All Retail articles – Page 7

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    Swedish sports retail sales fall 0.6 percent in Q1 2023

    2023-04-28T15:12:00Z

    According to the Sportindex, compiled by industry organization Svenskt Sportforum in collaboration with the Swedish Retail Research Institute (HUI), sales in Swedish sports retail fell 0.6 percent in the first quarter of 2023. This is the fifth consecutive quarter of negative development in the sports retail sector. In the ...

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    Salomon opens flagship store in Annecy

    2023-04-28T15:03:00Z

    Salomon has opened a new brand store in Annecy, a city in the French Alps close to the Swiss border, where the brand was born in 1947. The new store is just a few steps from the brand’s Annecy Design Center, where every Salomon product is designed, developed and prototyped. ...

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    New marketing director at Sport Conrad

    2023-04-27T11:14:00Z

    Source: Sport Conrad Christian Wander German mountain sports multichannel retailer Sport Conrad has appointed Christian Wander to the position of marketing director, effective April 17. Wander succeeds Florian Linder, who is moving internally to bike, snowboard and protection buying, and has many years of professional experience in ...

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    Naturkompaniet donates €327,000 to biodiversity projects

    2023-04-24T15:26:00Z

    Outdoor retail chain Naturkompaniet, part of Fenix Outdoor and operating 42 outdoor stores in Sweden and Norway, has announced the winners of its 2023 “Naturbonus” (Swedish for “nature bonus”). This year, the funds go to four organizations, all of which protect biodiversity in Sweden. Together, they will receive SEK 3.7 ...

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    Alpkit opens tenth store

    2023-04-24T15:25:00Z

    British B-Corp Alpkit opened its tenth and northernmost store at Ledge Climbing Gym in Inverness on April 15. Alpkit, a digital-focused brand founded in 2004, creates community hubs in outdoor activity hotspots such as the Lake District, Peak District and Snowdonia. Alpkit currently has nine other stores in the U.K., ...

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    Fenix posts record Q1 sales but sees uncertain Q2 amid high inventories

    2023-04-24T15:09:00Z

    Fenix Outdoor International reported sales of €180.0 million in the first quarter of 2023, a new record for the first three months of the year and up from €165.2 million for the year earlier, although margins remained under pressure amid inflation. Ebitda inched up to €31.2 million from €30.8 million ...

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    Gramicci chooses London for first global store

    2023-04-21T11:33:00Z

    Shaftesbury Capital, a real estate investment trust investing in London’s West End, including Covent Garden, Carnaby, Soho, Chinatown and Fitzrovia, has announced that U.S. outdoor brand Gramicci will make its global debut at Seven Dials in Covent Garden. The 130-sqm store at 3 Earlham Street will carry the brand’s minimalist ...

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    Camping equipment specialist and tent sharing website team up

    2023-04-19T06:51:00Z

    British camping equipment specialist Olpro has partnered up with Tentshare to list its tents on the community-led tent-matching service. Tentshare matches people who own tents with people who would like to use a tent, allowing tent owners to generate income from unused camping equipment and support a more sustainable approach ...

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    Outdoor brands top desirable resale items in latest report

    2023-04-19T06:38:00Z

    U.S.-based ThredUp, an online resale service provider and platform for women’s and kids’ apparel, has released its eleventh annual Resale Report. The report examines the current market as well as the expected value of the sector. Although based on American consumers, it is expected similar figures would apply in Europe, ...

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    Scarpa starts collecting used shoes for the “Life Re-Shoes” European project

    2023-04-17T12:34:00Z

    Scarpa has started collecting shoes for the Life Re-Shoes project, a recycling initiative backed by the European Union (EU). As reported in November, Scarpa is the project leader and coordinating the efforts of a consortium of international companies that involve the recycling of end-of-life footwear reprocessed into new footwear. Over ...

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    Analysis: More than half of the outdoor stocks make gains in Q1

    2023-04-15T12:44:00Z

    Our Q1 Outdoor Index includes the revenue and profit development of 37 major outdoor companies.

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    Salewa store in Bolzano reopens with new retail format

    2023-04-14T16:06:00Z

    The Salewa flagship store in Bolzano has reopened after a two-month renovation with a new look and concept. Redesigned by Retail Design gpstudio, the store has also been reimagined as a new retail format. For the first time, a Salewa store is presenting the “circular experience,” an innovative format that ...

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    ​Second 2nd Peak secondhand outdoor store to open in Bern

    2023-04-11T13:34:00Z

    On May 6, 2023, the second 2nd Peak will open at Amthausgässchen 3 in the old town of Bern, Switzerland. The centerpiece of the building – according to a post on the store’s website – is a beautifully curved staircase with Ticino terrazzo that connects the six rooms spread across ...

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    Matthias Gebhard: “We repeatedly achieve constantly better results through micro-optimization”

    2023-04-08T07:01:00Z

    For the Bergfreunde co-CEO, there’s no magic formula, but there are certainly some key strategies. Matthias Gebhard shares his best with us.

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    Former AlpenStrand store manager joins Sport 2000

    2023-04-05T14:44:00Z

    The Outdoor Division of Sport 2000 GmbH – the top-performing division of the Germany-based group – has hired Katja Mendel as retail format manager, starting April 1. Mendel is no stranger to the retail group: Until the end of January, she managed the specialized retail store AlpenStrand in Landshut, Germany, ...

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    Globetrotter opens Re:Think store in Bonn

    2023-04-05T11:00:00Z

    On May 11, German outdoor retailer Globetrotter will open the doors of its new Re:Think store in Bonn’s Weststadt district. The sustainable concept includes that large parts of the previous tenant’s inventory (an electronics store) were reused and partly transformed into something completely new – such as a large bear ...

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    Trek has a new store

    2023-04-04T15:06:00Z

    Trek’s first new store of the year in Spain is also its 25th point of sale in the country, according to CMDsport. It will also be the American brand’s last new store in Spain over the short term. Of the total, 12 are own stores, and the rest are operations ...

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    Italy’s Accademia Outdoor Pro held two sessions this year

    2023-04-03T12:58:00Z

    Accademia Outdoor Pro 2023, the annual training opportunity for salespeople from specialist outdoor stores in Italy, held two sessions this year, including the usual one in Villafranca di Verona on March 20, in northern Italy, and an additional session at the Hotel Valentino in Terni on March 27, to attract ...

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    Salewa launches brand concept with second-hand, repair and rental offers

    2023-03-27T11:27:00Z

    Italian brand Salewa (part of the Oberalp Group) has reopened its Bozen brand store, located next to the company headquarters, after a renovation phase since January 2023. The newly designed store (realized under the creative leadership of London-based retail design agency GPstudio) premiers the shop concept developed by the brand’s ...

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    Russia sees a hike in demand in the outdoor goods market

    2023-03-24T09:48:00Z

    Russian outdoor brands enjoy a strong rise in popularity, primarily owing to the exit of their foreign competitors from the market and a general upshift in outdoor tourism in the country, Russian outdoor goods retailer Globaldrive reported. “We are witnessing a significant growth in sales [of Russian brands]. This is ...