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News briefsTernua opens “Brand House”
Ternua Group has opened a 110-square-meter “Brand House” in Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain, to display to the public representative products from its various lines. In addition, says CEO Jokin Umerez, “we’d like it to be a place we can show with pride to collaborators, visitors and professional customers from elsewhere in ...
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News briefsAdventure tourism doing record business in Spain
Spain’s adventure tourism sector is expected by the end of this year to exceed €26 billion in revenues, according to CMDsport, whose report draws on the forecasts of Yumping.com, themselves grounded in national economic figures. The projection for 2022 revenues would exceed the total for the pre-lockdown year of 2019 ...
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News briefsDecathlon Spain receives Bike Territory seal for promotion of cycling
On Sep. 9, the Spanish Royal Cycling Federation (RFEC) – part of the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda – bestowed its Bike Territory seal on Decathlon Spain, according to Diffusion Sport. Decathlon is the first company to receive the seal, which recognizes the promotion of cycling, to customers ...
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News briefsFestibike’s successful comeback after the pandemic
The latest edition of Festibike, Spain’s national bicycle fair, showcased 200 exhibiting brands and welcomed more than 34,000 visitors in Madrid on Sep. 9-11. It was the event’s comeback after the pandemic. The organizers described the show as “an absolute success” for the brands. The 21st edition of the fair ...
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News briefsGirona gearing up for this month’s Sea Otter Europe
More than 3,000 have signed up for this year’s Sea Otter Europe, scheduled for Sep. 23-25 in Girona, Spain, and more than 8,000 entries have been downloaded, reports CMDsport. According to the organizers, the forthcoming (sixth) edition boasts “the broadest, most varied and most spectacular sports program” in the festival’s ...
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News briefsConor Sports expanding in Europe
At present, the Conor Sports export market – accounting for less than 10 percent of sales – consists of Denmark, Italy and Portugal. As of September, however, the Spanish manufacturer and distributor of bicycles will be operating in Germany, France and the Netherlands as well, according to Tradebike. “We plan ...
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ArticleA colder, darker winter: Reducing energy costs in European retail
With energy prices skyrocketing and the need to replenish gas reserves before winter, everyone is doing their part, and global energy conservation measures have already been taken in the retail sector. While customer service and satisfaction are top priorities in retail, stakeholders may be reluctant to engage in actions that ...
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News briefsRouvy starts the virtual La Vuelta parallel to the real race
The 77th edition of La Vuelta, Spain’s most important cycling race and one of the most important worldwide, started on Aug. 19 from Utrecht, Netherlands. On the same day, Rouvy launched the immersive, digital version of the race. La Vuelta Virtual, available for anyone from home, allows community racers to ...
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News briefsSalewa acquires the Vertic Outdoor stores in Spain
Salewa Ibérica has acquired the chain of mountain sports stores Vertic Outdoor, CMD Sport has reported. The financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. The three brick-and-mortar stores of the chain, located in Barcelona, Sabadell and Manresa, will later operate as Salewa Mountain Shop Vertic. Vertic Outdoor also ...
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Beal takes its Spanish distribution in house
As of April 1, Beal will be handling its own distribution in Spain from its headquarters in the French city of Vienne, CMDsport reports. According to the climbing brand’s sales director, Toni Morales, the objective is to pay closer attention to retailers and deal with them more personally. The change ...
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News briefsUTMB World Series adds three events to 2022 calendar
UTMB Group and The Ironman Group, the organizers of the UTMB World Series, have confirmed a final calendar of 25 events across 16 countries in Asia, Oceania, Europe, and the Americas for this year. The 2022 calendar includes three new events: Transvulcania by UTMB in Spain, Kullamannen by UTMB in ...
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News briefsTradeinn records another strong increase in annual sales
Spanish e-tailer Tradeinn enjoyed a stellar year in 2020. The results for 2021 surprised even its CEO, David Martín, as he confessed to CMDsport. The effects of the pandemic produced a 52 percent increase in annual sales to €288 million for 2020, which was followed by a further 31 percent ...
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News briefsSpain’s outdoor exports grow strongly in H1 2021 compared to pre-Covid period
According to the Spanish business magazine Palco23, citing figures from Icex Spain Export and Investment, Spain’s exports of outdoor equipment reached a total of €122.5 million between January and June 2021, an increase of 67.5 percent compared to the same period in 2019. Over the past five years, exports in ...
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Izas Outdoor opens its first store outside of Spain
Izas Outdoor , a Spanish outerwear specialist headquartered in Zaragoza, has opened a pop-up store in Chamonix, France. It is the company’s first store outside of Spain. The 180-sqm pop-up will be in place until the end of October. Izas Outdoor has also recently inaugurated a new store in Bilbao, ...
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Afydad extends member base to tourism and marketing
The Spanish Association of Sporting Goods Manufacturers and Distributors ( Afydad ) is expanding its member base to sports marketing and tourism agencies, in addition to the retail sector. The trade body is also creating ten working groups that will focus on digital transformation, fitness, equipment and e-sports, outdoor, padel, ...
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News briefsSpanish consumers like shopping both online and in stores
According to the “ Estudio E-Commerce 2021 ,” a study put out by IAB Spain and Elogia , the distinction between e-tail and physical retail has blurred this year in Spain to the point of indifference for 58 percent of the country’s consumers. This is an increase of six ...
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News briefsSport not among top e-commerce performers in Spain
Sport does not figure among the chief product categories in Spanish e-commerce. So says the latest edition of an annual study put out by Elogia , a Spanish digital marketing agency, and IAB Spain , which claims to be the world’s largest association of communications, advertising and digital marketing agencies. ...
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ArticleSpanish bike sales hit the 1.5m milestone
In 2020, Spain surpassed for the first time in history the milestone of 1.5 million bicycles sold in one year. According to figures by Ambe, the Spanish bike industry association, released in collaboration with Cofidis, a French telecredit company that is the main sponsor of a road cycling team of ...
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Afydad launches online marketplace
Afydad , the Spanish association of sporting goods manufacturers and retailers, has launched a new website, www.spainissport.com , to serve as an omnichannel B2C marketplace and B2B showroom. The marketplace is operational, can take orders from final customers and can “geolocate” for them the nearest distributor or retailer of a ...
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News briefsDelays in Covid-19 vaccinations could cost EU €123 billion
According to credit insurance company Euler Hermes , the delay that the European Union is experiencing in its Covid-19 vaccination campaign may cost the bloc €123 billion in lost economic activity in 2021. According to the company, the EU is currently seven weeks behind its vaccination program, compared with a ...
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