News Briefs Retail – Page 2
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Scottish footwear retailer opens a store in England
Begg Shoes, a Scottish footwear retailer, has opened its first store in England. Situated in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, the store is the chain’s 10th location. Established in 1866, and still run by the Begg family, the retailer has nine stores in Scotland. It also has a website launched in 2015. ...
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Hoka opens its first store in Germany
Hoka, a division of Deckers Brands, has opened its first own retail store in Germany. The new flagship location is situated on Berlin’s Kurfürstendamm, one of the capital’s most prominent boulevards, known for its mix of historic charm, luxury retail and cultural landmarks. The store is designed to reflect ...
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Kenneth Cole launches a men’s footwear collection
Through a licensing agreement with Marc Fisher Footwear, the American fashion house Kenneth Cole has re-entered the men’s footwear segment with the launch of a fall 2025 collection. The 39-piece collection includes 17 items in the Kenneth Cole New York line and 22 in the Kenneth Cole Reaction line. The ...
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Manolo Blahnik’s 2024 sales down 19%
Manolo Blahnik reported that it posted a 19 percent drop in sales to €86.4 million in 2024, after suffering a 10 percent decline in 2023. Last year’s decrease was due to the company’s focus on direct-to-consumer (DTC) channels and macroeconomic headwinds. DTC sales grew by 13 percent to represent 32 ...
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Caleres partners with the buy now, pay later provider Afterpay
Afterpay, a provider of “buy now, pay later” payments, has entered into an extensive partnership with Caleres. Through the partnership, shoppers in the US can use Afterpay’s Pay in 4 and Pay Monthly options to purchase Caleres’ brands including Famous Footwear, Sam Edelman, Allen Edmonds, Naturalizer, Vionic, Bzees, Circus NY, ...
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Shoe Zone halves its earnings guidance again
Shoe Zone halved its full-year guidance for adjusted profit before tax to approximately £2.5 million pounds (€2.9m) from previous expectations of £5.0 million due to poor trading conditions. It also withdrew its current dividend policy. The financial year of the British footwear retailer ends on Sept. 27. In December 2024, ...
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Tamaris opens its first own store in Spain
Tamaris, a brand of the German footwear manufacturer and distributor Wortmann Group, is stepping into the Spanish market with the opening of its first monobrand store in the Iberian country. Following its expansion into France and Switzerland, with this new opening, Tamaris continues its expansion in Southern Europe. ...
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German footwear retailer Hans Leinweber dies at 84
Hans Leinweber, a veteran of German footwear retailing, has died at the age of 84 after a long illness. As the third-generation managing partner of the Berlin-based AS Group, Leinweber played a central role in shaping and expanding the company over several decades. Born in 1940 into a ...
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Boot Barn renews payment partnership with Affirm
Boot Barn Holdings, the parent company of Boot Barn, Sheplers and Country Outfitter, has extended its exclusive, multi-year partnership with Affirm, a payment network. The agreement allows consumers to continue using Affirm to pay both online across all three brands and in-store at over 450 Boot Barn locations nationwide. “Providing ...
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Schuhplus to cease operations at year end
The German plus-size shoe retailer Schuhplus will cease operations at the end of the year, after 14 years in business. The company has announced the closure of its locations in Dörverden and Saterland, both in Germany’s Lower Saxony region. Eleven employees will be affected. The owners, Kay Zimmer ...
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French footwear sales fall sharply in June
In June, French footwear retail sales fell by a seasonally and working-day adjusted 3.8 percent month-on-month, after falling 1.6 percent in May, according to the Bank of France. Overall, retail sales in France fell a seasonally and working-day adjusted 0.7 percent from May, when they contracted by 0.3 percent, the ...
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Keen enters trail running segment
US footwear brand Keen is entering the trail running market with the launch of its first-ever trail running shoe, the Seek, set to debut globally on July 25, 2025. The Seek combines Keen’s established reputation for comfort and durability with a lightweight, high-performance build aimed at recreational runners. Developed over ...
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Golden Goose opens in Milan and Dubai its first junior stores
Italian luxury sneakers brand Golden Goose has opened in Milan and Dubai its first stores dedicated to children’s footwear. The design of the stores is inspired by children’s bedroom, with every element featuring on an exaggerated scale – e.g. huge toys and an oversize bed. The opening of the two ...
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Inuikii opens its first flagship store in Zurich
Inuikii, a Swiss sustainable luxury footwear brand, is set to open its first flagship store in its hometown of Zurich, shifting its focus back to the domestic market after a period of strong expansion in Asia. Work on the store began in June, with the opening planned for September. Inuikii ...
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Genesco signs a licensee agreement with Wrangler
Genesco has signed a new multiyear licensing agreement with Wrangler, a US denim and lifestyle brand, under which the American footwear retailer will design, source and market men’s, women’s and children’s footwear under the Wrangler brand. “The agreement between Wrangler and Genesco is a strategic move for both companies, designed ...
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Freebird closes its HQ and most of its stores
The US footwear retailer Freebird has closed its headquarters in Denver and 14 of its 20 stores due to financial difficulties. Freebird is controlled by the turnaround company Ampleo, which was appointed as a caretaker by a Denver court on May 20. The retailer was reportedly being sued by KeyBank ...
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Saucony opens its first flagship store in the UK
On June 19, Saucony opened its first store in the UK, located in London´s Covent Garden, where a lot of sports brands are already present. Saucony wants its new store to be more than just a retail space; the brand wants to become a “meeting place for London’s running community.” ...
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Pajar to distribute Grendene brands in North America
Grendene has entered a new strategic partnership with Pajar, a Canadian group specializing in footwear and outerwear. Beginning with the spring/summer 2026 season, Pajar will serve as the exclusive distributor of diverse Grendene footwear collections across the US and Canada. The deal includes the brands Ipanema, Cartago, Zaxy, Rider, Azaleia ...
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Princesse tam tam, Comptoir des Cotonniers reportedly file for receivership
The French fashion retailers Princesse tam tam and Comptoir des Cotonniers have filed for receivership with a Paris-based court, the news agency AFP said citing a source close to the matter. The move was motivated by the ongoing deterioration of the retailers’ financial situation in a market that has not ...
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Naf Naf goes into receivership
Naf Naf was placed into receivership on May 30 by a commercial tribunal based in Bobigny, in the outskirts of Paris. The French fashion retailer is facing cash “difficulties”, according to the court. It is the third time in its history that it faces a judicial redress. The retailer ...
