Latest News Briefs – Page 167
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Clarks plans to permanently close some U.K. stores
Clarks intends to permanently close a “small number” of stores, which will not reopen after a nationwide lockdown is lifted in the U.K. The footwear company has 347 stores in the country, which were all closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the daily The Sun, Clarks could permanently ...
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Foschini to forgo rent payments during South African lockdown
The South African retailer Foschini has said that it will not pay rent on its stores during the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown that began on March 27. “Once the situation normalizes we will then be able to assess the full financial impact on the business and will engage with you further,” ...
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Portuguese footwear factories are producing masks
Several footwear companies in Portugal’s northern towns of Felgueiras, Oliveira da Azemeis and São João da Madeira are temporarily replacing the production of footwear with the manufacturing of medical masks, according to the website of the country’s footwear association, Apiccaps. The equipment will be donated to healthcare professionals and nursing ...
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Aeffe’s share buyback
While many companies have dropped or suspended share buybacks to withhold cash because of the uncertain impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, Aeffe, the owner of Pollini and various fashion brands, has being purchasing its own shares in the latter part of March and early April. The last batch of shares ...
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Ferragamo contributes to renovation of Florentine hospital
In a move intended to alleviate the healthcare problems caused by Covid-19, Salvatore Ferragamo and a Florentine foundation have financed the renovation of two wards of a disused hospital in Florence, I Fraticini, which now has 60 beds for patients recovering from the novel coronavirus or who need to be ...
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European TCLF training
The European Confederation of the Footwear Industry (CEC) has announced a series of new training programs related to eight new and/or upgraded occupations, within the framework of the EU-funded project Erasmus+ “Skills4Smart TCLF Industries 2030 Blueprint.” The acronym “TCLF” stands for Textile, Clothing, Leather, and Footwear sectors. The training courses ...
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Sergio Rossi dies at 84
The iconic footwear designer Sergio Rossi, founder of the eponymous firm, died on April 2. He had been admitted to the intensive care unit of the Bufalini hospital in Cesena, Italy, after contracting the novel coronavirus, which has heavily affected the country. The son of a shoemaker, Rossi was born ...
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Confindustria asks landlords to postpone rents
The Italian government having halted most commerce until April 3, Confindustria Moda has written to commercial landlords asking them to postpone the payment of rents or renegotiate leases for the Italian fashion retailers it represents. The association’s president, Claudio Marenzi, worries that the situation in Italy is far from resolved ...
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Ferragamo acquires Arts
For about €15 million, Salvatore Ferragamo is buying the whole capital of Arts, an Italian company in Scandicci, near Florence, that specializes in the production of prototypes, engineering, quality control and the monitoring of suppliers for the production of men’s shoes. The owner of Arts is Gerry Ferragamo, a nephew ...
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Global bankruptcies expected to rise by 25% this year
Global bankruptcies are expected to rise by 25 percent this year because of an economic recession triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new forecast released by Coface. The French credit insurer’s forecast assumes a gradual economic recovery starting in the third quarter and rules out a second wave ...
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European Social Innovation Competition
The European Commission is seeking sustainable fashion ideas. This year’s European Social Innovation Competition has the theme “Reimagine Fashion: Changing behaviors for sustainable fashion,” and is seeking early-stage initiatives to reduce fashion’s environmental footprint and improve its societal effects. Solutions must be scalable at the local, national or European levels. ...
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Bally unveils phase two of Peak Outlook
Bally – one of several footwear brands to have signed the Fashion Pact, an initiative conceived by the Macron administration in France and entrusted to François-Henri Pinault, chairman and chief executive of Kering – has unveiled the second phase of its Bally Peak Outlook, launched in 2019. Bally has now ...
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Global Fashion Agenda expands
The Swedish non-profit organization Global Fashion Agenda is further strengthening its group of Associate Partners by welcoming three new companies: TAL Apparel, VF Corporation and Zalando. Global Fashion Agenda is a leadership forum for industry collaboration on fashion sustainability and the organizer of the renowned Copenhagen Fashion Summit. It seeks ...
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Upcoming Gallery Shoes
The next Gallery Shoes fair, scheduled for March 8-10, will be the sixth edition to be held at the Areal Böhler in Düsseldorf. 400 exhibitors will be presenting some 600 brands at the fair, which is fully booked. The organizers expect to welcome more than 9,500 visitors. Dianetti, Weestep, Patt’touch ...
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Micam to offer space for emerging designers
Micam, the Milan trade show running from Feb. 16 to 19, will again offer an area for emerging designers. Located in Hall 4E, the space will host young talents of different nationalities. They are the Israeli Annabelle Tsitsin with her A by Anabelle brand; Ines Martin-Borregon of Spain with Alohas ...
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Rieker presents digital image database
Rieker, the German shoe company, presented a new digital image database during the Expo Riva Schuh trade show in Italy. Retailers can now access extensive image material and other content for ordered shoes via the digital database. Rieker developed more than 10,000 marketing and product images and videos for its ...
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Lowa hires Angelike Kettenbach
Angelike Kettenbach has recently joined the international marketing team of Lowa. The 26-year-old will be responsible for the development, implementation and coordination of Lowa’s point-of-sale support as well as for the management of events, social media activities and international marketing support. The position was recently created to strengthen the capacities ...
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Clergerie partners with Michelin
Clergerie, the French shoe brand founded in 1895, has partnered with Michelin on a new collection of shoes with an ergonomic sole. For the purposes of the new collection, Michelin developed a sole that is inspired by its Tweel tire, the airless tire that does not use a bladder filled ...
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Coach unveils CitySole
Coach has unveiled its new CitySole shoe collection. The collection comprises three different sneaker styles: the CitySole Court, the CitySole Runner and the CitySole Lowline. The shoes feature the brand’s proprietary CitySole technology, designed to boost flexibility and comfort while reducing impact and weight. The marketing campaign for the new ...
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Vibram partners with Pensole Academy
Vibram has signed a multi-year partnership agreement with the Pensole Academy, the American footwear design school. Starting this year, the two partners will develop multiple projects, managing the development and design process.
