Latest News Briefs – Page 192
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The Yoox Net-a-Porter Group has launched a contest called Incredible...
The Yoox Net-a-Porter Group has launched a contest called Incredible Girls of the Future for women aged 16 to 25 years who aspire to become entrepreneurs. The contestants have to develop a fashion app by July, the first of its kind to support sustainable development in the industry. The winner ...
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Last month, Birkenstock received the renowned Art Directors Club award,...
Last month, Birkenstock received the renowned Art Directors Club award, for a series of short films called Birkenstories. The films, produced in-house, show longtime fans of Birkenstock's sandals from around the world. The Art Directors contest is one of the biggest creative competitions in the German-speaking world and is considered ...
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Vapesol, the Portuguese maker of soles, has launched the first...
Vapesol, the Portuguese maker of soles, has launched the first edition of its own design competition, called Academia Vapesol. The participants have to design shoes for men and women for the autumn/winter 2020/2021 season. The prototypes have to include a sole from Vapesol's catalog. The winner will receive €1,000 and ...
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A sculpture and film commissioned to celebrate the centenary of...
A sculpture and film commissioned to celebrate the centenary of Satra, the independent research and testing organization, have been completed. The sculpture, called No Compromise, was recently unveiled by His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester. Martin Steele – a sculptor who is based, like Satra itself, in the English ...
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According to a recently published survey by Lyst, the London-based...
According to a recently published survey by Lyst, the London-based search engine for fashion items, the share of consumers searching for fair and sustainable fashion increased by 80 percent in 2018, as compared to the previous year. Finnish consumers were found to have the strongest awareness for sustainable clothes, followed ...
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Lubrizol is promoting its portfolio of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) for...
Lubrizol is promoting its portfolio of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) for performance footwear applications, highlighting advantages in terms of environmental sustainability. According to Lubrizol, its innovative advanced polymers enable the development a nearly 100 percent TPU shoe that is recyclable while still meeting performance requirements. Data from the U.S. Department of ...
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Hugs & Co., a British footwear brand, has launched the...
Hugs & Co., a British footwear brand, has launched the TS1, a new environmentally friendly driving loafer made with old tires. The shoe combines Italian leather uppers with soles made from waste tire material. According to the brand, the repurposed material adds durability and grip. The TS1 collection comprises eight ...
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Birkenstock recently opened its manufacturing sites in Görlitz and Bernstadt...
Birkenstock recently opened its manufacturing sites in Görlitz and Bernstadt to a group of journalists from 13 countries, as reported by Fashion Network. The journalists were given a tour of the company's facilities in May. It was the first time that the company had granted access to its production facilities ...
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Manolo Blahnik's creations will be on display at the Wallace...
Manolo Blahnik's creations will be on display at the Wallace Collection in London, next to works of art from the museum's collection. The exhibition, entitled “An Enquiring Mind: Manolo Blahnik at the Wallace Collection,” will run from June 10 to Sept. 1. Besides presenting the creative process of the Spanish ...
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Schuhe24, the German-based online marketplace for independent shoe retailers, is...
Schuhe24, the German-based online marketplace for independent shoe retailers, is going to offer financial support to its members from the next month of June. Schuhe24 is working on the project with a German-based financing portal, called Compeon. Retailers affiliated with Schuhe24 and a similar portal, Outfits24, will be able to ...
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LuisaViaRoma, the big omni-channel retailer based in Florence, has formed...
LuisaViaRoma, the big omni-channel retailer based in Florence, has formed a partnership with Secoo, the Chinese internet platform for luxury goods. Chinese customers will be able to order the products of about 500 brands hosted on LuisaViaRoma's website via Secoo's web store. The deal follows the establishment by Secoo of ...
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Leonardo Ferragamo, a member of both Salvatore Ferragamo's board of...
Leonardo Ferragamo, a member of both Salvatore Ferragamo's board of directors and the family that controls the firm, has created a new holding company, called Sawa, to manage part of his personal interests. Sawa is the contraction of the first names of his parents, Salvatore Ferragamo and Wanda Miletti. The ...
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BASF has opened three new “creation centers” in the Asia-Pacific...
BASF has opened three new “creation centers” in the Asia-Pacific region to help clients find creative solutions in collaboration with its own experts. The centers are located in Shanghai, Tokyo and Mumbai.
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R.M. Williams, the Iconic Australian bootmaker, has reportedly been put...
R.M. Williams, the Iconic Australian bootmaker, has reportedly been put up for sale. R.M. Williams is majority-owned by L Catterton Asia, a private equity firm based in Singapore and backed by LVMH. Hugh Jackman, the Australian-born Hollywood actor who most recently starred in The Greatest Showman, has a 5 percent ...
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Vibram is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Vibram Technological...
Vibram is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Vibram Technological Center (VTC) in Guangzhou, China. The facility is an innovation hub where the Italian brand studies innovative compounds and technologies and creates prototypes of new products prior to launching them on the market. The VTC staff operates in close synergy ...
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Tretorn is developing its online business with the aim of...
Tretorn is developing its online business with the aim of boosting the proportion of online transactions with consumers and through retailers and internet marketplaces. The long-term goal is for online sales to account for 40 percent of total sales. To achieve it, a new team of three employees has been ...
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Josef Renner has become the new chief executive of Ferdinand...
Josef Renner has become the new chief executive of Ferdinand Richter, the Austrian children's shoe producer. He has been involved in sales at Legero since 2001. Prior to that he worked at Leder & Schuh, starting as a buyer in 1986. Renner takes the place of two joint managing directors ...
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Thomas Nassua has been appointed to the newly created position...
Thomas Nassua has been appointed to the newly created position of sales director for Germany, Austria and Switzerland at the Unlimited Footwear Group (UFG), based in Waalwijk, Netherlands, starting on June 1. The Dutch firm sells shoes under the Bullboxer, Rehab Footwear, Gaastra and Supertrash brands and has licenses for ...
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Bernd Hummel, the long-time German-based licensee of Pentland Group for the Kangaroos brand,...
Bernd Hummel, the long-time German-based licensee of Pentland Group for the Kangaroos brand, has appointed Andreas Hemprich as European senior key account manager for its recently launched Rooskickx brand of children's sneakers. The 37-year-old joined Kangaroos on May 1. He reports directly to Daniel Kraus, vice president for marketing and sales at Kangaroos. ...
