Latest News Briefs – Page 56
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News briefsSkechers launch a capsule collection with Ricardo Cavolo
Skechers has entered a collaboration with one of Spain’s most influential artists, Ricardo Cavolo. The Skechers x Ricardo Cavolo footwear capsule for women features the illustrator’s renowned flaming heart and eye imagery on a selection of three styles. The Skechers x Ricardo Cavolo limited-edition capsule is now available at skechers.com, ...
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Vagabond expands in Asia with a Tmall concept store
The Swedish footwear brand Vagabond Shoemakers further expands in the Asian market with its own concept store on the Chinese e-commerce platform Tmall, part of the Alibaba Group and one of the world’s biggest marketplaces. The store launches with the brand’s autumn/winter 2023 collection. “We are excited to start ...
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Birkenstock disappoints on market debut
Birkenstock’s share price fell by 12.61 percent to $40.20 on Oct.11, its first trading day on the New York Stock Exchange, representing a market capitalization just above $7.5 billion. The sandal maker had priced its initial public offering at $46 per share, valuing the company $8.6 billion. The price was ...
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Birkenstock prices its IPO at $46 a share
Birkenstock has priced its initial public offering at $46 per share, valuing the company $8.6 billion. The price is just slightly below the midpoint of the $44.00 to $49.00 price range previously announced by the sandal maker. Birkenstock Holding Limited, which is registered in Jersey and has its headquarters in ...
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New Birkenstock plant in Pasewalk begins operations
Production at Birkenstock’s new shoe factory has started according to schedule. After 17 months of construction, the footwear manufacturer began operations at its new manufacturing facility in the Berlin-Szczecin industrial park near Pasewalk, in the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern region of Germany. The new €110-million, 36,000-square meter facility is the single largest ...
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Steve Madden choses January Digital as its digital agency in North America
Steve Madden has named January Digital as its digital agency of record in North America. The media agency will be responsible for developing and executing Steve Madden’s digital media strategy and investment. In October 2022, Steve Madden hired January Consulting, the consulting arm of January Digital, to transform the brand’s ...
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Massimo Bonini invests in Giorgio Fabiani
Massimo Bonini, the Milan-based showroom operator, has bought a minority stake in the Italian shoemaker Giorgio Fabiani. The partnership aims to bolster Giorgio Fabiani’s manufacturing base and distribution network. The brands Missoni and Mugler, which both work with Massimo Bonini, are also expected to start working with the shoemaker. The ...
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Crocs introduces cowboy boots
Crocs has kicked off “Croctober” with month-long festivities dedicated to the passionate, universal fan base proudly known as “Croc Nation.” This Croctober will feature one of the most requested Crocs footwear designs in the brand’s history – the Crocs Classic Cowboy Boot. “For years, the buzz around a Crocs-inspired cowboy ...
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Goldstar wins another patent lawsuit against Birkenstock
The Italian brand Goldstar said that it has won another patent claim filed by Birkenstock in Germany. “After the positive rulings of various courts in Italy, France, Benelux and Germany, as well as the European Court of Justice, another favorable ruling from a German Federal Court comes in favor of ...
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Hoka opens a store in London
Hoka, which is owned by Deckers Brands, has opened a store in London, its first in Europe. Located at 2-3 James Street, near Covent Garden, the 1,750 square-foot store showcases the brand’s full line of footwear, apparel and accessories on two floors. In a statement, Stefano Caroti, the chief commercial ...
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Dunlop Protective Footwear picked Nexterus to automate transportation processes
Dunlop Protective Footwear has chosen Nexterus to automate its transportation processes. According to a joint statement, the use of the Nexterus’ Transportation Management System (TMS) and automating freight bill audit and payment processes has saved the Dunlop Boots business ”tens of thousands of dollars in freight costs and hundreds of ...
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Frasers hikes its stake in Boohoo to 13.44%
The British retailing group Frasers Group has further increased its stake in the online fashion retailer Boohoo to 13.44 percent from 10.42 percent, according to a filing with the London Stock Exchange. Frasers has been building up a stake in Boohoo. At the end of August and early September, it ...
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ACI International extends its licensing agreement with Perry Ellis International
ACI International, a manufacturer and marketer of footwear in the U.S. and Canada, has extended its license agreement with Perry Ellis International (PEI) to include a men and boys’ footwear line under the Original Penguin brand. The agreement marks the continuation of PEI’s 16-year relationship with ACI, which currently produces ...
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Coats appoints a new board member
Coats Group, the British manufacturer of industrial thread and footwear components, said that Sarah Highfield will join its board as a non-executive director, effective Nov. 1. In addition, she will join the audit and risk committee, as chair designate, and the nomination committee. Highfield will succeed Nicholas Bull as chair ...
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Carbios inaugurates textile recycling facility in France
Green biotech company Carbios inaugurated its new textile preparation plant, a major innovation in polyester recycling, at the company’s demonstration facility in Clermont-Ferrand, France, on Oct. 2, 2023, in the presence of French Industry Minister Roland Lescure. To optimize the preparation of textiles for recycling, Carbios has developed a fully ...
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Kamik celebrates 125 years
Founded in October 1989, Kamik, a Canadian footwear and apparel manufacturer, is celebrating its 125th anniversary with a fully redesigned website and a special refresh of the collection introducing new materials, colors, and patterns to some of its classic pillar styles including the Sienna 3. The company is also holding ...
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Wolverine Boots celebrates 140 years by selling 140 pairs at $1.40
Wolverine Boots is celebrating 140 years by giving 140 people the opportunity to purchase the 140th-anniversary 1000 Mile Boot for just $1.40 a pair. From Sept. 29 to Oct.16 customers are invited to visit wolverine.com/140. Winners will be notified on Oct. 24 and given priority access to purchase. The remaining ...
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Meta reportedly planning to launch paid versions of Facebook and Instagram
Meta is planning to launch a subscription service for ad-free Facebook and Instagram in Europe, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The newspaper said the proposal has been made to regulators in recent weeks as it seeks a way to handle European Union rules that threaten to ...
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Ecco USA names a new president
Ecco USA has appointed Deniz Erda as interim president replacing Tom Berry. Erda was previously senior vice president and general manager for Ecco Middle East and Africa. Berry had joined the company in January 2022 as president and CEO. “The U.S. remains a key market for Ecco. This change demonstrates ...
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Stuart Weitzman launches a men’s collection
Stuart Weitzman, the premium footwear brand of the U.S. fashion group Tapestry, is launching its first collection of men’s shoes. The collection will be available in February for the spring/summer 2024 seaon. The collection will consist of four segments - Premiere, Club, Resort and Sport - and will be distributed ...
