Latest News Briefs – Page 153
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Lanxess sells organic leather chemicals business, launches Adiprene Green
The German specialty chemicals company Lanxess is selling its organic leather chemicals business to TFL Ledertechnik. The purchase price is made up from a fixed component of €80 million and a performance-related component of up to €115 million. In addition, TFL will assume certain liabilities associated with the business. Lanxess ...
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New flip flop brand FoamLife launches spring collection
FoamLife, a new brand of flip flops developed during the Covid-19 related lockdown in the U.K. by Daniel Macaulay, Karl Read, and Timo Mullen, has launched its maiden spring/summer collection to the wholesale trade. The collection comprises 12 men’s and 12 women’s designs. The materials include the use of ...
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UFG obtains G-Star RAW license
The Dutch company Unlimited Footwear Group (UFG), through its Brands-360 subsidiary, has obtained the license to produce adult footwear under the name of the jeans manufacturer G-Star RAW. Brands-360, which is responsible for licenses, will oversee the design, production, sales and marketing of the brand from the autumn/winter 2021 season. ...
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APLF director Perrine Ardouin leaves
Perrine Ardouin is leaving her post as a director of the exhibition company APLF after 24 years in charge of the portfolio of trade fairs and events. She has decided to leave Hong Kong and move on to a new page of her life. After her departure, she will continue ...
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News briefsFinn Comfort and Kaufregional bring businesses and customers together
Finn Comfort, the German comfort shoe manufacturer, has joined the Kaufregional e-commerce platform in a bid to boost its visibility in the local market and gain access to an additional sales channel as the coronavirus crisis drags on. Finn Comfort was established 75 years ago in the small town of ...
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Skechers launches Dr. Seuss collection
Skechers is bringing Dr. Seuss’ world into wearable designs in its shoes for women and kids through a new multi-year worldwide partnership. The new Skechers x Dr. Seuss collection is debuting with “The Cat in the Hat,” one of Dr. Seuss’ famous characters, featured in popular styles from Skechers Street, ...
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Timberland and BASF join forces on work shoe
Timberland’s Reaxion shoe features the brand proprietary Aerocor Energy System as well as BASF’s Elastollan thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU). Timberland’s Aerocore Energy System comprises three layers that work together for energy return, comfort and grip: the Anti-Fatigue Technology footbed, a foam midsole, and a non-marking outsole. Meanwhile, the outsole of the ...
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Garmont’s new model has a Michelin sole
Garmont of Montebelluna, Italy, has added to its Dragontail line a model designed in collaboration with Michelin. The Tech GTX is a lightweight technical-designed shoe with a non-slip sole made by the French tire manufacturer.
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BASF opens its first global footwear innovation center in Taiwan
BASF, the German chemical group, has opened its first global Footwear Innovation Center in Taiwan. The 7,000-square-foot facility, inaugurated on Aug. 11, is located within the footwear manufacturing site of its strategic partner Longterm Concept (LTC) in Changhua, Taiwan. The Footwear Innovation Center includes three main zones. The Design Zone ...
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Momad will take place in February 2021
Momad, the International fashion, footwear and accessories exhibition in Madrid, organized by IFEMA, was planned to be held on Sept.16-20, but the organizers have finally decided to postpone it to next year. The event is now scheduled to take place on Feb. 4-6, 2021, alongside three other trade shows: Intergift, ...
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Wolverine adopts First Insight's consumer analytics
Wolverine Worldwide has announced a strategic partnership with First Insight under which it will deploy its Voice of the Customer predictive analytics solution across its portfolio of 12 brands, including Merrell, Sperry, Saucony, Hush Puppies and Keds. The deal follows a successful test conducted by Hush Puppies in different regions ...
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Geox pays July wages of bankrupt logistics provider
Geox, through its unit Xlog, paid the wages for the month of July of about 380 employees of the logistics company Venere, a unit of the Milanese group CGS currently being liquidated after being declared bankrupt. The payment was reached after Xlog reached an agreement with the Treviso chapter of ...
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News briefsCamtrade rebranded The Enjoiya Group
The U.S. women’s wholesale footwear firm Camtrade has changed names to The Enjoiya Group. The company manufactures and distributes three shoe brands, Enjoiya, Secret Celebrity and Soft Comfort. They have an emphasis on comfort and fit, with price-value also a key component in the market positioning. Enjoiya is the company’s ...
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Birkenstock’s retail head leaves
Birkenstock’s retail director, Oliver Jansen, left in August to join Bahlsen Outlets, the outlet business of the German biscuit maker Bahlsen Group. The German sandal maker has yet to announce a successor Prior to joining Birkenstock in March 2018, Jansen worked for the fashion group Esprit, between October 2015 and ...
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Mall operator in Spain sees worrying decline in July traffic
After a significant improvement in June, the footfall in Spanish malls managed by MVGM, the Dutch property management company, dropped sharply in July, raising concern that the sector may not enjoy a rapid recovery. Data released by the company, which oversees 1.1 million square meters of shopping space in Spain, ...
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News briefsKeen and Garcia Family team up for limited edition and good cause
Much to the chagrin of all “deadheads” – the nickname for fans of the band The Grateful Dead – on this side of the Atlantic, it probably won’t be available in Europe, but it’s worth noting that Keen has teamed up with the Jerry Garcia Family to present a new ...
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EU introduces tariffs on Cambodian shoes
As of August 12, Cambodian footwear and other products such as garments and travel goods are subject to the European Union’s customs duties. The move comes after the EU decided to partially withdraw Cambodia’s duty-free quota-free access to the single market because of a lack of respect of human and ...
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ABG, SPARC picked to buy Brooks Brothers for $325 million
The iconic American apparel group Brooks Brothers has selected Authentic Brands Group (ABG) and its partially owned retail unit SPARC as the winning bidders of a competitive sale process after they increased their offer to $325 million for the vast majority of the company’s global business operations as a going ...
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Asos to post higher-than-expected FY results thanks to demand, lower returns
The British online fashion retailer Asos said that its sales and profits for the full year ending in August are expected to be significantly ahead of market expectations, thanks to stronger-than-anticipated underlying demand and lower-than-forecast returns. Revenue growth is expected to reach 17-19 percent, with pretax profit in the region ...
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Samuel Deichmann joins operational management team
Samuel Deichmann, 27, has joined the six-member operational management team of the family-owned Deichmann group. Since Aug. 1, he is in charge of digital innovation, investments and corporate development, including parts of the physical retailing activity. Samuel Deichmann is the fourth generation of the family involved in the German footwear ...
