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ANWR sets trade show dates until 2023
The German footwear buying group ANWR has announced the dates for its trade shows for 2022 and 2023. For its upcoming trade shows, it confirmed the previously introduced extension to three days. The group also decided to forego its Fashion Days format for the time being. This year’s summer ...
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Native Shoes partners with Braskem for bio-based EVA polymer
Native Shoes, a Canadian footwear brand founded in 2009, has started a collaboration with Braskem, a Brazilian petrochemical company, on the new line of The Robbie footwear. Through the partnership, Native Shoes is using Braskem’s I’m green, which it claims is a sustainably sourced carbon negative ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) sugarcane-based ...
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Katy Perry relaunches her footwear brand
The American singer Katy Perry has relaunched her namesake footwear brand with a new collection for spring/summer 2022. The collection comprises 19 pairs of shoes divided into two themes: floral and beach. It includes a variety of styles including platforms, kitten heels, loafers, sandals, sneakers, and wedges. The shoes are ...
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News briefsOrthoLite appoints a sales manager for Portugal
OrthoLite has appointed Marisa Costa sales manager for Portugal as the U.S. producer of insoles expands its sales team in Europe. Costa has an extensive background in footwear development and design, working with both brands and factories, according to OrthoLite. Most recently, she was an account manager and product developer ...
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FDRA launches a footwear trade show alliance
The Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America (FDRA) announced the launch of the Footwear Trade Show Council (FTSC) designed to ”align all the industry trade shows in a collaborative alliance to increase information sharing, explore best practices, and align critical dates for the industry.” Joining FDRA and the Fashion ...
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News briefsEcovative partners with Vivobarefoot and Pangaia in research project for mycelium hide
New York-based mycelium technology company Ecovative announced a joint research collaboration with the footwear brand Vivobarefoot and Pangaia, a materials science company. As part of the Fashion for Good initiative, the companies’ teams will work together to develop customized mycelial materials for use in their footwear and fashion products. ...
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News briefsResearch project for textile dyes from algae gets boost from collaboration
In a new research project, the workwear company Fristads, the startup Mounid and the knowledge center Wargön Innovation have come together to develop a more sustainable alternative to conventional textile dyes. The project is based on two Swedish innovations – Imogo Tech’s digital spray technology and Mounid’s algae ink, which ...
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News briefsMerrell appoints chief merchant officer
Source: Merrell Sumi Scott, Chief Merchant Officer Merrell Merrell has announced the appointment of industry veteran Sumi Scott as the brand’s chief merchant officer. With nearly 20 years of experience in product development and retail merchandising, Scott will drive the development of Merrell’s global growth strategies while ...
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Hoka and Boston streetwear boutique unveil footwear capsule
Hoka, a division of Deckers Brands, has entered a collaboration with Boston-based streetwear boutique Bodega, resulting in a limited-edition line combining outdoor performance technology with urban-inspired streetwear design. The capsule includes two items: a special edition Kaha Low GTX trail hiker and the Ora Recovery Slide, available now exclusively at ...
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Prada names a new CFO
Prada has appointed Andrea Bonini as chief financial officer replacing Alessandra Cozzani from May 2. Bonini will report to the chief executive officers Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli, and will be responsible of the group’s administration, finance, control, tax and investor relations departments. Cozzani held the job since 2016. She ...
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Tempe sales up by 30% in 2021
In 2021, Tempe increased its revenues by 30 percent to €1,305 million. The top line however remains below the €1,399 million posted in 2019, the last year before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in Spain. Nevertheless, the company posted a record net profit of €119 million as revenue, ...
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Gabor’s production director steps down
Michael Tackenberg, the production and technology director of the German shoe manufacturer Gabor, has stepped down. The manager and the Rosenheim-based company agreed to “end the cooperation with immediate effect”, after Gabor’s supervisory board decided not to extend Tackenberg’s contract, which was due to expire on Dec. 31, 2022. ...
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VF veteran Kevin Bailey back at Vans as global brand president
VF Corp. has appointed Kevin Bailey to the position of global brand president of Vans. Bailey will continue to report to VF chairman, president and CEO Steve Rendle and will serve on the company’s executive leadership team. With this appointment, Bailey returns within the group to the Vans brand after ...
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Steptronic goes into administration
Jimmy Saunders and Michael Lennon of the restructuring advisory practice Kroll were appointed joint administrators of Steptronic Footwear on March 9. Being placed in administration is a British form of bankruptcy proceedings. Steptronic is based in Rushden, Northamptonshire, and has over 3,000 high street and online outlets as customers. The ...
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Serafini exits creditor protection program
The Italian shoemaker Serafini has exited a debt restructuring program, known as “concordato preventivo di continuità”, helped by a significant growth in e-commerce. “At the end of 2021 we exited the debt restructuring program,” explained Fabrizio Serafini, head of the company and fourth generation of the family who established the ...
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Assocalzaturifici's general manager to leave on April 5
Tommaso Cancellara, the general manager of the Italian footwear association Assocalzaturifici, will be leaving on April 5 to join Italian Exhibition Group (IEG) and manage their wholly-owned North American unit, IEG USA. Cancellara also oversaw Assocalzaturifici’s Milan-based trade show Micam. Assocalzaturifici still has to announce Cancellara’s replacement. IEG noted that ...
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Micam and sister fairs attract 29,468 visitors
Micam and the three shows held along side the Milan-based footwear trade fair attracted 29,468 visitors. At the Fieramilano Rho exhibition center at the outskirts of Milan, Micam was held jointly with Mipel, a fair for leather goods and accessories, TheOneMilano, which focuses on women’s clothes, and Homi Fashion&Jewels ...
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FLO extends partnership with Nine West
The Turkish shoe company FLO has extended its partnership in shoes, bags and accesories with the women’s brand Nine West, which is owned by the U.S. company Authentic Brands Group. FLO first entered a licensing partnership with Nine West in 2019 that covered production and retailing rights for the brand ...
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Stella will produce more in Indonesia
While starting up its new shoe manufacturing facility in Solo, Indonesia, Stella International is already planning to add a second factory to make 15 million pairs a year in the country, following a $120 million investment from its largest client, which represented 34 percent of its revenues last year. With ...
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Schuh Mücke appoints a new managing director
Schuh Mücke, the German shoe and sporting goods retail chain within the ANWR Group, has undergone a management change. The retail expert Thomas Klein was appointed as the new managing director after Inge Schardt left the ANWR subsidiary due to differing views on the strategic direction of the company. ...
