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Kangaroos is relaunching some popular sneaker models from its former...
Kangaroos is relaunching some popular sneaker models from its former men's collections under the slogan “The Rebirth of Cool,” and its German licensee, Bernd Hummel, is going to make some of them at its own factory in Pirmasens for special clients. Bernd Hummel plans to release six styles in March ...
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Apiccaps, the Portuguese footwear and shoe components industry association, launched...
Apiccaps, the Portuguese footwear and shoe components industry association, launched earlier this year a campaign called Iconic, focusing on the universe of iconic characters from movies and music. So far the campaign has featured Victoria Guerra, interpreting iconic characters to present women's footwear. Now the campaign to promote Portuguese shoes ...
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Vögele Shoes recently introduced an online calculation system for children's...
Vögele Shoes recently introduced an online calculation system for children's shoes. According to the Swiss shoe retail chain, more than 80 percent of children's shoes are actually smaller than indicated. On Vögele Shoes' website, parents can enter the length and width of their children's feet. The Swiss retail chain then ...
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Skechers has announced a partnership with Camila Cabello on a...
Skechers has announced a partnership with Camila Cabello on a new global marketing campaign. The Cuban-born American singer and songwriter will be the face of Skechers' women's footwear category. The campaign, which will appear in Spanish and English, is scheduled for launch later this month. Cabello, who is 20, started ...
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TheMicam, which is still the world's largest shoe show, will...
TheMicam, which is still the world's largest shoe show, will start on Sunday, presenting the latest offerings of about 1,400 companies from around the world. It will again give a special highlight to the luxury segment of the market, welcoming for the first time the shoe collections of four big ...
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Who's Next Première Classe, the French fashion exhibition in Paris,...
Who's Next Première Classe, the French fashion exhibition in Paris, reported an increase in attendance for the first time in three years. According to the organizers, the number of visitors grew by 10.1 percent to 42,122. The reports from the show were generally positive, except for the fact that there ...
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Birkenstock made a big splash in New York City with...
Birkenstock made a big splash in New York City with its Birkenstock Box in association with Barneys New York, which designed the interior of the freight container and co-created a limited-edition line of Birkenstock shoes and added some of its own merchandise. The company's new mobile retail concept remained open ...
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Manolo Blahnik is starring in a new documentary film, “Manolo,...
Manolo Blahnik is starring in a new documentary film, “Manolo, The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards.” Meanwhile, a retrospective exhibition of more than 200 styles by the Spanish 74-year-old shoe designer is travelling around the world. After stops in Milan and St. Petersburg, it is now being shown in ...
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The Portuguese city of Porto will host the 20th International...
The Portuguese city of Porto will host the 20th International Technical Footwear Congress of UITIC, the International Union of Shoe Industry Technicians, next May 16-18. A committee steered by the Portuguese shoes industry association (Apiccaps) and Portuguese footwear technology center, CTCP will organize the convention and its program, which will ...
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Momad Shoes, the Spanish shoe show is expecting a larger...
Momad Shoes, the Spanish shoe show is expecting a larger number of visitors for its upcoming edition, which will take place at IFEMA-Feria de Madrid on Sept. 22-24. The organizers of the trade show said visitors who have registered online are up by nearly 10 percent as compared to the ...
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For the first time, the Poznan Fashion Fair in Poland...
For the first time, the Poznan Fashion Fair in Poland will be welcoming Spanish footwear companies this year. The edition of the trade show took place in the Polish city on Sept. 5-7. Spain's shoe exports to Poland reached €66 billion last year. According to Icex, the Spanish agency for ...
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Footwear Friends will host its annual awards ceremony for young...
Footwear Friends will host its annual awards ceremony for young designers in London on Oct. 18. The jury will meet on Sept. 28 to examine the proposals, which are said to of “extraordinarily good quality” this time. Dune, Clarks, Pentland, the University of Northampton and the British Footwear Association will ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has announced that it is partnering with the...
Wolverine Worldwide has announced that it is partnering with the American Red Cross, the Two Ten Footwear Foundation and the United Way to help victims of Harvey, the hurricane that made landfall in the U.S. at the end of August. The firm said it will contribute more than $2.6 million ...
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Hartmut Schelchen, founder of Schelchen, the German company that owns...
Hartmut Schelchen, founder of Schelchen, the German company that owns the Pedag brand of footwear insoles, passed away at the age of 87. He seized the chance of the economic miracle after the second world war to set up his own production. It was always important for him to manufacture ...
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After a strong 2016 with a turnover of €11.5 million,...
After a strong 2016 with a turnover of €11.5 million, the Swedish shoe manufacturer Kavat has invested in new, larger production facilities in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The company moved its 160 employees in July from the existing premises in Travnik into a new 5000-square-meter factory in Novi Travnik, 90 kilometers west of ...
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After an almost rags-to-riches tale of success, the 65-year-old Maximilian...
After an almost rags-to-riches tale of success, the 65-year-old Maximilian Müller is retiring from the management board of the Ara Shoes group at the end of the year. Commencing as an apprentice shoemaker and salesman at the age of 15 with Bally, Müller has spent a lifetime in the shoe ...
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After working for about ten years as sales director with...
After working for about ten years as sales director with the Hamm Reno Group, Manfred Klumpp will be joining Peter Kaiser in October as one of the members of its executive board. The company is looking for another member of the board to take care of product, sales and marketing. ...
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Geox says it is getting closer to the selection of...
Geox says it is getting closer to the selection of a new country manager for the U.S. and expects to be able to make a decision on the candidate after the summer break. The new executive would take the place of Tracy Smith, who recently became vice president of VF ...
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Repetto has hired Gilles Assor as its new chief executive...
Repetto has hired Gilles Assor as its new chief executive for the Americas. The appointment is effective immediately. Assor, 42, has spent the last five years at Robert Clergerie, where he has served as vice-president. Prior to that, he worked in Paris for brands including Jean Paul Gaultier, Maison Margiela ...
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Bernd Hummel, the main European licensee of Kangaroos and the...
Bernd Hummel, the main European licensee of Kangaroos and the owner of the Flip Flop brand, has officially announced a contract for the distribution of shoes, clothing and accessories under the Beachbody brand name, starting with the spring/summer 2018 season. The products are licensed by Global Brand Partners, a company ...
