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Academy Sports Plans to Open 9 New Stores This Fall

Retail TouchPoints

Academy Sports + Outdoors has revealed the locations of the nine new stores it plans to open this fall, bringing it closer to the goal the retailer set in March : to open up to 17 new stores during its FY 2024, which began in February 2024. Academy already has opened three locations since the beginning of its fiscal year. Selma, N.C.;

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SPARC Group Hires Outdoor Retail Veteran as Eddie Bauer CEO

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SPARC Group , the retail venture owned by Simon Property Group and Authentic Brands Group (ABG), has hired outdoor industry veteran Tim Bantle to lead Eddie Bauer as CEO. During a career that has spanned more than 20 years , Bantle has worked with a number of outdoor companies in leadership roles.

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Mountain Warehouse rescues US outdoor retailer for £7.6m

Retail Gazette

The outdoor retailer will pay £3.8m ($5m) for the EMS brand, website and seven profitable stores, as well as another £3.8m Founder and chief executive Mark Neale said: “We plan to retain the iconic EMS brand, which has a great heritage and DNA, and resonates with huge numbers of long-standing customers. “We for its other assets.

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“We’re in a scale-up phase”: $80m of growth on the horizon for Eco Outdoor

Inside Retail

Australian lifestyle and furniture brand Eco Outdoor has undergone a multi-million-dollar revitalisation program off the back of its accelerated growth over the last few years. The business – which specialises in architectural surfaces and outdoor furniture – launched a $4.5 It’s a different way of doing brick.”. Probably not.

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Academy Sports + Outdoors Expands Revionics Partnership to Optimize Customer-Centric Pricing

Retail TouchPoints

Academy Sports + Outdoors will extend its use of Revionics’ pricing intelligence software. Revionics software allows Academy to take a customer-centric and data-driven approach to pricing,” said Govind Madhu, SVP Merchandise Planning and Allocation at Academy in a statement.

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Authentic Brands Buys IP of Iconic Boot Brand, Plans Global Expansion

Retail TouchPoints

Authentic Brands Group (Authentic) has purchased the intellectual property of Hunter , the 160-year-old British heritage brand, famous for its iconic Original Wellington boot, that has evolved into an outdoor lifestyle brand. and Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as well as key markets across the Asia Pacific region.

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How Kathmandu plans to become the world’s most loved outdoor brand

Inside Retail

From switching its focus on hardcore sporting adventures to inspiring joy in the great outdoors, Kathmandu is changing things up as it primes itself for global ambitions. We had to find what’s special about Kathmandu and what’s unique about us in the market. IR: I love how the marketing campaigns are really bright and fun.

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