Russia’s biggest shoe manufacturer, Unichel , is restructuring its retail network to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. At the beginning of 2020, Unichel ran 600 stores in 250 cities in Russia and Kazakhstan, but last year it shut down 40 stores and opened 30 new ones, in ...
Going through two Covid-related lockdowns, French specialty retailers saw their average sales decline by 18 percent in 2020, although their online turnover jumped by 80 percent for the year, including a growth of 85 percent in December, according to their trade association, Procos . Shoe retailers suffered the biggest ...
The company voluntary agreement (CVA) of the upmarket British retailer L.K. Bennett was approved by creditors. It will result in five stores closing down and the remaining shops switching to turnover-based rents. The chain has 18 standalone stores. Among the creditors who voted against the CVA was the ...