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Tempe, the footwear manufacturing and sourcing unit of Inditex, has...
Tempe, the footwear manufacturing and sourcing unit of Inditex, has opened a new €100 million distribution center in Elche with a capacity to handle more than 100 million pairs of shoes per year for the 5,000-odd stores of Zara and the other retail chains of the group around the world. ...
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Just as the acquisition of Sanuk shoes by Deckers Outdoor...
Just as the acquisition of Sanuk shoes by Deckers Outdoor Corporation was nearing completion, Deckers announced late last month that it was going to stop selling its Simple brand. Simple was one of the first brands of eco-conscious footwear, but Angel Martinez, chief executive and chairman at Deckers, noted that ...
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Reckitt Benckiser has completed the acquisition of Scholl from SSL...
Reckitt Benckiser has completed the acquisition of Scholl from SSL Healthcare. Meanwhile Labelux, the 4-year-old investment company of the Benckiser family that owns Bally and other properties in the luxury goods segment, has completed the acquisition of Jimmy Choo. Following its more recent takeover of Belstaff, Labelux has announced that ...
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After shelving the project of a joint venture for the...
After shelving the project of a joint venture for the management of the Salamander and Lurchi brands (see Shoe Intelligence 13-14+15 of June 3), Ara Shoes and Wortmann have also decided to put an end to their existing A+W Shoes joint venture, which they set up 10 years ago to ...
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Foot Shop, a British retailer of oversized and special shoes,...
Foot Shop, a British retailer of oversized and special shoes, has been sold by its founder, David Price, to its management, led by Andrew Peirce, according to Drapers. The business comprises two divisions, Cosyfeet and Walktall. Cosyfeet is a brand of extra-wide shoes for people with swollen and bandaged feet, ...
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Pou Chen Corporation, the major shareholder of Yue Yuen (see...
Pou Chen Corporation, the major shareholder of Yue Yuen (see its results further down), indicates that it should be able to complete a major reorganization of its Asian production apparatus by end of 2012, in response to rising labor costs in Eastern China. It will relocate a large part of ...
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The prospect of a cut by the Chinese government in...
The prospect of a cut by the Chinese government in its import duties on shoes and other luxury products by next autumn has apparently led Sergio Rossi to decide to take over control over five of its 11 franchised stores in China. The Italian brand, which is owned by Gucci ...
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A spokesperson for ECCO denies a report that the company...
A spokesperson for ECCO denies a report that the company is planning to set up a new €4 million factory in Portugal
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PPR, parent company of Gucci Group, has raised its stake...
PPR, parent company of Gucci Group, has raised its stake in Sowind Group, the Swiss manufacturer of Girard-Perregeaux and Jean Richard high-end watches, from 23% to 50.1%
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Sapato.ru, the Russian online shoe retailer about which we have...
Sapato.ru, the Russian online shoe retailer about which we have already spoken, has raised an additional $12 million in funding through an injection of new equity by Intel Capital, the global investment organization of Intel Corporation. The investment takes the total funding package for Sapato.ru up to a level of ...
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Georgina Goodman, the British brand, has entered insolvency proceedings, according...
Georgina Goodman, the British brand, has entered insolvency proceedings, according to Begbies Traynor, a business rescue and recovery firm. Georgina Goodman and her husband, B.J. Cunningham, are the majority owners of the company. Core Capital, a private equity company has been a minority investor since January 2010. However, according to ...
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Fresh on the heels of its acquisition of Jimmy Choo,...
Fresh on the heels of its acquisition of Jimmy Choo, Labelux has just added Belstaff, the outdoor apparel retailer, to its stable of brands. The latest purchase, from the Italian firm Clothing Company, is another step in Labelux' effort to expand with international labels. Belstaff, which has 14 own stores, ...
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After three years of relatively flat sales results, Bianco Footwear...
After three years of relatively flat sales results, Bianco Footwear of Denmark is getting help for a new phase of international development beyond its current network of 150 franchised stores, located in 10 countries. New financial help and know-how is coming from Detlev Meyer, who founded and then in 2004 ...
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Shortly after its decision to invest in a factory in...
Shortly after its decision to invest in a factory in India, Vulcabras is announcing the shutdown of the factory set up at Parobé, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, in 1958 by Azaleia, the big shoe company that it acquired a few years ago. The factory employs ...
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The Tod's Group has become a shareholder of La Scala,...
The Tod's Group has become a shareholder of La Scala, the famous opera house in Milan, with an investment of €5.2 million spread over four years. Tod's worked with the theater a few months ago on a video clip titled “An Italian Dream,” likening the process of producing shoes to ...
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Preliminary insolvency proceedings for the German shoe manufacturer Biodyn Human...
Preliminary insolvency proceedings for the German shoe manufacturer Biodyn Human Footwear started on June 8, with the appointment of a lawyer in Mannheim, Stefan C. Roth, as temporary trustee. All the operations of Biodyn are proceeding as usual for the moment. Salaries and wages are secured until the end of ...
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Steve Madden has acquired The Topline Corporation, a privately held...
Steve Madden has acquired The Topline Corporation, a privately held designer, producer, and marketer of private-label and branded footwear. The acquisition was completed for $55 million in cash subject to a working capital adjustment, plus an earn-out provision based on financial performance through June 30, 2012. Founded by William F. ...
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WSGN, the international trend forecasting agency, is opening a full-fledged...
WSGN, the international trend forecasting agency, is opening a full-fledged office in Shanghai for the Chinese market, adding to those it has in New York, Paris, Barcelona, New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Melbourne, Istanbul and Singapore
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The Qatar Luxury Group, created three years ago by the...
The Qatar Luxury Group, created three years ago by the ruling family of the emirate, has acquired a 52.73 percent stake in Le Tanneur, a major French leathergoods company whose sales rose by 7.4 percent to €57.3 million last year. It is not sure whether it is going to launch ...
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Aigle has opened a showroom in a manor house of...
Aigle has opened a showroom in a manor house of Oxfordshire in England and a pop-up store in Hong Kong
