{"id":162381,"date":"2019-10-21T10:26:37","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T10:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/castore-opens-debut-flagship-store-on-kings-road\/"},"modified":"2021-08-12T14:04:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T14:04:54","slug":"castore-opens-debut-flagship-store-on-kings-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/castore-opens-debut-flagship-store-on-kings-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Castore opens debut flagship store on King's Road"},"content":{"rendered":"
Castore, the high-end sports brand which has the backing of tennis star Sir Andy Murray, has opened its first pop-up flagship store on London's King's Road.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The 1,200sq ft store will be open for six months, and will house the brand\u2019s full range of gym, running, tennis, golf and technical lifestyle collections.<\/strong><\/p>\n It will also contain the brand's new womenswear line and golf range, which can be tested using a golf simulator.<\/p>\n Castore co-founder Phil Beahon said: \u201cThe expansion and the store opening is a major milestone for Castore. The ethos of the store is extremely minimalist<\/strong> and very much designed to accentuate focus on the product themselves which are the heart of the Castore brand.\"<\/p>\n The brand was founded in Liverpool by brothers Phil and Tom Beahon<\/strong> in 2015. It 2018 it received \u00a33.2m in backing from investors including former\u00a0Saatchi and Saatchi worldwide CEO Robert Senior along with original Net-A-Porter backer, Arnaud Massenet. Earlier this year Sir Andy<\/a>, who is an ambassador for the brand, announced the was investing and taking a stake.<\/p>\n Sir Andy said: \"I am delighted to see Castore open its first store in such an iconic location as the King\u2019s Road. Since I became involved in Castore, the team have been very focused on finding the perfect store<\/strong> and we are very excited to have finally found it.\"<\/p>\n As well as via its own retail channels Castore is sold in 40 countries through partners such as Mr Porter, Harrods, Selfridges and Matchesfashion.com.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":135958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10488,6,10494],"tags":[14125,13224,12296,12299,10750,11046,9952,12298],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n