All Retail articles – Page 49
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Veja, the French-based brand of sustainable sneakers, has opened its...
Veja, the French-based brand of sustainable sneakers, has opened its first mono-brand store. Located in the Marais district of Paris, the store covers 80 square meters and was developed by Ciguë, a local architectural firm. Veja sells its shoes through about 1,200 points of sale worldwide, its own online store ...
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Veepee, the website operated by Vente-Privée Group, has closed its...
Veepee, the website operated by Vente-Privée Group, has closed its U.K. business owing to the uncertainty over Brexit
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OluKai is opening two directly owned stores in Hawaii...
OluKai is opening two directly owned stores in Hawaii
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Gucci is opening themed pop-up stores in various parts of...
Gucci is opening themed pop-up stores in various parts of the world, with an emphasis on big cities – Chengdu, São Paulo, Taipei, Mexico City, Dubai and Bangkok – that have relatively few brick-and-mortar points of sale. The “Gucci Pin” pop-ups will come in three waves, each with a separate ...
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Mephisto has opened its third store in New York at...
Mephisto has opened its third store in New York at 488 Madison Avenue
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Schuhe24 and Outfits24, the German-based online marketplaces for independent shoe...
Schuhe24 and Outfits24, the German-based online marketplaces for independent shoe and fashion retailers, are launching a new price-guarantee project with reimbursement for retailers this month. Until now, all portals of Schuhe24 have had price sovereignty. This will now will be supplemented by a price guarantee for retailers. The guarantee is ...
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Skechers is about to open a flagship store in Rome...
Skechers is about to open a flagship store in Rome
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Allbirds has recently opened its first store in Germany in...
Allbirds has recently opened its first store in Germany in Berlin. The American brand of sustainable footwear has 13 stores worldwide. It has already opened stores in New York, Los Angeles, Shanghai and London this year, and a new e-commerce website, Allbirds.eu, has been up and running in Germany since ...
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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 ...
