All Corporate articles – Page 37
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Eram, one of the two leading shoe retailing groups in...
Eram, one of the two leading shoe retailing groups in France, has raised to 49 percent its stake in Faguo, a French brand of casual footwear and clothing, to help finance its further development. The balance is shared between its two managers, Nicolas Rohr and Frédéric Mugnier, who founded Faguo ...
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Penske Media Corporation (PMC) and its subsidiary Fairchild Fashion Media,...
Penske Media Corporation (PMC) and its subsidiary Fairchild Fashion Media, which runs Women's Wear Daily and Footwear News, have announced the acquisition of FashInvest. Described as a media platform where entrepreneurs, investors and fashion industry executives exchange information and raise new capital, FashInvest will continue to be run as an ...
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Shoescribe and The Corner, the two e-shops previously owned by...
Shoescribe and The Corner, the two e-shops previously owned by Yoox, have been acquired by an Italian entrepreneur, Vittorio Chalon, and they will be back online soon. The two e-shops had been shut down in 2015 following the creation of the Yoox-Net-à-Porter group. According to reports on fashionmagazine.it, the two ...
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Footasylum, the British chain of sports and lifestyle stores created...
Footasylum, the British chain of sports and lifestyle stores created by the founders of JD Sports, went public on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) London Stock Exchange on Nov. 2 at a price of £1.64 per share, giving it an initial valuation of £171 million (€194.3m-$226.0m). On Friday in advance ...
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Deckers Brands, the parent company of Teva and Hoka One...
Deckers Brands, the parent company of Teva and Hoka One One, announced that it will make room for two new independent directors, replacing two who are retiring from its board. Marcato Capital Management, the activist investor that has been criticizing the company's management, asking to sell all the group's brands ...
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Guillaume de Feydeau, who was appointed as the new chief...
Guillaume de Feydeau, who was appointed as the new chief executive of the bankrupt J.B. Martin on Oct. 30, has presented a plan to eliminate the French company's losses. It would involve the layoff of up to 100 of its 260 employees and the shutdown of five to ten of ...
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Clarks has announced that it will be working with the...
Clarks has announced that it will be working with the JDA Software Group to create a global planning process, as part of its global business transformation initiative. The British footwear maker will be using JDA's Intelligent Fulfillment solution, which helps anticipate the omnichannel demand and secure the availability of stock ...
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Tapestry, the American fashion group previously called Coach, has applied...
Tapestry, the American fashion group previously called Coach, has applied to withdraw its shares from the Hong Kong stock exchange
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LVMH is set to operate 24 manufacturing sites in Italy...
LVMH is set to operate 24 manufacturing sites in Italy by next year with the opening of a new jewelry plant for Bulgari and an eyewear factory for Céline and other brands in partnership with Marcolin. It already operates the Rossimoda shoe factory and a shoe factory in Italy for ...
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Salvatore Ferragamo will resume reporting its results on a quarterly...
Salvatore Ferragamo will resume reporting its results on a quarterly basis, starting with third quarter figures scheduled for release on Nov. 14. Under Italian stock market rules, companies are no longer compelled to release reports for the first and third quarters. Ferragamo has nevertheless decided to resume the publication of ...
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Clariant has reaffirmed its commitment to the planned merger with...
Clariant has reaffirmed its commitment to the planned merger with Huntsman, after a shareholder built up a 15 percent stake in the company to fight the merger. White Tale Holdings now owns 15.1 percent of Clariant, making it the biggest shareholder in the Swiss chemicals group. White Tale had submitted ...
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Compagnie Vosgienne de la Chaussure (CVC), the French manufacturing company...
Compagnie Vosgienne de la Chaussure (CVC), the French manufacturing company recently sold by Vivarte to a German investment group, is one of the candidates to the acquisition of J.B. Martin, but court authorities have been postponing a decision on the buyer
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Coach is changing its name to Tapestry as part of...
Coach is changing its name to Tapestry as part of its transformation into a multi-brand luxury group
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Robert Clergerie is changing its name to Clergerie Paris, starting...
Robert Clergerie is changing its name to Clergerie Paris, starting with a new store on Paris' rue Saint-Honoré
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Groupe Royer, which owns the brand rights for Kickers and...
Groupe Royer, which owns the brand rights for Kickers and many other shoe brands, has added Hungaria to its brand portfolio. Based in Gonesse, France and formerly known as Hunga, Hungaria is a sports brand that was created in 1931. In 1976, Hungaria was acquired by Adidas, but was then ...
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Vivarte is considering the possible divestiture of Besson, one of...
Vivarte is considering the possible divestiture of Besson, one of its two low-priced shoe retail chains
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Mexx, the Dutch brand of clothing and footwear, has been...
Mexx, the Dutch brand of clothing and footwear, has been taken over by the Dutch RNF Group, which has bought the brand rights from the Turkish Eroglu Holding group. Owned by Ron Janssen and Ferry Helmer, RNF controls among others Ferro Footwear, a Dutch trading company that they founded and that has ...
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Roots, the Canadian-based chain of lifestyle apparel stores, is planning...
Roots, the Canadian-based chain of lifestyle apparel stores, is planning to go public on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The public offering comes two years after a private equity firm, Searchlight Capital, acquired a majority stake in the company and appointed a few months later a new chief executive, Jim Gabel, ...
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Anika Schuhhandels GmbH has applied for pre-insolvency court protection. Under...
Anika Schuhhandels GmbH has applied for pre-insolvency court protection. Under the German process, similar to Chapter 11 bankuptcy in the U.S., the German shoe retailer will propose a reorganization plan to keep the business alive. Headquartered in Neustrelitz near Berlin, Anika operates 60 stores under the names of Anika Schuh, ...
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The Montreal-based Aldo Group and the U.S.-based Camuto Group announced...
The Montreal-based Aldo Group and the U.S.-based Camuto Group announced that they have mutually decided not to pursue a proposed merger under which the Canadian company would have acquired control of the American one. They have nevertheless agreed that Camuto will become a strategic partner of the international shoe retailer.
