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People Group, a big Chinese group that makes and sells...
People Group, a big Chinese group that makes and sells shoes, handbags and accessories, has acquired Fornarina through a company based in Hong Kong, Bright Fame Holdings. Based in the Marche region of Italy, Fornarina, which was one of the first Italian shoe and apparel companies to do business in ...
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A big Brazilian manufacturer, Usaflex, is planning to open two...
A big Brazilian manufacturer, Usaflex, is planning to open two new shoe factories employing 2,000 people in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Founded in 1998 and specializing in comfort and fashion shoes, the company already employs 2,800 people at seven other facilities in the state which have a ...
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Marc Fisher Footwear has bought Easy Spirit, the comfort shoe...
Marc Fisher Footwear has bought Easy Spirit, the comfort shoe brand of Nine West Holdings, from Sycamore Partners, which had acquired Nine West's parent company, the Jones Group, in 2014. Marc Fisher, who has been in the shoe business for more than 30 years, worked for Easy Spirit under his ...
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Together with the two other footwear brands of the recently...
Together with the two other footwear brands of the recently formed Rockport Group – Aravon and Dunham - Rockport is moving its global corporate headquarters from Canton, Massachusetts to another town in the Greater Boston Area. The new head office of the group is located in West Newton and offers ...
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Kindy, the French company that owns the Catimini and GBB...
Kindy, the French company that owns the Catimini and GBB brands of children's shoes, is in an active phase of discussions with potential investor in a bid to boost its equity and avoid bankruptcy proceedings. The company, which also produces socks under various brand names, is said to be affected ...
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Local reports indicate that an Italian entrepreneur, Enrico Rossi, is...
Local reports indicate that an Italian entrepreneur, Enrico Rossi, is planning to open a new shoe factory in Serbia in the autumn of this year, employing 600 people, through a company called East West. Enrico Rossi and his brother Romano already operate in Serbia through another firm, Progetti, that makes ...
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Strauss Innovation, a German chain of variety stores with 57...
Strauss Innovation, a German chain of variety stores with 57 locations and about 570 employees in the country, plans to gradually phase out its operations by the end of February, after failing to find an investor. It filed for insolvency in Düsseldorf for the third time on Sept. 22.
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Tod's confirmed plans to build a new plant at Arquata...
Tod's confirmed plans to build a new plant at Arquata del Tronto, a village of the Marche region that was severely damaged by two earthquakes on Aug. 24 and Oct. 30. Former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi had already announced in October the company's intention to invest in the area. On ...
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Payless Shoes, one of Australia's largest independent shoe retailers, has...
Payless Shoes, one of Australia's largest independent shoe retailers, has announced it will close 132 stores across the country. James Stewart, Jim Sarantinos and Peter Gothard were appointed to manage the company as administrators in November. Despite expressions of interest from various parties, in the end there were no acceptable ...
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Riccardo Grande Stevens, well known in Italy for being the...
Riccardo Grande Stevens, well known in Italy for being the son of Franzo Grande Stevens, the lawyer of the Agnellis who arranged many contracts for their Fiat group, is launching a new brand of high-end shoes called Steve's. The line will include men's classic footwear, with leather or rubber soles, as ...
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Five trade unions that represent employees of Vivarte have booked...
Five trade unions that represent employees of Vivarte have booked a meeting with government officials on Jan. 5 to air their complaints and their worries about deeper cuts to the workforce of the big French apparel and footwear retailing group, whose banners include big shoe retail chains such as André, ...
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Giggs, a German online retailer specializing in children's shoes, will...
Giggs, a German online retailer specializing in children's shoes, will be liquidated by the end of this year. Giggs sent out a letter informing its suppliers on Dec. 14. All orders for the spring/summer 2017 collections have been cancelled. Current contracts with suppliers were terminated with immediate effect. Giggs belongs ...
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Exercising an option, the J&F group has raised its stake...
Exercising an option, the J&F group has raised its stake in Alpargatas from 67% to 85.7%
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Amazon France opened last month a 13,000 square-meter extension of...
Amazon France opened last month a 13,000 square-meter extension of its existing center in Orléans, a 70,000 square-meter site that first opened in 2007, in a move to shorten delivery times.
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Zalando will buy back 20,000 shares worth around €700,000 until...
Zalando will buy back 20,000 shares worth around €700,000 until Dec. 16
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Shares in Skechers USA jumped by more than 15 percent...
Shares in Skechers USA jumped by more than 15 percent on Dec. 1 after the company announced that its founder and chief executive, Robert Greenberg, snapped up $11 million worth of stock in a move that analysts interpreted as a bullish stance on 2017 prospects. Greenberg, who acquired 500,000 shares ...
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Genesco has agreed to sell its SureGrip Footwear subsidiary to...
Genesco has agreed to sell its SureGrip Footwear subsidiary to Shoes For Crews (SFC), a leading American provider of slip-resistant footwear. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Using a proprietary technology, SureGrip produces and markets a broad line of occupational, slip-resistant shoes for the hospitality, grocery, foodservice, healthcare ...
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Alteri Investors, the company that recently bought the Jones Bootmaker...
Alteri Investors, the company that recently bought the Jones Bootmaker and Brentano chains in the U.K., is said to be among the companies potentially invested in the Aurora Fashion Group, which owns important fashion chains such as Oasis, Warehouse and Coast
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OluKai has announced a strategic investment in Melin, a lifestyle...
OluKai has announced a strategic investment in Melin, a lifestyle headwear brand based in Southern California. The move is part of OluKai's plan to establish itself as an incubator for quality-driven consumer product brands. Melin, which was founded by longtime friends Brian McDonell and Corey Roth in 2013, derives its ...
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The Australian government has reportedly backed the construction of a...
The Australian government has reportedly backed the construction of a shoe factory in Lahore, Pakistan, that will exclusively employ women. The initiative, supported by Australia's Market Development Facility, aims to promote the participation of women in the workforce as well as support the Pakistan's burgeoning footwear sector. Currently only 25 ...
