All Retail articles – Page 45
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Two large Italian retailers obtain government-guaranteed loans
The Italian retailers OVS and Rinascente have obtained government-guaranteed loans as part of the so-called liquidity decree to support large companies affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The measure applies to firms with more than 5,000 employees in Italy and annual revenues above €1.5 billion. Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri agreed to ...
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ArticleEnglish retailers reopen in a climate of caution
Non-essential stores reopened in England on June 15 amid concern that consumers will be absent, as a majority of people, 54 percent, remain opposed to the reopening. They are particularly reluctant to returning to shopping centers.
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Galeria's CEO Stephan Fanderl is expected to leave
Stephan Fanderl is said to be leaving the position of chief executive of Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof (Galeria), the holding company formed in 2018 from the merger of the Galeria Kaufhof and Karstadt department stores. He has suggested a consensual separation to the Austrian-based Signa Retail Group, parent company of Galeria, ...
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ArticleFootway wants to buy a streetwear specialist
The Footway Group, the increasingly international Swedish online shoe retailer that recently agreed to merge with Sportamore, wants to create a leading platform for e-commerce in sports and fashion by also acquiring an online retailer of streetwear and sneakers, Californian Roots, or Caliroots for short. Caliroots has been undergoing a ...
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ANWR and Sabu to introduce a new digital ordering platform
ANWR and Sabu, two of the major German shoe retailing cooperatives, want to introduce a new digital ordering platform for the shoe industry together with a partner, Mobimedia. The German software company’s Quintet24 platform enables companies to trade online and carry out all pre-orders and re-orders digitally. Because of the ...
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Dielmann files for insolvency proceedings under self-administration
Dielmann, a German retailer with 48 footwear and sporting goods stores operating under such banners as Schuhhaus Dielmann and Sporthaus Robert Hübner, filed for insolvency proceedings on June 4. The local court of Darmstadt opened the proceedings under self-administration on June 8. The coronavirus is seen as having been an ...
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Japanese department stores hit by coronavirus and tourism slump
Japan was already in recession before the coronavirus crisis, with GDP down by an annualized 7.1 percent in the last quarter of 2019, and by 2.2 percent from January to March 2020. The country stayed under a state of emergency between April 6 and May 25, however with lighter restrictions ...
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Legero United opens biggest store at its new headquarters in Austria
Legero United, the Austrian-based footwear group that markets brands such as Legero, Superfit, Vios and Think, has opened its biggest store at its headquarters in Feldkirchen, Graz. The company opened the Legero United Campus at the beginning of this year, investing about €30 million. About 350 employees have moved into ...
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ArticleCaleres to accelerate store closures as e-commerce surges
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic surge in the importance of e-commerce in Caleres’ sales, representing about a third of the company’s revenues in its fiscal first quarter, and prompting it to accelerate the closure of some 160 stores by the end of 2021.
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Germany’s VAT cut may hit retailers across the border
Germany decided on June 3 to reduce the value-added tax (VAT) rate on non-food products to 16 percent from 19 percent, starting from July 1 and through the balance of this year, to give a boost to consumption and the economy. It has also cut the VAT rate for restaurants ...
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McArthurGlen to launch rent relief package for its retail partners
McArthurGlen, the international operator of designer factory outlet centers, has launched a rent relief package for its retail partners until the end of this year. The group is waiving all minimim base rent, turnover-based rent and marketing charges for tenants in all of its centers that were closed from April ...
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Görtz calls for sales-related store rental contracts
According to a German trade magazine Schuhkurier, Görtz is asking for more flexible rents for the shoe retail industry. The Hamburg-based shoe retailing company, which has already reopened all of its 180 stores in the country, is calling for an adjustment of rental costs following the retail lockdown due to ...
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Schuhe24 to connect its retailers with another platform
The Schuhe24 group, the German-based company that owns and manages the Schuhe24, Outfits24, Sportmarken24 and Taschen24 online marketplaces for independent shoe, sporting goods and fashion retailers, has joined forces with Locamo, another German-based company that manages regional online marketplaces. It currently offers about three million products, including books, textiles, beauty ...
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GMS offers to renegotiate rents for its members
Introducing a new service, GMS, the German voluntary group of shoe retailers, is offering to renegotiate rents with landlords on its members’ behalf. GMS would coordinate each single procedure beforehand with its members and would then take over the negotiations, if so desired. Many independent retailers have managed to obtain ...
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La Halle’s administrators set June 9 deadline for bids
The court-appointed administrators supervising La Halle have set, in agreement with the company’s management, a June 9 deadline to present bids for the company or its assets. A Paris-based commercial court also placed the company into receivership to allow it to be sold piecemeal. Previously, La Halle had been placed ...
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Aldo UK enters administration
Canadian footwear retailer Aldo Group said its UK arm has been placed into administration, due to profitability problems and a collapse in retail spending amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Five of its UK stores have been permanently closed, while the eight remaining ones have been handed over to administrators who will ...
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Primark is awash with stock but does not plan aggressive discounting
The Irish fast fashion retailer Primark, which is owned by Associated British Foods (ABF), is carrying very high stock levels as it accelerates its store openings. Nevertheless, it believes it will be able to sell the goods without special discounting.
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Up to half of Moscow’s shoe stores may not reopen
Between 35 to 50 percent of Moscow’s footwear stores are likely not to resume trading after the lifting of the lockdown in the Russian capital due to the impact of the economic crisis and online competition, according to the local think tank Fashion Research Group. Moscow introduced a lockdown on ...
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French clearance period pushed back to July 15
The end-of-season clearance period in France will start on July 15, rather than June 24, to satisfy a request by small retailers whose stores were closed during the coronavirus-related lockdown and could not sell the current spring/summer collection at full prices, according to the economy minister, Bruno Le Maire. Unlike ...
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ArticleVietnam promotes footwear exports to U.S. as its industry suffers
For the first time, an interactive video conference was held in Washington D.C. on May 27 to connect Vietnamese footwear manufacturers and U.S. distributors and retailers.The initiative comes as the Asian’s footwear industry is suffering severely from the drop in demand stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic. The conference entitled “Promoting ...
