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Footbalance has signed a distribution agreement with Hickory Brands for...
Footbalance has signed a distribution agreement with Hickory Brands for the U.S. market, effective April 2. Headquartered in Vantaa, Finland, the FootBalance store concept is based on providing comprehensive foot-analysis and individually molded insoles made directly on-site. Hickory Brands will represent FootBalance's in-store concepts for 100% custominsoles and sandals as ...
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Aerosoles is being managed in Sweden by a new agent,...
Aerosoles is being managed in Sweden by a new agent, Ericson & Saether. Expectations are high, as the brand is already well known. It was sold on the Swedish market during the 1990s and early 2000s, but has had no representation since then.
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Xiu.com, a Chinese fashion online retailer, reports that Salvatore Ferragamo...
Xiu.com, a Chinese fashion online retailer, reports that Salvatore Ferragamo has agreed to sell its products on its website for an initial period of three years. To encourage more European brands to use its portal, Xiu.com has set up two warehouses in Italy and the U.K., following a strategy that ...
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After launching Shoes-Contacts, Mickey Plank, the founder of the Sports-Contacts...
After launching Shoes-Contacts, Mickey Plank, the founder of the Sports-Contacts recruitment agency, has launched a new international matchmaking platform for the fashion industry, called Textiles-Contacts
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Hermès is taking over the premises of a famous restaurant...
Hermès is taking over the premises of a famous restaurant in Cannes to open a store which also be the brand's first one to host a café Nicholas Kirkwood, the shoe designer who fell under the control of LVMH in September 2013, has opened his fourth boutique in the Shin ...
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Deichmann plans to open its first store on the Spanish...
Deichmann plans to open its first store on the Spanish island of Mallorca by February 2015
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Zappos has made a remarkable move into the fertile “click-and-mortar”...
Zappos has made a remarkable move into the fertile “click-and-mortar” retail channel by opening its first physical store as a 20,000-square-foot pop-up shop in Las Vegas. This special store will stay open 24 hours a day and seven days a week through to Dec. 31. It features 16 different areas ...
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Italian Holding Moda (IHM), the company led by Cleto Sagripanti,...
Italian Holding Moda (IHM), the company led by Cleto Sagripanti, has set up a U.S. subsidiary, IHM USA Corp., to help Italian fashion brands to penetrate the market. It will start with Alberto Fermani, the footwear brand it acquired in 2013, as well as the lines of Kallisté, another company ...
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Fratelli Rossetti is opening its first stores in China together...
Fratelli Rossetti is opening its first stores in China together with a partner for the northern part of the country, Songlei Group, which is involved in real estate and other sectors. They have a franchising contract with a joint venture for specific projects. The store opened in Harbin in September ...
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Ecco has opened its biggest store to date in its...
Ecco has opened its biggest store to date in its hometown of Bradebro, in Denmark. It measures 266 square meters and includes separate areas for golf and outdoor shoes. It features a shop-in-shop for a variety of accessories. The store should serve as a pilot for future retail concepts. The ...
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Baldinini has successfully entered the Chinese market, diversifying its business...
Baldinini has successfully entered the Chinese market, diversifying its business from its strong exposure to the Russian market. Last month, the Italian brand opened its first store on Mainland China through a local partner who has three other Baldinini stores in the pipeline. The new store is located in the ...
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Camper, which already has its own store in Berlin, has...
Camper, which already has its own store in Berlin, has opened its first German franchised store in Dresden
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Aldo has opened its first store in Monaco, located in...
Aldo has opened its first store in Monaco, located in the Fontvielle shopping center of the small country that contains the city of Monte-Carlo. The Canadian-based group now has about 1,800 stores in 92 different countries.
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After a soft opening in October, Hunter officially inaugurated its...
After a soft opening in October, Hunter officially inaugurated its first flagship store at 83-85 Regent Street in London last month, featuring on 5,300 its wide range of wellington boots and many other recently introduced products including its outerwear. Similar stores are planned in New York and Tokyo next year, ...
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Reno, the German shoe retail chain with over 400 stores,...
Reno, the German shoe retail chain with over 400 stores, has re-launched its online store after a break of nine months. The shoe retailer closed its online store last February after running it for three years in order to replace it by a combination of an online magazine and showroom. ...
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Fly London has reportedly signed partnerships with distributors in the...
Fly London has reportedly signed partnerships with distributors in the United Arab Emirates, Thailand and Angola, involving the establishment of stores and shop-in-shops in the respective countries
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Nicholas Kirkwood has decided to stop working as creative director...
Nicholas Kirkwood has decided to stop working as creative director of Pollini to concentrate on his own brand, which has been sponsored and controlled by LVMH for a year. The 30-year-old British designer had started as a consultant for the Italian brand in 2008 and took full charge in 2010. ...
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LK Bennett has appointed Jo Hooper to the newly-created position...
LK Bennett has appointed Jo Hooper to the newly-created position of group product director. Hooper will report directly to the company's chief executive, Robert Bensoussan. She will lead the design, buying and merchandising teams on a global level. She will be responsible for the product vision and strategy across all ...
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Gundl Herzog has been appointed to the newly created position...
Gundl Herzog has been appointed to the newly created position of head of operations at Highline United Europe. She will be responsible for all supply chain processes, from the entry of orders, assessment of demand and production scheduling in the different factories to the on-time delivery to clients. Herzog previously ...
