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Skechers has moved to bigger offices for its British subsidiary,...
Skechers has moved to bigger offices for its British subsidiary, as it continues to expand across Europe. It moved from Potters Bar, north of London, to a nearby facility of about 1,600 square meters in St Albans, with nine showrooms and plenty of multi-media technology. Rapid growth in the U.K. ...
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Shoe Carnival has launched a stock repurchase plan for up...
Shoe Carnival has launched a stock repurchase plan for up to $50 million, running until Nov. 30 at the latest
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Tod's has celebrated the completion of the first phase of...
Tod's has celebrated the completion of the first phase of renovation of Rome's Colosseum, a restoration project which is supported by the Italian luxury group. The first phase of the works has focused on the northern and southern façades of the iconic monument, cleaning up a total of 13,300 square ...
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Zappos is reportedly closing down its innovation center in San...
Zappos is reportedly closing down its innovation center in San Francisco and move dits R&D lab to its own head office in Las Vegas
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Salvatore Ferragamo's outgoing chief executive, Michele Norsa, said the Italian...
Salvatore Ferragamo's outgoing chief executive, Michele Norsa, said the Italian fashion house will focus on widening the profit margins on its products this year rather than pushing sales, to combat lower growth in the luxury market as a whole. Norsa, who spoke before the brand's menswear show at the Milan ...
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In contrast with Vivarte, which is selling off its shoe...
In contrast with Vivarte, which is selling off its shoe manufacturing subsidiary, CVC, the other major French shoe retailing group, Eram has set up a school to train skilled workers and technicians for its two remaining factories, which employ 350 people in the production of about 1.2 million pairs a ...
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Earth Shoes has adopted iVendix, the B2B wholesale e-commerce platform...
Earth Shoes has adopted iVendix, the B2B wholesale e-commerce platform of CenterStone Technologies
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Remember Feetz, the U.S.-based developer and manufacturer of 3D-printed customized...
Remember Feetz, the U.S.-based developer and manufacturer of 3D-printed customized shoes that we spoke about at length early last year (Shoe Intelligence no. 17-2+3 of Feb. 3)? DSW, the big American shoe retail chain, has taken part in a new round of funding for the start-up while forming a strategic ...
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Zalando has acquired a minority stake in Le New Black,...
Zalando has acquired a minority stake in Le New Black, a Paris-based B2B fashion platform provider. Le New Black's founders, Vidya Narine and Bernard Coulombel, still own a majority stake in the company. Le New Black, founded in 2010, hosts digital showrooms from 250 contemporary and high fashion brands, which ...
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Schuh & Sport Mücke, the big German shoe and sporting...
Schuh & Sport Mücke, the big German shoe and sporting goods retail chain that was acquired by ANWR in May 2014, will not be converted to a public limited company. ANWR is now proposing to its general assembly, due to be held in Rotterdam on June 20, to keep it ...
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Shoes For Crews (SFC) has announced it has filed a...
Shoes For Crews (SFC) has announced it has filed a letter of intent to acquire Mozo Shoes from Chinook Asia. Mozo, which specializes in slip-resistant culinary footwear, will remain as a separate brand, and will maintain its design ethos and product line. The transaction is expected to close sometime this ...
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Charles Vögele is pulling out of the Belgian market, where...
Charles Vögele is pulling out of the Belgian market, where it has 41 stores
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Mephisto is expanding its distribution center and modernizing its logistic...
Mephisto is expanding its distribution center and modernizing its logistic systems, putting in place a new B2B operation and introducing more automated technologies to improve services for its clients. By the month of November, the size of its warehouse in the eastern part of France, which currently measures about 12,000 ...
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De Tommaso is about to be sold to an American...
De Tommaso is about to be sold to an American buyer whose identity is yet to be revealed. According to reports by Quotidiano della Calabria, an Italian newspaper, the negotiations for the sale of the brand are in the final stages. The financial details have not been disclosed either, but ...
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Schuh & Sport Mücke, the big German shoe and sporting...
Schuh & Sport Mücke, the big German shoe and sporting goods retail chain that was acquired by ANWR in May 2014, will not be converted to a public limited company, reports Schuhkurier. Affiliated members of the ANWR Group had until April 22 the chance to send non-binding declarations of intent ...
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Belle International has acquired a 29 percent stake in Fashion...
Belle International has acquired a 29 percent stake in Fashion Box, the Italian company behind the Replay brand of jeanswear and accessories. It has bought the stake from the Buziol family under an agreement that also gives Belle the distribution of Replay in Greater China. Meanwhile, Belle has issued a ...
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Yoox Net-a-Porter Group (YNAP) has sold a 4 percent stake...
Yoox Net-a-Porter Group (YNAP) has sold a 4 percent stake to Alabbar Enterprises, a Dubai-based investment vehicle, for €100 million. Richemont, the former parent of Net-a-Porter, will remain YNAP's largest shareholder. Yoox merged with Net-a-Porter in March 2015. Alabbar is owned by Mohamed Alabbar, the founder and chairman of Emaar ...
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René Caovilla is reportedly considering a stock market listing after...
René Caovilla is reportedly considering a stock market listing after big sales increases that have enabled the Italian brand of dress shoes to reach a turnover of €40 million in 2015
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W.L. Gore & Associates is moving its Spanish office to...
W.L. Gore & Associates is moving its Spanish office to Las Gloria, the technological district of Barcelona
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The Dutch Ziengs Schoenen chain plans to shut down only...
The Dutch Ziengs Schoenen chain plans to shut down only 32 of the 197 Scapino stores that it has taken over from the bankrupt Macintosh Retail Group
