Latest News Briefs – Page 187
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Texon has recently launched a new material for the footwear...
Texon has recently launched a new material for the footwear industry. Texon Halo is a high-performance, powder-molded reinforcement material designed for athletic and sports shoes, although it can provide support for most other types of footwear as well. It requires no cutting or skiving and, according to the company, contains ...
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Rita Ora is the new brand ambassador for Deichmann and...
Rita Ora is the new brand ambassador for Deichmann and the face of its 2019/20 autumn/winter brand campaign. The “Rita Ora for Deichmann” collection has 40 women's shoe models and will be available in select stores as well as via Deichmann's online store from August.
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Vans has signed on as presenting sponsor for the 2019...
Vans has signed on as presenting sponsor for the 2019 International Surfing Association (ISA) World Surfing Games (WSG) in Miyazaki, Japan, which will take place on Sept. 7-15. Alongside sporting competitions, the WSG will feature during the opening weekend a two-day Surf Festival, showcasing Japan's surfing culture and lifestyle. The ...
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ANWR recorded 450 visitors at its Campus First Order fair,...
ANWR recorded 450 visitors at its Campus First Order fair, held on Aug. 4-5 in Mainhausen, near Frankfurt. In the showrooms of ANWR's O1 order center and in three additional halls, many brands presented their new collections from the 2020 spring/summer season. The next order show, Campus Second, will be ...
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Sabu, the German voluntary group of independent retailers, welcomed a...
Sabu, the German voluntary group of independent retailers, welcomed a total of 200 brands of shoes and accessories to its “trends & fashion” show, which took place on Aug. 17-18. Exhibitors presented their shoe collections for the 2020 spring/summer season over more than 6,000 square meters. The Wolkenwerk shoe brand ...
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The next Gallery Shoes fair, scheduled for Sept. 1-3, will be the fifth...
The next Gallery Shoes fair, scheduled for Sept. 1-3, will be the fifth edition to be held at the Areal Böhler in Düsseldorf. The show's organizers will introduce an additional show concept in the fashion lifestyle area. The show will also be expanded by an additional hall and provide more space for individual ...
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Micam Milano will host an “International Lab of Mittelmoda –...
Micam Milano will host an “International Lab of Mittelmoda – The Fashion Award 2019,” the award ceremony of Mittelmoda The Fashion Award, on Sept. 16 at 6pm. The ceremony will showcase the 25 collections from 14 countries that have been shortlisted for the final prizes, which will include two Overall ...
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For its 50th anniversary, Micam will feature a new space,...
For its 50th anniversary, Micam will feature a new space, called the Players District, dedicated to sports and outdoor shoes. The next edition of the Milan trade show, which will take place on Sept. 15-18, will therefore host brands such as Skechers, Dolomite and Joma Sport in Hall 7. The ...
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A Waffle Moon shoe made by Bill Bowerman, the late...
A Waffle Moon shoe made by Bill Bowerman, the late co-founder of Nike, with a waffle iron for the 1972 Olympics fetched a record price of $437,000 at a special auction organized on Sotheby's website in partnership with Stadium Goods, the American sneaker consignment reseller. The shoe was reportedly bought ...
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Wolverine has announced that it will be donating the Labor...
Wolverine has announced that it will be donating the Labor Day proceeds from its new boot, the Iron Grey Journeyman, to the American College of the Building Arts (ACBA) in Charleston, South Carolina, to celebrate the launch of the shoe. The footwear and apparel company, based in Rockford, Michigan, will ...
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Komodo, a British brand of organic clothing and footwear, has...
Komodo, a British brand of organic clothing and footwear, has just launched a sustainable canvas sneaker made in Sri Lanka. The sole is made from recycled rubber, the foxing from sustainable rubber and the upper from organic cotton.
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Aldo has announced a new environmentally friendly initiative to phase...
Aldo has announced a new environmentally friendly initiative to phase out single-use shopping bags from the group's stores. Customers will be encouraged to opt for an eco-designed shoe box, made from recycled material. The initiative will involve both Aldo and Call It Spring shops. Call It Spring recently became a ...
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Zalando has announced that new brands are being added to...
Zalando has announced that new brands are being added to its sustainable assortment, to meet the increasing demand among customers for eco-responsible products. The new sustainable brands include Ecoalf, Mud Jeans, Swe-s, Girlfriend Collective and Stripe + Stare. The e-tailer's current sustainable offer includes more than 15,000 items from around ...
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Young Europeans are ready to pay more for products that...
Young Europeans are ready to pay more for products that are made in a sustainable manner. According to a survey by Spinnova, a Finnish bio-yarn producer, 61 percent of respondents among Europeans aged 18-30 said that they would pay more for a sustainable piece of clothing, while 41 percent would ...
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The founder of Over Teak, Cosimo Damiano Vitobello, has passed...
The founder of Over Teak, Cosimo Damiano Vitobello, has passed away at the age of 79. Vitobello founded Over Teak in Barletta, in the Italian region of Puglia, in 1990. He opened his first store, where shoes were manually crafted, back in 1958, when he was only 18. Over Teak ...
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Bernard Arnault, LVMH's chairman and chief executive, has become the...
Bernard Arnault, LVMH's chairman and chief executive, has become the world's second-wealthiest person, overtaking Bill Gates on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Arnault has been chairman and chief executive of LVMH, the French luxury conglomerate, since 1989. According to Bloomberg, he has a net worth of more than $107 billion, as ...
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The Global Fashion Group (GFG), which operates transactional websites in...
The Global Fashion Group (GFG), which operates transactional websites in emerging countries, has raised less than half of the expected proceeds from a public offering on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The offer period was extended due to low demand from potential investors. GFG raised €180 million with the placement of ...
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The big Chinese Huajian Group, which has been operating in...
The big Chinese Huajian Group, which has been operating in Ethiopia since 2011, is reportedly planning to invest $100 million in the construction of new shoe manufacturing and coffee processing factories in the country's Jimma Industrial Park. An agreement signed in May with the Ethiopian government will also see Huajian ...
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London Sole, the owner of the shoe brand French Sole,...
London Sole, the owner of the shoe brand French Sole, has bought the Bennetts department store Bennetts in Derby, which had been declared insolvent in February. French Sole specializes in the retailing of ballet flats and holds trademarks in every country in the world except the U.S. French Sole has stores ...
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Farida has inaugurated a second factory in Scandicci, within a...
Farida has inaugurated a second factory in Scandicci, within a leather district six km southwest of Florence. Its other manufacturing facility in Chiusi, also in Tuscany, will remain operational. The new factory in Scandicci will focus on prototype development, sample items and special productions, such as those required by the ...
