News Briefs Retail – Page 32
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Minelli, part of Vivarte, announced the opening of its first...
Minelli, part of Vivarte, announced the opening of its first owned boutique in Belgium, near Brussels. The 65-square-meter boutique is located at the Woluwe Shopping Center, in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert. Minelli previously had three franchised stores in the country, located in Namur and Antwerp, which no longer exist. The new boutique was ...
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Rylko will open its first store in the U.K. later...
Rylko will open its first store in the U.K. later this month, Drapers has revealed. Founded in 1964, this Polish footwear chain has 120 stores in Poland and Vietnam, selling shoes that are made at its own factory near Kroakow. The new 700-square-meter store in the U.K. will open at ...
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Schuh & Schuh PKTS, the insolvent shoe retailing company that...
Schuh & Schuh PKTS, the insolvent shoe retailing company that was formerly known as Vögele Shoes, will close 15 of its 49 stores in Austria, affecting about 60 employees. Two stores in Innsbruck and Bad Ischl will be closed immediately, while the other 13 stores will be closed by the ...
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Snipes, the shoe retailer specializing in sneakers that belongs to...
Snipes, the shoe retailer specializing in sneakers that belongs to the Deichmann group, continues its expansion with its Onygo shoe retail concept, which is aimed exclusively at women and girls. After opening new Snipes stores in Cologne, Wetzlar and Koblenz in March and a new Onygo shop in Münster in ...
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Galeries Lafayette inaugurated a new center for Asian tourist groups...
Galeries Lafayette inaugurated a new center for Asian tourist groups in Paris on March 15. The 2,800-square-meter store, called Shopping & Welcome Center, is located at 21 boulevard Haussmann. The center has been designed by Ora Ïto, the brand name of the French designer Ito Morabito. The center's façade and ...
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Hermès has announced it is rethinking its digital strategy in...
Hermès has announced it is rethinking its digital strategy in consideration of the significantly higher growth rate of e-commerce sales compared with the growth of the company's overall turnover. The announcement was made at the presentation of the company's annual results. During the latest Christmas season, for example, the Hermès ...
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Spartoo, the French online shoe store, is becoming more hybrid...
Spartoo, the French online shoe store, is becoming more hybrid with the opening of a 14th physical store at Epagny. The company is targeting a total network of 100 stores with a combined retail surface of 5,000 square meters for its bricks-and-mortar operations.
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Vagabond recently opened its fourth company-owned store in Germany. The...
Vagabond recently opened its fourth company-owned store in Germany. The new store is located in the Europa Passage shopping center in Hamburg, measuring 70 sqm. The Swedish shoe brand, which has over 39 mono-brand stores worldwide, most of them in Scandinavia and Eastern Europe, is opening its fifth store in ...
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Kickers will be unveiling a new store concept called “Galerie”...
Kickers will be unveiling a new store concept called “Galerie” on April 12, at its French store in Marne-la-Vallée, in the suburbs of Paris. The 120-square-meter store will feature three thematic spaces for Casual, Urban and Sport styles, with the latest models in the three styles. The layout of the ...
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Superga has opened its 8th U.K. store in the Westfield...
Superga has opened its 8th U.K. store in the Westfield London shopping mall. As at four other Superga stores in the English capital, customers can book an appointment with an in-store artist to personalize their shoes for a fee of £10 (€12-$13).
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Bata is strengthening its presence in India thanks to a...
Bata is strengthening its presence in India thanks to a new alliance with Fynd, one of India's fashion e-commerce portals. Bata was already selling through other e-commerce websites in the country. The partnership with Fynd is said to make Bata's portfolio of products in New Delhi fully available. Fynd's integrated ...
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Mirapodo, the German online store for footwear that belongs to...
Mirapodo, the German online store for footwear that belongs to the Otto Group, intends to widen the utilization of its marketplace after a positive test with ten partners, which has generated sales of more than 120,000 pairs of shoes. Launched in 2010 through Otto's online platform for toys, MyToys, Mirapodo ...
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LVMH is planning the launch in April or May of...
LVMH is planning the launch in April or May of an e-commerce platform for all its brands as well as other more accessible luxury brands, according to Fashionnetwork. The group tried to launch a portal for its own brands in 2000, called eLuxury, but closed it down nine years later. ...
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Clarks has hired Harper Dennis Hobbs, a property consultancy, to...
Clarks has hired Harper Dennis Hobbs, a property consultancy, to advise on the review of its 550-store retail portfolio in the U.K. and Ireland. According to reports in Drapers, the move is not meant to lead to a drastic shake-up of the store portfolio. Rather, Clarks is looking for the ...
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Joseph Cheaney has opened its fifth store in London. Different...
Joseph Cheaney has opened its fifth store in London. Different from the others and more adapted to its neighborhood, it occupies 50 square meters on Henrietta Street in Covent Garden, described as a unique shopping hub focused on informal and stylish menswear. The store's decoration celebrates craftsmanship. One of the ...
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Pikolinos has completed the revamp of its flagship store in...
Pikolinos has completed the revamp of its flagship store in Elche, the brand's home town in Spain. The new design is also meant to reflect the ongoing transformation of the brand's image. Pikolinos has been expanding its retail network in recent years, both in Spain and overseas, including the opening ...
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Camper has opened its first CamperLab in Paris. The new...
Camper has opened its first CamperLab in Paris. The new store has taken over the space formerly occupied by Helmut Lang at 15 rue Debelleyme, in the city's 3rd district. The Spanish footwear brand launched the CamperLab concept two years ago. CamperLabs are experimental platforms for the brand to introduce ...
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Bata has celebrated a new store format called Red on...
Bata has celebrated a new store format called Red on the occasion of the reopening of its Italian store in Bologna. The 192-square-meter store, which is located at via Indipendenza 42, features multimedia displays and a special wall for sneakers. The red color is alternated with white to differentiate the ...
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Ruco Line has moved to a new and larger location...
Ruco Line has moved to a new and larger location at Milan's via della Spiga 48. The move coincides with the brand's 30th anniversary. Its former space at the corner of via Borgospesso will be the home of the brand's second line, Agile by Ruco Line. The 200-square-meter store on ...
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D.A.T.E. recently opened its first-ever flagship store. The 40-square-meter boutique...
D.A.T.E. recently opened its first-ever flagship store. The 40-square-meter boutique is located in Milan's via Ponte Vetero, not far from the Scala Theater and the Sforza Castle. Serena Santini and Filippo Santoni, the two architects who designed the store, opted for a minimalist style, with concrete and granite. The brand ...
