LA REDOUTE news and archive

La Redoute signs partnerships with several top schools in France

In order to continue its efforts when it comes to young graduates, French fashion and lifestyle retailer La Redoute has signed partnerships with several major schools in France: French central graduate school École Centrale de Lille, Edhec Business School, engineering school École d'ingéniers Junia, and Skema Business School. With these new...

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Galeries Lafayette selects new CEO of La Redoute

As part of Galeries Lafayette’s takeover of French retailer La Redoute, the luxury group has selected a new chief executive officer to take the e-commerce company into its next chapter. It comes as Galeries Lafayette begins to increase its stake in the retailer, from the 51 percent it has held since 2017 to a full 100 percent stake that will...

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How to perfect your e-commerce, according to the experts

Valencia - One of the clear lessons that this global pandemic has given to the fashion industry is that the digital world should not be underestimated. When confinement became a reality, fashion firms had to act in the only medium they had at their disposal: online. As trend experts Francesca Tur and Berta Segura told us in "Contemporary...

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Galeries Lafayette acquires 51 percent stake in La Redoute

The Galeries Lafayette group, via its holding company Motier has acquired a 51 percent majority stake in La Redoute following the approval of the relevant French and international regulatory authorities. The company said in a statement that the Galeries Lafayette group maintains its objective of owning 100 percent of La Redoute in the future....

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Galeries Lafayette sets its sights on taking over La Redoute

Galeries Lafayette is eyeing up La Redoute for a future take over. The retail company is set to acquire a 51 percent stake in the French brand, and plans to expand its share in La Redoute to 100 percent in the future in order to strengthen its e-commerce division. “The combination of the two businesses with their iconic brands would allow to...

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La Redoute confident in returning to balance by 2017

La Redoute has confirmed its plans to return to balance in 2017, thanks to its current strategy of repositioning its offer around its own brands and ready-to-wear collections. Although the group was still "slightly down" in 2014, "we confirm our objectives of a return to balance in 2017," said Eric Courteille, one of two leaders of the former...

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La Redoute names new UK CEO

French online and mail order fashion and lifestyle retailer La Redoute has promoted its chief operating officer, Richard Burke, to chief executive of La Redoute UK. Burke, who has risen through the ranks at both Empire Stores and Redcats, has held the role of COO since 2012. He succeeds Saida Gallouj, who is now Head of laredoute.com, as CEO and...

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La Redoute to relaunch in the UK, following marketing overhaul

La Redoute is gearing up for a relaunch within the UK this fall, following a marketing strategy overhaul designed to increase brand awareness in the country. The move comes not long after the management buyout of the mail order catalog, which saw Natalia Balla, chairman and CEO of La Redoute and Edward Cortez take over the company from Kering...

Design

Kering finalizes sale of Le Redoute and Relais Colis in MBO

Luxury conglomerate Kering has announced the closure of the sale mailorder catalog La Redoute and delivery network Relais Colis, to Nathalia Balla, chairman and CEO of La Redoute and Eric Courteille, chief administrative officer of Redcats. Last December, François-Henri Pinault, Chairman and CEO at Kering revealed that the company had decided to...

Design

La Redoute to open first UK store

French online and mail order fashion retailer La Redoute is set to open its first UK store with a pop-up at Grosvenor’s LiverpoolOne. Taking place on Manesty’s Lane, the French fashion brand will open a 1,755 square foot temporary space from May 22 to 26, over the bank holiday weekend, and will sell items from their Spring/Summer 2014...

Design

La Redoute teams up with ChannelAdvisor for international expansion

French online and catalogue retailer La Redoute is using ChannelAdvisor to aid its expansion and to sell its products internationally through Amazon and eBay. By using ChannelAdvisor’s Marketplaces solution to sell its products internationally, La Redoute can expand its offering to American consumers without the need for an existing presence or...

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Kering stands to sell La Redoute and Relais Colis in MBO

Kering's board members met on Wednesday to discuss the four offers the group has received for the purchase of mail order catalog Le Redoute and delivery network Realais Colis. They decided to go ahead and enter exclusive negotiations for a management buy out with Nathalie Balla, who is the current chairman and CEO of Le Redoute, and Eric...