Retail News Flash vom 26.05.2025

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Galeria split up with Oliver Van den Bossche

No new start in sight - Gerry Weber insolvency reaches Austria

Skechers goes private in a $9.4 billion deal with 3G Capital. This transaction, which is expected to close in the third quarter of 2025, will take Skechers private after 26 years as a publicly traded company.

Lamarr project (Vienna, Mariahilfer Straße) threatened with partial demolition

Modepar Röther will close in Salzburg and will open in Villach

American sporting goods giant Callaway has sold German outdoor brand Jack Wolfskin to Chinese group Anta Sports for 290 million dollars (260 million euros)

New hope for Palmers: restructuring plan accepted

Gössel's plans for refurbishment have failed

In Q1/25 Loewe ( +3) is at the top, other climbers are COS ( plus 11) and Chloe ( plus 10) New in : ON

300 new Takko stores in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands

Stradivarius will open fist store in Vienna

Zara has opened its largest flagship store in Germany in the WestfieldCentro in Oberhausen with 6000m2!

IKEA has opened its store at 214 Oxford Street, which occupies three floors of the former Topshop building.

The Cologne-based bag and accessories provider Kapten & Son GmbH is expanding into the United Kingdom and opening a store in London in August.

Vienna's luxury Kohlmarkt - Loewe instead of Michael Kors New Shops in Viennas Q19

First ARKET opening in Austria, in Vienna in a traditional building.

Adidas, Biogena, Steffl outlet, Morawa open in Mariahilfertrasse Vienna

Skechers has opened about 300m2 in SCS Seiersberg.

In 2029, Louis Vuitton will open a 41806m2 mega flagship in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles. Launched in 2026, architects: Frank Gehry & Peter Marino

The Swedish slow fashion brand Asket has also opened its first flagship store, the first outside Stockholm, at 72-74 Brewer Street in Soho.

Urban Outfitters' retail experience called ‘On Rotation’ was launched for the first time together with the US sporting goods company Nike in the five selected cities of New York, Washington D.C., Scottsdale, San Diego and Manhattan Beach.

Polène Paris Pop-up-Store ""Le Fleuriste Maroquinier"" Paris - Frankreich

Pop up & limited Capsule Collection at Schnitzler in Münster (Since 1892 in Münster.)

Diesel has opened a new store on the famous Piazza San Marco in Venice.

348,750 LEGO bricks,069 kilograms and 1,500 hours pastry made with Lego in Paris

After the Brickerl disappeared from the sales list, someone reacted quickly: Spar with hashtag #wirübernehmen Choccolinos am Stiel

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