All Retail articles – Page 25
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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 percentage points from last ...
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ArticleSales in Austrian sports retail strongly divided in 20/21 winter season
Pointing to the strongly diverging business development for Austrian retailers (depending on location and product range focus), the national Association of Sporting Goods Manufacturers and Suppliers (VSSÖ) provided a first summary for the full year 2020 and the winter season Q4, 2020, and Q1, 2021. According to the association, total ...
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News briefsSalewa opens brand store in Munich
South Tyrolean brand Salewa opened a new 140-square-meter mono-brand store in downtown Munich on June 25. Munich is the birthplace of Salewa. On July 8, 1935, Josef Liebhart, then the director of the Munich Saddlers’ and Upholsterers’ Purchasing Cooperative, founded Salewa as a subsidiary for saddle and leather goods. The ...
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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 industry players such ...
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ArticleOutdoor-Profis becomes wholly owned Sport 2000 subsidiary
Outdoor-Profis GmbH, the umbrella company for the outdoor specialty retailers that are part of the Sport 2000 sporting goods buying group, has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Sport 2000 GmbH group. Acquisition details were not disclosed. Previously, Sport 2000 held an unspecified minority stake in Outdoor-Profis. With the acquisition ...
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News briefsSaucony unveils Run It Local campaign to support running retailers
Saucony is launching a new initiative, Run It Local, to support specialty running retailers. The €335k campaign will run from July to September with various activities across Saucony’s EMEA territories. Beginning with a drive to access runner-reach, a geo-targeted social media burst and digital ads will highlight the benefits of ...
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News briefsDecathlon France offers marking and engraving for bicycles to prevent theft
In France, legislation was recently passed that makes it mandatory to mark bicycles to protect them from theft. All new bicycles sold in the country since January 1, 2021, must bear an engraved “Bicycode” identification number and be registered in a national registry. This measure will also be extended to ...
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ArticleBergzeit implements code of conduct for outdoor activities and suppliers
Bergzeit, the German online outdoor and mountain sports retailer based in Otterfing near Munich, has published a four-page code of conduct for activities in the mountains aimed at its employees and external partners. In view of the growing recreational pressure in the Alps, the company wants to “be a role ...
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La Sportiva opens store in Cortina
La Sportiva has opened a new store in Cortina d’Ampezzo, in the heart of the Dolomites. It is the 11th brand store La Sportiva in Europe. The store, located at Corso Italia 198, sells products for both winter and summer sports, including climbing, trail running, mountaineering and trekking. In addition ...
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News briefsGerman bicycle retailer B.O.C. opens 38th store
German bicycle store chain and multichannel retailer Bike & Outdoor Company GmbH & Co. KG (B.O.C.) is opening its 38th stationary store nationwide on June 24 on the outskirts of the northern German city of Delmenhorst. It is located in a former electrical store with a total area of more ...
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News briefsNew budget foot scanner from Aetrex
Aetrex is releasing a 3D foot scanner with two selling points: size and cost. Using a proprietary computer system called FitGenius, the Albert 3DFit will complete a foot scan in “less than 10 seconds” and is accurate within one millimeter. The system then compares the scanned foot profile to the ...
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News briefsRussian outdoor segment showed solid performance in 2020
The outdoor segment of the Russian sporting goods market experienced strong growth in sales last year, to a large extent thanks to a cold winter in the 2020/21 season, and because during the winter months, more customers spent their vacations in Russia, Ilya Titarenko, distribution director of the Russian sporting ...
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News briefsSchöffel with new tree planting campaign to support local retailers after lockdown
To mark the reopening of the „non-essential“ retail sector after the last lockdown, German family-owned outdoor, ski and bike apparel company Schöffel has announced that it will fund the planting of a tree for every purchase made by its customers at a local sports shop. In doing so, the brand ...
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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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Naturkompaniet to enter Norway
Swedish outdoor retail chain Naturkompaniet – with German Globetrotter and Finnish Partioaitta part of the holding company Frilufts Retail Europe AB, which again is part of Fenix Outdoor International AG – has announced that it will enter the Norwegian market. To do so, it has recruited Simon Larsen from Carlings, ...
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News briefsSchöffel launches first fully digital sell-in tool for summer 2022
Following a major digitalization effort, Schöffel Sportbekleidung is using a new digital Schöffel Brand Space for its sell-in. The sales tool offers information, training and ordering options as well as assets for everyday business after the pandemic. In the three-dimensional digital space, Schöffel retail partners can explore the brand and ...
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News briefsDecathlon France promotes outdoor activities with new app and website
Decathlon has launched Decathlon Outdoor, a website and app that list the nicest and closest natural spots for outdoor experiences and micro-adventures, developed in collaboration with Mhikes, a Grenoble-based startup founded in 2013 specializing in digital tourism and business and consumer mobile solutions. The initiative is meant to concurrently promote ...
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News briefsAerosol researcher advises against abolishing compulsory masks in stores
Germany’s Handelsblatt reports that German aerosol researcher Gerhard Scheuch, former president of the International Society for Aerosols in Medicine, believes mandatory masks should first be removed outdoors and in large halls before tackling retail stores. To be sure, he said, masks are not a universal remedy for preventing Covid infections ...
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CMP opens store in Venice
CMP has opened a brand store in Venice. The new 140-square-meter space of the Italian brand, part of the F.lli Campagnolo Group, is located in the Nave de Vero shopping center in Marghera. It is CMP’s 20th brand store in Italy. The store sells products for trekking, hiking, running, trail ...
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Retailer Unterwegs joins the ranks of climate-neutral companies
German outdoor retailer Unterwegs GmbH has calculated the company’s corporate carbon footprint (CCF) with the help of sustainability consultancy ClimatePartner. Emission sources such as electricity and heating, printed materials and office supplies, as well as work commutes and business trips were taken into account. Despite a photovoltaic ...
