All Distribution articles – Page 25
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Deckers Brands plans to change its distribution from an indirect...
Deckers Brands plans to change its distribution from an indirect to a direct mode in Switzerland in the course of the next 12 months. Previously, a local distributor covered the Swiss market, but it has been handled by a sales agent since June. Within the next 12 months, the company ...
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Italy's Café Noir has opened a showroom in Düsseldorf for...
Italy's Café Noir has opened a showroom in Düsseldorf for its expanded collection of shoes and accessories
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Leomil Group, part of The Cortina Group, and Nickelodeon International...
Leomil Group, part of The Cortina Group, and Nickelodeon International have extended its partnership with Paw Patrol. The new deal will bring Paw Patrol characters to footwear and apparel to retailers in select European markets this summer. Meanwhile, Leomil Group has partnered with Viz Media Europe for the Yo-Kai Watch ...
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Steve Madden has established a new joint venture for the...
Steve Madden has established a new joint venture for the distribution of its products in Europe. The partner in the new company, Steve Madden Europe, is SPM Shoetrade, a Dutch trading company based at Nieuwkuijk that has showrooms also in Brussels and Mainhausen, Germany. Its European website, stevemadden.eu, is undergoing a ...
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Mikael Gill is the new agent for Colors of California...
Mikael Gill is the new agent for Colors of California in Sweden
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Mattias Castenvik, has taken over sales of Pomarfin's shoes in...
Mattias Castenvik, has taken over sales of Pomarfin's shoes in Sweden
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Megasport is taking on the distribution of two of Wolverine...
Megasport is taking on the distribution of two of Wolverine Worldwide's brands, Sperry and Keds, in Spain and Andorra. The Spanish company is already selling the shoes of Fitflop and Hub. Fitflop named Megasport as its best distributor last year
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The No Animal Brand, the Swiss brand of vegan shoes...
The No Animal Brand, the Swiss brand of vegan shoes and bags founded by Nicole Frank and Bianca Keyman, is now sold exclusively in Salamander stores in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
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Crocs has taken over the distribution of its products on...
Crocs has taken over the distribution of its products on the Austrian market. Starting on April 1, it has also acquired seven Crocs stores in the country. It plans to set up its own sales team, which would become operational from next June. Crocs already distributes its products directly in ...
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Think!, the Austrian brand of shoes and accessories, recently opened...
Think!, the Austrian brand of shoes and accessories, recently opened showrooms in Copenhagen and Stockholm and aims to push its sales in the Scandinavian markets. The Austrian brand manages 18 franchised mono-brand stores in Austria and Germany and plans to open additional stores in Germany this year.
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Lotus has announced a distribution agreement with Footex for Spain...
Lotus has announced a distribution agreement with Footex for Spain and Portugal, starting with the next autumn/winter collection. The Jacobson Group, which owns the English brand founded in 1759, will not provide sales figures but says it is currently sold in 3,000 retail stores in Europe, North America and the ...
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Brand Trade, the German distributor of BMO Australia, is now...
Brand Trade, the German distributor of BMO Australia, is now also taking care of the Australian brand's sales in the U.K., Poland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Belgium and Luxembourg via independent sales agents, which were engaged in the past six months. The Australian brand of handmade sheepskin boots has been ...
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Ten Points, the shoe brand from Sweden, signed distribution contracts...
Ten Points, the shoe brand from Sweden, signed distribution contracts for Canada and South Korea in October. Tin Shack, the company that is also selling Blundstone and El Naturalista in Canada, will take care of sales in the country from this year. YS International will cover the Korean market for ...
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Richard (Rick) Mina has become president of WSS, an American...
Richard (Rick) Mina has become president of WSS, an American shoe retailer with 68 stores, catering to Latin American and other urban communities, which has started to expand from its base in Southern California. Mina, who replaces Mark Archer, has a long history in the specialty retail sector. Among other ...
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Hunter Boots has announced that its chief executive, James Seuss,...
Hunter Boots has announced that its chief executive, James Seuss, will resign at the end of this month to pursue a new, unspecified opportunity. The fast-growing British company has formed an interim leadership committee to manage the business. Seuss worked for Cole Haan, Stella McCartney, Tiffany and Tourneau before taking ...
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Franco Spalla, chief executive of Basicnet, is now expected to...
Franco Spalla, chief executive of Basicnet, is now expected to continue his collaboration with the group after passing the helm to Gianni Crespi at the shareholders' meeting next April. Marco Boglione, chairman of the board and major shareholder of the Italian-based group, plans to propose the appointment of Spalla to ...
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Global Brands Group has hired Edmundo Castillo as executive vice...
Global Brands Group has hired Edmundo Castillo as executive vice president and creative director of Aquatalia, a brand men's and women's shoes founded and led by Marvin Krasnow. Castillo has worked for major brands such as Donna Karan, Ralph Lauren and Sergio Rossi. He most recently developed his eponymous brand ...
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Shoe Carnival, which wants to more than double the number...
Shoe Carnival, which wants to more than double the number of its stores in the U.S., has appointed Jeff Fink as senior vice president for real estate
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Carrie Teffer will join Crocs' management as executive vice president...
Carrie Teffer will join Crocs' management as executive vice president and as its new chief financial officer on Dec. 16, while resigning from its board of directors. She previously ran financial affairs at PetSmart, Weber-Stephens and Timberland. Mike Smith has been acting as interim CFO at Crocs. In another appointment ...
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Peter Lamble is set to leave as chairman and chief...
Peter Lamble is set to leave as chairman and chief executive of Start-Rite after 25 years with the British children's footwear firm, but he is prepared to stay in his post until the appointment of a successor. Start-Rite has been owned by Lamble's family for eight generations. Its holding company, ...
