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ArticleItalian shoemakers seek geographical indication protection from EU
The municipality of Monte Urano, led its mayor, Moira Canigola, is seeking to obtain geographical indication protection from the European Commission for the footwear cluster located in the Fermo-Macerata area in the Marche region. The town asked the Commission to consider widening IG protection to non-food products. Canigola said that ...
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ArticleDr. Martens surges on first day of trading
Shares in Dr. Martens rose by 22 percent on their first day of trading on Jan. 29 to reach 450 pence (€5.08-$6.17) on the London Stock Exchange. The closing price values the company some £4.5 billion (€5.1bn-$6.2bn), or about 24.5 times Ebitda of its last fiscal year. The first session ...
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Lloyd’s sales plummet in 2020, company launches sustainable product line
The German shoe maker Lloyd Shoes posted a 35 to 38 percent drop in revenues last year as growth in online sales failed to compensate for the losses in brick-and-mortar stores, which suffered from coronavirus-related lockdowns. As the current lockdown in Germany is set to continue at least until Feb. ...
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ArticleBoohoo in exclusive talks to buy three Arcadia brands
The British fast-fashion online retailer Boohoo is in exclusive discussions with administrators regarding the acquisition of three Arcadia-owned brands: Dorothy Perkins, Wallis and Burton. In a filing with the London Stock Exchange, Boohoo stressed that no deal is guaranteed. The acknowledgement came after Sky News revealed that talks were ongoing ...
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ArticleEurope helps drive VF’s momentum
After posting a loss for the first quarter of its financial year, VF Corp. bounced back in the second quarter, and the third fiscal quarter ended Dec. 31 confirmed this recovery, driven by Europe and China. The good progress, which was attributed to in part to investments made in previous ...
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ArticleTod’s to restructure its debt with €500m ESG-linked financing
Tod’s will repay all existing medium-term loans and cancel a revolving credit facility (RCF) after having signed a €500 million credit agreement with a pool of banks led by Intesa Sanpaolo. The new five-year sustainability-linked loan is composed of a €250 million term facility and a new €250 million RCF. ...
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ArticleGucci goes beyond carbon neutrality
Italian fashion house Gucci, part of French luxury goods group Kering, announced the extension of its climate strategy, moving beyond carbon neutrality to also focus on measures to protect and restore ecosystems that mitigate climate change. Gucci’s new Natural Climate Solutions Portfolio will encompass initiatives to promote regenerative agriculture within ...
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ArticleDigital natives are the most frequent cross-border e-commerce shoppers
A recent survey by eShopWorld, a privately held Irish company headquartered in Dublin with offices around the globe that provides a technology platform for brands and retailers looking to sell online to global markets, found out that younger, digitally native consumers aged 25 to 34 are the group that most ...
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Mastercard hikes fees on U.K. e-commerce purchases from EU
Mastercard is preparing to increase fees charged to EU merchants when British cardholders buy their goods online by at least 400 percent, a move it said is being made due to Brexit and could lead to higher prices for consumers should merchants decide to pass on the higher costs of ...
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ArticleDr. Martens valued up to £3.7bn in IPO
Dr. Martens is being valued between £3.3-3.7 billion (€3.7bn-$4.5bn to €4.2bn-$5.1bn) in its public offering that is already fully booked. The private equity firm Permira and other investors are selling as many as 350 million shares at 330-370 pence each (€3.73-$4.53 to €4.18-$5.08). The stake represents 35 percent of the ...
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ArticleCole Haan drops IPO plan
U.S. shoe and accessories company Cole Haan has dropped plans for an initial public offering (IPO) almost a year after filing its intention to list. In a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the New Hampshire-based company disclosed it had “determined not to proceed with the proposed ...
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ArticleRocky Brands buys footwear brands from Honeywell for $230m
Rocky Brands has agreed to acquire the performance and lifestyle footwear business of the U.S. conglomerate Honeywell International for $230 million. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2021. The assets acquired are The Original Muck Boot Company, XTRATUF, Servus, NEOS and Ranger brands. Thanks to ...
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EU Commission calls to ‘strongly discourage’ intra-EU travel
The European Commission has proposed the European Council to discourage non-essential travel between European Union member states amid high Covid-19 infection rates and concerns about new virus variants, while avoiding border closures or blanket prohibitions that would impede the functioning of the internal market and supply chains. “The Commission proposes ...
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ArticleSergio Rossi’s owner is reportedly considering to sell
Investindustrial, the investment fund which wholly owns Sergio Rossi, is considering selling the Italian manufacturer of luxury shoes. According to the daily Corriere della Sera, Investindustrial has hired the investment bank Rothschild to study the future strategy for the shoemaker in which it has invested €100 million between the acquisition ...
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ArticleBoohoo, Asos make moves on top U.K. brands
The British online fast fashion retailer Boohoo has acquired all of the intellectual property assets, including customer data and related business information and selected contracts, of the U.K. department store chain Debenhams, which is currently under administration, for £55 million (€75.3m-$69.1m), plus value-added tax, in cash. The purchase does ...
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ArticleBrazilian footwear output forecast to rise by 14.1% this year
Brazilian footwear production is expected to rise by 14.1 percent this year after having fallen by an estimated 21.8 percent in 2020 due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and reaching a 16-year low, according to Abicalçados, which represents the local footwear industry. It estimates 2020 production at 710 ...
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Zenden Group launches a new retail chain
The Russian footwear retailer Zenden Group has launched an innovative retail format called Digital Fashion Lounge, or Fage in its shortened form. The first store in the new format has been opened in the Kashirskaya Plaza shopping center in Moscow. Currently, Zenden Group operates nearly 250 stores under three retail ...
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Artémis invests in Goat Group
Groupe Artémis, which controls the Kering luxury group while remaining the biggest shareholder in Puma, has made an unspecified investment in the Goat Group, the online auction-based sneaker reseller. The idea is to help accelerate Goat’s growth, expanding its international reach and diversifying its business in the luxury sector, where ...
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DPD resumes U.K. road services to EU after Brexit customs delays
The parcel carrier DPD has resumed its road service from the U.K. to the European Union after resolving customs clearance problems caused by post-Brexit administration rules. The U.K. left the single market on Dec. 31, 2020. The company had suspended operations in the first week of the month and planned ...
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ArticleC-Suite interview: GMI aims to become a leading luxury shoe producer in 5 yrs
Gruppo Manifatture Italiane (GMI) aims to be among the top two Italian producers of shoes in the luxury segment in the next five years, after taking another step in that direction following the acquisition of Broma, a producer of men’s formal shoes and sneakers for luxury brands, in December 2020. ...
