BN Exclusive: Spanish Retailer MANGO opening stores in Nigeria
Posted on Friday, October 9th, 2009 at 8:42 amBy Bella
We had been hearing whispers about this for a while but it is exciting to now have confirmation.
Renowned Spanish clothing retailer, MANGO will be opening stores in Nigeria. The much-loved retailer which has collaborated with actresses Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz and designer Zuhair Murad will be opening stores in Lagos and Abuja. The Lagos store will be at the Palms Mall while the site of the Abuja store is yet to be confirmed. Wonder who will come in next? Maybe H&M? We’ll just have to watch and see. While we are on this topic, wonder what some of these Lagos clothing boutique owners will do when the official retailers open their stores. Went to a couple of Lagos stores this week and was shocked to see Coast, Zara and Mango clothing (dresses) from past seasons – some even from over a year ago – selling for an average of 40000 naira (about £167). Most mark-up their prices by about 50% which seems excessive…
Penelope and Monica Cruz for Mango
Scarlett Johansson for Mango
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Mango opens soon
right sizes
Right Prizes
up to date seasons on racks
fantastic shopping experience
basically, wherever in europe i find myself, i go for mango and zara, great quality, great price. but on the otherhand, i am dead sure we will only get last seasons fashion in their store here,just like their store in SA. even at that, we will have to pay more for these cloths that normally would be found in their OUTLETS( where cloths of previous seasons are sold)
You are so right as per “last season fashion”. I went there, bought a couple of tops and a bangle which came to N13800. On mangoshop.com, there were all on sales and were going for about £25 in total.
A friend of mine introduced me to http://www.uk2meonline.com
They help you buy from any store in the UK and deliver to you in Nigeria
My friend lives in Abuja and she got hers within 2 weeks.
They are quite nice and cheap
They charge you just 10% of UK advsertised price
Hmm sounds interesting.
At the moment, clothings and shoes are considered contrabands by the Nigerian Customs. Except they make them in Aba. They will face a lot of challenges and like most business if they want to thrive. They will need to bribe to get what they want.
uhhhhhhh…….. mango is just there jo..
did someone get the mango franchise or mango itself is comin gan gan. don’t know if Im makn sense
where can i go to for info on franchising et al?
It is the first franchise of its kind in West Africa…it is as good as having a Mango store in Barcelona here in Nigeria, except, of course the sales attendants will not be speaking Spanish
Nigerian do not understand business finally Mango is going to run out them out of business for adding their airfair to each pieces of item sold.
wait till they come and start selling
when virgin came to naija the plan was to sell return ticket for 45k what happened our naija people told them to increase the price. and since the objective of any bizz is profit maximisation they did and we still buy
Note one thing- Mango is only suitable for women with small frame (ie, petite with small hips, small bust rather than our typical African or Spanish full figure woman)- I happen to know because this is the only shop in London that I can get something to fit properly….. anyway, I am sure Mango will have no problems finding customers in Nigeria
Not true…I’m quite petite but curvy and I’ve never been able to buy trousers from Mango because they are always too long. In terms of the size, I believe they cater for size 8-18…
not true at all… im 6ft tall and tend to buy trousers from mango cos they are very long
lepa full for 9ja na…
Can we have Zara next?
i have my doubts.
Would be nice ……
If they get the price right, then real competition can begin…
@Nono – 50% mark up is a no-no! Why??? fact is, the quality remains the same but somehow because i paid more for it – high street becomes ’sale price designer’ which just doesnt make sense…
that said, if ppl are willing to pay – then good for the seller and buyer.
I agree with Kay, we really need a homegrown high street brand in Nigeria. Everyone cannot b designer jere!