Latest News Briefs – Page 190
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Flip Flop, the German shoe brand of Bernd Hummel, is...
Flip Flop, the German shoe brand of Bernd Hummel, is putting out a special model replicating the design of the Mercedes X-Class series. It can be ordered through the online store of Mercedes-Benz.
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Camper, the Spanish shoe brand, will be launching a small...
Camper, the Spanish shoe brand, will be launching a small shoe collection together with Ecoalf, the Spanish fashion label, this month. Camper wants to reduce the usage of new plastic fibers to almost zero by 2022. The brand also aims to become climate-neutral. Ecoalf is using recycled plastic bottles, used tires, fishing ...
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Kavat will be expanding its shoe collection for adults and...
Kavat will be expanding its shoe collection for adults and has started to work together with a new designer, Lovisa Carlsson. Carlsson has already worked for such well-known labels as Acne Studios, Vivienne Westwood and Kurt Geiger. Kavat seeks to shift its focus to fashion-conscious consumers who also value sustainability. ...
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Malone Souliers has launched its first menswear collection for spring...
Malone Souliers has launched its first menswear collection for spring 2020. The collection comprises two styles, a loafer and ankle boot, each of which is available in various colorways and fabrics. The shoes combine classic materials, such as nappa leather and suede, with more unusual materials such as ponyskin, velvet, ...
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Sebago, best known for its signature boat shoes recently acquired...
Sebago, best known for its signature boat shoes recently acquired by BasicNet, is launching its first-ever clothing line for spring 2020. The 30-piece collection comprises sweaters, T-shirts, jeans, bags, hats and other outerwear and accessories.
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Crocs has teamed up with Vera Bradley, the luggage and...
Crocs has teamed up with Vera Bradley, the luggage and handbag brand, on a colorful collaborative shoe collection. The limited-edition collection features four Crocs models – the Classic Clog, Sloane Slide, Freesail Clog and Kadee Flat – available in three patterns channeling Vera Bradley aesthetics - Mint Flowers, Fireworks Paisley ...
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Salvatore Ferragamo, the Italian shoe and fashion house, has launched...
Salvatore Ferragamo, the Italian shoe and fashion house, has launched #ItalianExcellence, a capsule collection of men's eyewear for spring/summer 2019 involving three designers and a photographer: Derek Castiglioni, Francesco Meda, Rodrigo Izquierdo and Guido Taroni. Paul Andrew, Ferragamo's creative director, said that the collection was inspired from shapes of the ...
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Le Coq Sportif has signed a six-year partnership deal with...
Le Coq Sportif has signed a six-year partnership deal with the Paris Opera Ballet that will see the French brand become the official technical supplier of the Opera's Ballet and dance school. Le Coq Sportif will supply the outfits for their sporting activities, which will be designed in collaboration with ...
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Dune, the British shoe retailer, says it has generated incremental...
Dune, the British shoe retailer, says it has generated incremental revenues of £4.4 million (€4.9m-$5.5m) in the past three and a half years by delivering “the right message, for the right person, at the right time” through personalized ads. Working with a personalized digital marketing provider, Conversant, the retailer has ...
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Informa Markets, described as the largest organizer of trade shows...
Informa Markets, described as the largest organizer of trade shows in Asia, is taking over UBM Asia, which has a joint venture with SIC of France to manage the APLF shows. The change of control will start with the Pan African Leather Fair (PALF) held in Egypt next year. The ...
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A group of Italian fashion-related companies held a special exhibition...
A group of Italian fashion-related companies held a special exhibition in a hotel in Seoul, called “La Moda Italiana,” for the 14th season. Carmens, Daniele Lepori and Thierry Rabotin were among the footwear companies set to participate in the show. Italy is the second-largest supplier of leather shoes in South ...
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The ANWR Group, the voluntary consortium of independent retailers, celebrated its 100th anniversary...
The ANWR Group, the voluntary consortium of independent retailers, celebrated its 100th anniversary at the “Elbphilharmonie” (Elbe Philharmonic Concert Hall) in Hamburg on July 1. ANWR invited 900 guests, including retail members, former chief executives, the descendants of founding members, entrepreneurs of the shoe industry and members of various associations. The German minister for economic ...
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BasicNet, the company founded by Marco Boglione in 1994 through...
BasicNet, the company founded by Marco Boglione in 1994 through the acquisition of a former knitwear company, got a special prize at the Pitti Uomo fair in Florence last month as “the first marketplace in the history of clothing.” Today, BasicNet, which owns and licenses Kappa, K-Way, Sebago, Superga and ...
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Bernd Hummel, the German-based licensee of Kangaroos, has encouraged customers...
Bernd Hummel, the German-based licensee of Kangaroos, has encouraged customers to donate their sneakers to homeless people by delivering them until July 16 to any of four stores: in Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne or Munich. The action was coordinated together with the Sneaker Freaker magazine, the Seek show in Berlin and ...
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The Signa Retail group is taking over all the shares...
The Signa Retail group is taking over all the shares it doesn't own in the joint venture it formed last year with Hudson's Bay Company of Canada, called Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof, including the real estate that was previously shared. It is reportedly paying about one billion euros for the assets. ...
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Desma has started to build a new factory at its...
Desma has started to build a new factory at its production site in Achim, near Bremen. The new factory building will have an area of 12,000 square meters with an additional 4,500 square meters of office space. The company plans to conclude the project by autumn 2020. The so-called “factory ...
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According to a German newspaper, Express, Birkenstock wants to expand...
According to a German newspaper, Express, Birkenstock wants to expand its operations in Cologne, where it will be moving some 200 employees currently working in Rahms near Neustadt-Wied. Consequently, the staff of Birkenstock's site in Rahms will be cut in half before its eventual shutdown in the future. As of ...
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Bikkembergs has entrusted the production and worldwide distribution of children's...
Bikkembergs has entrusted the production and worldwide distribution of children's shoes to Elisabet, the shoe manufacturer based in Monte Urano, in Italy's Marche region. The contract will start with the spring/summer 2020 collection, which will be presented at Pitti Bimbo in Florence, on June 20-22, 2019.
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Kering is planning to relocate the majority of its Swiss...
Kering is planning to relocate the majority of its Swiss logistic operations to Italy between 2020 and 2022. The project will be implemented gradually over the next three years. The new Italian hub will be based at Trecate near Novara, in Italy's northwest, and the move will result in an ...
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The battle for control of Netshoes, the Brazialian e-tailer, is...
The battle for control of Netshoes, the Brazialian e-tailer, is escalating. As reported in our last issue, Magazine Luiza initially made a bid for Netshoes at $2.00 per share, valuing the company at $62 million. Late last month, Grupo SBF, which owns the big Centauro chain of sporting goods stores, ...
