All Corporate articles – Page 47
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Zalando is taking over Nugg, a German company that supplies...
Zalando is taking over Nugg, a German company that supplies targeted digital marketing solutions, from the German Post Office, in order to address specific target groups in different ways. In the U.S., meanwhile, Amazon is reportedly planning to set up its own fleet of cargo airplanes to avoid delayed deliveries ...
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A Hong Kong-based financial service company registered in the Seychelles...
A Hong Kong-based financial service company registered in the Seychelles islands, Yucheng International, has agreed to acquire the 64.15 percent stake held by Pegasus Footgear Management in its shoe factory in Guangzhou, Pegasus International Holding, subject to various conditions. It would subsequently make a bid for the remaining shares of ...
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Evereste, the Portuguese footwear company operated by the Fernandes family,...
Evereste, the Portuguese footwear company operated by the Fernandes family, is reported to be working on a customization program
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WWD reports that Tamara Mellon is set to reduce her...
WWD reports that Tamara Mellon is set to reduce her stake in Tamara Mellon Brands from 52 percent to just over 16 percent as part of a refinancing proposal that has received the approval by the District Court of Delaware, allowing her company to get out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy ...
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Tamara Mellon has reportedly become insolvent. According to the U.S....
Tamara Mellon has reportedly become insolvent. According to the U.S. media, the British shoe designer has filed a voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in a U.S. court for her eponymous brand, which she had launched in November 2013, two year after leaving Jimmy Choo. She had co-founded the brand and ...
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Cinven is said to be in pole position to acquire...
Cinven is said to be in pole position to acquire Kurt Geiger
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Chanel has reportedly acquired a majority stake in Calzaturificio Gensi,...
Chanel has reportedly acquired a majority stake in Calzaturificio Gensi, a shoemaker in the Abruzzi region of Italy that has been manufacturing its sneakers. The company employs 160 people and makes 1,500 shoes per day for men, women and children. According to the reports, it will continue to work for ...
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The retail members of the ANWR Group have agreed to...
The retail members of the ANWR Group have agreed to start the process for the establishment of a new company that will own and operate the Mücke chain of 13 shoe and sporting goods stores by next summer. ANWR's members will be able to acquire shares in the German retail ...
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Mannequin Shoe, a chain of six shoe stores in Austria,...
Mannequin Shoe, a chain of six shoe stores in Austria, has filed for insolvency, and the receiver in the case, Günter Hödl, is set to decided by year-end whether it should continue to operate
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Authentic Brands, the company that owns Prince Sports and Tretorn,...
Authentic Brands, the company that owns Prince Sports and Tretorn, among other properties, is said to be targeting a public offering in the course of 2016
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Osco, a discount shoe retailers based in Berlin and run...
Osco, a discount shoe retailers based in Berlin and run by Zhang Huafeng, has closed its 20 stores in Germany and its online shop following insolvency proceedings
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Hermès has bought Tanneries du Puy, a longtime supplier of...
Hermès has bought Tanneries du Puy, a longtime supplier of the leather used in its products. Specializing in box-calf leather, Tanneries du Puy works for many important manufacturers of shoes and leathergoods around the world. To help secure its supplies and become more vertically integrated, Hermès had already spent some ...
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Rubin Ritter, finance director of Zalando, and the Samwer brothers,...
Rubin Ritter, finance director of Zalando, and the Samwer brothers, who help found the e-commerce giant, have cash out of some of their shares. Ritter has sold shares worth €3.26 million. Acting through their holding company, Global Founders, the brother have reduced their stake in Zalando to 9.92 percent. The ...
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Shoes.com has acquired Richer Poorer, the Los Angeles-based brand of...
Shoes.com has acquired Richer Poorer, the Los Angeles-based brand of lifestyle socks. The footwear and apparel e-tailer said the acquisition is part of its plan to expand its offering into the accessories and apparel categories. Richard Poorer was founded in 2010 in Southern California. Since then the men's sock category ...
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CCMP Capital Advisors has completed the acquisition of a controlling...
CCMP Capital Advisors has completed the acquisition of a controlling interest in Shoes For Crews, a specialist in slip-resistant footwear. The Smith family, the company's founders, will rollover a portion of their equity as part of the transaction. Founded in 1984, Shoes For Crews produces footwear which is supposed to ...
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Ka & Ka, the parent company of The Flexx, has...
Ka & Ka, the parent company of The Flexx, has changed its name to The Flexx. Axel Kaiser, who remains as the chief executive of the Italian supplier of fashionable comfort shoes, has raised his stake in the company from 20 to 30 percent.
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Zalando has announced plans to build a new “campus” for...
Zalando has announced plans to build a new “campus” for its headquarters in Berlin that should go into operation in 2018. With 42,000 square meters of office space in two buildings and a total of nearly 100,000 m² at its disposal in the immediate neighborhood, the move would give Zalando ...
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Genesco has announced that its Canadian subsidiary has entered into...
Genesco has announced that its Canadian subsidiary has entered into an agreement with the Aldo Group to acquire Little Burgundy, a retail footwear chain in Canada that is similar to its own Journeys chain of 800-plus stores in the U.S. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed and are ...
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Rautureau Apples Shoes (RAS), the parent company of Free Lance...
Rautureau Apples Shoes (RAS), the parent company of Free Lance and other footwear brands, has created a new company, RAS Kids, for its fast-growing brand of children's shoes, Pom d'Api. The new company, which is still controlled by RAS, has been placed under the management of Alexandra Bois-Auboin, a former ...
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An Austrian chain of six shoe shops, Mannequin Shoes, is...
An Austrian chain of six shoe shops, Mannequin Shoes, is reported to have filed for insolvency. The creditors have been asked to file their claims by Dec. 30. They will be examined on Jan. 13 by a receiver in Vienna, Günther Hödl. The two owners of the chain, Zhishi Chen ...
