All Retail articles – Page 32
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News briefsWintersteiger launches bike maintenance services
Wintersteiger, the Austrian company known for its ski maintenance equipment, has entered the growing bike category as a counter-seasonal business. After two years of market research and product development, it launched a new Bike Services division in an inaugural YouTube Livestream, offering a package for bike rentals that includes the ...
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ArticleThe pandemic forces fashion and retail to rethink their business models
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated changes in consumer attitudes towards fashion and retail, and calls are getting louder for “something to be done,” such as fewer collections, less fast fashion and more attention to sustainability.
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News briefsDecathlon Germany benefits from multi-channel model
Decathlon Germany will close the 2020 fiscal year with seven new openings and two expansions. In addition, André Weinert, chairman and chief executive officer since September 2019, reports an unspecified increase in sales for the year and the fact that not a single employee had to be laid off despite ...
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U.S. retailer REI will again close all shops on Black Friday
For the sixth year in a row, outdoor retailer REI will close its 167 locations – stores, activity centers, distribution centers, call centers and headquarters – and pay its more than 13,000 employees to #OptOutside on Black Friday, Nov. 27. Since 2015, REI has made the decision to close on ...
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News briefsBergzeit receives EMAS certification
The Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Munich and Upper Bavaria and the Bavarian Environmental Agency awarded the mountain sports retailer Bergzeit for its long-standing holistic environmental commitment that goes far beyond legal obligations. The company based in Otterfing near Munich received the EMAS certification on Sept. 25. EMAS (Eco-Management ...
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Save the Duck opens second store in Milan
Known for outerwear made exclusively with animal-free and “cruelty-free” materials, Save the Duck was, in June of last year, the first Italian fashion company to receive B Corp certification for the sustainability of its products and processes. In contrast with Moncler or Canada Goose, it produces its stylish jackets and ...
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Bever’s new CEO comes from Nike
According to several media reports, Albert Scholte will be the new chief executive of the Dutch outdoor retail chain Bever as of Oct. 1. Scholte previously spent 13 years at Nike, where he was most recently responsible for the brand’s European business at Foot Locker. He is the successor of ...
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New Schöffel-Lowa store in Düsseldorf with focus on sustainability
The Schöffel-Lowa store in Düsseldorf, Germany, is moving. The new store is located in Blumenstraße – at the back of the well-known Schadow-Arcades shopping center. According to Schöffel-Lowa-Sportartikel, the joint venture of the two independently operating outdoor specialists Schöffel and Lowa, who each have a 50 percent share in the ...
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OpinionOpinion: The short vs. long-term perspective of retail recovery
Guest Article by Magnus Ohlsson The pandemic has led consumers to shift interests and behavior for now, but not necessarily forever. This also means that short-term gains and losses should not be translated into an everlasting future. It is important to take into the equation the brand performance of the ...
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Burton to close its U.S. HQ and stores on Election Day
Burton Snowboards will be closing its headquarters and stores in the U.S. on Election Day, which falls this year on Tuesday, Nov. 3. The company says it has been providing its American employees with time off, flexible schedules and “the resources they need” to vote in local, state and federal ...
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News briefsGlobetrotter unveils concept for its new Berlin store
On Oct. 1, Globetrotter will open its new “experience store” at Schloßstrasse 20 in Berlin with almost 3,000 square meters of retail space spread over four floors. The decision to move from the old store in the Berlin-Steglitz district, which is not far away from the new location, to the ...
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News briefsArc’teryx Alpha Center opens in Shanghai
Arc’teryx is opening its two-story, 750 square meter “Arc’teryx Alpha Center” in Shanghai on Sept. 19. It is the brand’s largest store to date and offers customers an impressive shopping experience from both a design and product perspective. The store on Shanghai’s popular Huahai Road is anchored by the presence ...
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News briefsNaturkompaniet offers adventure trips to Lapland
Göteborgs-Posten reports that Naturkompaniet, Fenix Outdoor`s Swedish retail chain, has begun to offer adventure trips to Lapland this winter. The new business idea is a result of the growing outdoor trend during the Covid-19 pandemic. From 2021, the chain, together with Äventyrsresor, an experienced travel company from Stockholm, will offer ...
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News briefsLa Sportiva opens brand store on the Greek island of Kalymnos
At the end of July, after some delays due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the first Greek La Sportiva monobrand store was opened in Massouri on the island of Kalymnos. The store is intended to become a landmark not only for the local climbing scene, but also for all those who ...
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Helly Hansen overhauls its IT
Helly Hansen is overhauling its computer system to smooth operations, cut costs and come into compliance with regulations in various countries. The Norwegian sports apparel and gear producer is stringing together the Infor M3 enterprise resource platform (ERP), the Salesforce customer resource management (CRM) platform, the Front Systems point-of-sale system, ...
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ArticleAmazon: The Janus-faced company
The current Covid19 crisis has accelerated Amazon’s consumer goods business exponentially. The Silicon Valley giant doubled its profits in the second quarter of this year and increased its turnover to nearly $89 billion. The share value has also nearly doubled since the middle of March. On Sept. 1, Amazon announced ...
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ArticleLGBTQ collections become mainstream for the sportswear and fashion industry
The LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual and queer) fashion market has been growing over the last decade. In recent years, an unprecedented number of mainstream brands have begun to release LGBTQ collections.
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Arc’teryx opens new brand store in Calgary
Arc’teryx opened its first North American brand store in 2020 in Calgary’s largest retail center, the Chinook Centre, on Aug. 29. The new 130 square-meter store is the brand’s third store in the Canadian province of Alberta, and the second one in the city of Calgary. The design incorporates a ...
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News briefsGlobetrotter is testing second-hand product sales
The Globetrotter store in Frankfurt, Germany, has started selling second-hand items, mainly returns, but also used items of all assortment brands. The outdoor retailer wants to offer its customers an additional sustainable and resource-saving incentive to shop. In addition to clothing, the second-hand range includes rucksacks, bags, stoves and other ...
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ArticleLeki banks on new recycling concept
Following the motto “manufactured in Europe - recycled in Europe,” the German stock manufacturer Leki is relying on a novel recycling process in addition to resource-saving production and a worldwide repair and service network. “With our new sustainability pilot projects, we want to gradually move forward,” said managing director Matthias ...
