News Briefs Retail – Page 48
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Red Wing Shoes has changed the color of the leather it...
Red Wing Shoes has changed the color of the leather it uses for its heritage collection back to the way it was in the '70s. As usual, the leather and the shoes are made in Red Wing's own tannery in Minnesota. Red Wing Shoes opened two franchised mono-brand stores in two Asian cities, Taipei ...
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Clarks opened about 100 new mono-brand stores in Europe last...
Clarks opened about 100 new mono-brand stores in Europe last year. About 15-20 new stores were opened with Clarks' Eastern European distribution partners in Poland, Russia and the Ukraine. In Germany, four new mono-brand stores were opened in 2012. Altogether, there are now 20 mono-brand Clarks stores in Germany, most ...
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Zalando is launching a new online sales platform for luxury...
Zalando is launching a new online sales platform for luxury products, called Emeza. It's starting up with a beta version for the German market and in a small way with high-end women's clothing, shoes, handbags and other accessories by 30 designer brands. By the time of its full-fledged launch, planned to take place ...
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Schoenenreus, a Dutch discount shoe retailer with more than 200...
Schoenenreus, a Dutch discount shoe retailer with more than 200 stores selling sports and other footwear, obtained protection from its creditors yesterday. Its financial troubles were attributed to the uncertainties of Dutch consumers about the European economy and growing competition from online stores. Spread around the Netherlands and Belgium, Schoenenreus' ...
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Office, the successful British chain of young fashion shoes, is...
Office, the successful British chain of young fashion shoes, is planning to open its first two stores in Germany by next summer, according to the Drapers magazine. This should coincide with the launch of a German version of its website. The news could not be confirmed, but the chain's management ...
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The Salvatore Ferragamo boutique in Florence has recently seen the...
The Salvatore Ferragamo boutique in Florence has recently seen the reopening of an area dedicated to “Ferragamo's Creations,” the exclusive footwear line featuring some of the brand's classics and a collection of bags and accessories. Located in the Salvatore Ferragamo Museum, in Piazza Santa Trinità, the space will also house ...
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You all probably know the famous 10 Corso Como store...
You all probably know the famous 10 Corso Como store in Milan. A Chinese apparel company based in Guangzhou, Trendy International Group, has struck an agreement to duplicate the Italian boutique in Shanghai, offering selected brands and items to the most sophisticated local consumers. L Capital Asia, an equity investment fund ...
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Galeries Lafayette has signed an agreement with a Turkish group,...
Galeries Lafayette has signed an agreement with a Turkish group, Demsa, to open its first flagship store in Turkey in 2015. The 9,000-square-meter department store will be located in the future Boulevardi Mall commercial and entertainment center, in an elegant part of Istanbul's right bank. Demsa already operates two Harvey Nichols stores ...
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After opening its first store outside Spain in Beirut last...
After opening its first store outside Spain in Beirut last May, Gioseppo has opened another one in Abu Dhabi. Visitors to the store inhale a special scent that creates an association with the company's optimistic, eco-friendly and Mediterranean image. The Spanish company already has eight stores in Spain and Portugal, and ...
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Jimmy Choo is set to launch a new flagship men's...
Jimmy Choo is set to launch a new flagship men's store on Dover Street London, in the Mayfair district of London, next spring. The 1,200-square-foot, two-floor shop, featuring everything from shoes to bags, other leathergoods, scarves and other items, will reportedly replace the existing Jimmy Choo store in Burlington Arcade. Dover ...
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Pierre Hardy has launched its first e-commerce site for the...
Pierre Hardy has launched its first e-commerce site for the European market. It offers the winter 2012-13 collections for men and women, comprising footwear, bags, small leathergoods and jewelry. The site's simple black-and-white design and basic graphics echo the minimalist design of the French designer's stores. At the moment, purchases ...
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After a first store in Shanghai in 2010, the second...
After a first store in Shanghai in 2010, the second boutique of Shang Xia, the new Oriental brand of Hermès, opened in Beijing's China World Mall on Oct. 8, in the presence of the group's chief executive, Patrick Thomas, and former French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin. Designed by a renowned ...
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Roger Vivier has opened its third store in mainland China...
Roger Vivier has opened its third store in mainland China in Shenyang's Mall Forum 66, shortly after unveiling its Beijing flagship at the Yintai Centre and two years after the inaugural Shanghai flagship at Plaza 66. With a surface of 360 square meters, the new flagship in Shenyang is one ...
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Berluti has inaugurated a new mono-brand flagship store in Osaka,...
Berluti has inaugurated a new mono-brand flagship store in Osaka, at the Umeka Hankyu shopping center. The new store of the luxury menswear house, owned by LVMH, features shoes and leathergoods as well the new clothing collection that the brand launched earlier this year, signed by Alessandro Sartori. Berluti is ...
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Sergio Rossi inaugurates a new store design concept at its...
Sergio Rossi inaugurates a new store design concept at its 5-year-old Shinjuku Takashimaya flagship in Tokyo. The shape of the furnishing is inspired by the curvaceous silhouette of its high-heeled shoes.
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From Nov. 5 to Dec. 1, Sorel will be present...
From Nov. 5 to Dec. 1, Sorel will be present for the first time in the men's section of Galeries Lafayette's flagship store in Paris. The Canadian brand has been selling its products in the women's section of the department store since winter 2011. Sorel's sales diminished by 15 percent ...
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Frank Wright has launched a new transactional website allowing customers...
Frank Wright has launched a new transactional website allowing customers to streamline their footwear selection based on price, color options and styles. The new site of the British shoemaker also features a “Style Notes” section providing outfit suggestions and styling tips, as well as a blog section where customers can ...
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Dr. Martens is opening its first store in Boston, the...
Dr. Martens is opening its first store in Boston, the eighth in the U.S., at 201 Newbury Street. The 3,000-square-foot store will sell men's and women's boots and shoes, as well as clothing and accessories, two categories the company entered last year.
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Selfridges, which already boasts a successful, enlarged women's shoe department...
Selfridges, which already boasts a successful, enlarged women's shoe department at its flagship store in London, has now opened a men's footwear department of 15,000 square feet, said to be the largest one of the kind in the world. Twice bigger than before, it offers 3,200 styles by 250 brands, ...
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Ugg is opening its first store in Paris. It is...
Ugg is opening its first store in Paris. It is the first of a series of 15 stores that the brand wants to set up in France. Ugg already has seven boutiques in the U.K.
