News Briefs Retail – Page 49
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Yoox has launched the first online shop for Brioni, the...
Yoox has launched the first online shop for Brioni, the upmarket Italian suit maker, as part of its joint venture with French luxury group Kering, established in Aug. 2012 to manage the monobrand online stores of several Kering brands. The addition of Brioni has brought the number of monobrand websites ...
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Service Value in Cologne has conducted a survey among 3,300...
Service Value in Cologne has conducted a survey among 3,300 consumers in Germany to evaluate the performance of 21 shoe brands and retail banners, both online and bricks-and-mortar, in terms of range of products, value for money, store concepts, customer service and many other parameters. The survey makes no distinction ...
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British independent shoe retailers elected Josef Seibel as bestseller in...
British independent shoe retailers elected Josef Seibel as bestseller in the categories of ‘Top Ladies Brand' and ‘Top Men's Brand' for this year's spring/summer season. The brand was ranked first in the overall men's footwear segment and in the women's comfort shoe segment. In the overall women's footwear segment, the ...
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Spartoo, the online retailer in footwear and fashion apparel, has...
Spartoo, the online retailer in footwear and fashion apparel, has been chosen by Google to evaluate and test its “Trusted Store” program in the U.K., France and Germany. Spartoo is the first online retailer to participate in this certification at the same time across several European countries. Google launched this ...
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Zippy, the Portuguese shoe retail chain that belongs to Sonae...
Zippy, the Portuguese shoe retail chain that belongs to Sonae Group, has opened the first of a series of four stores in the state of New York, based on a franchising deal with the Fawaz Alhokair Group, which is already a partner of Sonae in the Middle East. The first ...
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NeroGiardini is looking at China for the future development of...
NeroGiardini is looking at China for the future development of its network of franchised stores. The Italian company has opened six franchised stores in Russia since December and plans to add three others, according to Pambianco's news service. Looking within Europe, it recently opened a franchised store in Zurich as ...
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CCC, the fast-growing Polish shoe retailer, has reportedly appointed Frank...
CCC, the fast-growing Polish shoe retailer, has reportedly appointed Frank Riedel as expansion manager in Germany, with an office in Frankfurt. He had been working for C&A since 2007. After launching its stores in Austria, CCC is going to open its first three or four German stores before the end ...
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Mephisto opened two new mono-brand stores in Germany, managed by...
Mephisto opened two new mono-brand stores in Germany, managed by local partners, in Berlin and Lüneburg in August this year. Mephisto has a total of 874 mono-brand stores worldwide, 105 of them in China, about 100 in France and 35 in Germany. Altogether 36 new stores were opened in the ...
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Richter, the Austrian specialist for children's shoes, has opened its...
Richter, the Austrian specialist for children's shoes, has opened its first mono-brand store in Yemen. It is managed by a local partner, which plans to open more stores in the future, in cooperation with Richter. A second mono-brand store is planned in the United Arab Emirates next year. Richter only ...
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Fly London plans to open its third store in the...
Fly London plans to open its third store in the U.K. by the spring of 2014. The Portuguese shoe brand recently opened a new mono-brand store in London, which is owned and managed by the company. Fly London currently manages six mono-brand stores in Europe – two in Portugal, one ...
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Däumling has signed a centralized settlement contract with GMS for...
Däumling has signed a centralized settlement contract with GMS for the ‘Boys & girls' trade concept recently launched by the the German buying group. The concept of GMS involves marketing and financial support, as well as training for sales personnel and owners or store managers. The stores will be branded ...
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CCC, the Polish footwear retailer, is pushing forward its expansion...
CCC, the Polish footwear retailer, is pushing forward its expansion in Austria and is considering opening between one and three stores in Germany before the end of this year. It also opened its first two stores in Slovenia, in Velenje and Krsko, last month. Tomorrow, CCC will be celebrating its ...
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As of last month, 42 retailers had adopted the new...
As of last month, 42 retailers had adopted the new SportXtreme concept proposed by the GMS buying group at the beginning of this year. Thirteen have signed contracts with GMS in Germany, eight in Austria and 21 in the Netherlands. One Dutch store has already been renovated based on the ...
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Rexor is offering its affiliated retailers in Germany a bonus...
Rexor is offering its affiliated retailers in Germany a bonus of one percent of their total order volume for orders placed with Italian, Spanish and Portuguese suppliers. The bonus will be given by the German footwear buying group directly to participating affiliated retailers. Additionally, Rexor is offering its members an ...
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Bata India has opened its largest store to date in...
Bata India has opened its largest store to date in the Viviana Mall of Thane, north of Mumbai. It measures 6,100 square meters, allowing it offer no less than 2,500 different models. Its large format will be replicated at other locations in India, where the company is planning to open ...
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Peter Kaiser opened its first outlet store in Germany, in...
Peter Kaiser opened its first outlet store in Germany, in country's biggest outlet center in Zweibrücken, located close to Peter Kaiser's headquarters in Pirmasens. The store not only sells closeouts from previous seasons, but also products with defects from the current season. About 3 percent of the company's whole production ...
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New Balance is opening the first store featuring several of...
New Balance is opening the first store featuring several of its own brands. Called New Balance Life and located in the Burlington Mall of Burlington, Massachusetts, it will offer an expanded range of casual New Balance shoes along with a selection of the brand's athletic footwear, Aravon and Cob Hill ...
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+++ Zalando will have a pop-up store in place on...
+++ Zalando will have a pop-up store in place on Amsterdam's Kalverstraat between Oct. 2 and 6 +++ Gioseppo opens its third store in Beirut, Lebanon +++
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Hermès is moving its Milan flagship from the corner of...
Hermès is moving its Milan flagship from the corner of Via Sant'Andrea and Via della Spiga to the more prestigious Via Montenapoleone, taking the place of a Swatch store and others. Construction work has already started on the space, which should measure more than 1,000 square meters, according to reports. ...
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Louis Vuitton has created a special hand-embroidered shoe, the Pump...
Louis Vuitton has created a special hand-embroidered shoe, the Pump London, to celebrate the opening of a Louis Vuitton Salon in the shoe hall of Selfridges' department store in London. Only 24 pairs of the shoe have been made for the occasion.
