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Continuing its reorganization, the French Eram group has decided to...
Continuing its reorganization, the French Eram group has decided to gradually phase-out Staggy, a chain of 24 multi-brand sports and lifestyle stores that it operates in the country
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Golden Goose has introduced the Golden Goose Lab, a new...
Golden Goose has introduced the Golden Goose Lab, a new retail concept, at its new flagship store in Milan, located at Via Cusani, 2. The Lab enables customers to experience first-hand various aspects of craftsmanship and artistry. For an additional fee of €200, the customer can also have his or ...
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Skechers has opened its largest store in the world in...
Skechers has opened its largest store in the world in the Chinese city of Shenyang, building up to a global network of 3,000 mono-brand stores, of which 690 are directly operated by the company. The store measures more than 32,000 square feet, joining a few other superstores set up by ...
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Since January, Schuhe24, the German-based online marketplace for independent shoe retailers,...
Since January, Schuhe24, the German-based online marketplace for independent shoe retailers, has been coming to the aid of physical shoe and fashion retailers with financial difficulties by offering interest-free liquidity support. It will also be expanding the range of its consultancy and advisory services in the future. Schuhe24 reports that some ...
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Obuv Rossii Group, the big Russian footwear company, opened 48...
Obuv Rossii Group, the big Russian footwear company, opened 48 new franchise stores in Russia in 2018. Of these, 28 were opened in the fourth quarter under the S-tep and Lisette banners. By the end of the year, Obuv Rossii was operating 161 franchises and more than 700 outlets overall. ...
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After launching its first private label for women, called Franz...
After launching its first private label for women, called Franz Ferdinand, in September 2018 – in time for the spring/summer 2019 season – Schuhe24, the online marketplace for independent shoe retailers, has now opened its first brick-and-mortar store in Germany. The new Franz Ferdinand store is company-owned and located in the city ...
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Kat Maconie has opened her first store, ten years after...
Kat Maconie has opened her first store, ten years after launching her eponymous brand, in 2009. The first concept store of the British footwear designer is located in London, in the busy neighborhood of Bermondsey, best known for its converted warehouse buildings. The store's interior, designed by Emma Larsson Revitt, ...
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Payless ShoeSource has hired the investment bank PJ Solomon to...
Payless ShoeSource has hired the investment bank PJ Solomon to evaluate strategic options, including a sale or a restructuring program, said Reuters, citing sources close to the matter. The move comes less than 18 months after the American discount retail chain emerged from bankruptcy proceedings. As part of the debt ...
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Mirapodo, a German online store for footwear that belongs to the...
Mirapodo, a German online store for footwear that belongs to the Otto Group, will launch two new private brands of shoes for the spring/summer 2019 season. Mirapodo's first private brand, called Jolana & Fenena, launched in spring 2017 with 55 models. It has since been expanded to more than 250 models. ...
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Manolo Blahnik will open his first store in Paris in...
Manolo Blahnik will open his first store in Paris in September on rue Malpensier, on the west side of the Palais Royal
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Vivarte, the mother company of a number of French retailers...
Vivarte, the mother company of a number of French retailers including La Halle, Caroll and Minelli, is being heavily affected by the yellow vests protests. Patrick Puy, Vivarte's chief executive, said in an interview with Europe 1, a French radio channel, on Jan. 30, that the loss in turnover for ...
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Sergio Rossi has signed a long-term lease with Thor Equities...
Sergio Rossi has signed a long-term lease with Thor Equities Group for some 2,000 square feet of retail space at 680 Madison Avenue in New York. The ground floor space has 25 feet of frontage on Madison Avenue.
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Treds, a multi-brand footwear retailer in the U.K. (not to...
Treds, a multi-brand footwear retailer in the U.K. (not to be confused with the U.S. maker of rubber footwear), has been placed in administration, a legal procedure similar to bankruptcy protection in the U.S. For now, Treds' 21 stores, e-tail site and staff of 165 will be carrying out business ...
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Ricosta has announced its decision to withdraw from the direct...
Ricosta has announced its decision to withdraw from the direct distribution of its products to Amazon, starting with the next autumn/winter collection. The German children's footwear specialist says it want to strengthen its retail partners, supporting their omni-channel activities and enabling better planning. The company said the move follows the ...
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Etos, Brandt Software-Produkte and Ariston Informatik, in cooperation with the...
Etos, Brandt Software-Produkte and Ariston Informatik, in cooperation with the German Shoe and Leathergoods Industry Association (HDS/L), are about to launch a joint project: the “SPOCC – Single Point of Content and Communication” platform. The SPOCC was created in May 2018 as an alliance between industry representatives and technology partners. ...
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Eram, the French footwear retailer, is testing a new service...
Eram, the French footwear retailer, is testing a new service of home delivery. The pilot project, in partnership with Shopopop, is being tested in Nantes, a city with a population of around 300,000 in the western part of the country. The service is offered in cases in which the customer ...
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Starting on Dec. 11, Zalando has been giving its German...
Starting on Dec. 11, Zalando has been giving its German customers the option to pay for the products they order on their iPhones with Apple Pay. It has also begun to test a “Smart Doorbell” and “Smart Doorlock” technology with the Belgian Post Office. The technology allows customers to open ...
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Schuhe24 is entering the Swiss market. The online shoe retail...
Schuhe24 is entering the Swiss market. The online shoe retail portal that was created four years ago by Dominik Benner, a German shoe retailer and former member of ANWR's supervisory board, has signed a cooperation agreement with Digitec Galaxus, the leading online retailer from Switzerland. According to Digitec Galaxus, it ...
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After launching its Google Shopping Actions in the U.S. in...
After launching its Google Shopping Actions in the U.S. in March, Google is reportedly planning to launch its marketplace also in Europe next year, starting with a beta test that has started France with big retailers like Auchan, Carrefour, Boulanger, Darty and Fnac
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Görtz, the big German shoe retailer, is asking suppliers to...
Görtz, the big German shoe retailer, is asking suppliers to grant it a 2.5% discount on its purchases, according to Schuhkurier, to make up for a sales decline this year due to a difficult market situation
