Mango is stepping up its expansion in Italy through a new partnership with department store chain Coin, as the Spanish fashion retailer looks to grow its visibility across the country.

The agreement will see 22 Mango-operated stores open inside selected Coin locations between September 2026 and the end of 2027.

The new shop-in-shops will range from 400 to 1,000 sq m and will offer Mango’s womenswear, menswear and kidswear collections. They will also feature the retailer’s Mediterranean-inspired New Med store concept, which is designed to create a warmer and more experiential retail environment.

The first eight openings are scheduled for 2026, including stores in Bari, Catania and Rome. Further launches will follow in 2027 across northern cities such as Genova, Como and Trieste, while Mango will also strengthen its presence in Sicily and Sardinia.

Mango chief expansion and franchise officer Daniel López said the tie-up would give Italian customers greater access to the brand’s collections through “excellently located” Coin department stores.

“This agreement will allow the Italian consumers access to all Mango’s creativity and differential value proposition in excellently located Coin department stores,” he said.

“It represents a revolution in the department store vision and will as well represent a milestone for our expansion strategy in Italy, coinciding with our 25th anniversary in the country.”

Coin chief executive Matteo Cosmi said the partnership would strengthen the department store group’s fashion offer.

“We are delighted to collaborate with Mango, one of the leading international fashion brands, renowned for its strong identity, contemporary vision and continued growth,” he said.

“This agreement reinforces our commitment to providing customers with an increasingly relevant and distinctive offering alongside a partner that has successfully established a solid and distinctive position within the fashion industry.”

The move comes after a strong year for Mango in Italy, where it reported almost 30 per cent turnover growth in 2025 and opened more than 20 new points of sale, adding around 6,700 sq m of retail space.

The retailer opened new stores in Rome and Milan’s Porta Nuova last year, alongside standalone Mango Man shops in Bologna, Milan and Rome.

Mango entered Italy in 2001 and ended 2025 with 120 points of sale in the country, spanning more than 40,000 sq m of retail space.

The Italian rollout forms part of a broader period of expansion for the fashion chain, which posted sales of €3.8bn in 2025, up 13 per cent year on year. Mango also opened more than 260 points of sale globally last year, taking its estate to more than 2,900 stores across over 120 markets.