All ANWR Group articles – Page 2

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    ANWR’s financial services offset declines at retail

    2021-06-03T09:38:00Z

    The German-based ANWR Group maintained its overall invoiced purchasing volume virtually stable at €17,845 billion in 2020, compared with €17,804 million a year earlier, thanks to growth at its financial services business which offset a decline in retailing caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Sales for the footwear business ...

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    Shoe retailing becomes an essential service in Bavaria

    2021-04-01T13:52:00Z

    ANWR Group has obtained a court verdict in Bavaria that allows its own 19 Schuh Mücke shoe shops to open their doors in the state as of April 1, despite a nationwide retail lockdown, because the sale of shoes is an “essential” service. The court’s decision is ...

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    ​ANWR and Sabu offer liquidity support to retailers

    2021-02-28T15:27:00Z

    The German retail cooperatives ANWR and Sabu are continuing to support their members by engaging in initiatives to underpin their liquidity as the coronavirus crisis drags on. ANWR Group is offering its affiliated national and international footwear, sporting goods and leathergoods retailers a €150 million financing ...

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    ANWR Group posts growth in 2020 but footwear business hit

    2021-02-05T16:16:00Z

    Despite the challenging market conditions, ANWR Group expanded its business volume to €17.8 billion last year, up by 22 percent from the previous year. However, the coronavirus-related drop in orders hit the footwear and leathergoods businesses of the German cooperative. The group’s shoe business suffered a 20 percent ...

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    ANWR to hold hybrid trade fairs in 2021

    2020-12-31T15:11:00Z

    The German footwear buying group ANWR is planning its 2021 trade fairs in hybrid form, with physical shows in Mainhausen, near Frankfurt, and virtual events. The events in Mainhausen will only take place if the coronavirus situation allows. Regardless of possible ongoing coronavirus-related restrictions, ANWR is planning to ...

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    ANWR takes resellers to the Netherlands through Amazon.nl

    2020-12-30T11:47:00Z

    The German footwear buying group ANWR is making it easier for its partners to sell on Amazon in the Netherlands. Since the beginning of December, all resellers operating on the German Amazon marketplace through the e-commerce control tool Qualibet, which is run by ANWR Group’s unit ANWR ...

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    ANWR, GKK promote a German buy-local campaign

    2020-12-02T12:54:00Z

    While physical stores are still open in Germany, with some restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic, statistics show that customer traffic has declined dramatically in city centers, threatening the survival of many retailers. As in the U.K. and other countries, many customers are preferring to order products online for the ...

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    New concept manager for ANWR’s Quick Schuh

    2020-10-28T05:40:00Z

    The Ariston-Nord-West-Ring ( ANWR ) group has appointed a new concept manager for its discount-oriented franchising subsidiary Quick Schuh . Johannes Schnütgen , an experienced manager with an in-depth knowledge of the franchise concept, takes over the post from David Mastrorilli , who will now be responsible for ...

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    ​ANWR Group invests in online seminars to help retailers

    2020-08-04T08:45:00Z

    The German ANWR Group estimates that orders for the next spring/summer season will be around 30 percent below the average volume of the past years. For this reason, the shoe retailing cooperative recommends its members to be even better prepared than usual and organized an online seminar, “Limit Planning.” ...

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    ANWR Group grants KfW loans

    2020-06-11T11:18:00Z

    The ANWR Group ’s credit institutions, the DZB Bank and the Aktivbank , have received accreditation for the granting loans in behalf of KfW (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau or Credit Institute for Reconstruction) a bank of the German government that provides low-interest loans to support German companies, generally ...