News Briefs Retail – Page 47
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Together with comfort shoe retailers, GMS has started a new...
Together with comfort shoe retailers, GMS has started a new concept, in order to develop the “best practice comfort shoe shop” for the future. After opening two pilot stores under the “Boys & Girls” trade concept, which was launched by the German buying group in 2013, GMS plans to open ...
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Michael Ziff, the former major shareholder and chief executive of...
Michael Ziff, the former major shareholder and chief executive of Barratts, has joined Harvey Jacobson in the launch of a new barratt.co.uk online shop, which is offering a variety of branded and unbranded footwear for the whole family. Their joint venture, W Barratt & Co., acquired the website and intellectual ...
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In spite of the tensions in Russia, Kering has decided...
In spite of the tensions in Russia, Kering has decided to invest in a four-level flagship store for Gucci in Moscow and a smaller store in the Gum department store. Gucci has also acquired control over the three stores in Moscow that were previously run by partners. Three other stores ...
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The Spanish stores of Camper and Pretty Ballerinas have started...
The Spanish stores of Camper and Pretty Ballerinas have started to offer two co-branded styles of footwear, made in Spain, that have been jointly designed a developed by the creative teams of the two companies. The new Camper Pretty Ballerinas line combines Camper's creativity and comfort with the rebellious spirit ...
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Pikolinos has inaugurated a new Mediterranean-style store concept with a...
Pikolinos has inaugurated a new Mediterranean-style store concept with a store in Alicante. The concept has been replicated in a pop-up store in the Isetan shopping mall of Shanghai earlier this month. The Spanish brand already has about 50 shop-in-shops in China.
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Deerberg, a German brand of ecological fashion, is setting up...
Deerberg, a German brand of ecological fashion, is setting up a network of mono-brand stores for shoes and clothing. The first shoe store of the company has opened in Münster's Hammerstrasse. It is laid out and decorated like a Swedish country house from the early part of the last century.
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Carlo Pazolini is determined to conquer the Italian market. After...
Carlo Pazolini is determined to conquer the Italian market. After the opening of flagship stores in Milan, Rome and Venice, the shoe retailer has opened 47 new corner stores inside Coin, the Italian department store chain, including the Coin stores in Milan, Turin and Rome. Carlo Pazolini is part of ...
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After three weeks of reconstruction, Salamander celebrated the re-opening of...
After three weeks of reconstruction, Salamander celebrated the re-opening of its store in Vienna, Austria, at the beginning of March. The sales surface on two floors was increased by 20 percent to a total of 355 sqm. The section for men's shoes was almost doubled, with brands such as Lloyd, ...
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Dune is opening its biggest store ever on 2,200 square...
Dune is opening its biggest store ever on 2,200 square feet to help accommodate its growing range of men's shoes and accessories, along with its women's shoes. It will also be the company's first store on London's busy Oxford Street, taking the place of a former Boots drugstore between the ...
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Gabor opened three new mono-brand stores in Germany in the...
Gabor opened three new mono-brand stores in Germany in the first three months of this year. The stores are in Münster, Heidelberg and Munich and are managed by retail partners.
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Promos, an Italian company specializing in the implemenation, promotion and...
Promos, an Italian company specializing in the implemenation, promotion and management of large commercial real estate projects, has presented Scalo Milano, an innovative commercial and real estate format that will be inaugurated near Milan in the summer of 2015, alongside the World Expo. Construction work is scheduled to begin this ...
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A big German fashion retailer, Wöhrl, is expanding and upgrading...
A big German fashion retailer, Wöhrl, is expanding and upgrading the footwear offers of its stores by setting up dedicated sections for them, starting with a 180-square-meter space in its store in Ulm. Others will follow. With a total sales surface of 8,500 m², the Ulm store offers mainly clothing ...
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Reno, the shoe retail chain from Germany with more than...
Reno, the shoe retail chain from Germany with more than 400 stores in the country, is offering its customers an interesting new smartphone app that allows them to compare the prices of shoes in its stores with the offers made by online retailers. The price comparison can be done immediately in ...
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Grenson opened the company's largest store in London in February,...
Grenson opened the company's largest store in London in February, at 40 Lamb's Conduit Street. It features a G:lab for partial shoe customization and repairs. It was the company's third opening in London and is being followed by another in the Soho district of the city this month.
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Bianco, the Nordic shoe retail chain based in Denmark, is...
Bianco, the Nordic shoe retail chain based in Denmark, is closing its 11 retail stores in Finland. The reason for the shutdown is said to be the economic downturn in the country. In the future, the company will focus on e-commerce in Finland with its own online store as well ...
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Ecco is opening its first French store on Paris' central...
Ecco is opening its first French store on Paris' central Avenue de l'Opéra. Another one will open shortly in Strasbourg. The Danish brand has about 200 wholesale customers in France but has many more clients in Germany and other European countries further north and further east.
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Office, the British chain of young fashion footwear shops, will...
Office, the British chain of young fashion footwear shops, will open a store in Bonn in April, to be followed by one in Cologne in the spring of 2015 that will take the place of an H&M store on Hohe Strasse. In Germany, the company already has two stores in ...
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Saks Fifth Avenue has opened “Saksneaks,” an in-store shop on...
Saks Fifth Avenue has opened “Saksneaks,” an in-store shop on the seventh floor of its New York City flagship department store, exclusively devoted to high-end sneakers. The department store said that the move follows a three-year period of great success for the whole dress/designer sneaker business, especially for men's shoes. ...
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Ruco Line will open a special store at the end...
Ruco Line will open a special store at the end of March on via del Babuino in Rome. Designed by a French architect, Jean Nouvel, it will use gypsum and steel to the maximum to put the spotlight on the individual shoe styles, presented like paintings in an art gallery. ...
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Kennel & Schmenger (K&S) will open its eighth mono-brand store...
Kennel & Schmenger (K&S) will open its eighth mono-brand store in Munich in April. All its mono-brand stores in Germany are company-owned with its most recent one opened in Wiesbaden in mid-2013. More are planned in 2014.
