News Briefs Retail – Page 27
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CCC continues with its store expansion. Recently the Polish-based chain...
CCC continues with its store expansion. Recently the Polish-based chain of shoe and leathergoods stores opened a new flagship store in Berlin. The store measures 1,800 square meters and is located in a premium historical landmark across from Berlin's well-known KaDeWe department store. The premium format of the store was ...
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Schuhe24, the German online shoe retail portal, is entering the...
Schuhe24, the German online shoe retail portal, is entering the Austrian market and expanding its cooperation with the German-based GMS buying group. Retailers affiliated with GMS in Austria are able to use the services of Schuhe24, offering products on the online shoe retail portal from next month on. Schuhe24 was ...
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Schuhe24.de, a company founded and run by Dominik Benner, a German...
Schuhe24.de, a company founded and run by Dominik Benner, a German shoe retailer who was formerly a member of ANWR's supervisory board, aims to diversify from footwear by entering the sporting goods and fashion sectors. A new internet portal, Sportmarken24.de, was launched in February. It is managed by Benner's wife, Valeska ...
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Vivarte has completed the sale of its André chain of...
Vivarte has completed the sale of its André chain of shoe shops to Spartoo, the French group specializing in internet sales of footwear. The result is a French company with annual sales of nearly €250 million. Spartoo has agreed to take over all of André's 210 points of sales, including ...
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Louis Vuitton has decided to lower its prices in mainland...
Louis Vuitton has decided to lower its prices in mainland China in response to the latest cuts made by the government on import duties and value-added tax in the country, which came into effect on July 1, and Gucci followed the move a few days later, with average price reductions ...
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J.M. Weston has moved its flagship store on Paris' Avenue...
J.M. Weston has moved its flagship store on Paris' Avenue des Champs-Elysées to the other side of the street. The new 400-square-meter space has been completely renovated in a gentleman's club style. It features a women's department and a polishing a repair area. Owned by the Descours family, which used ...
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Many sporting goods retailers in various European countries have been...
Many sporting goods retailers in various European countries have been opening stores specializing in the sale of sneakers in the past few years. A Swedish sports retailer, Stadium, has already opened two stores under the Sneakers Point banner in the Swedish cities of Norrköping and Malmö, as well as an ...
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Camper, the Mallorca-based footwear brand, opened its first two CamperLab flagship...
Camper, the Mallorca-based footwear brand, opened its first two CamperLab flagship stores in London and Paris, adding to seven existing standard stores operating under its brand name in each of the two cities. The new concept was developed by Camper's creative director, Romain Kremer, who has been with the brand since ...
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Schuh has appointed Startle to implement a tailored background music...
Schuh has appointed Startle to implement a tailored background music and digital signage in its 136 stores in the U.K., Ireland and Germany for the next five years. Startle has created two distinct personalities for the in-store areas – Schuh and Schuh Kids. The digital signage will tailor promotions based ...
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Sabu, the German cooperative of independent shoe retailers, organized a...
Sabu, the German cooperative of independent shoe retailers, organized a special information event for affiliated retailers, the so-called Sabu-Forum, in Heilbronn on April 25. Roughly 170 affiliated retailers participated in the Sabu-Forum, which focused on the opportunities and future perspectives for the German retail industry. Digital developments as well as ...
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Galaxus, a Swiss online retailer, has sealed a partnership with...
Galaxus, a Swiss online retailer, has sealed a partnership with Vögele Shoes and Surf4shoes that will more than double the shoe range that it is offering for sale. Before the partnership, the Galaxus.ch portal offered 8,000 shoe models online. This will now be boosted to 19,000 styles of women's, men's ...
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Gucci has opened its first store in the SoHo district...
Gucci has opened its first store in the SoHo district of Manhattan, turning a 155-year-old former pencil factory into a high-end luxury retail destination. Located on Wooster Street, the 10,000-square-foot Gucci store displays all kinds of items under its brand throughout the store on decoratively embellished furniture pieces. The store ...
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Snipes, the chain of sneakers and streetwear products owned by...
Snipes, the chain of sneakers and streetwear products owned by Deichmann, will open its first store in France in July. It will be located in the suburban Créteil Soleil shopping center near Paris and will be followed by another store in the Carré Sénart mall of Lieusaint at a later ...
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The ANWR group has signed a cooperation agreement with Spartoo,...
The ANWR group has signed a cooperation agreement with Spartoo, the French online shoe retailer that has recently agreed to take over the André chain of shoe shops. Retailers affiliated with schuhe.de, the online retail platform belonging to the ANWR group, will be able to offer their product lines through ...
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Five Shoe4You stores in Germany have been reopened after a...
Five Shoe4You stores in Germany have been reopened after a major relifting. They are located in Bischofsheim, Brunnthal, Heilbronn, Siegen and Wiesbaden. This follows the recent takeover by Kienast of the chain's German stores from the Austrian Leden & Schuh group.
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Think! has opened its first Swiss mono-brand store in the...
Think! has opened its first Swiss mono-brand store in the city of Thun through a long-standing wholesale client. It's the Austrian brand's 26th store worldwide. Others will follow in the country.
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Kyaia, the Portuguese group which owns Fly London and other...
Kyaia, the Portuguese group which owns Fly London and other brands, is investing in a new digital platform, called Overcube. The site currently sells footwear from the group's brands, but the goal is to expand it to more national and international brands. According to reports by Apicapps, the Portugal's shoe ...
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Selfridges, the chain of high-end department stores in the U.K.,...
Selfridges, the chain of high-end department stores in the U.K., has chosen the Bullring in Birmingham in which to open its second Shoe Galleries concept. The new 15,000-square-foot space, which is located on level four of the Selfridges' store, offers around 1,700 different styles from nearly 50 international designers including ...
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Hermès has launched a new, revamped European website. The new...
Hermès has launched a new, revamped European website. The new digital flagship store was launched simultaneously in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the U.K. on April 3. The latest launch follows a pilot deployment of the revamped ...
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Pikolinos opened its first store in Germany this month, located...
Pikolinos opened its first store in Germany this month, located in the central Kurfürstendamm in Berlin. Pikolinos has been expanding its retail network in recent years, both in Spain and overseas, including the opening of new stores in Santander, Palma de Mallorca and Madrid last year. The company intends to ...
