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Major crises put peoples’ everyday lives to the test and often usher in lasting changes. In many countries, the circumstances surrounding the coronavirus have led to dramatic declines in social contact. One result of this is a sharp rise in internet use around the world. So while the current crisis has indeed shackled the retail […]

The market environment of sports retail is just as dynamic as sport itself. New developments and trends demand sports retailers to play an active role in shaping this environment. In this Interview Margit Gosau, CEO of SPORT 2000 International, strongly believes in the future of brick-and-mortar retail and offers insights into new concepts and ways […]

2,800 exhibitors and 80,000 visitors. The ISPO Munich is known as the world’s largest trade fair for sports business. Although experts were still predicting the demise of trade fairs a few years ago, their consistent visitor numbers paint a different picture. Margit Gosau, CEO of SPORT 2000 International and SPORT 2000 GmbH is convinced that […]

Commerce is female – at least when looking at the sales floor, where women are often responsible for customer service. However, if you take a look at the management levels of some retailbranches, this picture changes: sports retail, in particular, is clearly male-dominated. Marion Dockal-Kurz and Eldrid Sode, two determined women at SPORT 2000 who […]

The beauty ideal of women is changing – slowly but surely. In glossy magazines, social media channels, such as Instagram, as well as in ads, clichés and stereotypes of ideal women’s bodies are being done away with. Until recently, the fitness industry remained relatively unaffected by this. The image is anchored too firmly in our […]