News Briefs Retail – Page 29

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    Treds, a multi-brand footwear retailer in the U.K. (not to...

    2019-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Treds, a multi-brand footwear retailer in the U.K. (not to be confused with the U.S. maker of rubber footwear), has been placed in administration, a legal procedure similar to bankruptcy protection in the U.S. For now, Treds' 21 stores, e-tail site and staff of 165 will be carrying out business ...

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    Obuv Rossii Group, the big Russian footwear company, opened 48...

    2019-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Obuv Rossii Group, the big Russian footwear company, opened 48 new franchise stores in Russia in 2018. Of these, 28 were opened in the fourth quarter under the S-tep and Lisette banners. By the end of the year, Obuv Rossii was operating 161 franchises and more than 700 outlets overall. ...

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    Sergio Rossi has signed a long-term lease with Thor Equities...

    2019-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Sergio Rossi has signed a long-term lease with Thor Equities Group for some 2,000 square feet of retail space at 680 Madison Avenue in New York. The ground floor space has 25 feet of frontage on Madison Avenue.

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    Mirapodo, a German online store for footwear that belongs to the...

    2019-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Mirapodo, a German online store for footwear that belongs to the Otto Group, will launch two new private brands of shoes for the spring/summer 2019 season. Mirapodo's first private brand, called Jolana & Fenena, launched in spring 2017 with 55 models. It has since been expanded to more than 250 models. ...

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    Since January, Schuhe24, the German-based online marketplace for independent shoe retailers,...

    2019-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Since January, Schuhe24, the German-based online marketplace for independent shoe retailers, has been coming to the aid of physical shoe and fashion retailers with financial difficulties by offering interest-free liquidity support. It will also be expanding the range of its consultancy and advisory services in the future. Schuhe24 reports that some ...

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    After launching its first private label for women, called Franz...

    2019-02-09T00:00:00Z

    After launching its first private label for women, called Franz Ferdinand, in September 2018 – in time for the spring/summer 2019 season – Schuhe24, the online marketplace for independent shoe retailers, has now opened its first brick-and-mortar store in Germany. The new Franz Ferdinand store is company-owned and located in the city ...

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    Vivarte, the mother company of a number of French retailers...

    2019-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Vivarte, the mother company of a number of French retailers including La Halle, Caroll and Minelli, is being heavily affected by the yellow vests protests. Patrick Puy, Vivarte's chief executive, said in an interview with Europe 1, a French radio channel, on Jan. 30, that the loss in turnover for ...

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    Kat Maconie has opened her first store, ten years after...

    2019-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Kat Maconie has opened her first store, ten years after launching her eponymous brand, in 2009. The first concept store of the British footwear designer is located in London, in the busy neighborhood of Bermondsey, best known for its converted warehouse buildings. The store's interior, designed by Emma Larsson Revitt, ...

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    Etos, Brandt Software-Produkte and Ariston Informatik, in cooperation with the...

    2019-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Etos, Brandt Software-Produkte and Ariston Informatik, in cooperation with the German Shoe and Leathergoods Industry Association (HDS/L), are about to launch a joint project: the “SPOCC – Single Point of Content and Communication” platform. The SPOCC was created in May 2018 as an alliance between industry representatives and technology partners. ...

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    Eram, the French footwear retailer, is testing a new service...

    2019-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Eram, the French footwear retailer, is testing a new service of home delivery. The pilot project, in partnership with Shopopop, is being tested in Nantes, a city with a population of around 300,000 in the western part of the country. The service is offered in cases in which the customer ...

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    Ricosta has announced its decision to withdraw from the direct...

    2019-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Ricosta has announced its decision to withdraw from the direct distribution of its products to Amazon, starting with the next autumn/winter collection. The German children's footwear specialist says it want to strengthen its retail partners, supporting their omni-channel activities and enabling better planning. The company said the move follows the ...

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    Schuhe24 is entering the Swiss market. The online shoe retail...

    2018-12-26T00:00:00Z

    Schuhe24 is entering the Swiss market. The online shoe retail portal that was created four years ago by Dominik Benner, a German shoe retailer and former member of ANWR's supervisory board, has signed a cooperation agreement with Digitec Galaxus, the leading online retailer from Switzerland. According to Digitec Galaxus, it ...

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    Starting on Dec. 11, Zalando has been giving its German...

    2018-12-26T00:00:00Z

    Starting on Dec. 11, Zalando has been giving its German customers the option to pay for the products they order on their iPhones with Apple Pay. It has also begun to test a “Smart Doorbell” and “Smart Doorlock” technology with the Belgian Post Office. The technology allows customers to open ...

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    Liebeskind, the German brand of clothing, handbags, shoes and other...

    2018-12-26T00:00:00Z

    Liebeskind, the German brand of clothing, handbags, shoes and other accessories, opened its first shop-in-shop for its Copenhagen shoe label in Antwerp at the beginning of December. The so-called “Your Premium Store” presents the shoe collections of Liebeskind's Copenhagen label over 15 square meters. An additional five to ten shop-in-shops ...

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    Rolf Schäfer, a local entrepreneur specializing in sheepskin trading, has...

    2018-12-26T00:00:00Z

    Rolf Schäfer, a local entrepreneur specializing in sheepskin trading, has obtained the authorization of Pirmasens' city council to set up a “Schuhstadt Pirmasens” (Pirmasens Shoe City) in the center of the German town, where many shoe companies are based. The €12 million project involves the construction of a new shopping ...

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    El Corte Inglés has entered a wide-ranging cooperation with the...

    2018-12-26T00:00:00Z

    El Corte Inglés has entered a wide-ranging cooperation with the Alibaba Group, covering cloud computing, trading, logistics and smart payments. The Spanish department store chain, which is a major player in the domestic sporting goods market, will have access to Alibaba's software solutions for large data analysis and customer relationship ...

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    Schuhe.de, the ANWR Group's internet platform for shoe retailers, is...

    2018-11-27T00:00:00Z

    Schuhe.de, the ANWR Group's internet platform for shoe retailers, is expanding into Austria. The German buying group has launched a new internet platform there, called Schuhe.at, where affiliated retailers will be able to sell their products as of 2019.

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    Schuhe.de, the ANWR Group's fast-growing German internet platform, has signed...

    2018-11-27T00:00:00Z

    Schuhe.de, the ANWR Group's fast-growing German internet platform, has signed a cooperation agreement with Mirapodo. Retailers affiliated with Schuhe.de will be able to offer their product lines through Mirapodo. ANWR has recently signed similar agreements with Amazon, Zalando, eBay and Spartoo, the French online shoe retailer that has agreed to ...

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    Zalando is launching a new strategy, called Connected Retail, to...

    2018-11-27T00:00:00Z

    Zalando is launching a new strategy, called Connected Retail, to integrate online and offline channels as part of its evolution from an online retailer to an open ecosystem, or platform. Through Connected Retail, Zalando's fashion partners can take orders from Zalando customers themselves and ship the goods directly from their ...

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    Hermès has unveiled its first-ever Chinese e-commerce site. The site...

    2018-11-27T00:00:00Z

    Hermès has unveiled its first-ever Chinese e-commerce site. The site offers ready-to-wear clothing for women and men, fragrances, shoes, jewelry, as well as its signature handbags except for its Kelly and Birkin models, which are not available. According to reports by Jing Daily, the overall design of the new Chinese ...