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Gymshark opens first European store in Amsterdam

British sportswear brand Gymshark opened a new store at Kalverstraat 178 in Amsterdam on June 21, 2025. The three-storey store boasts a total area of over 1,000 square metres. This marks the UK brand's first permanent brick-and-mortar location in continental Europe. Head of communications at Gymshark, Sam Kane, enthusiastically reflected on the...

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Saucony opens first UK flagship store

US footwear brand Saucony has opened its first flagship store in the UK. The new store is located at 4 James Street in London and officially opened on June 21, as announced by the Wolverine World Wide Inc. subsidiary on Wednesday. The London location is intended to be more than just a retail space: with an integrated café, rooms for community...

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In Pictures: From Gentle Monster to Alhaja, summer’s most inventive pop-up shops

By setting up their pop-up shops around the world, brands took advantage of the summer period to meet new consumers and reconnect with their holiday clientele. A perfect opportunity to surprise by testing particularly inventive scenography. From Los Angeles to Paris, via New York and Ibiza, FashionUnited selected six pop-ups that stood out....

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Zero10 and Crosby Studios open pop-up with digital-only apparel

Zero10, an augmented reality (AR) fashion platform, has revealed a new partnership with Crosby Studios which will see the duo collaborate on a pop-up store concept that brings together a physical and virtual retail experience. The store, located in New York’s Soho neighbourhood, will feature a five-piece virtual collection, available to purchase...

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Burberry opens Imagined Landscapes pop-up in Selfridges

British luxury house Burberry has brought its Imagined Landscapes concept to a pop-up in Selfridges London. The idea centres around the house’s outerwear selection, which is currently being celebrated through a series of global pop-ups showing the extensive range in designs. Exclusive styles will be available only at Selfridges, including an...

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Plans for Scandinavia’s largest designer outlet are unveiled

Malmö Designer Village is set to be the largest designer outlet in Scandinavia, with its first phase expected to open in summer 2025. Housing a number of premium retail and dining brands, the 18,000 square meter space will also include landscaped gardens, seasonal events and multisensory elements designed for a high-end shopping experience....

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Debenhams returns to retail with the opening of beauty store

Boohoo-owned Debenhams is set to return to retail with the opening of a flagship beauty destination at Manchester’s Arndale shopping centre. Since the acquisition of the retailer by the Boohoo Group at the beginning of 2021, Debenhams has seen a substantial rebranding and restructuring, with the closing of its stores throughout the UK. In June,...

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Happy Socks opens second largest store in Union Square, New York

Swedish socks, underwear, and swimwear brand Happy Socks is deepening its roots in New York City with the opening of its latest retail store in Union Square. According to an announcement from the company, this will be its second-largest location in the United States. The company’s fifth New York City retail space—and eighth in the U.S.—opens on...

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Foot Locker introduces new store concept with Nike

Specialty athletic retailer Foot Locker Inc. and long-time partner Nike Inc. have partnered to roll out a new store concept, with bigger stores and interactive features brought by Nike's proprietary technology. The newest Power Store, far bigger than typical Foot Locker stores, opened on August 10, in Washington Heights, New York. The store...

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A visit to the first store of influencer-driven online retailer NA-KD

Swedish fast fashion brand NA-KD started as an online fashion platform in 2015 and gained traction by collaborating with influencers to launch capsule collections. Already boasting 1.7 million followers on Instagram, the brand's most recent expansion is its first physical store that opened in the Netherlands on Friday. Passing a farmers market...

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Inditex invests 280 million dollars in new New York Zara flagship

Is bigger better? It certainly seems to be for a number of international retailers, with leading fashion conglomerate Inditex announcing the acquisition of a 4,400 square meter commercial location in the heart of Soho, New York. The Spanish company aims to open "a global standard-setting Zara store" at the landmark building on 503-511 Broadway,...