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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedDr. Marten fills retail prescription. (R. Griggs Group Ltd. opens retail shoe store in London)
Footwear News, January, 1995 by Fallon, James
R. Griggs Group Ltd has opened a retail unit in Covent Garden, London, that is designed to be a model for future stores and to act as a showcase for the company's Dr. Martens brand of footwear products. Griggs hopes to open additional stores in Europe, the US and the Far East. The 8,000 sq ft Covent Garden unit represents an investment of about $12.56 million, and Dr. Martens manufacturer AirWair Ltd hopes it will establish the brand as more than just a fad.
LONDON (FNS) -- Dr. Martens has stomped into retailing.
R. Griggs Group, Ltd., the brand's parent, has opened a six-floor, 13,957-square-foot store in Covent Garden that will be a showcase for the company's footwear and apparel as well as a model for future stores Griggs hopes to open in continental Europe, the...
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