All Retail articles – Page 79
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REI, the big American outdoor specialty retail chain, managed to increase...
REI, the big American outdoor specialty retail chain, managed to increase its sales from $1.79 billion in 2011 to $1.93 billion last year. In the same period, the gross profit jumped from $763.1 million to $802.6 million, while the operating profit went up from $133.2 million to $136.6 million. On the ...
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Bever, the leading outdoor retailer in the Netherlands, is continuing...
Bever, the leading outdoor retailer in the Netherlands, is continuing to expand in the country with a string of shop-in-shops to be opened from April in Bijenkorf department stores. Sport Partner reports that the first two will open in the Bijenkorf stores in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, and on the prestigious ...
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El Rincón dela Montaña, one of the major outdoor retailers...
El Rincón dela Montaña, one of the major outdoor retailers in Madrid, plans to launch an online shop toward the end of the current spring season
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Last year, Oxylane, the group that owns Décathlon, reached total sales of...
Last year, Oxylane, the group that owns Décathlon, reached total sales of €7 billion, corresponding to an increase of 7.2 percent compared with 2011. On a comparable store basis, the turnover went up by 1.3 percent. After its entry into Taiwan with one point of sale last June, the French retail group is now operational in 19 ...
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Au Vieux Campeur is going to open next autumn a...
Au Vieux Campeur is going to open next autumn a store of 1,900 m² in Toulouse, replacing a smaller one, according to sport-guide.com. The leading French chain of outdoor specialty stores is predicting a high single-digit increase for the financial year ending next September as compared to €143 million in ...
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The North Face is reportedly planning to open its first...
The North Face is reportedly planning to open its first flagship store in Paris next autumn, and to take over the management of a franchised store in Munich. Other important store openings are in the pipeline in Germany, the U.K., Italy and Poland. All in all, the number of corporate ...
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Marmot has opened its first factory outlet in Germany in...
Marmot has opened its first factory outlet in Germany in the town of Metzingen, which is well known in the southern region of the country for its large number of outlet stores. The interesting thing about the point of sale is that the U.S. brand shares the 200 square meters ...
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After opening new corporate stores in Lyon, France and...
After opening new corporate stores in Lyon, France and Cologne, Germany, at the end of last year, The North Face will be opening four additional corporate stores in Germany, France and Poland in 2013. In March, a new store directly operated by TNF will be inaugurated in Düsseldorf, to be followed by ...
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After 10 years of existence, Lowa and Schöffel are about...
After 10 years of existence, Lowa and Schöffel are about to open their first bi-branded store outside Germany. The selling surface of 140 square meters on two floors will be run by local franchises of the Italian town of Brixen/Bressanone, South Tyrol. In Germany, the two brands have 16 stores ...
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The North Face is about to open another single-brand store...
The North Face is about to open another single-brand store in the city of Münster, Westphalia, in a former furniture store that will be turned into a shopping mall in the center of the city soon. The selling surface will be some 270 square meters. Another brand moving into the ...
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Woolrich has renewed its women's apparel collection, which it showed...
Woolrich has renewed its women's apparel collection, which it showed for the first time at the Bread & Butter show in Berlin last month. Working through its European distributor and licensee, WP Lavori in Corso, Woolrich opened four new mono-brand stores in Lille, Munich, Maastricht and London last September and ...
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Vaude will open three more single-brand stores in Germany, which...
Vaude will open three more single-brand stores in Germany, which will all be run by franchisees. On March 1, a store with a selling surface of about 300 square meters will open in Ludwigsburg outside Stuttgart, to be followed by two more doors in the cities of Paderborn and Bremen in April. ...
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Leki, the maker of poles and gloves, is making its...
Leki, the maker of poles and gloves, is making its inroads into e-commerce. In the past few months, the company has been building up an internet platform that integrates retail customers in the sales process. Leki started with only five retailers in Germany, spread around the country to avoid regional ...
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Another sporting goods company has taken action to see its...
Another sporting goods company has taken action to see its merchandise sold properly through the internet by its customers. The new agreements between Schöffel and its retail clients call for strict conditions to be applied on various aspects of the relationship, including the offer of a relevant part of the ...
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Sport Schuster, the large German sporting goods retailer based in...
Sport Schuster, the large German sporting goods retailer based in downtown Munich, is starting the celebration of its 100th anniversary by closing a shop, a single-brand store of The North Face with a selling surface of 280 square meters. The store, where clearance sales are being held now, will be ...
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Sport Partner reports that Demmenie Sport, an emblematic sports and...
Sport Partner reports that Demmenie Sport, an emblematic sports and outdoor specialist retailer in Amsterdam, has been taken over by Kathmandu, a group of six Dutch outdoor stores. Demmenie, which was a destination store for many Dutch trekkers, was declared bankrupt at the end of November. The takeover will enable ...
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This week, Patagonia is opening its store on Fourth Street in...
This week, Patagonia is opening its store on Fourth Street in Santa Monica, California, less than a mile from the ocean. The grand opening is slated for Jan. 24, including a benefit for the Surfrider Foundation's West L.A./Malibu chapter and the Rise Above Plastics program. The store will sell Patagonia wetsuits, ...
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Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS), which has 69 outdoor specialty shops...
Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS), which has 69 outdoor specialty shops in the U.S., has been acquired by Versa Capital at undisclosed conditions. In 2008, Versa had already bought another American sporting goods retailer, Bob's Stores, which operates 35 units in the northeastern part of the country. Previously called Chrysalis Capital, ...
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Shortly after opening its own TouchLab stores in Seattle, Washington,...
Shortly after opening its own TouchLab stores in Seattle, Washington, and Vail, Colorado, Icebreaker's retail operations have now reached Australia. The first shop in the country is located in the Chadstone Shopping Centre in Melbourne and has a selling surface of 160 square meters. Currently, the merino specialty brand runs ...
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Nomad Travel, the British outdoor retailer, which should not be...
Nomad Travel, the British outdoor retailer, which should not be confused with the Dutch Nomad Company, has opened its ninth store in the U.K. The shop is located in the City of London and is naturally called The Nomad City. The special selling proposal of Nomad is its unique combination ...
