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Artioli is planning to expand its retail brick-and-mortar presence with...
Artioli is planning to expand its retail brick-and-mortar presence with 12 new franchises in the Middle East and the U.S. Meanwhile, the high-end Italian shoemaker is also planning to expand its retail presence online. The company launched its e-commerce presence in Europe last year, and according to reports in fashionmagazine.it, ...
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Vans has opened its first European “boutique” in Covent Garden...
Vans has opened its first European “boutique” in Covent Garden in London. Conceived in-house to reflect the skate brand's “Off The Wall” slogan, the 4,359-square-foot store carries premium footwear, apparel and accessories, including Vault by Vans and items designed by Vivienne Westwood. The basement features an activation space for installations, ...
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Vögele Shoes, the Swiss shoe retail chain, has recently launched...
Vögele Shoes, the Swiss shoe retail chain, has recently launched a new store concept. A year ago, CCC, the fast-growing Polish shoe retail group, acquired a 70 percent stake in Vögele Shoes, which currently operates 184 stores, from another company, Karl Vögele. These companies have nothing to do with Charles ...
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The city council of Pirmasens – a city in Rhineland-Palatinate,...
The city council of Pirmasens – a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, famous for its history of shoe manufacturing – has recently approved the construction of the “Schuhstadt Pirmasens.” The shoe retail center, due to open there in spring 2021, will offer footwear and outdoor products within its 3,000 square meters. ...
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Görtz is closing down its flagship store in Frankfurt...
Görtz is closing down its flagship store in Frankfurt
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Prada partnered with Selfridges in September and took over the...
Prada partnered with Selfridges in September and took over the department store's Corner Shop in London. The space, called Prada Escape, reflected the autumn 2019 men's and women's collection of the fashion designer, with pieces featuring a mix of prints and military references. The initiative ran from Sept. 2 to ...
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Office will close between ten and 15 of its loss-making...
Office will close between ten and 15 of its loss-making stores in the U.K. over the next two years. The announcement has been made by Truworths, Office's parent company, after the retailer's operating profit fell by 55 percent for the year to June 30. The overall store portfolio would therefore ...
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Italian retail sales of all kinds of products to U.S....
Italian retail sales of all kinds of products to U.S. shoppers increased by 10 percent in the May-July 2019 period as compared to the same period in 2018, according to the data collected by Global Blue on VAT refunds. U.S. shoppers took over the second spot after Chinese tourists, which ...
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Bally, the big Swiss shoe company purchased last year by...
Bally, the big Swiss shoe company purchased last year by the Chinese Shandong Ruyi Group, has opened a new flagship store in the fashion district of Milan. Named Bally Haus in the German language, it occupies more than 600 square meters on three floors on the corner of Via Montenapoleone ...
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Görtz, the big German shoe retail chain based in Hamburg,...
Görtz, the big German shoe retail chain based in Hamburg, has agreed to take over about 20 of the Roland stores owned by Deichmann in Germany through an asset deal that also includes the inventories and the personnel. Deichmann had indicated in the spring its intention to take the Roland ...
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Church's, the luxury British brand controlled by Prada, has launched...
Church's, the luxury British brand controlled by Prada, has launched a website dedicated to the North American market and is reportedly planning to opening a flagship store in New York. The brand sells its collections to around 30 wholesalers in the U.S. and, according to reports in WWD.com, it is ...
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Gémo, a retail brand of Eram, has inaugurated its first...
Gémo, a retail brand of Eram, has inaugurated its first Parisian store, entirely dedicated to children's fashion, which is also new for Gémo. The first Gémo Kids is located at 104 rue de Rennes in a space previously occupied by Texto, another retail brand of Eram. The new Gémo Kids ...
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Red Wing Shoes continues its expansion in Germany with the...
Red Wing Shoes continues its expansion in Germany with the opening of two new stores in Dusseldorf and Berlin. The Minnesota-based shoe producer plans to open a third store in Leipzig in October. As a result, Red Wing will have a presence in 14 major cities in Europe. Germany has ...
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With the opening of three new stores in September, the...
With the opening of three new stores in September, the Rezet Sneaker Store chain now has seven shops in Denmark. There is a new stand-alone shop in Aalborg, a dedicated Rezet space inside the main Magasin Du Nord department store in Copenhagen and another stand-alone shop in the Magasin du ...
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After entering the Swiss market in December 2018, Schuhe24 is now...
After entering the Swiss market in December 2018, Schuhe24 is now expanding its product offer there. The online shoe retail portal – created four years ago by Dominik Benner, a German shoe retailer and former member of ANWR's supervisory board – signed a cooperation agreement with Digitec Galaxus, the leading online retailer from Switzerland, ...
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Saks Fifth Avenue is continuing the refurbishment of its flagship...
Saks Fifth Avenue is continuing the refurbishment of its flagship store in Manhattan with a new, 8,000-square-foot department for luxury men's shoes. Located on the sixth floor, the department offers sneakers, casual footwear and dress shoes from more than 60 luxury brands, 15 of which are making their debut. They ...
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The Shoepassion group, a multichannel shoe retailer based in Berlin...
The Shoepassion group, a multichannel shoe retailer based in Berlin that owns the Heinrich Dinkelacker brand of traditional high-end men's shoes with “budapester” construction, is testing a new hybrid retail concept to combine the advantages of online and brick-and-mortar stores. The group has opened a pilot store at the Bikini shopping ...
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Bata Italy has launched a new e-commerce website. The launch...
Bata Italy has launched a new e-commerce website. The launch is part of the retailer's digital growth and omni-channel transformation. The new e-commerce solution enables order management, advanced search and real-time stock visibility, among other features. Customers are offered a click-and-collect service and can manage returns via the new site.
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It has been one and a half years since Sabu,...
It has been one and a half years since Sabu, the German voluntary group of independent shoe retailers, introduced its electronic invoice portal together with the ANWR group from Mainhausen near Frankfurt. The company has now completed an interim evaluation. For some years now, RAW, the archiving specialist and technology partner for interconnected groups, ...
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Laduca, the New York-based dance shoe brand, is opening a...
Laduca, the New York-based dance shoe brand, is opening a flagship store in London – its first in the U.K. – at 37 Drury Lane, Covent Garden
