News Briefs Retail – Page 58
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Karl-Heinz Müller, the boss of Bread & Butter, plans to...
Karl-Heinz Müller, the boss of Bread & Butter, plans to start up his second 14 oz. store in Berlin next October. It will occupy 600 square meters in the historical Cumberland House on the Kurfürstendamm, close to Hermès, Louis Vuitton and other major fashion stores.
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Deichmann entered the Portuguese market last August with a store...
Deichmann entered the Portuguese market last August with a store in the Forum shopping mall of Sintra. The German multinational chain was said to be planning to open five more stores in the metropolitan region of Lisbon before the end of 2011 – all in shopping centers.
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Groupe Royer is launching a chain of children's shoe stores...
Groupe Royer is launching a chain of children's shoe stores featuring models from all the brands that it owns or licenses. It's going to be called Kids & Kickers. In addition to its Kickers shoes for children, it will offer those of other group brands such as Aster and Mod'8 ...
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All the Tamaris stores that had been managed by the...
All the Tamaris stores that had been managed by the Tomorrow Group are being taken over by Wortmann, the parent company of Tamaris. These Tamaris stores are located in Minden, Dortmund, Paderborn and Magdeburg, plus four stores in Berlin. The chief executive of Wortmann, Jens Beining, claims that the switch ...
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Bianco Footwear has reportedly taken steps to safeguard its position...
Bianco Footwear has reportedly taken steps to safeguard its position in the market by acquiring more than a third of its 160 retail franchises. Officials of the Danish-based international shoe retail company could not be reached for comment, but it seems that the move was related to the financial ...
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I Love 19,95, the 14-store Spanish retailer, plans to start...
I Love 19,95, the 14-store Spanish retailer, plans to start selling own-brand shoes in 2012. Outsourced manufacturing partners will make the footwear in Elche, the country's shoe center, in keeping with I Love 19,95's new theme of “I Love Spain.” While the stores have stocked footwear before, they have not ...
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Spartoo, the French shoe e-tailer, has launched a special portal,...
Spartoo, the French shoe e-tailer, has launched a special portal, StylistClick.com, where a restricted group of 10,000 registered members will get personalized advice on the choice of certain styles – 250 to begin with – after filling out a questionnaire about their preferences. All the styles will be sold at ...
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Aigle has opened a pop-up shop in the Piazza of...
Aigle has opened a pop-up shop in the Piazza of London's Covent Garden and will keep it in operation until Jan. 2. It measures 200 square meters on two floors. The interior is similar to that of a pop-up store that the French company opened in Hong Kong last April, ...
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But Fashion Solutions of Portugal, which produces and markets the...
But Fashion Solutions of Portugal, which produces and markets the Cubanas line of shoes, is opening the first store under this brand name in Lisbon next month, which should be followed by two franchises in Lebanon next May. The company also has a chain of multi-brand shoe stores, called Made ...
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After entering many other European markets, Zalando of Germany has...
After entering many other European markets, Zalando of Germany has started an online shoe retail operation in Switzerland, backing up the launch with a major TV advertising campaign. Meanwhile, Zalando has decided to boost the fashion, beauty and sports information section of its German website, called News & Styles, ...
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Spartoo.com has bought a British competitor, Rubbers.co.uk, for an undisclosed...
Spartoo.com has bought a British competitor, Rubbers.co.uk, for an undisclosed sum. The French online shoe retailer started operating in the U.K. in 2009 and expects the purchase to boost its market share in the country. Spartoo operates now in 20 countries and aims to achieve overall sales of €100 million ...
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The Swedish Skopunkten chain has opened its first store in...
The Swedish Skopunkten chain has opened its first store in Finland and has two more on the way. The first store is located in the town of Tammerfors, and the two others will be opened in the coming weeks in Åbo and Myrmanni. Sko Magazinet reports that a high ...
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Prada has won a tender held by the city of...
Prada has won a tender held by the city of Milan to rent a location in the Galleria Vittorio Emanunele II, the famous shopping arcade in the heart of the city. The location is currently occupied by a McDonald's restaurant. Prada outbid Apple and Gucci for the premises. The fashion house ...
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Ecco, which has been opening three new stores on average...
Ecco, which has been opening three new stores on average each week, is opening today its 1,000th store in the Mall of America in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The expansion will continue in 2012. The Danish company inaugurated its first store in the Danish area of Odense back in 1985. In addition ...
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The Spanish footwear company Pikolinos is opening its first own...
The Spanish footwear company Pikolinos is opening its first own store in the U.S. this month. The shop will be located in Naples, Florida. The firm already runs a commercial office and a logistics center in Miami. The company is in talks to open stores in some Arab countries and ...
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The El Naturalista store in Santa Monica has been rebuilt....
The El Naturalista store in Santa Monica has been rebuilt. The store, which was originally a mono-brand store of the Spanish footwear brand, has now been turned into a multi-brand store. The Spanish shoe brand, which entered the Chinese market recently, has great expectations for this business year, even in ...
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Piccadilly has opened its second U.S. store in Miami's Las...
Piccadilly has opened its second U.S. store in Miami's Las Americas Mall through a businessman, Antonio Culicett o, who plans to follow up with two other mall-based stores next year. The big Brazilian brand of fashionable synthetic shoes, which produces 40,000 pairs a day, has 10 other exclusive stores in ...
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Shoe Carnival has launched its e-commerce site, offering more than...
Shoe Carnival has launched its e-commerce site, offering more than 1,500 styles of shoes and accessories. The American shoe retail chain's web store will offer site-exclusive promotions, including the possibility to win additional discounts based on a system similar to the Spin & Win Wheel of its physical stores. Customers ...
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Schuhzoo.de is starting up in Germany as the first discount-oriented...
Schuhzoo.de is starting up in Germany as the first discount-oriented online store for shoes, providing a selection of thousands of style at prices ranging from €9.95 to €29.95 a pair. The new project is the creature of a German company, Easystores GmbH, run by Christian Lertes, which also runs web ...
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Macintosh Retail Group has launched an online shop, www.intreza.nl, to...
Macintosh Retail Group has launched an online shop, www.intreza.nl, to sell women's men's and children's shoes. The site is offering the group's house brands - Dolcis, Invito, Manfield, PRO, Shick and Steve Madden - and third-party brands. The group plans to integrate the e-commerce platform with its store network, which ...
