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News briefsXXL opens Sports Direct-inspired store
The Nordic sporting goods retailer is introducing a new store format following Frasers Group’s takeover.
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Short Stops Week 11, 2026
PRODUCT & MARKETING +++ The Italian Outdoor Group, part of Italian trade organization Assosport, has launched a new and fully bilingual (Italian – English) website +++ The Natural Selection Tour returns to Revelstoke, Canada, from March 7–15, 2026, combining live snowboard competition in Montana Bowl with community races, cultural events ...
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ArticleColumbia unveils Endor collection
The outdoor brand expands its Star Wars partnership with its largest Endor-inspired capsule yet, blending cinematic design cues with technical apparel.
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ArticleGlobal Sports Retailers 2024: Outdoor specialists navigate a mixed market
SGI Europe’s latest retail ranking reveals modest global growth in 2024, with several outdoor-focused retailers among the year’s strongest performers.
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News briefsXXL appoints interim CEO after ownership shift
The Nordic sports retailer names a new interim leader following ownership changes and a leadership shake-up.
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News briefsFrasers Group acquires majority stake in XXL
The UK retail group takes control of a leading Scandinavian sports chain facing liquidity pressures and strategic uncertainty.
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ArticleAltor buys the remaining assets of bankrupt Renewcell
The private equity company Altor Equity Partners has acquired the bankruptcy assets of the textile recycling company Renewcell for an undisclosed sum. As part of the acquisition, Altor is creating the new company Circulose, a name already closely associated with Renewcell. The Swedish textile recycling company was founded in 2012 ...
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ArticleUpcycling: BASF and Vaude Professional turn safety workwear into backpacks
BASF, the world’s largest chemical company headquartered in Germany, had the innovative idea of producing new work backpacks from old work clothes. Source: BASF Lotte Adriaenssens and Steven Elseviers, BASF Antwerp Around 3,500 employees work at one of BASF’s many plants in Antwerp, Belgium, and most of ...
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ArticleSwedish sports retail sales down 1.7 percent in Q3
The Sportindex, compiled by industry organization Svenskt Sportforum in collaboration with HUI, shows that Swedish sports retail sales fell 1.7 percent in the third quarter of 2023 – the seventh consecutive quarter of negative performance. A heat wave in September was a setback for sporting goods retailers as fall sales ...
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ArticleSigna Holding sells Sport Scheck to British Frasers Group
On Oct. 17, Signa Retail Department Store Holding GmbH announced the sale of the German sporting goods chain SportScheck to British sporting goods and fashion retailer Frasers Group. Frasers runs, among other brands, Europe’s largest retailer of sports and fitness footwear, apparel and equipment, Sports Direct. No details were given ...