All Retail articles – Page 8
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ArticleAnalysis: More than half of the outdoor stocks make gains in Q1
Our Q1 Outdoor Index includes the revenue and profit development of 37 major outdoor companies.
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News briefsSalewa store in Bolzano reopens with new retail format
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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News briefsSecond 2nd Peak secondhand outdoor store to open in Bern
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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ArticleMatthias Gebhard: “We repeatedly achieve constantly better results through micro-optimization”
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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News briefsFormer AlpenStrand store manager joins Sport 2000
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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News briefsGlobetrotter opens Re:Think store in Bonn
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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News briefsTrek has a new store
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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News briefsItaly’s Accademia Outdoor Pro held two sessions this year
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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News briefsSalewa launches brand concept with second-hand, repair and rental offers
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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News briefsRussia sees a hike in demand in the outdoor goods market
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 ...
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ArticleTrove releases first Brand Resale Index for 2023
Trove, the U.S.-based service provider whose technology powers the resale services of several sporting goods manufacturers, has released its first Brand Resale Index, titled “Defining the Resale Experience.” The index is the first report of its kind, agnostic to the resale platform provider, and it evaluates the adoption of leading ...
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News briefsScott and dVélos open the first Scott Reference Center in France
Scott Sports has partnered with French bike retailer dVélos to open the first Scott Reference Center in France. The new 310-sqm store is located in Épagny, in southeastern France. The store sells products from the Scott brand as well as other brands of the Scott Sports’ portfolio like Bergamont, Bold ...
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News briefsSigna Sports United plans to return to profitability in fiscal 2024
The sports e-commerce company Signa Sports United (SSU) is undergoing a strategic realignment assessment to generate long-term shareholder value that it intends to reveal at the end of Q2 but is projecting an ongoing challenging environment through the remainder of the FY due to inflationary pressures impacting both consumer sentiment ...
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News briefsSustainable Brand Index: Naturkompaniet and Fjällräven voted Sweden’s best
Naturkompaniet was again ranked as Sweden’s most sustainable brand in the category “Clothes & Fashion Stores” in Sweden’s largest independent study focusing on sustainability, the Sustainable Brand Index (SBI). This year’s first place makes Naturkompaniet top the list for the fifth year in a row. Stadium followed ...
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News briefsNaturkompaniet supports Keep Norway Clean
Outdoor retail chain Naturkompaniet is partnering with Hold Norge Rent (”Keep Norway Clean”), a non-profit organization that works to combat littering. The retailer is donating a portion of its revenue and inviting people to participate in clean-up events in six Norwegian cities on March 18 and April 1. “Since its ...
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News briefsNaturkompaniet Västerås moves to larger location
On March 24, retailer Naturkompaniet will open the doors to a brand new store in the Erikslunds shopping center in Västerås, a town about 1 hour west of Stockholm in the Swedish province of Västmanlands län. With an area of 1,000 square meters, it will be the largest Naturkompaniet store ...
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News briefsRe-Commerce company Responsible acquires IT specialist Haru
Responsible, a global circularity platform, has acquired Haru. This tech-powered re-commerce solution was founded in 2018 as a service provider for charity shops (to date, 550 of them work with the Haru solution across Ireland and the U.K.). While joining forces, the two companies are aiming to provide collecting, sorting, ...
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News briefsBergzeit supports social projects with €10K from returned products sale
German mountain sports retailer Bergzeit held a special sale of returned and sample merchandise at its Gmund store in January 2023. During the four-day sale, returned items were offered at heavily discounted prices. According to the company, this was to send a signal against the destruction of returned and old ...
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ArticleGorewear introduces new selective distribution strategy
Gorewear, the premium sportswear for cyclists runners from W.L. Gore, will readjust its sales concept at the turn of the year. The introduction of a new sales strategy will focus on maximizing the customer experience at all touchpoints. The sportswear brand is targeting an integrated premium marketplace to provide consumers ...
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News briefsGlobetrotter campaigns for its greener choice-products
German retailer Globetrotter has declared March 2023 as the campaign month under the motto “Greener on the Road”. Besides consumer activations and information on the company’s sustainability efforts on-site and online (such as secondhand product and repair shops), Globetrotter celebrates the fifth anniversary of its in-house sustainability label “A Greener ...
