All Retail articles – Page 35
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Besson Chaussures plans about 12 openings in 2021
The French footwear retailer Besson Chaussures plans about 12 openings this year, of which six are scheduled in March, in line with the increase seen in 2020. Next month’s six openings are across France and represent stores ranging from 525 to1,300 square meters. The retailer, which was founded in 1982, ...
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Dune to ask landlords to concede more
Dune is reviewing its business and will ask landlords to concede more as trading conditions remain difficult in the U.K. “The trading environment continues to be extremely tough, and like many other high street retailers, we are reviewing all aspects of our business to ensure we’re in the best position ...
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ArticleBrexit will lift the cost of exporting Italian shoes to the U.K.
Brexit will inevitably increase the cost of exporting Italian shoes to the U.K., explains Siro Badon, chairman of the Italian footwear association Assocalzaturifici, in an interview with Shoe Intelligence. But, fortunately, the U.K.’s departure of the customs union and single market has not significantly affected the supply chain of Italian ...
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ArticleGeox to close 110 stores over 3 years
Geox plans to close about 110 small and less profitable stores over the next three years following net closures of 107 during 2020. The shops will be closed as leases expire in order to avoid paying penalties. The pruning is expected to reduce the company’s annual sales by €65-70 million ...
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Brexit controls suspended in Northern Ireland
Controls introduced in Northern Ireland due to Brexit were suspended Monday evening in the ports of Belfast and Larne due to threats to personnel. Mid and East Antrim council on Monday night announced it was withdrawing 12 of its staff at Larne port with immediate effect due to concerns for ...
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Lloyd’s sales plummet in 2020, company launches sustainable product line
The German shoe maker Lloyd Shoes posted a 35 to 38 percent drop in revenues last year as growth in online sales failed to compensate for the losses in brick-and-mortar stores, which suffered from coronavirus-related lockdowns. As the current lockdown in Germany is set to continue at least until Feb. ...
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Germans’ willingness to buy is in “freefall”
The propensity to buy of German consumers is “in freefall,” according to the think tank GfK. Hit by strict Covid-19 related lockdowns, consumer confidence in Germany is seen falling to -15.6 in February from -7.5 in January, which was revised from an original reading of -7.3. “The closure of the ...
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Zenden Group launches a new retail chain
The Russian footwear retailer Zenden Group has launched an innovative retail format called Digital Fashion Lounge, or Fage in its shortened form. The first store in the new format has been opened in the Kashirskaya Plaza shopping center in Moscow. Currently, Zenden Group operates nearly 250 stores under three retail ...
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Unichel restructures its retail network
Russia’s biggest shoe manufacturer, Unichel, is restructuring its retail network to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. At the beginning of 2020, Unichel ran 600 stores in 250 cities in Russia and Kazakhstan, but last year it shut down 40 stores and opened 30 new ones, in different locations, ...
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French shoe retailers suffer 27.5% drop in 2020 sales
Going through two Covid-related lockdowns, French specialty retailers saw their average sales decline by 18 percent in 2020, although their online turnover jumped by 80 percent for the year, including a growth of 85 percent in December, according to their trade association, Procos. Shoe retailers suffered the biggest losses with ...
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News briefsL.K. Bennett debt restructuring plan cleared
The company voluntary agreement (CVA) of the upmarket British retailer L.K. Bennett was approved by creditors. It will result in five stores closing down and the remaining shops switching to turnover-based rents. The chain has 18 standalone stores. Among the creditors who voted against the CVA was the property company ...
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News briefsKlarna enters partnership with Verifone
Klarna, the Swedish online payments group which offers ”buy now, pay later” solutions, has entered a partnership with Verifone, a California-based provider of hardware products for payment processing, that will make Klarna available to millions of Verifone devices in the U.S. and Europe. The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has impacted shopping ...
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H&M sales resume decline from end Oct due to Covid resurgence
In the fourth quarter running from Sept. 1 to Nov. 30, Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) saw net sales decrease by 10 percent year-on-year in local currencies. For the whole financial year, net sales declined by 18 percent in local currencies due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to ...
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New anti-Covid measures in Germany
In concert with the governments of the individual Länder, the federal government of Germany has ordered the lockdown of all the brick-and-mortar stores that sell non-essential products, starting on Wednesday, Dec. 16. The new restrictions came after a spike in new contaminations from Covid-19. They will last until at least ...
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News briefsPremiata sees 2020 sales stable at €60 million
The Italian shoe maker Premiata expects to finish the year with sales of some €60 million, in line with 2019 and after a 17 percent rise in 2018. For next year, the company has decided to be more selective in Italy and trim its client portfolio, which will result in ...
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ArticleEU, UK extend Brexit trade talks in effort to avoid a “no deal”
The United Kingdom and the European Union had decided to wait until Sunday, Dec. 13 to find a compromise on a trade agreement that would go into effect on Jan. 1. But, the European Commission’s president, Ursula von der Leyen, said the negotiators will now continue to work into this ...
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ArticleObuv Rossii undergoes rebranding as it moves away from shoes
The Russian footwear retailer Obuv Rossii is changing names to mark its diversification away from shoes. The company is removing the word Obuv (meaning shoes in Russian) from its name to become simply OR for the main operating unit and OR Group for the parent company. Even the stock ticker ...
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ArticleJoya expands in Austria with Passt takeover
The Swiss brand of comfort shoes Joya has strengthened its position in the Austrian market by acquiring Passt’s six stores across the country in a bid to consolidate its retail presence and further develop the brand. Established in 2008, Passt is a retailer of comfort shoes with stores in ...
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ArticleFrasers Group in last-ditch bid to grab Debenhams
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has returned to the fight with a last-ditch offer for Debenhams in a bid to save the largest and oldest British department store chain from liquidation. The group, which owns the Sports Direct chain of sporting goods stores as well as another U.K. department store chain, ...
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Dune opens flagship in London
With the re-opening on Dec. 2 of non-essential stores in England following a four-week Covid-19 related lockdown, Dune London launched a new 1,650 square feet (153 square meters) flagship at 100 Liverpool Street, Broadgate, near London’s Liverpool Street station. The store has the brand’s complete men’s, women’s and accessories collections. ...
