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Fielmann opens its 31st store in Italy
Fielmann opened its 31st store in Italy in the town of Parma. The 150 square-meter store has a staff of six and is located in the town’s historic center. The German retailer is expected to open at least another store in the country by the end of the ...
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News briefsAcuitis enters Spanish market
Acuitis has entered the Spanish market in partnership with Andres Femenia , a local businessman who previously ran a network of 50 hearing aid stores. The first Acuitis store was opened in Valencia and a further three stores are scheduled in Spain in the first quarter of 2021. ...
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ArticleCarte Blanche set to become the N°2 healthcare network in France
Carte Blanche , the French healthcare organization owned by SwissLife and other insurance companies, has extended until Dec. 11 the registration deadline for French opticians wishing to join its network, as many could not complete the process in time because of the new Covid-19 related lockdown. The company, which ...
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ArticleEdel-Optics invested €3 million in robotized Hamburg flagship
Edel-Optics has invested €3 million in its new flagship store, located at Ballindamm 33 in Hamburg, Germany. The location, opened in late November after nine months of construction, enables customers to be served by opticians or by Temi personal robots and offers a selection of 250,000 items from ...
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ArticleFrance postpones start of winter clearance period to Jan. 20
The French government has postponed to Jan. 20 the start of the winter clearance period from its initial date of Jan. 6. The clearance period will last four weeks. In radio interview with RMC/BFM TV , the Economy Minister, Bruno Le Maire , added that the measure is aimed ...
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Happy Look launches more flagship stores in Russia
Russia’s biggest eyewear retailer, Happy Look , has opened five flagship stores. Four are located in St. Petersburg and one in Yekaterinburg. Happy Look describes its flagship stores as “megastores.” On average, they have 200 square meters of shopping space showing at least 2,000 items. But, Happy Look’s ...
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British delivery service fears uncontrollable Black Friday
London-based delivery service ParcelHero said that it’s forecasting an £8.49bn (€9.5bn-$11.5bn) monster Black Friday to Cyber Monday weekend. It warns that stores must learn from the disaster of Black Friday 2014 or delivery chains could snap once again this year. In 2019, Britons spent a ...
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Pugnale opens its first flagship store
The Italian eyewear company Pugnale has opened its first flagship store. The 35 square meter shop is located in the center of Rome. Pugnale, which was created in 2013 and has its headquarters in the northeastern town of Udine, said that the store is part of a plan to ...
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News briefsFielmann opens 30th Italian store
Fielmann has opened its 30th store in Italy. The more than 230 square meter shop is located in the center of Mantua. The German retailer plans to open at least two additional stores in the country by the end of the year. Fielmann entered the Italian market in ...
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News briefsSafilo launches new B2B platform in Europe
Safilo has launched a new B2B platform called You Safilo and a new customer relationship management system with the support of the American software company Salesforce . The Italian eyewear company was also assisted by the web designer WIP Italia and by the consultancy group Accenture . ...
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ArticleItaly’s main buying groups merge
Italy’s two main buying groups, Vision Group and Netcity , will merge on Jan. 1, but will maintain their offices and staff based in Milan and Prato, near Florence. Vision Group has more than 2,100 associated optical stores, operating under different banners including VisionOttica’s , the group’s nationwide ...
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News briefsbrillen.de targets 200 German stores by end 2022
The German omni-channel eyewear retailer brillen.de , which is owned by SuperVista , plans to have a domestic network of 200 stores by the end of 2022 compared with over 90 currently. The banner has been expanding rapidly this year, opening more than 60 branches in the first ten months ...
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News briefsMister Spex adds audio eyewear to its portfolio
The German optician and eyewear retailer Mister Spex has included audio glasses and sunglasses in its portfolio. Since Oct. 29, it offers Bose audio sunglasses on its online shop for customers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the so-called DACH business region. The models can also be found in ...
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News briefsKlarna snaps up Woilà
Klarna, the Swedish online payments group which offers ”buy now, pay later” solutions, has acquired the technology and team of the startup Woilà , whose app allows consumers to get refunds if the price of a product falls after an online purchase is completed. Klarna said the acquisition, for ...
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French economy risks “collapse” with new lockdown
A new total or partial Covid-19-related lockdown could lead to a “collapse” of the French economy, according to the Confederation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises ( CPME ). CPME warned that companies are currently “much weaker” than in March, when the government introduced a lockdown, and many, especially the ...
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News briefsRussian Post launches bonded warehouse pilot project
The Russian state mail operator Russian Post announced a pilot project to set up bonded warehouses, where goods liable to customs can be stored and handled without payment of duty. In the future, these warehouses could manage half of all sales of foreign online stores present in the ...
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ArticleContrasting consumer sentiment across Europe
The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is beginning to stifle the previously expected recovery of the European economy, particularly for the consumption of non-essential products and services. Fortunately, it has not yet led to the retail lockdowns of the first wave in the spring – except in Wales and ...
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ArticleU.K. government under pressure over move to scrap tax-free shopping
The British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak is under mounting pressure from major retailers to reverse his decision to abolish duty-free shopping next year which they claim will lead to significant job losses. Leading U.K. fashion and luxury brands, including Paul Smith , Ted Baker , The White Company ...
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ArticleU.K. threatens no-deal Brexit but talks to continue
Tensions on stalled Brexit trade talks intensified as Boris Johnson , the British Prime Minister, said Britons should prepare for a no-deal departure if the European Union (EU) did not compromise, raising the prospect of supply chain chaos across Europe. Johnson stopped short of saying he was walking ...
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ArticleItalia Independent opens a new showroom in Milan
Italia Independent opened a new showroom in Milan, in via Fiori Chiari, in the heart of the bohemian Brera district. The location is also the company’s sole flagship worldwide after the company underwent a restructuring that led to the closure of all stores managed directly or franchised. It also ...
