end consumers to test or borrow selected equipment. The positioning in Innsbruck, where Black ...
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Canada Goose has just opened a new and sophisticated experimental...
Canada Goose has just opened a new and sophisticated experimental store at CF Sherway Gardens, a mall near Toronto. Called “The Journey,” it has no products in its inventory, and it will treat customers to daily synthetic snowstorms. The store uses OLED TV displays, 4K laser applications, rock walls and ...
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The North Face will open the first mono-brand store in...
The North Face will open the first mono-brand store in Russia in cooperation with a local retail partner, Inventive Retail Group, occupying 160 square meters in the Galereya Mall in St. Petersburg next March, the company told the local press. The group plans to open a total of 10 TNF ...
