News Briefs Retail – Page 31

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    Berluti is expanding into e-commerce. The Italian-French fashion firm owned...

    2017-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Berluti is expanding into e-commerce. The Italian-French fashion firm owned by LVMH unveiled its new online store during the recent Men's Fashion Week in Paris. Berluti was founded in 1895 as an elite men's shoe cobbler. Since 2011, it has expanded its range to include luxury menswear, leathergoods and accessories ...

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    Hogan is going to open a new store at 5...

    2017-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Hogan is going to open a new store at 5 via Montenapoleone during next September's Milan Fashion Week. It will occupy the premises of a former Bottega Veneta boutique, and it will replace the existing Hogan stores at 23 via Montenapoleone. The store will feature a new design that will ...

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    The Percassi group has decided to shut down one of...

    2017-07-18T00:00:00Z

    The Percassi group has decided to shut down one of its ten Vergelio shoe shops, located on Milan's important Corso Vittorio Emanuele. The group, which runs many other retail banners, bought the Vergelio chain two years ago with the intent to develop it into a multi-channel operation in Italy and ...

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    Alberto Guardiani is opening a new flagship store in Istanbul,...

    2017-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Alberto Guardiani is opening a new flagship store in Istanbul, the brand's second one in Turkey. The first in the country was inaugurated in 2013, in Ankara. The new Turkish store is located at the Akasya Mall. Turkey is the third market for the brand, after Italy and Eastern Europe. ...

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    Peter Kaiser is planning to open new mono-label stores later...

    2017-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Peter Kaiser is planning to open new mono-label stores later this year, particularly in Canada, through the same retailer who has done good business with another Peter Kaiser store in Toronto. This year has already seen the opening of Peter Kaiser stores in the Dutch city of Utrecht in April ...

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    Toms opened a pop-up store in the center of Berlin...

    2017-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Toms opened a pop-up store in the center of Berlin in March, and it will remain open until the end of September. Toms EMEA, with headquarters in Amsterdam, does not plan to open any other mono-brand stores in Germany. It currently sells its products to roughly 750 doors in the ...

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    All of Ara's shoe stores are being redesigned as part...

    2017-07-18T00:00:00Z

    All of Ara's shoe stores are being redesigned as part of a relaunch of the German brand. It has a new logo and its product range is divided in two different segments for fashion and function. The new store concept is in line with Ara's product segmentation. The Ara stores ...

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    Carl-August Seibel and Philip Seibel will open a sneaker store,...

    2017-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Carl-August Seibel and Philip Seibel will open a sneaker store, called Fourty Tree, in Hauenstein on July 22. Covering 200 square meters, the store will feature apparel and shoes of brands such as Adidas, Puma, Nike, Reebok and Diadora. Carl-August Seibel is the chief executive of the Josef Seibel Group, ...

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    Vögele Shoes is continuing its expansion in Switzerland. It recently...

    2017-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Vögele Shoes is continuing its expansion in Switzerland. It recently opened a new store in Zurich based on a hybrid physical and internet model. Through an information point, clients can get access to an app in the store and take a look at the complete product range. The customer can ...

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    The Hamm Reno Group has confirmed the takeover of six...

    2017-07-18T00:00:00Z

    The Hamm Reno Group has confirmed the takeover of six Vögele shoe stores in Austria. Schuh & Schuh PKTS, the Austrian company formerly known as Vögele Shoes, filed for insolvency at the beginning of this year. An out-of-court restructuring process was not successful and the group did not find an ...

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    Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), the owner of Saks Fifth Avenue...

    2017-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), the owner of Saks Fifth Avenue that took over the German Kaufhof chain, has opened the first of a series of European Saks Off department stores in Düsseldorf. Covering 3,500 square meters on four floors, it offers closeouts by more than 700 brands of apparel, footwear, ...

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    Havaianas opened its first store in the German market earlier...

    2017-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Havaianas opened its first store in the German market earlier this month. Located in the famous Berlin shopping avenue, the Ku'damm, the shop occupies 70 square meters of retail space. There are now 30 Havaianas stores throughout Europe, as well as 40 concessions and 80 franchise shops.

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    Eram will be selling its products online in China via...

    2017-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Eram will be selling its products online in China via the Boutique France operated by the French Post Office on the Tmall internet platform. Eram is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year. Tmall is the marketplace for foreign companies of Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant. Tmall is also a doorway ...

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    Sarkany, a shoe brand from Argentina, opened its first store...

    2017-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Sarkany, a shoe brand from Argentina, opened its first store in Barcelona on May 17. Antonella Roccuzzo and Sofia Balbi, business partners and married to Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez, respectively, were also present at the store opening. Messi and Suárez play for the FC Barcelona. Sarkany has 52 stores ...

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    Skechers has announced the opening of four new stores in...

    2017-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Skechers has announced the opening of four new stores in Europe. The brand has recently opened a 192-square-meter store at Amsterdam's The Style Outlets. The others will be located in Italy, at The Style Outlets in Vicolungo and Castel Guelfo and at Mantova Outlet Village. Skechers has a global retail ...

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    Havaianas, the Brazilian brand of brightly hued flip-flops, has opened...

    2017-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Havaianas, the Brazilian brand of brightly hued flip-flops, has opened a pop-up display shop on the Santa Monica Pier in California that is made entirely of ice. The company unveiled the store in early June. While no sandals are sold there, the first 100 visitors received a free pair and ...

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    Sneakersnstuff is in a large international expansion phase. After opening...

    2017-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Sneakersnstuff is in a large international expansion phase. After opening stores in London, Paris and Berlin in recent years, Sneakersnstuff is looking at the U.S. market. The Swedish company is planning to open a store in New York in the autumn. If this works, it may decide to continue its ...

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    Gola, the British sports brand owned by the Jacobson Group,...

    2017-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Gola, the British sports brand owned by the Jacobson Group, has announced an agreement with Madras for the distribution in Japan of Gola Classics shoes and accessories. In the course of the current spring/summer season, a limited edition of Gola Classics made in England will be presented at pop-up concessions ...

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    Sneakersnstuff is in a large international expansion phase. After opening...

    2017-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Sneakersnstuff is in a large international expansion phase. After opening stores in London, Paris and Berlin in recent years, Sneakersnstuff is looking at the U.S. market. The Swedish company is planning to open a store in New York in the autumn. If this works, it may decide to continue its ...

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    Chaussea is opening its first store in Spain, in the...

    2017-04-25T00:00:00Z

    Chaussea is opening its first store in Spain, in the city of Alcorcón, ten kilometres from Madrid. The boutique of the French group, which is expected to employ 20 to 25 people, will be located in the commercial area of Parque Oeste. Chaussea plans to open five stores in Spain ...