News Briefs Retail – Page 23
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After a beta test in France that began a year...
After a beta test in France that began a year ago, Google is taking its Shopping Actions experience to the U.S. With this application, customers are able to buy products online from a brand or a retailer through their own Google account, without registering for the service and without leaving ...
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In a further step toward becoming an online marketplace, Instagram...
In a further step toward becoming an online marketplace, Instagram has launched its own internet retail account internationally under @shop. Its own team recommends products such as shoes, handbags and pullovers, tracking trends and posting their pictures on its social media platform, which is owned by Facebook, just like its ...
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Zalando wants to reinforce its partnership with brick-and-mortar stores because...
Zalando wants to reinforce its partnership with brick-and-mortar stores because it is losing about 20-30 million transactions per year, which equals about €1 billion in sales, due to a lack of stock in its own warehouses. Zalando is already working with more than 1,000 shops in Germany, but wants to ...
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Vögele Shoes opened its biggest store in the Swiss market...
Vögele Shoes opened its biggest store in the Swiss market on May 2. The new three-level store, which was designed in line with a new store concept that includes digital elements, offers a wide range of products on 1,500 square meters of retail space. To celebrate its opening, Vögele offered ...
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Görtz has launched a new service to help parents to...
Görtz has launched a new service to help parents to buy the right shoes for their children. The Hamburg-based shoe retailing firm sends one of its employees, Nicole Anton, to the home of the customer to show a selection of shoes and give advice, free of charge, after the parents ...
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After a beta test in France that began a year...
After a beta test in France that began a year ago, Google is taking its Shopping Actions experience to the U.S. With this application, customers are able to buy products online from a brand or a retailer through their own Google account, without registering for the service and without leaving ...
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In a further step toward becoming an online marketplace, Instagram...
In a further step toward becoming an online marketplace, Instagram has launched its own internet retail account internationally under @shop. Its own team recommends products such as shoes, handbags and pullovers, tracking trends and posting their pictures on its social media platform, which is owned by Facebook, just like its ...
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Zalando wants to reinforce its partnership with brick-and-mortar stores because...
Zalando wants to reinforce its partnership with brick-and-mortar stores because it is losing about 20-30 million transactions per year, which equals about €1 billion in sales, due to a lack of stock in its own warehouses. Zalando is already working with more than 1,000 shops in Germany, but wants to ...
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Wortmann has announced the opening of a web shop for...
Wortmann has announced the opening of a web shop for its Tamaris brand for the brick-and-mortar retailers affiliated with the ANWR Group, who will offer the products on a dedicated online marketplace due to be launched in July. ANWR will provide a cloud-based technology, Qualibet, as a solution for the ...
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The second and last Chinese replica of 10 Corso Como,...
The second and last Chinese replica of 10 Corso Como, the Milanese luxury concept store, opened by the Trendy Group in Shanghai in 2013, will close its doors next month. A more recent replica in Beijing was shut down in 2017.
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Two years after the closure of Colette in Paris, a...
Two years after the closure of Colette in Paris, a similar destination store for shoes in Antwerp, Coccodrillo, is closing its doors after 36 years in operation. Quoting one of its founders, Geert Bruloot, Footwear News gives this interesting explanation for the decision: “Fashion has been in a state of ...
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Spain's Chie Mihara is launching an updated version of its...
Spain's Chie Mihara is launching an updated version of its web store in English, Spanish and French, welcoming orders from 82 different countries. Reportedly, the company had sales of €14 million last year, servicing more than 600 stores around the world.
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Amazon has faced a backlash in India after sneakers, yoga...
Amazon has faced a backlash in India after sneakers, yoga mats, rugs and other items emblazoned with images of Hindu gods, or other sacred Hindu symbols, were spotted on the retailer's U.S. e-commerce site. A large number of Twitter users backed a call for a boycott, making #BoycottAmazon India's top ...
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24 Sèvres, the e-commerce site owned by LVMH, has shortened...
24 Sèvres, the e-commerce site owned by LVMH, has shortened its name into “24S.” The site was previously named after Paris' rue de Sèvres, where Le Bon Marché, LVMH's high-end department store, is located. The website was launched two years ago. It sells around 150 brands of clothing, accessories and ...
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Eram and one of its retail banners, Texto, are testing...
Eram and one of its retail banners, Texto, are testing a “bi-store” format selling items of both brands, according to reports in fashionnetwork.com. A pilot dual-branded store, located in Avranches, was inaugurated in April. Starting in the autumn/winter 2019/20 season, the 230 stores of the Eram retail network will be ...
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A new site to showcase France's shoe manufacturing and design...
A new site to showcase France's shoe manufacturing and design tradition has been inaugurated in Romans-sur-Isère, in southeastern France. “La Cité de la Chaussure” (French for “Shoe City”) is a €3.3 million privately funded project gathering together start-ups and artisans, who can produce and sell their creations in the same ...
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Kurt Geiger is planning to open its first store in...
Kurt Geiger is planning to open its first store in India this autumn through a partnership with Genesis Luxury. Under the terms of the agreement, Genesis Luxury has acquired the exclusive distribution rights to Kurt Geiger in the country. Genesis Luxury, a division of Reliance Brands, already brings to India ...
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Tax-free sales to Middle Eastern customers in Milan's Montenapoleone district,...
Tax-free sales to Middle Eastern customers in Milan's Montenapoleone district, the high-end shopping area in town, jumped by 56 percent in the first quarter of 2019. According to recent data from Global Blue, the average spent also increased significantly, with a 19 percent rise versus the same period in 2018. ...
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Gore-Tex recently opened a pop-up store at a German shoe...
Gore-Tex recently opened a pop-up store at a German shoe retail store called Schuh Reindl. The pop-up store, covering 40 square meters, is located in Rosenheim. It's the company's first pop-up store in Germany. There, consumers can test sneakers, casual shoes, trekking shoes and running shoes made with Gore-Tex fabrics. ...
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StockX, the U.S.-based sneaker resale platform, has begun to operate...
StockX, the U.S.-based sneaker resale platform, has begun to operate in Germany by taking part in conferences and other events. Its first European launch, in October of last year, was in the U.K., with Italy and France coming next. StockX' shoes, whose quality is certified in London, are already sold ...
