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[Interview] “This is the worst possible time for Galeria to look for an investor”

Galeria department stores insolvent again: 1 in 3 shops to close

New owner for German shoe chain Reno

“No retail apocalypse for department stores”

“It is not the pandemic, but bad management that gets retailers into trouble” (Manfred Maus, OBI)

The future of department stores

“Department stores have always been marketplaces” (Roland Armbruster, CEO Coin)

“Department stores are the retail’s Champions League”

“Galeria Inno will emerge stronger from this crisis”

“The future of our department stores will be ‘phygital’” (Philippe Houzé, Galeries Lafayette)

From Au Bon Marché to Galeria Inno : rise and fall of the department store in Belgium

“Lots of customers still miss V&D” Ronald van Zetten, vd.nl

“We are experiencing the biggest revolution since the early days of shopping” Adam Fenwick, Fenwick Limited

“Department stores should become the omni-channel hubs of the future” Olivier Van den Bossche, Metro

“Food becomes the new fashion” Franco Savastano, Jelmoli

“Managing a department store is like solving a Rubik’s cube” Maarten de Groot van Embden

“Retail? Actually, we are in show business! ” (Jeanette Aaen, Illum)

Make your shoppers feel that they are being spoiled” (Giovanni Colauto, De Bijenkorf)

“We don’t sell socks, we sell dreams” (André Maeder, KaDeWe Group)

“Don’t try to sell products, sell memories” (Vittorio Radice, Central Retail Europe)

Debbie Klein (Leen Bakker): “Department stores are the love of my life”

“The biggest threat for department stores? Mismanagement!” (Maurizio Borletti, Chairman of Borletti Group)

RetailDetail launches interview series ‘A love for department stores’

Shoe stockist Hamm Reno Group sold to investors

German shoe chain Reno searches for investors