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    Humanic is opening its first store in Munich in April,...

    2013-03-25T00:00:00Z

    Humanic is opening its first store in Munich in April, measuring 1,200 square meters

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    Ecco has opened a special flagship store in the center...

    2013-03-25T00:00:00Z

    Ecco has opened a special flagship store in the center of Copenhagen. It features high-quality natural materials as well as electronic visuals and various interactive media elements. It is divided into different areas for the company's different product segments. A cozy, secluded lounge area with soft carpeting and leather sofas ...

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    For one of the two Pittarello chains of shoe stores...

    2013-03-25T00:00:00Z

    For one of the two Pittarello chains of shoe stores in Italy, the year 2012 has been a crucial one. Based in the northeastern Italian region of Veneto, the 90-year-old company recently acquired by 21 Investimenti saw sales increasing by 30 percent to reach €150 million in 2012. It also doubled the ...

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    The world's largest Stuart Weitzman store is due to open on...

    2013-03-25T00:00:00Z

    The world's largest Stuart Weitzman store is due to open on the prestigeous via Sant'Andrea in Milan next September. It will take the place of a former shop in the neighboring Via della Spiga. Reportedly, a well-known designer from Iraq, Zaha Hadid, will contribute to the styling of the store and of four others.

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    Eram, which remains one of the largest shoe retailing groups...

    2013-03-25T00:00:00Z

    Eram, which remains one of the largest shoe retailing groups in France along with Vivarte, with sales of €1.67 billion in 2012. However, sales reportedly declined by 2.7 percent to around €200 million for its Eram banner. The management hopes that the banner's sales per store will grow again by ...

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    La Rinascente has taken over Illum, one of the two...

    2013-03-25T00:00:00Z

    La Rinascente has taken over Illum, one of the two major department stores in Copenhagen, while negotiations are going on for the sale of the big French Printemps chain

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    Austria's leading shoe retailer, Leder & Schuh International, is pushing...

    2013-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Austria's leading shoe retailer, Leder & Schuh International, is pushing the expansion in Germany of one of its shoe retail chain, Shoe4You, while inaugurating a new store format in the Das Es shopping center of Essling. Seven new stores are planned in the first three months of 2013, and two additional stores ...

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    Berluti, the high-end brand of men's footwear run by Antoine Arnault, son...

    2013-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Berluti, the high-end brand of men's footwear run by Antoine Arnault, son of Bernard Arnault, is definitely in a high-speed development mode. In inaugurating a flagship store of 160 square meters in the Elements shopping mall of Kowloon in Hong Kong to accommodate the expanding range of its products, Berluti indicated that ...

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    Ballin continues to expand in Eastern Europe. The Italian shoe...

    2013-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Ballin continues to expand in Eastern Europe. The Italian shoe manufacturer has scheduled new openings in Saint Petersburg, Russia and Kazakhstan, at the Esentai mall in Almaty. In Kazakhstan, in particular, an area that the firm considers to be strategically important because of its proximity to China, Ballin has just ...

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    Magasin du Nord, the high-end department store in the center...

    2013-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Magasin du Nord, the high-end department store in the center of Copenhagen, which is also called simply Magasin, has expanded its shoe department, located on its ground floor. With an extra 500 square meters, the store's second floor will be devoted to women's wear. The expansion has also ...

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    Eram has launched a new shopfit, playing with yellow and...

    2013-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Eram has launched a new shopfit, playing with yellow and anthracite, at two stores in Bordeaux and in the Parly 2 shopping mall near Paris. It will be rolled out to between 40 and 50 other stores by the end of this year, and subsequently applied to its remaining stores. ...

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    Genesco told financial analysts last month that Schuh Group is...

    2013-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Genesco told financial analysts last month that Schuh Group is in line to open 16 new stores this year, which is more than originally planned because of the availability of excellent street locations in theU.S.The U.K.-based retail subsidiary of Genesco booked a nice 8 percent sales increase on a comparable ...

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    Beginning with this year, Sweden's Futuragruppen will hold two of...

    2013-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Beginning with this year, Sweden's Futuragruppen will hold two of its purchasing events at Skohus, the permanent showroom complex in Stockholm. Previously, the events were held at a hotel in the town of Eskilstuna. The change will make it easier for suppliers already located in Skohus, who will not have to ...

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    A Swedish shoe retail company, Bergqvist Skor, with its head...

    2013-02-18T00:00:00Z

    A Swedish shoe retail company, Bergqvist Skor, with its head office in the town of Karlstad, has taken over all the remaining shares Kalle P Skor AB, which operates 10 shoe stores in Sweden and will now become a wholly owned subsidiary of Bergqvist Skor. Finance, warehousing, administration, purchasing and ...

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    Reno wants to set an example with the reopening of...

    2013-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Reno wants to set an example with the reopening of its store in Kiel, Germany, at the end of February. The store, encompassing 2,100 square meters, will offer shoe collections for kids, women and men. The store was conceived by Thomas Ridder, who joined the expanded executive board of the ...

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    +++ Tod's has launched a web store for Hogan +++...

    2013-02-18T00:00:00Z

    +++ Tod's has launched a web store for Hogan +++

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    Clarks opened about 100 new mono-brand stores in Europe last...

    2013-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Clarks opened about 100 new mono-brand stores in Europe last year. About 15-20 new stores were opened with Clarks' Eastern European distribution partners in Poland, Russia and the Ukraine. In Germany, four new mono-brand stores were opened in 2012. Altogether, there are now 20 mono-brand Clarks stores in Germany, most ...

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    Hub opened its first mono-brand store in Berlin at the...

    2013-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Hub opened its first mono-brand store in Berlin at the beginning of the Bright trade show, where it presented its new shoe collections. The store is the first one by this Dutch footwear brand outside its domestic market. In the basement, Hub offers artists a platform to present their work ...

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    Red Wing Shoes has changed the color of the leather it...

    2013-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Red Wing Shoes has changed the color of the leather it uses for its heritage collection back to the way it was in the '70s. As usual, the leather and the shoes are made in Red Wing's own tannery in Minnesota. Red Wing Shoes opened two franchised mono-brand stores in two Asian cities, Taipei ...

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    Deckers Corporation is said to be contemplating an increase in...

    2013-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Deckers Corporation is said to be contemplating an increase in the number of stores from 78 to 200 by 2015, mostly for its Ugg brand