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As planned, working through franchisees, Vaude has opened its 15th...
As planned, working through franchisees, Vaude has opened its 15th German store in Tübingen and its first one in Belgium, in Liège. They measure 260 and 220 square meters, respectively.
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Migros, the large Swiss retail cooperative, intends to open eight...
Migros, the large Swiss retail cooperative, intends to open eight more Outdoor by SportXX stores within its SportXX general sports stores by the end of the year. The strategy of installing specialty outdoor shop-in-shops was tested at a shopping mall outside Zurich in March 2014, and then at two other ...
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Icebug, the highly technical Swedish brand of outdoor shoes and...
Icebug, the highly technical Swedish brand of outdoor shoes and ice boots, has opened its own concept store in Gothenburg. Since it was established in the early 2000s, production has increased significantly every year, and growth has remained at an average of about 30 percent. Last year, Icebug had a ...
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Sherpa Adventure Gear has obtained exclusive retail space at Globetrotter...
Sherpa Adventure Gear has obtained exclusive retail space at Globetrotter in Munich, Berlin and Cologne. The Nepalese brand's sales manager for continental Europe, Wolfgang Jahn, said in a press release that consumer interest and demand have been most encouraging so far. Special displays for the partnership with Globetrotter were developed ...
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Vibram has revamped its store in Boston's Newbury Street, adding...
Vibram has revamped its store in Boston's Newbury Street, adding a “Sole Factor” space where customers can customize their shoes with a variety of Vibram soles. It also features a new gallery displaying more than 150 pairs of shoes developed with Vibram soles since the original “Carrarmato” sole introduced by ...
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Arc'teryx already has a store in the Covent Carden district...
Arc'teryx already has a store in the Covent Carden district of London, which is operated by Snow + Rock. Nevertheless, the fast-growing Canadian brand, which is owned by Amer Sports, has announced that it will inaugurate a corporate store in the heart of London in August. It will be the ...
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L-Fashion Group, the Finnish company behind the Luhta and Icepeak...
L-Fashion Group, the Finnish company behind the Luhta and Icepeak brands, has purchased the Top-Sport retail chain consisting of 18 stores in 15 cities around Finland. L-Fashion bought the chain through an asset deal with Top-Sport Oy, which belongs to The Orange Company, a Finnish family-owned entity. L-Fashion said that ...
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Vibram has revamped its store in Boston's Newbury Street, adding...
Vibram has revamped its store in Boston's Newbury Street, adding a “Sole Factor” space where customers can customize their shoes with a variety of Vibram soles. It also features a new gallery displaying more than 150 pairs of shoes developed with Vibram soles since the original “Carrarmato” sole introduced by ...
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Rohan, the British outdoor and adventure travel retailer, will reportedly...
Rohan, the British outdoor and adventure travel retailer, will reportedly start selling Bogs' wellington boots in its stores from next September, starting with the Classic High and Plimsoll Herrington models, which incorporate a scent elimination component. Weyco Group, the parent company of Bogs, recently reported a 46 percent sales increase ...
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Deckers Brands has launched a multi-brand e-commerce platform in Singapore...
Deckers Brands has launched a multi-brand e-commerce platform in Singapore and Australia, to be followed by openings in Hong Kong at the end of this month, and Malaysia and South Korea before the end of June. The company plans to launch it in New Zealand and Taiwan in 2016 and ...
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Millet has opened its first store in Germany as a...
Millet has opened its first store in Germany as a temporary shop-in-shop in Globetrotter's store in Frankfurt. The French brand will occupy 165 square meters in the store until Feb. 16, 2016. It will organize a slackline challenge and start a testing center in October. Meanwhile, Columbia opened a shop-in-shop ...
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Napapijri has reopened a store in Milan, but at a...
Napapijri has reopened a store in Milan, but at a different location on Corso Vercelli
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Vaude has announced a partnership with eBay in Germany to...
Vaude has announced a partnership with eBay in Germany to operate an online shop for used outdoor products. This latest initiative of the brand is part of its general corporate mission to become Europe's most sustainable mountain sports company within the current year. Echoing a similar initiative undertaking by Patagonia, ...
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Red Fox, the Russian brand of outdoor clothing, continues its...
Red Fox, the Russian brand of outdoor clothing, continues its retail expansion outside its domestic market - mostly over the internet for the time being. It launched its e-commerce platform in the U.S. in January and added one for the European Union, in English, during the Ispo Munich show last ...
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The Columbia brand and Globetrotter are opening a shop-in-shop of...
The Columbia brand and Globetrotter are opening a shop-in-shop of about 180 square meters for the American brand at the Globetrotter store in Dresden
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Deckers Brands has launched a multi-brand e-commerce platform in Singapore...
Deckers Brands has launched a multi-brand e-commerce platform in Singapore and Australia, to be followed by openings in Hong Kong later this month, and Malaysia and South Korea before the end of June. The company plans to launch it in New Zealand and Taiwan in 2016 and other Asia-Pacific countries ...
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The North Face is bringing virtual reality (VR) to some...
The North Face is bringing virtual reality (VR) to some of its stores in the U.S., and the brand is exploring opportunities and adaptations of this project for other parts of the world, but an official of the company said nothing is confirmed on this point for the moment. The ...
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Lowa and Schöffel have opened their first joint store in...
Lowa and Schöffel have opened their first joint store in Austria. It is located in Innsbruck and managed by Schöffel's Austrian subsidiary, which is based in the city. With this opening, the two brands have now a total of 23 common stores in Germany, Austria and Italy.
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Skogstad, the Norwegian outdoor brand, has opened its ninth store...
Skogstad, the Norwegian outdoor brand, has opened its ninth store in its home country. The new concept store, located in the town of Lillehammer, is 200 square meters wide. It replaces an earlier store that was operated in cooperation with one of the local retail chains in town. The company's ...
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Millet will inaugurate a new store concept in the French...
Millet will inaugurate a new store concept in the French resort of Chamonix on Feb. 27. It will be deployed in the course of this year at shop-in-shops all over Europe, notably at Alpisport in Namur, Belgium; at El Corte Inglés in Barcelona; at Alpi Trail in Puidoux, Switzerland; and ...
