Represent’s first London store debuted on Saturday and based on the label’s track record, could be set to be another win after its Los Angeles and Manchester stores. Yet the company couldn’t be accused of rushing into a London location as it’s been looking for just the right spot for around four years. In the…
Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published July 14, 2025 Pandora has opened its first street-level store in Porto, strengthening its presence in Portugal with a new location on Rua de Santa Catarina—one of the city’s busiest shopping streets. The boutique, which opened on Friday, July 12, is the brand’s second high-street store in the country,…
JD Sports has had plenty of store and product news in recent days with the company planning or opening more megastores both in the UK and abroad and saying that searches for Oasis-linked products have gone through the roof. The new Melbourne store – JD Sports First, its UK store development. After opening several giant-sized…
Business at Galeries Lafayette’s famed Boulevard Haussmann flagship is booming this year, amid a huge flood of tourists into the nation’s capital, and a significantly refreshed retail offer. Outside the Galeries Lafayette store in Paris – Courtesy In the first half of 2025, the flagship achieved double-digit sales growth, outperforming the estimated 9% increase in…
By Reuters Published June 15, 2025 “Blind box” toymaker Pop Mart, which has seen frenzied sales worldwide for products related to its ugly-cute Labubu character, opened its first jewellery store in Shanghai on Friday. Labubu The jewellery concept store, called Popop, sells accessories adorned with Pop Mart’s top-selling characters, including Labubu, Molly and Skullpanda. While…
There are grand store opening events. And then there are JD Sports opening events. The spotlight fell on Manchester’s Trafford Centre Saturday (7 June) where over 1,000 shoppers turned up for the opening of JD’s biggest ever store (41,000 sq ft), led by eight-time gold medalist athletics superstar Usain Bolt supported by YouTube group Beta…
Frasers Group has opened a concept store in the Dundee shopping centre, Overgate, that it acquired two years ago. The new store blends sports, premium fashion, lifestyle and beauty under one roof and is located in the former Debenhams unit at the centre. Debenhams closed its remaining stores four years ago when its acquisition by…
Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published June 6, 2025 Nodaleto returns to Paris with an “immersive” pop-up store, following its first ephemeral space in 2020 that accompanied its launch. Over six years, Julia Toledano’s shoe brand has evolved and matured, expanding into other product categories through collaborations under the new Noda line, which debuts with…
Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published June 5, 2025 Inditex’s flagship brand continues to grow its international retail network. Following a recent opening in Brea, California, Zara has strengthened its presence in the United States with a new flagship store in West Los Angeles. The brand also unveiled a fully renovated location in downtown Turin….
Translated by Nicola Mira Published May 22, 2025 Italian multibrand concept store Modes, struggling with severe financial difficulties, has gone into liquidation. The high-end fashion retailer, which until 2022 used to operate some 20 stores, including two prestigious addresses in Paris and Switzerland, applied for bankruptcy protection last December, but the Milan court has decided…
