News Briefs Retail – Page 45
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CCC, the fast-growing Polish shoe retailer, has reportedly appointed Frank...
CCC, the fast-growing Polish shoe retailer, has reportedly appointed Frank Riedel as expansion manager in Germany, with an office in Frankfurt. He had been working for C&A since 2007. After launching its stores in Austria, CCC is going to open its first three or four German stores before the end ...
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Mephisto opened two new mono-brand stores in Germany, managed by...
Mephisto opened two new mono-brand stores in Germany, managed by local partners, in Berlin and Lüneburg in August this year. Mephisto has a total of 874 mono-brand stores worldwide, 105 of them in China, about 100 in France and 35 in Germany. Altogether 36 new stores were opened in the ...
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Richter, the Austrian specialist for children's shoes, has opened its...
Richter, the Austrian specialist for children's shoes, has opened its first mono-brand store in Yemen. It is managed by a local partner, which plans to open more stores in the future, in cooperation with Richter. A second mono-brand store is planned in the United Arab Emirates next year. Richter only ...
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Fly London plans to open its third store in the...
Fly London plans to open its third store in the U.K. by the spring of 2014. The Portuguese shoe brand recently opened a new mono-brand store in London, which is owned and managed by the company. Fly London currently manages six mono-brand stores in Europe – two in Portugal, one ...
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Däumling has signed a centralized settlement contract with GMS for...
Däumling has signed a centralized settlement contract with GMS for the ‘Boys & girls' trade concept recently launched by the the German buying group. The concept of GMS involves marketing and financial support, as well as training for sales personnel and owners or store managers. The stores will be branded ...
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CCC, the Polish footwear retailer, is pushing forward its expansion...
CCC, the Polish footwear retailer, is pushing forward its expansion in Austria and is considering opening between one and three stores in Germany before the end of this year. It also opened its first two stores in Slovenia, in Velenje and Krsko, last month. Tomorrow, CCC will be celebrating its ...
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As of last month, 42 retailers had adopted the new...
As of last month, 42 retailers had adopted the new SportXtreme concept proposed by the GMS buying group at the beginning of this year. Thirteen have signed contracts with GMS in Germany, eight in Austria and 21 in the Netherlands. One Dutch store has already been renovated based on the ...
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Rexor is offering its affiliated retailers in Germany a bonus...
Rexor is offering its affiliated retailers in Germany a bonus of one percent of their total order volume for orders placed with Italian, Spanish and Portuguese suppliers. The bonus will be given by the German footwear buying group directly to participating affiliated retailers. Additionally, Rexor is offering its members an ...
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Bata India has opened its largest store to date in...
Bata India has opened its largest store to date in the Viviana Mall of Thane, north of Mumbai. It measures 6,100 square meters, allowing it offer no less than 2,500 different models. Its large format will be replicated at other locations in India, where the company is planning to open ...
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Peter Kaiser opened its first outlet store in Germany, in...
Peter Kaiser opened its first outlet store in Germany, in country's biggest outlet center in Zweibrücken, located close to Peter Kaiser's headquarters in Pirmasens. The store not only sells closeouts from previous seasons, but also products with defects from the current season. About 3 percent of the company's whole production ...
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New Balance is opening the first store featuring several of...
New Balance is opening the first store featuring several of its own brands. Called New Balance Life and located in the Burlington Mall of Burlington, Massachusetts, it will offer an expanded range of casual New Balance shoes along with a selection of the brand's athletic footwear, Aravon and Cob Hill ...
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+++ Zalando will have a pop-up store in place on...
+++ Zalando will have a pop-up store in place on Amsterdam's Kalverstraat between Oct. 2 and 6 +++ Gioseppo opens its third store in Beirut, Lebanon +++
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Hermès is moving its Milan flagship from the corner of...
Hermès is moving its Milan flagship from the corner of Via Sant'Andrea and Via della Spiga to the more prestigious Via Montenapoleone, taking the place of a Swatch store and others. Construction work has already started on the space, which should measure more than 1,000 square meters, according to reports. ...
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Louis Vuitton has created a special hand-embroidered shoe, the Pump...
Louis Vuitton has created a special hand-embroidered shoe, the Pump London, to celebrate the opening of a Louis Vuitton Salon in the shoe hall of Selfridges' department store in London. Only 24 pairs of the shoe have been made for the occasion.
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Prada is opening a portion of its new mega-store in...
Prada is opening a portion of its new mega-store in Milan's Galleria, which is due to cover almost 4,200 square meters of floor space. Meanwhile, Prada has opened its first free-standing store in the Shinsaibashi area of Osaka, spanning over 1,500 m² on five floors.
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Ballin is opening its third Italian flagship store in Porto...
Ballin is opening its third Italian flagship store in Porto Cervo, the famous seaside resort in Northern Sardinia, after its two doors in Milan. The new 70-square-meter space, in the shopping area of Piazza del Principe, brings to 23 the number of Ballin boutiques in the world, which also include ...
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Grupo Mascaró continues to expand the penetration of its Pretty...
Grupo Mascaró continues to expand the penetration of its Pretty Ballerinas brand in Latin America. After the successful opening of a store in Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, it has inaugurated a 30-square-meter store in the JK Iguatemi shopping center of São Paulo. The company plans to open further mono-brand ...
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Flip Flop is opening its fourth European mono-brand store in...
Flip Flop is opening its fourth European mono-brand store in in Münster, Germany, after opening stores in Amsterdam, Berlin and Cologne. The German brand, which is owned by Bernd Hummel, is currently developing a franchise program for Scandinavia and is searching for international agents.
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In the first half of 2013, Dr. Martens expanded its...
In the first half of 2013, Dr. Martens expanded its mono-brand store concept in the U.K. with eight additional stores, which were opened in Birmingham, Manchester, Brighton, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, plus two new mono-brand stores in London. Dr. Martens presented its shoe collections for the first time in the main ...
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Shoe Carnival is giving out prizes to the public as...
Shoe Carnival is giving out prizes to the public as it goes about opening 12 new stores in 11 cities around the U.S. this summer. One of the draws is being financed by Skechers. The retailer already has more than 360 stores in the country.
