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ArticleWormland files for insolvency again
Just over a year after emerging from bankruptcy, the German men’s fashion retailer Wormland has once again filed for insolvency with the Osnabrück District Court. Despite the filing, business operations will continue while the company seeks new investors, said the provisional insolvency administrator, Stephan Michels. All nine stores – ...
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OrthoLite opens a manufacturing site in North Vietnam
OrthoLite, the US-based supplier of sustainable open-cell foam insoles, announced the opening of a new manufacturing facility in North Vietnam. Located in the Ninh Binh Province, the site marks a key milestone in the company’s strategy to localize production and enhance service for regional and global footwear brands. The OrthoLite ...
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ArticleASF 4.0 launches its Portuguese 'megafactory' after raising fresh cash
Advanced Shoe Factory 4.0 (ASF 4.0), a unit of the French textile producer Chamatex Group, said that it is proceeding with the launch of a “megafactory” in Portugal with the goal of producing 1.5 million pairs of sports shoes annually from 2030. The project is part of ASF 4.0’s ambition ...
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Hwaseung Footwear to build a plant in India
Hwaseung Footwear, a leading South Korean footwear manufacturer with producers for global brands such as Adidas, plans to invest 898 crore rupee (€87.1m) in a manufacturing facility in Kuppam, in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, to produce non-leather footwear. In the Indian numeral system, a crore corresponds to 10 ...
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ArticleShoe Carnival to change name to Shoe Station
Shoe Carnival’s board unanimously voted to change the corporate name of the US footwear retailer to Shoe Station Group. The decision still has to be approved by shareholders at the annual general meeting scheduled in June 2026. ”We are building a simpler, more efficient company with one team, one infrastructure, ...
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Asos refinances its debt
Asos says that it has refinanced its asset backed loan facility into a secured term loan and delayed draw term loan (DDTL) with a new syndicate of private lenders. The new financing facilities comprise a £150 million (€170m) term loan and an £87.5 million (€99.1m) DDTL maturing in November ...
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Paul Green ends production at its Austrian HQ
The Austrian footwear brand Paul Green has announced it will cease production at its headquarters in Mattsee, near Salzburg, citing a persistently difficult economic environment, declining consumer spending and recently introduced US tariffs on shoe imports. The company said that despite extensive efficiency measures, the high costs of local ...
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ArticleBirkenstock to open a new production facility in Germany
Birkenstock is set to open a new manufacturing plant in Wittichenau, in the Saxony region, dedicated to the production of its signature cork-latex footbeds. The company has acquired the former Maja furniture factory in the Brischko district for around €18 million. The 78,000-square-meter production and logistics complex has been ...
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ArticlePrimark could be spun off by its parent company
Associated British Foods (ABF) is mulling a split of its Primark and global food businesses under a review of its group structure, as it looks to unlock value in a tough consumer environment. ABF’s Chief Executive, George Weston, said the group’s “unique and exceptional food business” had been “less well ...
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ArticleClosed’s future is secured
After approximately two months of intensive investor negotiations, the German fashion label Closed has found a new owner. The German Federal Cartel Office has approved the sale of the insolvent brand to Capital-Home, the investment company of the entrepreneurial Böck family, majority owners of the Marc O’Polo Group. Under the ...
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R.M. Williams expands production capacity
R.M. Williams has opened a second workshop at its Adelaide site, bolstering the production capacity of the Australian bootmaker by 90 percent. The new 20,000-square-meter facility will increase the company’s manufacturing and distribution footprint to 29,500 square meters. In 2020, an Australian billionaire, Andrew Forrest, bought R.M. Williams, the producer ...
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ArticleRoyer goes into receivership
Groupe Royer, which is struggling with its debt burden, was placed into receivership by a commercial tribunal based in Rennes, Brittany, the region where the French footwear company is based. “To cope with the successive crises since 2022, the group has implemented various plans to revitalize its business and improve ...
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Italian court appoints an expert for Aeffe and Pollini’s negotiated settlement procedure
The Chamber of Commerce of Romagna Forlì-Cesena and Rimini appointed on Oct. 8 Riccardo Ranalli as the expert to reach a negotiated settlement for the financial crisis affecting the Italian luxury goods company Aeffe and its footwear unit Pollini. On Oct. 10, Aeffe filed a petition with a court in ...
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Staray and Jo System join forces
Staray, a Chinese brand of 3D-printed footwear, set up with Jo System, an Italian provider of milling and lasering solutions, the Staray & Jo System Joint Design and Production Center, a research and development hub that “infuses technology into design and empowers design with the innovation of technology,” the ...
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Geox appoints a new commercial and marketing head
Geox appointed Francesco Santachiara as Chief Commercial, Marketing and Merchandising Officer in September. He was previously Global Head of Wholesale for one year at the Italian footwear company. Prior to joining Geox, Santachiara worked for a decade at L’Oréal and for nine years at Luxottica. The appointment comes after Geox ...
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Famous Footwear Australia closes down
The Australian retailer Famous Footwear announced that it is closing down after 25 years of activity. The company’s online store will stop operating at the end of the year, while its 17 stores located in the states of New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria are scheduled to close early 2026. ...
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ArticleGörtz is also insolvent in Austria, investor plans comeback in Hamburg
Following its second collapse in Germany since 2023, the troubled Hamburg-based shoe retailer Görtz has now filed for insolvency in Austria as well. The company, now operating under the name GAT Retail GmbH, said it intends to restructure and continue operations. The Austrian filing affects 108 creditors, with claims totaling ...
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ArticleDäumling stops shoe production in Germany
After more than seven decades of domestic manufacturing, the children’s shoe brand Däumling is shutting down its production facility in Bruchweiler-Bärenbach, in the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany. The move comes amid declining sales and mounting cost pressures, marking another blow to the country’s struggling footwear industry, which has seen ...
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ArticleOnygo closes all stores after failed rescue attempt
The insolvent German shoe and fashion retailer Onygo is permanently closing all its remaining stores across the country and laying off 150 employees, following a failed rescue attempt. The move marks another casualty in Germany’s struggling retail sector. In an interview with trade magazine TextilWirtschaft, Onygo’s Managing Director, Frank ...
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News briefsGeox may cut 110-150 jobs
Geox may cut between 110 and 150 jobs as the Italian footwear company seeks to reduce costs. The company said that on Sept. 10 it held a meeting with trade unions and the Italian employers confederation Confindustria to present envisaged measures to implement the industrial plan approved by Geox’s board ...
