All Retail articles – Page 71

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    Go Sport, the French generalist sporting goods chain has opened...

    2016-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Go Sport, the French generalist sporting goods chain has opened a corner in a store in Grenoble that is managed by Expé, an outdoor retailer that specializes in climbing and speleology. Expé has an online shop and eight physical stores in France.

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    A.S. Adventure is reportedly preparing to open two stores in...

    2016-09-28T00:00:00Z

    A.S. Adventure is reportedly preparing to open two stores in France next spring, in the Val d'Europe shopping district near Euro Disneyland, and in Nice One, a recently opened shopping mall in the southern French city by the same name. Owned by the A.S. Adventure Group, which further comprises Cotswold ...

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    The first flagship store of Bergans of Norway recently opened...

    2016-09-28T00:00:00Z

    The first flagship store of Bergans of Norway recently opened its doors, covering 800 square meters on two floors at a strategically location near Oslo's City Hall. It displays the entire product range of the Norwegian company - both hardware and softgoods. The store is meant to portray Bergans as ...

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    Canada Goose is launching e-commerce in Europe, starting with the...

    2016-09-28T00:00:00Z

    Canada Goose is launching e-commerce in Europe, starting with the U.K. and France. The Toronto-based company first opened its online store for the Canadian market last year. Last month it appointed Scott Cameron, formerly with McKinsey, as executive vice-president in charge of e-commerce, stores and strategy. The brand also has ...

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    Globetrotter is planning to open a store with a new...

    2016-09-28T00:00:00Z

    Globetrotter is planning to open a store with a new city concept in March on about 1,150 square meters at the Girardet Höfen in Hamburg, according to Grossmann & Berger, a property company

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    Igloo has appointed Onestop Internet to develop and executive a...

    2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

    Igloo has appointed Onestop Internet to develop and executive a new cross-channel digital commerce strategy

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    Columbia Sportswear opened last month a special store at Disney...

    2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

    Columbia Sportswear opened last month a special store at Disney Springs, a new Disney World resort that is nearing completion on Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The 5,000-square-foot store focuses on Columbia's new Performance Fishing Gear (PFG) collection. It has an overhead display where 500 fish float in a pool of ...

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    Jack Wolfskin has expanded the coverage of its web store...

    2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

    Jack Wolfskin has expanded the coverage of its web store from four countries – Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the U.K. – to a total of 25 European countries. The choice of languages has been widened, adding French to German and English. Other languages will be added the future. Prices are ...

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    Stubai, the Austrian brand of mountaineering equipment, has drawn criticism...

    2016-07-20T00:00:00Z

    Stubai, the Austrian brand of mountaineering equipment, has drawn criticism for a much-contested sales agreement with a supermarket chain in South Tyrol for a period of eight weeks between June and August of this year. MPreis, which operates about 200 stores in Austria and Northern Italy, has installed a stand-up ...

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    Dachstein has launched a new transactional website. It is connected...

    2016-07-20T00:00:00Z

    Dachstein has launched a new transactional website. It is connected with its registered retail partners, who will get full profit margins if the order is placed by a customer in their neighborhood, unless they don't have the item in their inventories. In that case, the order is directly handled by ...

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    Arc'teryx is stepping up its long-term relationships with Chamonix with...

    2016-07-11T00:00:00Z

    Arc'teryx is stepping up its long-term relationships with Chamonix with the opening of its first French Arc´teryx partner store later this year. Five years ago, the Canadian technical outdoor brand chose Chamonix for its Alpine Academy. The fifth edition of the academy, which was held on June 16-19, attracted 360 ...

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    Original Buff has opened its first outlet store near its...

    2016-07-11T00:00:00Z

    Original Buff has opened its first outlet store near its recently enlarged head office at Igualada, near Barcelona. It's the company's second store after the one it opened in Barcelona's El Prat airport in 2014. The company had record revenues of €29.2 million in 2015, up by 11.1 percent from ...

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    Arc'teryx has opened its 7th U.S. store in the SoHo...

    2016-06-17T00:00:00Z

    Arc'teryx has opened its 7th U.S. store in the SoHo district of Manhattan and plans to add two others before the end of the year in Chicago and Toronto

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    Decathlon has opened business in South Africa with a pop-up...

    2016-06-17T00:00:00Z

    Decathlon has opened business in South Africa with a pop-up store in the Soweto area of Johannesburg. The French retailer's project leader in South Africa, Arnaud Gauquelin, says in an entry on Decathlon's website that the retailer is starting with a pop-up store to learn more about the demand from ...

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    Angela Rux has stepped down as managing director at Globetrotter...

    2016-06-17T00:00:00Z

    Angela Rux has stepped down as managing director at Globetrotter at the beginning of March, but she was appointed to handle the German outdoor retailer's finance, controlling, human resources and administration as an authorized representative. The change comes after Fenix Outdoor International, the Swedish-based outdoor retailer and brand owner, became ...

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    Canada Goose has announced the opening of its first two...

    2016-06-17T00:00:00Z

    Canada Goose has announced the opening of its first two stand-alone stores this coming autumn. The stores are set to open on New York's Wooster Street, in the heart of SoHo, and in the Yorkdale Shopping Centre in Toronto. Each store, covering a surface of more than 4,000 square feet, ...

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    Vibram has opened its first flagship store in Athens, called...

    2016-06-17T00:00:00Z

    Vibram has opened its first flagship store in Athens, called the Vibram Athens Academy. This first store represents an evolution from the Vibram Sole Factor trucks, which have been traveling around Europe, offering customers the opportunity to improve the performance of their shoes by choosing a sole from the brand's ...

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    Norrøna has opened a store in Chamonix, France. The investment...

    2016-06-17T00:00:00Z

    Norrøna has opened a store in Chamonix, France. The investment was described as the first move in a new strategy to expand the company's retail network away from the saturated Norwegian market. It is also part of a plan to double the company's total sales by 2020. Last year, Norrøna's ...

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    Fjällräven has opened a store in Portland, Oregon, as part...

    2016-06-17T00:00:00Z

    Fjällräven has opened a store in Portland, Oregon, as part of the rapid development of its own retail business in North America. With this latest opening, Fjällräven has built up a network of 15 stores across the country in the last three years, which has strongly contributed to the brand's ...

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    The Sport 2000 voluntary group in Germany has appointed a...

    2016-05-12T00:00:00Z

    The Sport 2000 voluntary group in Germany has appointed a new advisory board that better reflects the structure of its membership, where about half of the affiliated 940 retailers are now specialists in team sports, outdoor, running or online retailing. Its so-called Outdoor Profis, who operate 140 outdoor shops in ...