Latest News Briefs – Page 165
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Loro Piana opens concept store in Hong Kong
According to the Hong Kong Tatler, Loro Piana has opened its first Rare Walk concept store in Asia at the K11 Musea mall in Hong Kong. The store is dedicated not to ready-to-wear fashion but to the brand’s shoes, notably the White Sole and Open Walk collections, as well as ...
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Keen to donate shoes for Covid-19 relief
Keen Footwear has pledged to donate up to 100,000 pairs of shoes, worth about $10 million, to the workers on the front lines and the families at home fighting through the coronavirus crisis. The program is called “Together We Can Help.” As reported on snewsnet.com, within 24 hours of the ...
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Ecco restructuring its European sales
In an effort to get closer to consumers, Ecco has decided to restructure its European sales organization, decentralizing the management of its wholesale operations. They will be led by a dedicated general manager in each of the three European regions. In the framework of this reorganization, Erik Heldoorn, sales director ...
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Footway’s bid for Sportamore has succeeded
The tender offer launched by Footway for Sportamore has been accepted by 95.9 percent of the Swedish sports e-tailer’s shareholders. Footway, a more international-oriented online shoe retailer, is paying a total of 439 million Swedish kronor (€40.4m-$43.9m) for Sportamore. Because of its de-listing from the Nasdaq Stockholm exchange, the publication ...
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Skechers makes donation to Petco
Skechers has donated more than $509,000 to the Petco Foundation, bringing its total contributions toward animal welfare agencies to more than $5.45 million. The latest donation stems from the proceeds of the Bobs from Skechers collection. Petco is helping pet shelters and other such agencies in the U.S. handle some ...
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Assocalzaturifici helps Italian companies sell online
Assocalzaturifici has launched BDroppy, a new multichannel platform to help its member companies sell online all over the world by reaching thousands of dropshippers. The project is a ”strategic partnership” between the Italian footwear manufacturers association and Branddistribution. BDroppy will enable Italian footwear companies to sell their products online to ...
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Crocs offering free shoes to medical personnel
Crocs is offering medical personnel in the U.S. battling the Covid-19 pandemic a free pair of Crocs, shipping included. The American company began gearing up in late March to dispatch up to 10,000 pairs a day in response to online requests. In addition, Crocs plans to donate up to 100,000 ...
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Wolverine changes its brand structure
By May 30 at the latest, Todd Spaletto will be stepping down as president of Wolverine Worldwide’s Michigan Brands group, which consists of the Merrell, Chaco, CAT Footwear, Hush Puppies and Sebago brands. Rather than replace him in the post, Wolverine is promoting three executives and dividing responsibility for its ...
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Allbirds to label carbon footprint
Allbirds will be labeling all of its products with a carbon footprint. The ambition of the company is to get consumers to think about carbon while they shop, in the same way as they do when they look at nutritional labels with calories in grocery stores, the company said. Moving ...
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Schuh Trust makes Covid-19 donations
The British Schuh Trust is donating £2 million (€2.3m-$2.5m) to the National Emergencies Trust and £1 million (€1.1m-$1.2m) to the NHS Charities Together Covid-19 Appeal. In total this is about a 12-fold increase from the trust’s average yearly charitable donations since 2011, when it was founded by its namesake British ...
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Wolverine Worldwide launches several support initiatives in Covid-19 fight
Wolverine Worldwide, based in Rockford, Michigan, has launched a series of initiatives to support health services and people under financial stress due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The group has donated more than 35,000 face masks to Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The protective equipment will be used by healthcare ...
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Legero United receives Austrian Ecolabel
Legero United, the Austrian-based footwear group that markets brands such as Legero, Superfit, Vios and Think, received the Austrian Ecolabel at the annual energy saving’s trade show in Wels in early March. The five-day event focused on ecology, renewable energy and energy efficiency. Legero’s women’s shoe brand and the Superfit ...
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eBay appoints new CEO
eBay has appointed Jamie Iannone, most recently chief operating officer of Walmart’s e-commerce division, as its new chief executive officer, effective Apr. 27. He succeeds Devin Wenig, who left eBay in September 2019. Scott Schenkel has acted as interim CEO. He was previously the group’s chief financial officer.
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Peter Kaiser manufactures face masks
Peter Kaiser started manufacturing face masks at its production site in Germany. The masks are made from black or white cotton and can be attached to the head with elastic straps. They are only intended for personal use and have not been certified.
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Isa-Traesko signs licensing deal with Walt Disney
Isa-Traesko, the shoe manufacturer from Neumünster, Germany, has signed a footwear licensing deal with Walt Disney for Europe and Australia. According to the company, it has acquired the right to manufacture shoes and insoles under the Disney, Marvel and Lucas (Star Wars) brands and to distribute them in Europe and ...
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Ara Shoes donates shoes to people working in the health care system
Ara Shoes has donated shoes for every employee of a hospital in Heinsberg, Germany. The company also launched a social media campaign via Facebook and Instagram on March 30 to support and pay tribute to people who work in the health care sector, food retailing or help their neighbors in ...
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Joya announces collaboration with Ikea
Joya Shoes announced a collaboration with Ikea on April 1. According to the Swiss footwear company, it plans to transform used Ikea bags into shoes, called ”Ikea Billy,” so that employees and customers can move comfortably through the endlessly long aisles in the furniture stores. However, the announcement was only ...
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Hunter launches collaboration with Sony Pictures
Hunter, the Edinburgh-based company, has recently signed a new collaboration with Sony Pictures Consumer Products. The British shoe manufacturer will launch a limited edition of shoes and accessories for women and children celebrating the launch of Peter Rabbit 2, the successor of the worldwide popular cartoon, this summer. The collection ...
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Camper supports regional health services
Camper has embarked on numerous initiatives to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic. The Spanish shoe brand has started to use its own 3D printers to manufacture components for medical protective visors. One hundred pieces can be printed each week at its facilities in the Balearic Islands to be given to ...
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Caprice manufactures face masks in Pirmasens
Caprice, the shoe brand owned by Wortmann, started manufacturing face masks to be donated to healthcare facilities in Pirmasens, Germany, where the company is based. Caprice is sewing face masks from pure cotton on machines used to make prototypes of leather shoes.
