News Briefs Retail – Page 51
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Manolo Blahnik, the luxury footwear designer, has until recently had...
Manolo Blahnik, the luxury footwear designer, has until recently had just one point of sale in the U.K., in Chelsea in London. But he has signed a deal with Kurt Geiger that will get his shoes into boutiques in the shoe departments of Harrods and Liberty. Kurt Geiger is the ...
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Zalando started up its Belgian online store on April 25,...
Zalando started up its Belgian online store on April 25, after opening its Swedish store on April 11. Like the Berlin-based company's other national websites, they both offer a wide selection of shoes and clothing. However, the customer can only return a purchase within 30 days, instead of the 100-day ...
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The flagship department store of Selfridges in London is set...
The flagship department store of Selfridges in London is set to triple the size of its men's shoe department from its present size of 5,497 square feet, making it easier for customers to shop through a presentation by categories instead of brands, says Drapers magazine. The number of brands would ...
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Dune Group is taking over operations from Kurt Geiger for...
Dune Group is taking over operations from Kurt Geiger for the men's shoe department of five House of Fraser stores in the U.K. next September, according to Drapers. Dune already handles the men's footwear departments of 51 other HoF department stores and licenses its private labels of women's shoes – ...
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Aigle has opened a new concept store at the bottom...
Aigle has opened a new concept store at the bottom of the high-traffic Avenue des Champs-Elysées in Paris. The 130-square-meter store is described as an intermediary stage toward a new retail concept that will be presented in mid-2013. A subsidiary of the Swiss Maus Frères group, Aigle already has about ...
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Sutor Mantellassi has opened a store at a prestigious new...
Sutor Mantellassi has opened a store at a prestigious new location at 3, via Montenapoleone in Milan. The 250-square-meter store, which has two levels, will also offer the company's new line of women's shoes. The Italian producer, which was taken over by E-Land of South Korea in September 2010 along ...
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Hermès is opening a pop-up shop dedicated to footwear near...
Hermès is opening a pop-up shop dedicated to footwear near its flagship store in Paris. The shop, opening on rue de Sèvres, will sell spring/summer styles as well as a preview of fall/winter shoes designed by Pierre Hardy. It will close down on July 19.
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Toms opened its first store in the U.K. yesterday...
Toms opened its first store in the U.K. yesterday - a pop-up shop in London's Covent Garden. The two-story shop will be open through June 28, selling its spring/summer shoe collection as well as eyewear.
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The women's-only Jimmy Choo store in the Elements mall in...
The women's-only Jimmy Choo store in the Elements mall in Hong Kong has expanded to include men's shoes, bags, belts and small leathergoods as well. Jimmy Choo Hong Kong, the new company created when Jimmy Choo bought out its joint venture partner Bluebell last year, will wholly manage the new ...
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Pittarello, the Italian shoe retailer bought last year by the...
Pittarello, the Italian shoe retailer bought last year by the private equity fund 21 Partners, captained by Alessandro Benetton, has undergone a rebranding in collaboration with the communication agency Casiraghi & Greco. The new corporate image was unveiled with the opening of a 1,500-square-meter store at the Milano Fiori shopping ...
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Neiman Marcus has acquired a minority stake in the Chinese...
Neiman Marcus has acquired a minority stake in the Chinese online sales platform of Glamour Sales Holding of Shanghai for $28 million. The American department store operator is planning to use this platform to start up an online shop with an offer of luxury products at regular prices before the ...
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Christian Dior has reportedly opened its largest store in the...
Christian Dior has reportedly opened its largest store in the world in Taipei. The 1,900-square-meter store is located inside the Taipei 101 skyscraper, which was the tallest one in the world until the Burj Khalifa was built in Dubai in 2010.
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Moreschi bolstered 2011 sales by 10 percent, reaching €35 million,...
Moreschi bolstered 2011 sales by 10 percent, reaching €35 million, thanks especially to five store openings in Asia. The Italian group aims to book a similar growth rate this year, helped by two new store openings in Eastern Europe.
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Fratelli Rossetti reopened its flagship store in Milan's Via Montenapoleone...
Fratelli Rossetti reopened its flagship store in Milan's Via Montenapoleone after a refurbishment that lasted six weeks. The group introduced a new concept designed by the French architect François Muracciole that will be rolled out in all its 27 directly operated stores. The new format aims to improve the product ...
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The French group Longchamp has opened its first store in...
The French group Longchamp has opened its first store in Milan. The shop is located in Via della Spiga and has a section dedicated to footwear, a product range that the group aims to develop along with ready-to-wear. Longchamp has 236 stores and 1,800 wholesale clients and plans to expand ...
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Grendene has opened its first Melissa flagship store outside Brazil...
Grendene has opened its first Melissa flagship store outside Brazil in the SoHo district of New York. Located on Greene Street, it is inspired by the “Galeria” of the Melissa store in São Paulo. Other openings are envisaged in Europe and Asia in the next months, possibly including a store ...
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Mellow Yellow has opened its first Japanese store in the...
Mellow Yellow has opened its first Japanese store in the Omotesando district of Tokyo. A Japanese actress and the 2006 Miss Universe, Chibana Kurara, participated in the inauguration.
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Liebeskind of Berlin continues to open new shops for its...
Liebeskind of Berlin continues to open new shops for its products, including an expanding footwear line, through franchisees. A sixth one has just opened in Paris. Others are due to open later this year in Salzburg, Graz and New York.
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After a year in a temporary location, Timberland has now...
After a year in a temporary location, Timberland has now reopened its concept store on Norrlandsgatan in Stockholm. Since 1997, the company has operated a store at the same place, but was forced to move temporarily, while the building was converted into a mall. The new store design features a ...
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Clarks will be selling its product range for children online...
Clarks will be selling its product range for children online for the first time from May this year. The company's online business is huge. The news caused quite a stir in the international shoe industry and during the GDS show held in Düsseldorf last month.
