News Briefs Retail – Page 30
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Deichmann is planning to open a big flagship store in...
Deichmann is planning to open a big flagship store in Munich around July 2019. Making ample use of large screens and omnichannel tools, it will occupy more than 2,000 square meters on two floors in the Joseph Pschorr Haus at 19-21, Neuhauser Strasse. The new flagship will take the place ...
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Golden Goose says it is planning to introduce an “emotive...
Golden Goose says it is planning to introduce an “emotive customization” concept at a new store that it will open in Milan in January, called Golden Goose Lab, where its craftsmen will adapt existing models to the customers' wishes. Silvio Camapara, chief executive of the Italian brand of distressed sneakers ...
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The Natural Store has filed for voluntary liquidation, closing its...
The Natural Store has filed for voluntary liquidation, closing its two stores in the Chelsea and Covent Garden districts of London. The retailer claimed to have opened the first shoe store on Neal Street in 1977, followed by many others. It is the property of The Boot Tree, which is ...
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Continuing a trend toward larger premium physical stores, CCC has...
Continuing a trend toward larger premium physical stores, CCC has opened a flagship of more than 1,000 square meters in the Max City shopping center of Pula in Croatia. It is the company's 25th store in the country.
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Ara has opened a store in the center of Lisbon....
Ara has opened a store in the center of Lisbon. It's the fourth store directly operated by the German brand in Portugal, where it also has a factory producing 7,000 pairs per year. It also has ten shop-in-shops in local footwear stores.
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Alibaba's Single's Day festival collected orders worth $30.8 billion in...
Alibaba's Single's Day festival collected orders worth $30.8 billion in terms of merchandise value on Nov. 11, or 27 percent more than one year ago. The 24-hour event in China was much more successful than the 36-hour Amazon Prime Day in July, which racked an estimated $4.2 billion.
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Adidas and Nike were among the 237 brands that generated...
Adidas and Nike were among the 237 brands that generated sales of more than 100 million yuan renmimbi (€12.6m-$14.4m) at Alibaba's Single's Day consumption festival on Nov. 11. New Balance was also a winner with 60,000 pairs of shoes ordered during a pre-sales program. Overall, consumers placed orders for a ...
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Want Shoes, a shoe retailer in Cologne that started selling...
Want Shoes, a shoe retailer in Cologne that started selling its women's products three years ago simultaneously via Instagram and through its own physical shoe store, has now launched its first online store, want-shoes.de, offering the same brands that are sold in the store, including Pomme d'Or, Fru.it, Ash, Aeyde, ...
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Bata is planning a massive retail expansion in India with...
Bata is planning a massive retail expansion in India with the opening of around 100 new stores and 50 new franchise stores across the country during the current financial year. The company has recently announced Sushant Singh Rajput as a new brand ambassador, to promote its men's casual range of ...
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Delka and Salamander Austria have joined ANWR Garant Austria, the...
Delka and Salamander Austria have joined ANWR Garant Austria, the local subsidiary of the German buying group by the same name. Delka has 36 stores in Austria. Salamander Austria has 35 stores in Austria plus 15 in Hungary, eight in the Czech Republic and four in Slovakia. Two sister companies ...
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Mücke, the big German shoe and sports retail chain controlled...
Mücke, the big German shoe and sports retail chain controlled by the ANWR Group, has launched a new concept store focusing on sneakers and streetwear in the company's hometown of Kulmbach. Its new KU13 offshoot brand store occupies 350 square meters in a former dental laboratory in the small city, ...
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In December Sneakersnstuff is opening a 3,450-square-foot store in Los...
In December Sneakersnstuff is opening a 3,450-square-foot store in Los Angeles, in close proximity to Venice Beach. The store will be designed by Jenny Askenfors of Bofink Design Studio, Sneakersnstuff's official design partner. According to reports by Footwear News, the company's co-founder, Erik Fagerlind, has said the next cities in ...
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Birkenstock has opened its first mono-brand store in the U.S....
Birkenstock has opened its first mono-brand store in the U.S. with big buzz in the media. Directly managed by the company and located at 120 Spring Street in the SoHo district of New York, it is the German company's 47th company-owned store. An artist, Amit Greenberg, developed a campaign that ...
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Allbirds, the U.S.-based brand of sustainable footwear, has opened its...
Allbirds, the U.S.-based brand of sustainable footwear, has opened its first store in the U.K. in London's Covent Garden. In the store, Allbirds will sell its signature line for men, women and kids that is made from ecological materials like wool, trees and sugar. The London site is the third ...
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The German-based GMS buying group has launched a new service...
The German-based GMS buying group has launched a new service for affiliated retailers to reduce old stock and to provide them with cash. The retailers decide which merchandise they want to get rid of, and GMS collects the old stock free of charge, but gets a commission on the sale ...
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LuisaViaRoma has announced the opening of a pop-up store in...
LuisaViaRoma has announced the opening of a pop-up store in New York, at Manhattan's Spring Studios, between November and December. The Italian luxury fashion retailer has also announced that its long-established boutique in Florence will be transformed into a full-fledged home, complete with lounge, dining room, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom ...
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Dr. Martens is the top British retailer on Instagram, according...
Dr. Martens is the top British retailer on Instagram, according to the latest Social Scorecard by Red Hot Penny. The study evaluates the social media engagement of the best-known store brands in the U.K. Dr. Martens is closely followed by Guess, Urban Otfitters, Timberland, Hollister and Lululemon. The report also ...
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Görtz, the big German shoe retailer that recently changed ownership...
Görtz, the big German shoe retailer that recently changed ownership and management, is expanding its omnichannel activities by launching a so-called “ship-from-store” service. The inventories of its physical stores are integrated with Görtz' online store. In that way, the stores are also used as warehouses for online orders. Görtz already ...
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Peter Kaiser, the German manufacturer of women's shoes, opened a...
Peter Kaiser, the German manufacturer of women's shoes, opened a new outlet store and adventure center, called “Werk 1,” at its headquarters in Pirmasens on Sept. 6. The new outlet store offers women's shoes, men's shoes, the Lurchi brand of children's shoes, and Falke socks as well as handbags on ...
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Dogo, the Turkish shoe brand, is expanding its presence in...
Dogo, the Turkish shoe brand, is expanding its presence in Germany by opening its second mono-brand store in the country in Cologne, after an opening in Berlin. Reportedly, Dogo plans to open additional mono-brand stores in Germany, at locations like Hamburg, Frankfurt and Munich. It already has stores in Turkey, ...
