Retail News Flash vom 05.08.2025

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The Katjes Group acquires 60% of Bogner, with the remaining shares remaining with the Bogner family.

Last year, the Stuttgart-based fashion retailer achieved a gross merchandise volume (GMV) of €1.6 billion, a company spokesperson confirmed to FashionUnited upon request. This represents an increase of around six percent in GMV compared to the previous year.

Benetton plans return to profitability

JD.com wants to buy Mediamarkt/Saturn

Philipp Plein store in Vienna city center closes – franchisees announce new fashion concept.

LVMH has secured an option to acquire Orient Express in its entirety by 2027 as part of a strategic partnership announced last year.

Miu Miu has moved up one place again and leads the Lyst Index 02/2025. (The brand was already at the top in Q3 & Q4/24.) Loewe is in second place. Saint Laurent remains in third place.

Pop Mart opens its first store in Germany – at Alexa Berlin

Nespresso opens Germany's first “Nespresso House” on Marienplatz in Munich

COACH launches “Coach Coffee Shop” – lifestyle offensive by the US brand

In 2027, Pharrell Williams and NIGO will join forces with NOT A HOTEL to open JAPA VALLEY TOKYO in the new Yurakucho Park – an all-day meeting place for music, streetwear, design, and gastronomy.

The biggest Online-Retailer in Austria

The average German Sarah Jessica Parker wearing a dirndl

Links:

https://www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/handel/katjes-uebernahme-des-modeherstellers-bogner/100145724.html?utmterm=ne&utmcampaign=standard&utmmedium=sm&utmcontent=organisch-image&utmsource=Facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR4A-YaAgnDKk-dwCPnwZEU9iTvaJzfgwycfGY09pB-F6fUxz0GwCcxVzJWHeQaem_slQTk4X2TLCo1O-7983QRQ#Echobox=1754066290

https://fashionunited.de/nachrichten/business/breuninger-wachst-um-sechs-prozent/2025072262623

https://medianet.at/news/retail/benetton-plant-rueckkehr-in-die-gewinnzone-69363.html?utmmedium=email&utmsource=newsletter&utm_campaign=marketing-media-3-Mental-Health-Festival-Verhaltenskodex-fr-Influencer-Meta-verbietet-politische-Werbung

https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000281660/wdhlg-fokus-1-mediamarkt-und-saturn-bekommen-chinesischen-eigent252mer

https://interpark.co.uk/latest-news/wake-the-tiger-launch-europes-largest-immersive-art-experience/

https://cpp-luxury.com/lvmh-may-take-full-ownership-of-orient-express/

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/a65551026/lyst-q2-index-2025/

https://www.stores-shops.de/neueroeffnungen/pop-mart-asiatischer-toy-retailer-tritt-in-deutschen-markt-ein/

https://www.stores-shops.de/neueroeffnungen/nespresso-investiert-in-den-stationaeren-point-of-sale/