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Footwear sales in the U.S. are not growing. According to...
Footwear sales in the U.S. are not growing. According to the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA), the demand in 2017 is set to grow at its slowest rate since the 2008 recession. Sales between January and July have been flat with 2016. Faced with struggling sales, shoe stores ...
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DSW is experimenting with the possible addition of a rental...
DSW is experimenting with the possible addition of a rental service at some of its stores. The service offered by the U.S. retail chain would involve shoes for special occasions such as weddings, promotions and other events.
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Snipes is continuing its aggressive expansion with the opening of...
Snipes is continuing its aggressive expansion with the opening of a 400-square-meter store in the fashionable shopping strip of Tauentzienstr in Berlin and another in the city's Gropius Passage. The company also opened a store in Zurich on Oct. 19 and another in Madrid the next day. Snipes is part ...
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French women consider September, the annual back-to-school season or “rentrée,”...
French women consider September, the annual back-to-school season or “rentrée,” to be the ideal month to renew their wardrobe, including their shoe closet. This is the opinion of 40.5 percent of the French women, a percentage that climbs to 54.2 percent when looking at the group aged 18-29, according to ...
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Kering report another quarter of outstanding growth, posting a sales...
Kering report another quarter of outstanding growth, posting a sales increase of 23.2 percent for the third quarter, with a rise of 28.4 percent on a comparable basis. Gucci and other luxury goods operations enjoyed a sales increase of 26.6 percent, up by 32.3 percent on a comparable basis. Gucci ...
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Shoepassion has opened its first Austrian physical store in Vienna,...
Shoepassion has opened its first Austrian physical store in Vienna, adding to those it already has in Germany, Switzerland and Poland
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Shoepassion, a multichannel shoe retailer based in Berlin, has opened...
Shoepassion, a multichannel shoe retailer based in Berlin, has opened its first brick-and-mortar store in Austria. Located in one of the most historic squares in Vienna, the store strengthens the brand's local presence, which until now had only been served by an e-tail website shoepassion.a. The store occupies 65 square ...
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Hunter Boots is going to have a pop-up shop running...
Hunter Boots is going to have a pop-up shop running in the Castellana department store of El Corte Inglès in Madrid from Nov. 13 to Dec. 10
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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
