All Retail articles – Page 84

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    Vans has opened a new flagship store in Bilbao, raising...

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Vans has opened a new flagship store in Bilbao, raising to seven the number of its mono-brand stores in Spain, and another one is opening shortly in Alicante. Only two of the Spanish stores are owned by VF Corp., parent company of Vans, and they are both located in Barcelona. ...

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    Prada is consolidating its retail presence in Brazil. It has...

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Prada is consolidating its retail presence in Brazil. It has opened a store in Brasilia and is planning three other openings in Curitiba, São Paulo and Recife. This will raise to seven the number of single-brand stores in the country.

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    Yoox has launched the first online shop for Brioni, the...

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Yoox has launched the first online shop for Brioni, the upmarket Italian suit maker, as part of its joint venture with French luxury group Kering, established in Aug. 2012 to manage the monobrand online stores of several Kering brands. The addition of Brioni has brought the number of monobrand websites ...

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    As planned, the Polish CCC chain has opened its first...

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    As planned, the Polish CCC chain has opened its first German store, measuring 600-square-meters and located in the City Point shopping center of Nuremberg. The next German openings before the year-end were or will be in Halle, Heilbronn and Hamburg. They should be followed by between 20 and 30 new ...

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    Leiser, the German shoe retail chain controlled by Joseph Seibel,...

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Leiser, the German shoe retail chain controlled by Joseph Seibel, plans to launch a new store concept called Leiser-Comfort. For this purpose, it has rented a space of around 575 square meters in the Charlottenburg area of Berlin. The address is given as Reichsstrasse 100, but the timing of its ...

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    Kyaia, the Portuguese company that owns the Fly London and...

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Kyaia, the Portuguese company that owns the Fly London and Softinos brands, plans to introduce Softinos shoes gradually in its Fly London stores. The company has just moved its Fly London store in Oporto to a bigger and more central location. Kyaia worked together with Aerosoles for many years in ...

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    Dubarry of Ireland plans to open shortly a new flagship...

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Dubarry of Ireland plans to open shortly a new flagship store in London. It will be located on Duke of York Square in the Chelsea district of the English capital. The company says that its store in Dublin has been a major success since its opening in October 2012.

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    CCC, the fast-growing Polish shoe retailer, has reportedly appointed Frank...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    CCC, the fast-growing Polish shoe retailer, has reportedly appointed Frank Riedel as expansion manager in Germany, with an office in Frankfurt. He had been working for C&A since 2007. After launching its stores in Austria, CCC is going to open its first three or four German stores before the end ...

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    Richter, the Austrian specialist for children's shoes, has opened its...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Richter, the Austrian specialist for children's shoes, has opened its first mono-brand store in Yemen. It is managed by a local partner, which plans to open more stores in the future, in cooperation with Richter. A second mono-brand store is planned in the United Arab Emirates next year. Richter only ...

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    Zippy, the Portuguese shoe retail chain that belongs to Sonae...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Zippy, the Portuguese shoe retail chain that belongs to Sonae Group, has opened the first of a series of four stores in the state of New York, based on a franchising deal with the Fawaz Alhokair Group, which is already a partner of Sonae in the Middle East. The first ...

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    Däumling has signed a centralized settlement contract with GMS for...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Däumling has signed a centralized settlement contract with GMS for the ‘Boys & girls' trade concept recently launched by the  the German buying group. The concept of GMS involves marketing and financial support, as well as training for sales personnel and owners or store managers. The stores will be branded ...

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    NeroGiardini is looking at China for the future development of...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    NeroGiardini is looking at China for the future development of its network of franchised stores. The Italian company has opened six franchised stores in Russia since December and plans to add three others, according to Pambianco's news service. Looking within Europe, it recently opened a franchised store in Zurich as ...

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    Fly London plans to open its third store in the...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Fly London plans to open its third store in the U.K. by the spring of 2014. The Portuguese shoe brand recently opened a new mono-brand store in London, which is owned and managed by the company. Fly London currently manages six mono-brand stores in Europe – two in Portugal, one ...

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    Red Wing has opened its fourth German store in Munich...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Red Wing has opened its fourth German store in Munich

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    Mephisto opened two new mono-brand stores in Germany, managed by...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Mephisto opened two new mono-brand stores in Germany, managed by local partners, in Berlin and Lüneburg in August this year. Mephisto has a total of 874 mono-brand stores worldwide, 105 of them in China, about 100 in France and 35 in Germany. Altogether 36 new stores were opened in the ...

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    As of last month, 42 retailers had adopted the new...

    2013-09-11T00:00:00Z

    As of last month, 42 retailers had adopted the new SportXtreme concept proposed by the GMS buying group at the beginning of this year. Thirteen have signed contracts with GMS in Germany, eight in Austria and 21 in the Netherlands. One Dutch store has already been renovated based on the ...

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    Rexor is offering its affiliated retailers in Germany a bonus...

    2013-09-11T00:00:00Z

    Rexor is offering its affiliated retailers in Germany a bonus of one percent of their total order volume for orders placed with Italian, Spanish and Portuguese suppliers. The bonus will be given by the German footwear buying group directly to participating affiliated retailers. Additionally, Rexor is offering its members an ...

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    New Balance is opening the first store featuring several of...

    2013-09-11T00:00:00Z

    New Balance is opening the first store featuring several of its own brands. Called New Balance Life and located in the Burlington Mall of Burlington, Massachusetts, it will offer an expanded range of casual New Balance shoes along with a selection of the brand's athletic footwear, Aravon and Cob Hill ...

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    Bata India has opened its largest store to date in...

    2013-09-11T00:00:00Z

    Bata India has opened its largest store to date in the Viviana Mall of Thane, north of Mumbai. It measures 6,100 square meters, allowing it offer no less than 2,500 different models. Its large format will be replicated at other locations in India, where the company is planning to open ...

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    CCC, the Polish footwear retailer, is pushing forward its expansion...

    2013-09-11T00:00:00Z

    CCC, the Polish footwear retailer, is pushing forward its expansion in Austria and is considering opening between one and three stores in Germany before the end of this year. It also opened its first two stores in Slovenia, in Velenje and Krsko, last month. Tomorrow, CCC will be celebrating its ...