News Briefs Retail – Page 21
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Overcube, the new multi-brand e-commerce operation launched by the Portuguese...
Overcube, the new multi-brand e-commerce operation launched by the Portuguese Kyaia group in March 2018, has opened its first physical store in Lisbon's central Avenida da Liberdade. Customers can try some of the shoes and place orders online at a kiosk for any of the brands offered through the online ...
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The Spanish shoe designer Manolo Blahnik has closed his only...
The Spanish shoe designer Manolo Blahnik has closed his only standalone store in New York, situated on West 54th Street, but it will have a new one at 717 Madison Avenue soon, according to Footwear News. The original store was opened in 1982 and Carrie Bradshaw, the main character of ...
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GMS, the German voluntary group of shoe retailers, announced at...
GMS, the German voluntary group of shoe retailers, announced at its annual general meeting that it will continue to focus on family-run shoe and sporting goods retailers in 2020. GMS has reported that sales in 2019 were stable from the previous year. In that time, it has welcomed 121 new ...
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Schuhaus Kay, the German shoe retailer from northern Germany, has...
Schuhaus Kay, the German shoe retailer from northern Germany, has been taken over by a Berlin-based investment company called Goal. The local court of Hamburg granted an application for self-administration on Nov. 26. The executive board of Schuhhaus Kay reports that all of the company's shares have been sold to ...
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Schuhe.de, the ANWR Group's internet platform for shoe retailers, has...
Schuhe.de, the ANWR Group's internet platform for shoe retailers, has been relaunched. The German buying group has updated its platform with a new design, several new functions and better compatibility with smartphones and tablets. Check-out has been simplified, the website's loading time has been cut and search engine structures have ...
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Vans has opened a store at 214 Oxford Street in...
Vans has opened a store at 214 Oxford Street in London, its largest European store. The 4,714-square-foot flagship store, in a space previously occupied by Miss Selfridges, offers a wide selection of footwear, clothing and accessories for men, women and kids, as well as Vans' surf and pro-skate ranges. The ...
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Zalando has launched its Zalando Lounge concept in the Czech...
Zalando has launched its Zalando Lounge concept in the Czech Republic, a market that the e-tailer entered in the summer of 2018. Zalando Lounge, which has more than 25 million members in 14 European countries already, offers discounts of up to 75 percent on a selection of shoes, clothing and ...
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Gucci is opening themed pop-up stores in various parts of...
Gucci is opening themed pop-up stores in various parts of the world, with an emphasis on big cities – Chengdu, São Paulo, Taipei, Mexico City, Dubai and Bangkok – that have relatively few brick-and-mortar points of sale. The “Gucci Pin” pop-ups will come in three waves, each with a separate ...
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Dielmann, the German shoe retailer based in Darmstadt, has restructured...
Dielmann, the German shoe retailer based in Darmstadt, has restructured its purchasing and the positioning of its private brands. Daniela Ritter, responsible for purchasing in women's shoes since 2016, left the company in October. She previously worked at SPM Shoetrade and Modepark Röther. Sonja Bolten, who has been managing Dielmann's ...
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Veja, the French-based brand of sustainable sneakers, has opened its...
Veja, the French-based brand of sustainable sneakers, has opened its first mono-brand store. Located in the Marais district of Paris, the store covers 80 square meters and was developed by Ciguë, a local architectural firm. Veja sells its shoes through about 1,200 points of sale worldwide, its own online store ...
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Collaborating with three emerging designers – Helen Kirkum, Alex Nash...
Collaborating with three emerging designers – Helen Kirkum, Alex Nash and Shun Hirose – to reimagine its Campus 80 sneaker as part of its MakerLab program, Adidas launched a limited edition of the products through an interesting and engaging auction, where the consumer rather than the brand set the price. ...
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After a successful pilot project last year with three pop-up...
After a successful pilot project last year with three pop-up stores in major Canadian shopping malls, Manitobah Mukluks, the indigenous shoe brand from Winnipeg, Manitoba, is launching an aggressive retail expansion in Canada, raising the number of stores to 18. Manitobah Mukluks was founded in 2008 by Sean McCormick, an ...
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Schuhe24 and Outfits24, the German-based online marketplaces for independent shoe...
Schuhe24 and Outfits24, the German-based online marketplaces for independent shoe and fashion retailers, are launching a new price-guarantee project with reimbursement for retailers this month. Until now, all portals of Schuhe24 have had price sovereignty. This will now will be supplemented by a price guarantee for retailers. The guarantee is ...
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Vögele Shoes, the Swiss shoe retail chain, has recently launched...
Vögele Shoes, the Swiss shoe retail chain, has recently launched a new store concept. A year ago, CCC, the fast-growing Polish shoe retail group, acquired a 70 percent stake in Vögele Shoes, which currently operates 184 stores, from another company, Karl Vögele. These companies have nothing to do with Charles ...
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Artioli is planning to expand its retail brick-and-mortar presence with...
Artioli is planning to expand its retail brick-and-mortar presence with 12 new franchises in the Middle East and the U.S. Meanwhile, the high-end Italian shoemaker is also planning to expand its retail presence online. The company launched its e-commerce presence in Europe last year, and according to reports in fashionmagazine.it, ...
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The city council of Pirmasens – a city in Rhineland-Palatinate,...
The city council of Pirmasens – a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, famous for its history of shoe manufacturing – has recently approved the construction of the “Schuhstadt Pirmasens.” The shoe retail center, due to open there in spring 2021, will offer footwear and outdoor products within its 3,000 square meters. ...
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Allbirds has recently opened its first store in Germany in...
Allbirds has recently opened its first store in Germany in Berlin. The American brand of sustainable footwear has 13 stores worldwide. It has already opened stores in New York, Los Angeles, Shanghai and London this year, and a new e-commerce website, Allbirds.eu, has been up and running in Germany since ...
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Prada partnered with Selfridges in September and took over the...
Prada partnered with Selfridges in September and took over the department store's Corner Shop in London. The space, called Prada Escape, reflected the autumn 2019 men's and women's collection of the fashion designer, with pieces featuring a mix of prints and military references. The initiative ran from Sept. 2 to ...
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Vans has opened its first European “boutique” in Covent Garden...
Vans has opened its first European “boutique” in Covent Garden in London. Conceived in-house to reflect the skate brand's “Off The Wall” slogan, the 4,359-square-foot store carries premium footwear, apparel and accessories, including Vault by Vans and items designed by Vivienne Westwood. The basement features an activation space for installations, ...
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Görtz, the big German shoe retail chain based in Hamburg,...
Görtz, the big German shoe retail chain based in Hamburg, has agreed to take over about 20 of the Roland stores owned by Deichmann in Germany through an asset deal that also includes the inventories and the personnel. Deichmann had indicated in the spring its intention to take the Roland ...
