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Obuv Rossii Group, the big Russian footwear company, opened 48...
Obuv Rossii Group, the big Russian footwear company, opened 48 new franchise stores in Russia in 2018. Of these, 28 were opened in the fourth quarter under the S-tep and Lisette banners. By the end of the year, Obuv Rossii was operating 161 franchises and more than 700 outlets overall. ...
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Since January, Schuhe24, the German-based online marketplace for independent shoe retailers,...
Since January, Schuhe24, the German-based online marketplace for independent shoe retailers, has been coming to the aid of physical shoe and fashion retailers with financial difficulties by offering interest-free liquidity support. It will also be expanding the range of its consultancy and advisory services in the future. Schuhe24 reports that some ...
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Eram, the French footwear retailer, is testing a new service...
Eram, the French footwear retailer, is testing a new service of home delivery. The pilot project, in partnership with Shopopop, is being tested in Nantes, a city with a population of around 300,000 in the western part of the country. The service is offered in cases in which the customer ...
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Etos, Brandt Software-Produkte and Ariston Informatik, in cooperation with the...
Etos, Brandt Software-Produkte and Ariston Informatik, in cooperation with the German Shoe and Leathergoods Industry Association (HDS/L), are about to launch a joint project: the “SPOCC – Single Point of Content and Communication” platform. The SPOCC was created in May 2018 as an alliance between industry representatives and technology partners. ...
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Ricosta has announced its decision to withdraw from the direct...
Ricosta has announced its decision to withdraw from the direct distribution of its products to Amazon, starting with the next autumn/winter collection. The German children's footwear specialist says it want to strengthen its retail partners, supporting their omni-channel activities and enabling better planning. The company said the move follows the ...
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Zalando plans to raise the number of its factory outlets...
Zalando plans to raise the number of its factory outlets in Germany from five to 11 by 2020
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Rolf Schäfer, a local entrepreneur specializing in sheepskin trading, has...
Rolf Schäfer, a local entrepreneur specializing in sheepskin trading, has obtained the authorization of Pirmasens' city council to set up a “Schuhstadt Pirmasens” (Pirmasens Shoe City) in the center of the German town, where many shoe companies are based. The €12 million project involves the construction of a new shopping ...
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El Corte Inglés has entered a wide-ranging cooperation with the...
El Corte Inglés has entered a wide-ranging cooperation with the Alibaba Group, covering cloud computing, trading, logistics and smart payments. The Spanish department store chain, which is a major player in the domestic sporting goods market, will have access to Alibaba's software solutions for large data analysis and customer relationship ...
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Liebeskind, the German brand of clothing, handbags, shoes and other...
Liebeskind, the German brand of clothing, handbags, shoes and other accessories, opened its first shop-in-shop for its Copenhagen shoe label in Antwerp at the beginning of December. The so-called “Your Premium Store” presents the shoe collections of Liebeskind's Copenhagen label over 15 square meters. An additional five to ten shop-in-shops ...
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Görtz, the big German shoe retailer, is asking suppliers to...
Görtz, the big German shoe retailer, is asking suppliers to grant it a 2.5% discount on its purchases, according to Schuhkurier, to make up for a sales decline this year due to a difficult market situation
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After launching its Google Shopping Actions in the U.S. in...
After launching its Google Shopping Actions in the U.S. in March, Google is reportedly planning to launch its marketplace also in Europe next year, starting with a beta test that has started France with big retailers like Auchan, Carrefour, Boulanger, Darty and Fnac
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Schuhe24 is entering the Swiss market. The online shoe retail...
Schuhe24 is entering the Swiss market. The online shoe retail portal that was created four years ago by Dominik Benner, a German shoe retailer and former member of ANWR's supervisory board, has signed a cooperation agreement with Digitec Galaxus, the leading online retailer from Switzerland. According to Digitec Galaxus, it ...
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Starting on Dec. 11, Zalando has been giving its German...
Starting on Dec. 11, Zalando has been giving its German customers the option to pay for the products they order on their iPhones with Apple Pay. It has also begun to test a “Smart Doorbell” and “Smart Doorlock” technology with the Belgian Post Office. The technology allows customers to open ...
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Golden Goose says it is planning to introduce an “emotive...
Golden Goose says it is planning to introduce an “emotive customization” concept at a new store that it will open in Milan in January, called Golden Goose Lab, where its craftsmen will adapt existing models to the customers' wishes. Silvio Camapara, chief executive of the Italian brand of distressed sneakers ...
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Dr. Martens is opening its third German store in a...
Dr. Martens is opening its third German store in a central location of Berlin on 60 square meters
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The Natural Store has filed for voluntary liquidation, closing its...
The Natural Store has filed for voluntary liquidation, closing its two stores in the Chelsea and Covent Garden districts of London. The retailer claimed to have opened the first shoe store on Neal Street in 1977, followed by many others. It is the property of The Boot Tree, which is ...
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Hermès has unveiled its first-ever Chinese e-commerce site. The site...
Hermès has unveiled its first-ever Chinese e-commerce site. The site offers ready-to-wear clothing for women and men, fragrances, shoes, jewelry, as well as its signature handbags except for its Kelly and Birkin models, which are not available. According to reports by Jing Daily, the overall design of the new Chinese ...
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Continuing a trend toward larger premium physical stores, CCC has...
Continuing a trend toward larger premium physical stores, CCC has opened a flagship of more than 1,000 square meters in the Max City shopping center of Pula in Croatia. It is the company's 25th store in the country.
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Zalando is launching a new strategy, called Connected Retail, to...
Zalando is launching a new strategy, called Connected Retail, to integrate online and offline channels as part of its evolution from an online retailer to an open ecosystem, or platform. Through Connected Retail, Zalando's fashion partners can take orders from Zalando customers themselves and ship the goods directly from their ...
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Kurt Geiger is opening a store in Birmingham's Bullring shopping...
Kurt Geiger is opening a store in Birmingham's Bullring shopping center
