News Briefs Retail – Page 34
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Ecco has opened its second store in Berlin. The flagship...
Ecco has opened its second store in Berlin. The flagship store measures 120 square meters and is located in the central Friedrichstrasse. It has a special area for children's shoes. The store is based on the premium concept that the brand has also adopted for its flagship store in Hamburg. ...
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Luisaviaroma, the famous retailer of original apparel and accessories in...
Luisaviaroma, the famous retailer of original apparel and accessories in the center of Florence, has become a big international online store. Its global sales are expected to reach €160 million this year, only €2.4 million of which are generated by its physical store, first opened in 1930. The rest is ...
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Tamaris is working with Wirecard to process payments and risk...
Tamaris is working with Wirecard to process payments and risk management for the online store of the brand in 16 European countries. Wirecard has been working for the Wortmann Group since 2012, taking care of Tamaris' German, Austrian and French online stores. The cooperation has now been expanded to 13 ...
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China will overtake the U.S. to become the world's biggest...
China will overtake the U.S. to become the world's biggest retail market in 2016, with estimated total sales of $4.886 trillion, compared with $4.823 trillion for the U.S., according to Emarketer. The New York-based research firm added that China will remain the world's largest retail e-commerce market, with sales forecast ...
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Sabu, the German shoe retailers' cooperative, has launched the programming...
Sabu, the German shoe retailers' cooperative, has launched the programming stage of a “drive to retail” online platform where members can show their products and services, localizing the potential customer and offering a “click & reserve” function. After a terrible month of September, due to the weather, Sabu's management is ...
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The founders of Footasylum and JD Sports, David Makin and...
The founders of Footasylum and JD Sports, David Makin and John Wardle, have launched 7Liverpool, a new store and concept in the English city of Liverpool. The new 1,090-square-foot store is located at Liverpool ONE, a large shopping, leisure and residential complex. The store specializes in men's designer footwear, including ...
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André and San Marina, two of the shoe retail chains...
André and San Marina, two of the shoe retail chains owned by the Vivarte group, are going to promote the sale of children's shoes. Turning into a more family-oriented retailer, the André chain will offer a range of children's shoes at selected locations in France from next February. The program ...
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Retail News reports that Solebox should open a store in...
Retail News reports that Solebox should open a store in Amsterdam before the end of the year, bringing the striking German sneaker retail concept into the Netherlands. As detailed in the Dutch trade publication, Solebox currently trades with two stores in Berlin and one in Munich. An original Solebox feature ...
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Kenneth Cole is planning to close all of its retail...
Kenneth Cole is planning to close all of its retail locations in the U.S. in the next six months, except for the two stores in New York City and Arlington, in the Washington, DC area. The brand, which currently operates 63 outlet stores, intends to focus its energies on its ...
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Hermès has opened a new store in Rome, at 23...
Hermès has opened a new store in Rome, at 23 via Bocca di Leone, that occupies a 15th century palace. With 600 square meters on two floors, it is the brand's largest one in Italy. It takes the place of another store in nearby Via Condotti, which will be used ...
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Dr. Martens will shortly open its second store in Paris,...
Dr. Martens will shortly open its second store in Paris, based on a new industrial design concept. The English brand has opened a new store in its home country, in Hull. It will also add two stores in the Benelux countries, where it already has four. They will be located ...
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China will overtake the U.S. to become the world's biggest...
China will overtake the U.S. to become the world's biggest retail market in 2016, with estimated total sales of $4.886 trillion, compared with $4.823 trillion for the U.S., according to Emarketer. The New York-based research firm added that China will remain the world's largest retail e-commerce market, with sales forecast ...
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Asics Corp. has opened the first directly managed Asics Tiger...
Asics Corp. has opened the first directly managed Asics Tiger store in the Shinsalbashi district of Osaka. The store sports a new logo for this brand, which the Japanese sports shoe company launched at the beginning of 2015 for a new collection of retro-athletic, sports-inspired lifestyle shoes that are not ...
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As reported by Textilwirtschaft, Vögele Shoes is rolling out its...
As reported by Textilwirtschaft, Vögele Shoes is rolling out its new retail concept as well as its product range. The Swiss shoe retail chain, which belongs to Karl Vögele and is not financially connected with the Charles Vögele chain of apparel stores being sold to Italy's OVS retail group, is ...
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Timberland has launched its “Design Your Own” (DYO) online service...
Timberland has launched its “Design Your Own” (DYO) online service in Europe, allowing consumers to create their own personalized shoes. The “Timberland DYO” program, now available in Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain, offers a choice among 11 men's, women's and children's models, including the 6-inch Premium Boot, the ...
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Karl Faurholt, the 19-year-old Danish artist who is behind a...
Karl Faurholt, the 19-year-old Danish artist who is behind a custom sneaker sensation, KarlsKicks, has decided to open a physical store in the center of Copenhagen. In the past year Faurholt earned 700,000 Danish kroner (€94,063.0-$105,486.1) from painting and renovating people's sneakers with the goal of making every single pair of ...
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Sonae, the Portugal-based multi-brand retailer, is partnering with Argo to...
Sonae, the Portugal-based multi-brand retailer, is partnering with Argo to expand the Zippy stores, its children's clothing and footwear brand, in Ukraine. The brand already has 15 spaces in Spain in partnership with El Corte Ingles. The recent agreement between Sonae and Argo has enabled the opening of seven Zippy ...
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Floris van Bommel opened the third company-owned mono-brand store in...
Floris van Bommel opened the third company-owned mono-brand store in Germany. Located in a Hamburg shopping center, it has a sales surface of 70 sqm. The opening was accompanied by the launch of a special model, “Monkey's Business,” developed in cooperation with Bendix Bauer, an illustrator from Berlin. The industrial-vintage ...
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Birkenstock has opened its first company-owned mono-brand store in Spain....
Birkenstock has opened its first company-owned mono-brand store in Spain. Over 220 shoe items, from classical sandals to sneakers, as well as kids' shoes, socks and bags, are offered in the store, covering 54 sqm in the famous Calle Fuencarral in Madrid. The design of the store is in line ...
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Baldinini has opened its first store in the U.S. The...
Baldinini has opened its first store in the U.S. The boutique is located in The Mall at Short Hills in Short Hills, New Jersey, not far from Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark. The mall is a popular destination for international travelers. For the past five years, the Italian luxury ...
