News Briefs Retail – Page 40
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After opening its first store outside its home country in...
After opening its first store outside its home country in Luxembourg in December, Eureka Shoe of Portugal will open one in Amsterdam during the second half of 2015. Owned by Alberto Sousa, one of the major shoe manufacturers in the country, with a daily production of 2,500 pairs, Eureka has ...
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Crocs announced it would test a new sales concept at...
Crocs announced it would test a new sales concept at the Tokyo Midtown mall in Akasaka, on March 5-8, with the opening of a temporary store using drones instead of salespeople. Customers at the “flying shoe shop” select a shoe model on an iPad and, according to Crocs, a drone ...
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Deckers Brands has launched a multi-brand e-commerce platform in Singapore...
Deckers Brands has launched a multi-brand e-commerce platform in Singapore and Australia, to be followed by openings in Hong Kong at the end of this month, and Malaysia and South Korea before the end of June. The company plans to launch it in New Zealand and Taiwan in 2016 and ...
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Görtz is going to completely refurbish its big, original flagship...
Görtz is going to completely refurbish its big, original flagship store in Hamburg this year. The German shoe retailer will also develop a new e-commerce platform together with an e-commerce agency in Hamburg, Commerce Plus, to start-up later this year. This is part of a new omni-channel strategy where online ...
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Mirapodo, the online shoe store operated by the Otto Group,...
Mirapodo, the online shoe store operated by the Otto Group, is going to offer the shoes of the British Next chain in Germany, starting this month. The product range is being expanded for the spring/summer 2015 season with the addition of other brands such as S.Oliver and Kappa. The Otto ...
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Estate, a Chinese multi-brand retailer focusing on premium footwear and...
Estate, a Chinese multi-brand retailer focusing on premium footwear and accessories for men, women and children, was given the Micam Retail Award for the best foreign buyer at the recent edition of theMicam in Milan. Based in Quingdao, Estate has eight stores in major Chinese cities and a web store. ...
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Church's shoes will be on sale for the first time...
Church's shoes will be on sale for the first time in India following a distribution agreement of the British brand with Heel & Buckle, an Indian luxury retailer. Heel & Buckle has currently three multi-brand footwear stores in Mumbai, Delhi and Gurgaon, but has plans to open at least 10 ...
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Spartoo, the French shoe e-tailer, has launched its first three...
Spartoo, the French shoe e-tailer, has launched its first three private labels of shoes, handbags and clothing, following the preferences of its customers. The Moony Mood brand stands for accessible fantasy, Fericelli for accessible luxury and BT London for trendy urban fashion. The most expensive boots are €300 a pair.
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Schuhe.de, the online platform launched by ANWR Schuh, to connect...
Schuhe.de, the online platform launched by ANWR Schuh, to connect consumers with the e-commerce sites of the retailers affiliated with the German cooperative, has enhanced its capabilities. Consumers were able to check the availability of the product they were looking for at the retailers' stores before going to purchase the ...
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Ugg Australia is opening a new technology-driven concept store in...
Ugg Australia is opening a new technology-driven concept store in the upscale Tysons Galleria at the Tysons II mall in McLean, Virginia, in the outskirts of Washington, DC. The 2,110-square-foot store serves as the second innovation lab for Deckers Brands, Ugg Australia's parent company. The first, a multi-brand showcase located ...
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Red Wing Shoes opened its seventh mono-brand store in Europe...
Red Wing Shoes opened its seventh mono-brand store in Europe in Cologne in October. The company has six franchised stores in Europe: in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and London. WeWoTex from Erkelenz is managing the new franchised store in Cologne. Red Wing Shoes also has franchised stores in Seoul ...
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Palladium is opening a second store in Paris. The French...
Palladium is opening a second store in Paris. The French brand, which is owned by K-Swiss, already has stores in Amsterdam and London.
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Prada said it is planning new openings for its pastry...
Prada said it is planning new openings for its pastry business, Pasticceria Marchesi, which it bought in March. The fashion designer said new Marchesi shops will open both in Milan and internationally, in Dubai, Hong Kong and Tokyo. Founded in 1824, the Pasticceria Marchesi is a symbol of Milanese excellence ...
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The first four stores of Cartujano are opening this month...
The first four stores of Cartujano are opening this month at prime locations in Paris (rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré), Madrid, London and Berlin (Kurfürstendamm). Named after a breed of Spanish horses bred by Carthusian monks in the 15th century, the brand stands for a line of high-end, contemporary, Goodyear-welted shoes ...
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Dune has opened its first American store in the SoHo...
Dune has opened its first American store in the SoHo district of New York. The next one is set to go on stream next year in the new Westfield World Trade Center of Manhattan. The British shoe retailer is targeting the opening of between 20 and 30 stores in the ...
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Prada has opened an 860-square-meter store in the Swiss city...
Prada has opened an 860-square-meter store in the Swiss city of Lugano, after starting up its own store on Zurich's central Banhofstrasse at the beginning of this year. The Italian group is working on a more direct basis in the country, breaking up a partnership of more than 20 years ...
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In spite of the tense political and economic situation in...
In spite of the tense political and economic situation in Russia, Gucci has almost simultaneously inaugurated two new stores in Moscow, one on Petrovka Street and the other in the Gum shopping center. They measure 1,000 and 750 square meters, respectively. The larger one has a space for custom-made men's ...
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Casadei has opened its first Chinese store in the Plaza...
Casadei has opened its first Chinese store in the Plaza 66 mall in Shanghai. Another will follow in Beijng later this year. Three more stores are planned in China for 2015, starting with one in Hangzhou, and three more in 2016. The Italian company, which is boasting annual growth of ...
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As planned, Fly London has opened its 7th store on...
As planned, Fly London has opened its 7th store on Bleecker Street, in the Greenwich Village of New York, covering 60 square meters. It should be followed by other locations in North America, where the brand is growing quickly. The Portuguese brand already has stores in Lisbon, Porto, London, Dublin, ...
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Hennes & Mauritz launched its extended and improved range of...
Hennes & Mauritz launched its extended and improved range of shoes for women, men, youth and children in about 30 selected stores in nine countries, including China, the U.S., the U.K. and Sweden. H&M will add its extended product range of shoes to its online stores during this autumn. The ...
