News Review in the fashion retail: ARGO, LACOSTE and the new Intertop store
What clothes and shoes shops have started working recently, and what brands are preparing for the opening.
LC Waikiki
The Turkish brand LC Waikiki opened the first store in Poltava. The outlet was located on the shopping center “Kiev” second floor and occupied 852 sq. squares. Earlier, LC Waikiki chain marketing and the development manager in Ukraine Natalia Bylovalova commented in the RAU commentary that the Kiev shopping center choice for the first store opening in Poltava was due to the shopping center high traffic and good location, which is located in the city center and in three minutes walk from the rail-way station.
Earlier, the company announced plans to expand the Ukrainian store chain to 27 commercial objects by the 2017 end. Now there are 19 LC Waikiki stores in the country, including commercial object outlet-format, which opened in this year March at the SEC New Way.
Franttini
A new shirts store from the Italian brand Franttini was opened in the SEC Prospect in the capital. The outlet occupied 45 sq. squares, as it is specified in the development company Arricano press-service (management company SEC Prospect).
Both classic shirts for a strict office dress-code and secular night out, as well as the restrained model casual-style shirts, as well as the brighter colors models are presented in the store assortment.
ARGO
At the last month end, the Italian children’s clothes OVS Kids new store was opened, presented in Ukraine by ARGO. The brand second outlet in the country opened the doors for visitors at the capital SEC Lavina Mall. The goods in the store are divided into 4 age categories from the birth to 14 years: newborns, kids, children and adolescents. The store total square is more than 260 sq.
In Ukraine, OVS Kids is present since 2012, when the first store was opened in the SEC SkyMall in Kiev.
Barcelona
The exclusive women’s clothing new store, Barcelona, was opened in the Krivoy Rog SEC Solar Gallery. The sales point occupied 45 sq. squares. It presents stylish luxury outfits, shoes, bags and accessories.
LACOSTE
At the June end, the sixth in Kiev and the ninth in Ukraine the French brand LACOSTE boutique opened in the Kiev SEC Lavina Mall. The new store presents the women’s and men’s spring-summer 2017 collection, the LACOSTE LIVE-line and LACOSTE sport-capsule collections. The assortment also includes shoes, accessories and the brand business card – the branded polo shirts.
The company also reported that the store in Lavina Mall is launching a discoveries new wave. LACOSTE not only increases the stores number, but also expands its presence geography in Ukraine. The French brand recently entered the Odessa market, having opened the first street-retail store in the country, as the RAU wrote earlier.
InComer
The children’s store InComer also opened in the SEC Lavina Mall. It occupied 37 sq. square near the Galaxy entertainment park zone. The outlet assortment consists of the clothes for children from six months to 12 years.
Skechers
The company Intertop Ukraine announced another discovery in the largest Ukrainian SEC. The company plans to open in September a footwear store in the SEC Lavina Mall, as plans part to develop a global brand Skechers in Ukraine.
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