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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 briefsCake launches all-in subscription model
Cake, the Swedish maker of premium lightweight electric motorcycles, has launched Cake Subscribe, an all-inclusive subscription model that caters to professional business needs. The new program aims to ease the burden of upfront costs associated with buying a vehicle or a fleet of vehicles by requiring no down payment. Service ...
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ArticleSwedish sports retail sales decreased by 7.5 percent in Q4
The quarterly Sportindex by Svenskt Sportforum shows that Swedish sports retail sales decreased by 7.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2022, making it the fourth consecutive quarter with negative development for sports retail. For the full year 2022, sports retail sales development landed at -5.8 percent. However, the drop ...
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News briefsHoudini opens second Stockholm store/hub
Located in Kungsgatan 30 in a former Samsung shop, Swedish brand Houdini has opened its second store in the capital. With the new opening, the shopping street in central Stockholm now has the Houdini Hub next to the Norröna and The North Face flagship stores, followed by Naturkompaniet in one ...
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ArticleSwedish sports retail sales decreased by 4.7 percent in Q3 2022
The Sportindex, a Swedish industry index produced by the Swedish Sports Forum in cooperation with HUI Research, shows that total sales in sports retail decreased by 4.7 percent in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the same period last year, making it the third consecutive quarter with negative development ...
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ArticleHoudini strengthens global leadership, opens U.S. office in Portland
Swedish outdoor brand and circular business pioneer Houdini has announced a strengthened global leadership team and the establishment of a U.S. office in Portland, Oregon. Niclas Bornling has been named general manager for North America, and Brian Anthony becomes director of sales and merchandising. Both are working out of the ...
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News briefsNaturkompaniet starts rental service of hiking equipment
Naturkompaniet has introduced hiking equipment rental in all 39 Naturkompaniet stores in Sweden and Norway. The range includes tents, backpacks, stoves, outdoor kitchens and sleeping bags from leading brands such as Fjällräven, Hilleberg, Primus and Marmot. “Renting quality gear is a great way for us to give more people the ...
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News briefsVaude boosts Scandinavian bike market
Source: BikersBest Kim Egedeso, Bikers Best Vaude has a new distribution structure since Sep. 1 for the Scandinavian bike market in collaboration with the Danish company Bikers Best, supplying Vaude cycling products to specialist retailers in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway. Bikers Best is managed in the ...
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News briefsNaturkompaniet encourages litter pickup
For the sixth year in a row, Swedish retail chain Naturkompaniet has produced a multi-purpose bag for litter picking together with Håll Sverige Rent (”Keep Sweden Clean”). The bag’s purpose is to highlight the problem of littering in nature and encourage sustainable and responsible outdoor recreation. In 2021, Keep Sweden ...
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News briefsSportshopen builds new warehouse and logistics center
Sportshopen, the retail chain of Swedemount Sportswear & Fashion AB, which was founded in 1991 and currently has 15 stores in Sweden, is building a new warehouse and logistics center with offices in Gothenburg. The company’s growing European e-commerce business made this move necessary, according to ehandel.se, primarily to guarantee ...
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News briefsCake sets the new standard for sustainable meal deliveries, Houdini supplies clothing
Cake, the Swedish manufacturer of lightweight premium electric scooters and a member of the SOG, has developed a concept for the sustainable delivery of prepared meals. The solution is based on electric scooters with powered delivery boxes that keep the food at the desired temperature. The concept is aimed at ...
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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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Article50% digital ticket discount for EDM subscribers for NEXT TEXTILE conference on Oct. 12
The Outdoor Industry Compass and EDM Publications are happy to announce that our subscribers are invited to benefit from a 50 percent discount on digital tickets for next week’s NEXT TEXTILE conference in Sweden. You can find the discount code at the end of the article.
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ArticleSvenskt Sportforum launches quarterly industry index based on sales of Swedish retail chains
Industry organization Svenskt Sportforum has launched the Sportindex , a Swedish industry index produced in collaboration with Stockholm-based HUI Research that includes statistics on the development of the sporting goods retail industry. The new Sportindex aims to provide a credible and quality-assured statistical basis that is valuable for ...
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ArticleLive video shopping: Isbjörn pilots with Streamify, Go Instore sees popularity despite end of lockdown
Even as more and more countries are reopening brick-and-mortar retail, store technology service provider Go Instore sees strong interest in its platform that enables virtual visits to retail stores since pandemic restrictions imposed temporary store closures across Europe. The London-based IT company recorded 2.4 million unique visitors to its offering ...
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News briefsSara Molnar is Sweden’s sports industry Businesswoman of the Year
Source: Peak Performance Sara Molnar Sara Molnar , CEO of Peak Performance , has been named Businesswoman of the Year 2020 in the Swedish sports industry by Svenskt Sportsforum . The women’s network Divas , run by Svenskt Sportsforum, aims to bring more ...
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ArticleWeSports acquires Nordic Outdoor & Sports Group
WeSports AB , a Stockholm-based group of individual sports, outdoor and mobility companies that operates online as well as physical stores and product brands, and GOB Invest , also based in Stockholm, have acquired Nordic Outdoor Sports Group AB ( Nordic OSG ), a leading Scandinavian outdoor, ...
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Woolpower opens new production facility in its hometown of Östersund
According to Swedish industry magazine Sportfack , Woolpower is currently completing the largest investment in its company history with a new 10,000-square-meter factory in Östersund in the Jämtland region. The completely new production facility will be twice the size of the previous one. “We are going against the tide ...
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ArticleEurope’s patchwork of Corona regulations
Daily changes to local Corona safety regulations for retail stores make it difficult to stay on top of things as the pandemic situation heats up again in most European countries. Here is an overview (as of March 25, subject to change and with regional variations) of the status of non-essential ...
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Tretorn’s parent company acquires Swedish outdoor retailer
Tretorn brand owner Thevea Brand Group has acquired Swedish outdoor retailer Friluftsvaror . For more than 50 years, Friluftsvaror has developed, produced and sold tents, backpacks, sleeping bags and other outdoor equipment. Through its online store, the retailer, which also operates a physical store in Malmö, sells its ...
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