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    Manolo Blahnik opens a store in Hong Kong

    2024-04-02T08:27:00Z

    Manolo Blahnik has opened a store in Hong Kong thanks to a joint venture with Bluebell Group. The two companies have been working together since 2016 and collaborate in various Asian markets. The partners already have stores operating under the banner of the London-based luxury footwear brand in Japan, Malaysia, ...

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    Manolo Blahnik hires Elodie Bougenault as chief commercial officer

    2023-06-23T16:01:00Z

    Manolo Blahnik has appointed Elodie Bougenault as chief commercial officer, effective June 26. She replaces Andrew Wright, who will ”focus permanently on delivering the significant long-term growth plans for the Americas.” In 2019, Wright became president of the Americas for the brand on top of his position as chief commercial ...

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    ​Manolo Blahnik revenues up 65% in 2021

    2022-10-16T13:19:00Z

    Manolo Blahnik posted revenues of €69.9 million in 2021, up by 65 percent year-over-year thanks to a triple-digit growth rate in digital sales. On a comparable basis, the top line rose by 47 percent. Ebitda improved to €8.8 million from €0.5 million. The company returned to a profit, with pretax ...

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    Manolo Blahnik wins Chinese trademark battle

    2022-07-25T09:22:00Z

    Manolo Blahnik has won a 22-year dispute to use its name in China. China is a “first to file” jurisdiction, meaning that the businessman Fang Yuzhou had obtained the rights to the brand’s name in 2000 following an application made in 1999. But in December 2020, the Supreme People’s Court ...

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    Manolo Blahnik launches virtual museum

    2021-11-16T17:19:00Z

    Half a century after opening his first boutique in Old Church Street, in Chelsea, London, Spanish footwear designer Manolo Blahnik is making the concepts behind his legendary stilettos, sandals, moccasins and boots available to anyone, anywhere, via his brand-new, technologically state-of-the-art virtual museum, which launches on Nov. 18, 2021. Conceived ...

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    ​Manolo Blahnik reopens a flagship store in New York

    2021-06-15T16:07:00Z

    The Spanish shoe designer Manolo Blahnik has opened a flagshp store in New York City on Madison Avenue, on the Upper East Side. The store was designed by interior designer David Thomas , along with Manolo and Kristina Blahnik. The brand closed its previous New York flagship ...