News Briefs Retail – Page 39
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Mirapodo, the five-year-old online footwear store of the Otto Group,...
Mirapodo, the five-year-old online footwear store of the Otto Group, has extended its reach from Germany, Austria and Switzerland to all the other member countries of the European Union. However, all the pages on the website are still only in German. Shipment costs vary from one country to another. The ...
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Clarks reportedly told a Digital Forum organized by Drapers magazine...
Clarks reportedly told a Digital Forum organized by Drapers magazine that it is reviewing it free return policies for online sales in Europe. The company's head of e-commerce, Dave Elston, said the return rate is currently at 20 percent in the U.K. and 30 percent in the rest of Europe. ...
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Deichmann is reportedly planning to invest €130 million to expand...
Deichmann is reportedly planning to invest €130 million to expand its rapidly growing store network in Turkey, which currently counts some 110 stores. The German retailer reached sales of €130 million last year in the country with the sale of 6.5 million shoes. The turnover is expected to grow by ...
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Baldinini is launching a new e-commerce platform, created in collaboration...
Baldinini is launching a new e-commerce platform, created in collaboration with Triboo Digitale. The upgraded e-shop website, which has been optimized for smartphone and tablet, will enable the Italian luxury shoe brand to sell its products in 38 countries. Baldinini's collections of women's and men's shoes as well as accessories, ...
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After opening its own Italian subsidiary, with a showroom in...
After opening its own Italian subsidiary, with a showroom in Milan, Grendene has chosen two new locations for Melissa stores in the county, joining 59 other mono-brand stores around the world. One will be operating in Bologna's via Farini. The other will be located in the sea resort of Forte ...
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Prada has opened a store in the Steindl Haus, a...
Prada has opened a store in the Steindl Haus, a historical landmark building in the center of Salzburg, which preserves much of the flavor of the 14th century house. Prada has also opened a store in Johannesburg.
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Pittarosso is launching Pithagorà, a new banner dedicated to high-range...
Pittarosso is launching Pithagorà, a new banner dedicated to high-range running and lifestyle footwear. The Italian shoe retailer will open its firts Pithagorà store in Desenzano, on the southwestern shore of Lake Garda, on April 11. The 200-square-meter store has been designed by De Francesco+Silva. Pithagorà will be selling running ...
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Toms is going to open its first London store in...
Toms is going to open its first London store in Soho next month. It will join other brands such as Adidas Originals, Dr. Martens and Superga on Foubert's Place. Toms already has a British web store and several key accounts including Office and Schuh.
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Salvatore Ferragamo's first store in Scandinavia has just opened in...
Salvatore Ferragamo's first store in Scandinavia has just opened in Copenhagen on 180 square meters inside the centrally located Illum department store. Tod's has also opened a shop-in-shop in the Illum store, which is owned by Italy's La Rinascente since February 2013.
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Nobrand, the unconventional Portuguese brand of shoes, is set to...
Nobrand, the unconventional Portuguese brand of shoes, is set to open its first store in Medellin, Colombia, toward the middle of 2015. It will act a pilot for other stores in other countries. A possible location is Germany, a country where no other Portuguese brand is selling so many shoes, ...
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Wortmann has announced the opening of the 300th Tamaris store....
Wortmann has announced the opening of the 300th Tamaris store. It is operated by a franchise partner in the Dutch town of Leeuwarden. The first one was opened by a franchisee in Berlin ten years ago. There are currently almost 1,000 Tamaris stores and shop-in-shops operated by retail partners in ...
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Zalando continues to migrate to a partially hybrid retail mode....
Zalando continues to migrate to a partially hybrid retail mode. It is testing a click & collect process at its outlet in Frankfurt. It is also setting up temporary stores one after the other until May 9 in various Italian cities - Milan, Turin, Rome and Palermo - where visitors ...
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Vibram has revamped its store in Boston's Newbury Street, adding...
Vibram has revamped its store in Boston's Newbury Street, adding a “Sole Factor” space where customers can customize their shoes with a variety of Vibram soles. It also features a new gallery displaying more than 150 pairs of shoes developed with Vibram soles since the original “Carrarmato” sole introduced by ...
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Schuh, the British footwear chain owned by Genesco since 2011,...
Schuh, the British footwear chain owned by Genesco since 2011, has gone ahead with the opening of its first store on the European mainland. Others should follow. Measuring more than 300 square meters, the new Schuh store is located in the Centro shopping mall of Oberhausen. The mall is particularly ...
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Spartoo, the French online retailer, will open its first physical...
Spartoo, the French online retailer, will open its first physical store in Grenoble, the city where it was born in 2006, at the end of March. The move goes with its gradual diversification from footwear into handbags and clothing. The 85-square-meter store will have a trendy design and will allow ...
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Din Sko has launched an entirely new concept for its...
Din Sko has launched an entirely new concept for its retail stores in Sweden and has started the renovation process. The new interiors will be brighter and more trend-focused. Customers can be led to the right product through a variety of imagery and with playful text. Ingela Larson, chief executive ...
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Dune, the increasingly international-oriented British shoe retailer, has agreed to...
Dune, the increasingly international-oriented British shoe retailer, has agreed to join the Borderfree e-commerce platform, which allows its users to sell products in 100 different countries and territories, trading in more than 60 currencies. Some 175 U.S. retailers including DKNY, J. Crew, Barney's, Bloomingdale's and most recently Bergdorf Goodman are ...
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Widening its omni-channel strategy, Deichmann has opened a shop on...
Widening its omni-channel strategy, Deichmann has opened a shop on eBay. It offers a selection of about 1,700 models of shoes and accessories. The retailer operates 19 online stores around the world.
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Roger Hardy, the Canadian investor who bought the Shoes.com website...
Roger Hardy, the Canadian investor who bought the Shoes.com website south of the national border after selling a big international eyewear web shop, has re-launched its website with a new design and an expanded offer of more than 450 brands. Customer reviews, videos and improved product images facilitate the viewer's ...
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Through a local partner that has been working for the...
Through a local partner that has been working for the Spanish firm since 1999, 24Hrs of Spain has built up a nice network of 130 stores in China. They are generally placed in good locations. Like in other markets, the company offers reorders with quick deliveries from Spain.
