Latest News Briefs – Page 86
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Ugg launches classic boot made with regeneratively sourced materials
The Californian lifestyle brand Ugg, which is a division of Deckers Brands, has launched a new Classic Mini Regenerate. The boot, available for adults and children, is made with materials from Atkins Ranch, a ranch cared for with regenerative traditions to help restore soil, encourage wildlife diversity, capture carbon in ...
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JD Sports tightens its grip on Deporvillage
JD Sports Fashion announced that Iberian Sports Retail Group (ISRG) has acquired an additional 18 percent holding in the issued shares of Deporvillage from co-founders Xavier Pladellorens and Àngel Corcuera for a cash consideration of €19.8 million. Following the transaction, ISRG will hold a 98-percent stake in Deporvillage, while Pladellorens ...
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Manolo Blahnik revenues up 65% in 2021
Manolo Blahnik posted revenues of €69.9 million in 2021, up by 65 percent year-over-year thanks to a triple-digit growth rate in digital sales. On a comparable basis, the top line rose by 47 percent. Ebitda improved to €8.8 million from €0.5 million. The company returned to a profit, with pretax ...
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Rocky Brands has a CCO
U.S. footwear company Rocky Brands announced that its chief financial officer, Tom Robertson, has been promoted to the newly created position of chief operating officer, responsible for overseeing business operations. Robertson joined Rocky Brands in 2016 as a senior financial analyst and was named CFO six months later. The search ...
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Two Italian makers of footwear machinery join forces
Atom MB and Cerim, two producers of footwear machinery based in Vigevano, about 20 kilometers southwest of Milan, have agreed to join forces. The companies have created Avantium, a 50-50 joint venture that will group the activities of Cerim and of Atom MB’s unit MB. The MB business stems from ...
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Nice Footwear sets up a joint venture with Avirex
Nice Footwear is creating a joint venture with Avirex, a brand known for its leather jackets and chinos pants. Nice Footwear, which specializes in the production of sneakers, has held over the past years the license to produce footwear under the Avirex brand. Under the agreement, Nice Footwear will create ...
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Asics releases trainer with the world’s smallest carbon footprint
With the launch of its Gel-Lyte III CM 1.95 trainer, Asics has unveiled a sneaker with the world’s lowest carbon footprint. As the name suggests, the shoe emits 1.95kg CO2e across its lifecycle. This is significantly less than the lowest CO2e sneakers currently available on the market, based on available ...
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Puma introduces sneaker infused with nitrogen foam
Puma has launched the Extent, a sneaker whose midsole features an innovative Nitro (nitrogen-infused) foam that is said to make it extremely lightweight, springy and soft. The Extent’s layered upper is inspired by Puma’s archive of 2000s long-distance running shoes. The material mixtures differ from one color to another, including ...
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Kodiak introduces new workwear boots using algae-based materials
Kodiak, the 112-year-old Canadian footwear brand, is marching forward while paying tribute to its past with new men’s and women’s workwear boots in its fall 2022 collection. The new collection features Bloom technology, which converts biomaterials like algae into renewable, high-performance replacements for traditional petroleum-based EVA components, continuing Kodiak’s Built ...
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Timberland and Ræburn launch new circular boot
The result of the latest collaboration between Timberland and Ræburn for fall/winter 2022 are the new Earthkeepers by Ræburn Timberloop Utility Boots, “an innovative circular design that allows them to be fully disassembled and recycled at the end of their useful life.” Timberland and Ræburn have been working together since ...
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Walmart buys a robotics automation company
Walmart has agreed to acquire Alert Innovation, a robotics automation company that develops material-handling technology for automating order fulfillment in retail supply chains. Walmart has been working with Alert to customize technology for its market fullfillment centers (MFC) since 2016. ”Further investing in this technology will enable us to leverage ...
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Golden Goose acquires Italian Fashion Team
Luxury sneakers specialist Golden Goose announced that it acquired Italian Fashion Team, a high-end sneakers producer and Golden Goose’s main supplier, for an undisclosed amount. The two companies have worked together for seven years. Based in Casarano, near the Apulian city of Lecce, Italian Fashion Team is headed by founder ...
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Crocs’ chief operating & transformation officer leaves
Crocs’ executive vice president and chief operating & transformation officer, Elaine Boltz, will leave the company on Oct. 14. Boltz will be entitled to the payments and benefits relating to her separation from the company as set forth in her employment offer letter as well as a special one-time discretionary ...
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Burberry hires a new chief creative officer
Burberry has appointed Daniel Lee as its new chief creative officer. He will join the company on Oct. 3 reporting to chief executive Jonathan Akeroyd. Lee replaces Riccardo Tisci, who is leaving the company at the end of this month after almost five years in the job. Lee was the ...
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Sales of Russian e-tailers surge
Russian online marketplaces are continuing to enjoy a surge in sales. Wildberries, Ozon, AliExpress Russia, SberMegaMarket and Yandex.Market jointly processed 400 million orders in the second quarter of 2022, up by 80 percent year-over-year. In value, turnover hit an all-time quarterly high of 500 billion rubles (€8.2bn), Moscow-based analytical agency ...
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Vapesol launches soles made from factory waste of nitril gloves
The Portuguese company Vapesol, which manufactures more than five million pairs of soles yearly (according to its website), has teamed with the nitril glove company Raclac to produce of footwear soles from industrial waste. Raclac claims to be the only manufacturer of nitril examination gloves in Europe. Waste from its ...
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NFW Footwear Collective is growing
New Balance and Wolverine Worldwide have joined Natural Fiber Welding’s Footwear Collective, a cooperative platform aiming to reduce the environmental impact of footwear across the value chain. Curect members include Allbirds, Camper, Deckers and Ralph Lauren. Katy O’Brien, senior manager of innovation at New Balance, said: “We have been ...
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Micam and sister fairs attract 35,470 visitors
The September edition of Micam, along with the three shows held with the Milan-based footwear trade fair, attracted 35,470 visitors, up by 20 percent from the event held in March 2022. Micam highlighted that there was strong presence of visitors from Spain, France and Germany as well as of buyers ...
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U.K. to introduce VAT-free shopping for foreigners
During the presentation of new budgetary measures, Kwasi Kwarteng, the U.K.’s newly appointed finance minister, officially referred to as the chancellor of the exchequer, said that the government has decided to introduce VAT-free shopping for overseas visitors. “We will replace the old paper-based system with a modern, digital one. And ...
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FedEx to hike rates from Jan. 2
FedEx said its FedEx Express, FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery will increase rates by an average of 6.9 percent effective January 2, 2023 as the the U.S. courier service tries to align costs with demand. Meanwhile, FedEx Freight rates will increase by an average of 6.9 percent to 7.9 ...
