GOLFINO Sportswear: New store on the Algarve in Portugal

Glinde, 1 September 2011 – Europe’s market leader for fashionable golf wear has just opened its first GOLFINO Flagship Store in Portugal as part of its international expansion. Based at a golf resort in Almancil on the Algarve, GOLFINO is now delighted to be catering for a sophisticated clientele made up of local residents and holiday-makers.

An atmosphere of elegance at the shopping centre incorporated into the golf resort offers the ideal surroundings for the golf wear provider, which is becoming ever more fashion-conscious in its collections. GOLFINO has taken its place alongside other providers of high-quality fashion and presents its products across 70 square metres of floorspace. The range on offer includes collections for both men and ladies, as well as exclusive accessories and bags. In order to round off the range for customers who wish to play on the adjacent golf courses, we shall also be selling shoes from our partner brands.

The GOLFINO Visual Merchandising team has used the latest generation in store design for the shop’s appearance, which was introduced at the beginning of this anniversary year in the Munich, Düsseldorf and Frankfurt GOLFINO Stores, as well as at the Harrods concession in London. The store’s highlights are sure to catch the eye, as they convey a warm, homely character and thereby create an emotional ambiance. The photo display picks up on the identity of the whole GOLFINO brand, while modern seating arrangements in the lounge and dressing room areas invite shoppers to relax and reflect. Bright furnishings dominated by the colour white combine with a sporty green to create a fresh, harmonious feeling in the store. The German company HELIA Ladenbau from Oberkirch-Nussbach carried out the necessary interior work for this project.

The brand GOLFINO was founded on 1 March 1986 by Christel and Dr Bernd Kirsten and each of them holds 50% of the shares in this owner-managed company. Starting out as specialists for knitwear, the company soon developed into a supplier of complete outfits in the field of sportswear.
GOLFINO AG is a European company with its headquarters in Glinde near Hamburg and has over 30 of its own stores incl. factory outlets in 10 countries, as well as more than 500 shop-in-shops, from 8 sqm corners (mini shops) to 60 sqm concessions. With subsidiaries in Great Britain, Portugal and Spain, plus branches in the most important foreign markets, GOLFINO is Europe’s market leader in the field of golf fashion. The purchasing and production centre is located in Porto, Portugal, and the materials used come from all around the world. The company currently employs just over 200 members of staff. According to the latest surveys, GOLFINO AG has a market share of approx. 8% in the field of golfwear in Europe, making the company the clear market leader.

GOLFINO AG | Humboldtstrasse 19 | 21509 Glinde | Germany
www.golfino.com

Isabelle Prchlik
Phone +49 (0)40 727 55-132 | Fax +49 (0)40 727 55-100 | prchlik@golfino.com

This release was published on openPR.