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The figures in the casual footwear chart published in this...
The figures in the casual footwear chart published in this issue would have been different with the addition of Vans, a brand of skate and lifestyle shoes that is nearing an annual turnover of $2 billion. In its third-quarter report, VF Corporation said that Vans sales jumped by 26 percent ...
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Groupe Royer is seeking to revive the venerable Charles Jourdan...
Groupe Royer is seeking to revive the venerable Charles Jourdan brand, for which it has the rights all over the world except in the U.S., by opening a flagship store of 130 square meters on Place de la Madeleine in Paris, not far from the first store that the brand ...
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JD.com, one of the largest e-tailers in China, has unveiled...
JD.com, one of the largest e-tailers in China, has unveiled a new luxury e-commerce platform for affluent Chinese consumers, called Toplife. So far, the luxury brands that have joined the platform include La Perla, Emporio Armani, Rimowa, B&O Play, and Trussardi. Others are expected to join shortly. JD.com said the ...
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Hunter ran for only four days a pop-up installation at...
Hunter ran for only four days a pop-up installation at New York's Grand Central railway station this month, featuring a greenhouse where its rainwear was enveloped in mist, with the sound of rain
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Deichmann has entered the French market with a store at...
Deichmann has entered the French market with a store at Hérouville-Saint-Clair, in the Calvados region of the country
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There is new evidence that the pace of growth is...
There is new evidence that the pace of growth is accelerating in China. The country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 6.8 percent in the third quarter and was up by 6.9 percent for the first nine months of this year. That's well above the 6.5 percent growth target set ...
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Red Wing Shoes has opened its first women's store in...
Red Wing Shoes has opened its first women's store in Berlin
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Lloyd Shoes has redesigned its two stores at Munich's international...
Lloyd Shoes has redesigned its two stores at Munich's international airport
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Prada has opened a painstakingly restored Shanghai mansion, Villa Rong...
Prada has opened a painstakingly restored Shanghai mansion, Villa Rong Zhai in the Jing'an District, as a cultural center that will host an ever-changing lineup of art exhibitions, shows and events. Prada generated sales of more than €300 million in China in the first half of the current financial year ...
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Berluti has opened its first store in the Los Angels...
Berluti has opened its first store in the Los Angels area, located in Beverly Hills
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Lloyd Shoes has announced the development of an electronically extended...
Lloyd Shoes has announced the development of an electronically extended aisle as part of its multichannel strategy. The German shoe brand developed the in-store ordering system together with Sinner Schrader Commerce and Novomind. The system is intended to enable employees in Lloyd stores to view the entire online portfolio and, ...
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Manolo Blahnik is planning to open his first dedicated men's...
Manolo Blahnik is planning to open his first dedicated men's store in London's Burlington Arcade, next to a shop that he opened for both genders last year, according to Women's Wear Daily
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Sabu, the German cooperative of independent shoe retailers, has launched...
Sabu, the German cooperative of independent shoe retailers, has launched on Sept. 1 a new e-learning platform to train people working in the shoe retail sector. The platform was developed in cooperation with HDS/L, the German shoe and leathergoods industry association, and ANWR, the other major German retail cooperative. It ...
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Fashionette, the e-tailer specializing in designer handbags, has launched a...
Fashionette, the e-tailer specializing in designer handbags, has launched a revamped online shop in the U.K., which follows the relaunch in Germany earlier this year. The new website features expanded editorial content and is optimized for mobile devices. Fashionette was recently honored with the Shop Usability Award 2017, a German ...
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Görtz, the German shoe retailer, and Wortmann, the German shoe...
Görtz, the German shoe retailer, and Wortmann, the German shoe producer that owns the Tamaris, Jana, Caprice, Be Natural and Marco Tozzi brands of footwear, will join forces to optimize the availability of products at the point of sale. Their collaboration has been steered by a German business consultancy, Hachmeister ...
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Golden Goose has opened a store in Venice, located on...
Golden Goose has opened a store in Venice, located on Calle Vallaresso near its head office, and on on Melrose Street in Los Angeles
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Pollini is opening a new store in Rome, on via...
Pollini is opening a new store in Rome, on via Cola di Rienzo, with a dedicated area for its Heritage line
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Görtz is launching a new store concept at 6 Kasernenstrasse...
Görtz is launching a new store concept at 6 Kasernenstrasse in Düsseldorf
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Endless, which acquired Jones Bootmaker in March, has closed nine...
Endless, which acquired Jones Bootmaker in March, has closed nine of its stores and is considering up to ten more closures, according to Drapers. Endless had bought only 72 of the British shoe retailer's stores. The remaining 25 stores, plus six concessions, were closed down.
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Replay has ambitious plans to expand internationally and will reportedly...
Replay has ambitious plans to expand internationally and will reportedly open 150 mono-brand stores in China over the next five years. According to reports in Drapers, the premium denim brand will initially focus on Tier 1 cities, before widening its focus into China's Tier 2 cities. The brand entered the ...
