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    Deichmann may double its store network in the U.K. over time

    2021-08-25T06:55:00Z

    The German footwear company Deichmann plans to expand in the U.K., where it could gradually double its network of 109 stores. In an interview with the Financial Times, Samuel Deichmann, the 28-year-old great grandson of the chain’s founder who manages the British business, said that the company sees ”a lot ...

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    Deichmann sales fall 20% in 2020

    2021-08-16T08:03:00Z

    The German retailer Deichmann suffered a 20 percent decline in sales last year, resulting in €1 billion in lost revenues globally, due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the chairman, Heinrich Deichmann, told Textilwirtschaft. In the interview, he said that the group had not dismissed any employees or closed ...

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    Deichmann names a new chief marketing officer

    2021-06-14T17:01:00Z

    Deichmann has appointed Sabine Zantis as chief marketing officer, replacing Christian Hackel . Zantis will report directly to Heinrich Deichmann , the chairman of the board of directors. Zantis, 39, joins Deichmann from the general retailer Aldi Nord , where she was managing director in charge of ...

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    Deichmann to use Targomo’s technology to select stores

    2021-06-14T08:21:00Z

    Deichmann has chosen Targomo’s technology to support it in its site selection in Germany, where it operates more than 1,400 stores. The German footwear retailer will use the company’s location intelligence platform to predict the potential of new sites and further improve the performance of existing shops. Deichmann, ...

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    Snipes buys the Polish chain Distance

    2021-06-02T05:45:00Z

    Snipes, the German-based sneaker and streetwear retail chain owned by Deichmann , is expanding in Poland with the acquisition of the retailer Distance . The deal still has to obtain regulatory clearance and no financial details were released. Distance has been active in Poland since 2003. It has ...

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    Puma and Deichmann launch a joint campaign

    2021-03-29T08:39:00Z

    Puma and the German retailer Deichmann have launched the #WhateverSuitsYou campaign, which features the American singer Bebe Rexha. The campaign targets women and advocates to wear fashion that suits you. It is accompanied by a capsule collection comprising two sneaker models and three bags. The products are priced between €14.99 ...

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    Josef Seibel inaugurates Kenyan factory

    2020-11-17T18:11:00Z

    Josef Seibel Group inaugurated its factory in Ukunda, Kenya, on Nov. 9. The ceremony was attended by the owner of the group, Carl-August Seibel , and the chief executive Stefan Wentzel . The factory will produce leather school shoes destined to the Kenyan market under the Romika ...

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    Nike manager switches to Snipes

    2020-10-30T17:26:00Z

    The Deichmann group has appointed a long-time Nike manager to the new position of European general manager for Snipes , its international chain of sneaker shops. Starting on Nov. 1, he will join Snipes’ founder and chief executive, Sven Voth , and Tim Spickenborn , the chief financial ...

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    Buffalo beefs up its sales team

    2020-09-13T16:15:00Z

    Buffalo , the German footwear brand acquired by Deichmann in October 2016, has hired three new sales representatives for the German and Austrian markets. Torben-Friis Steffen will oversee the East/West region in Germany, Klaus Kaiser will cover Southern Germany and Austria and Magnus von Dobbeler ...

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    Deichmann unit vanHaren to buy 43 Brantano stores in Belgium

    2020-08-26T15:37:00Z

    The Dutch footwear retailer vanHaren , a unit of the German retailer Deichmann , will take over 43 Brantano stores located in Belgium on Oct. 1. This represents less than half of Brantano’s more than 100 stores in the country. The details of the agreement still have to ...

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    Samuel Deichmann joins operational management team

    2020-08-11T17:41:00Z

    Samuel Deichmann , 27, has joined the six-member operational management team of the family-owned Deichmann group. Since Aug. 1, he is in charge of digital innovation, investments and corporate development, including parts of the physical retailing activity. Samuel Deichmann is the fourth generation of the family involved in ...

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    Buffalo to launch vegan shoe collection

    2020-06-07T07:49:00Z

    Buffalo , the German footwear brand acquired by Deichmann in October 2016, launched its first vegan shoe models, developed in cooperation with the designer Marina Hoermanseder . The collection for the forthcoming autumn/winter season consists of five shoe models that are wholly made with vegan materials. They will be ...

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    Deichmann to support families in India during the current crisis

    2020-06-01T15:48:00Z

    Deichmann , Europe’s largest shoe retailer, will support about 15,000 families in India who are affected by the lockdown of schools due to the current coronavirus epidemic. The Deichmann Foundation and a local partner, AMG , will donate rice, vegetables, sugar, salt, tea, detergent and soap to supplement the ...

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    YouGov survey

    2020-03-24T14:41:00Z

    YouGov , a market research institute, recently published an online survey of 900,000 Germans aged 18 and over. According to that survey, Deichmann offers the best price/performance ratio in the German fashion retail sector. A German chain of drugstores, dm , ranked first overall, followed by Lidl and Deichmann. C ...

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    Deichmann to sell Adidas, Nike

    2020-03-24T14:34:00Z

    Europe’s largest shoe retailer, Deichmann , will be selling shoes, accessories and sports apparel from Adidas and Nike . The items will be available from Deichmann’s online store and from certain of the German shoe retailer’s brick-and-mortar stores. Deichmann is launching sports apparel in its stores with an influencer campaign ...