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Canadian Shoe Retailer Targets The UK With Covent Garden Launch

LONDON-Canadian footwear retailer Aldo is to make its first foray into Europe. A pilot store in London's Covent garden is set to be the forerunner for a nationwide expansion programme in the UK.

By Graham Parker | Updated on January 16, 2002

LONDON-The Canadian footwear retailer Also has taken a flagship store in London’s Covent Garden as the springboard for expansion across the UK. It has taken a prime unit at 3/5/7 Neal Street, London WC2 on a new lease from the Mercers’ Company, next to Marks & Spencer and opposite Spanish fashion giant Mango, and it is actively looking to export the brand to the UK

The privately owned Aldo Group has more than 600 stores worldwide, including seven stores in Manhattan and 20 stores in the Middle East The new London store provides over 7,500 sf on ground, basement and first floors, and was formerly occupied by Smith’s of Covent Garden which surrendered its lease in return for undisclosed premium.

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