Latest News Briefs – Page 246
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Apiccaps, the Portuguese footwear and shoe components industry association, has...
Apiccaps, the Portuguese footwear and shoe components industry association, has elected Fortunato Federico as honorary president. The Portuguese entrepreneur, who controls Fly London and other assets through his holding company, Kyaya, had been the president of Apiccaps for 18 years. He was succeeded in the post by a new president, ...
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Elisabet will be manufacturing children's shoes for Tommy Hilfiger starting...
Elisabet will be manufacturing children's shoes for Tommy Hilfiger starting with the spring/summer 2018 collection. The agreement covers Europe, Middle East and Africa. The first Tommy Hilfiger by Elisabet collection was presented at Pitti Bimbo in Florence on June 22. Elisabet is based in Monte Urano, near Fermo, Italy.
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Deckers Brands' licensing deal with BBC International for Teva children's...
Deckers Brands' licensing deal with BBC International for Teva children's shoes will be terminated at the end of this year, according to Footwear News. Product development, production and distribution will be brought in-house.
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Grenson is putting out the first sneaker under its own...
Grenson is putting out the first sneaker under its own brand name, the Sneaker 1, making it available on its own website. It is made in Italy. The British company had launched a collaborative model with New Balance in this product category last year, followed by another one recently with ...
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Tamaris is paying homage to the athleisure trend by launching...
Tamaris is paying homage to the athleisure trend by launching a line of sneakers, called Fashlectics, for the next autumn/winter season. One of the styles in the collection got an award from a German women's magazine, Freundin.
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Leomil will be offering a new line of children's shoes...
Leomil will be offering a new line of children's shoes in various European markets and the Middle East in the early winter of 2018 that is inspired by Shimmer & Shine, a popular animated pre-school cartoon series by Nickelodeon. It will be an extension of a partnership with Viacom International ...
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Worland, an artisan footwear manufacturer based in Monte San Giusto,...
Worland, an artisan footwear manufacturer based in Monte San Giusto, Italy, has recently completed an order for shoes from Brahim Takioullah, the Guinness World Record holder for world's largest feet. Takioullah was born in Morocco and now lives in Paris, France. His right foot measures 37.5 centimeters while his left ...
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Vibram is introducing a new Vibram Litebase technology which, it...
Vibram is introducing a new Vibram Litebase technology which, it says, reduces by up to 30 percent the weight of the outsole without affecting the properties of Vibram's normal soles. The new technology will be tested on a shoe with Vibram's Megagrip compound by the members of the Trailrunning Team ...
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With the opening of the new order season, Lloyd Shoes...
With the opening of the new order season, Lloyd Shoes has launched a new ShoeViewer app that enables retailers and consumers to view selected models from The Lloyd Magazine, the German company's catalog, in 3D. Developed together with Scanblue Engineering and the agency Saint Elmo's Hamburg, the app allows users ...
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Gigi Hadid is again starring in an international advertising campaign...
Gigi Hadid is again starring in an international advertising campaign for Stuart Weitzman, to promote the brand's autumn/winter 2017 collection. The 22-year-old fashion model is featured in black and white photographs, shot by Mario Testino, where she unveils a new short hair style. Hadid is in fact reportedly wearing a ...
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Désirée Schwarz marked herself as a name to watch out...
Désirée Schwarz marked herself as a name to watch out for in German footwear design by taking out getting an award at the German College of Footwear Design and Technology in Pirmasens. A jury of industry experts, including Achim Tischer, the managing director of Wortmann, and Nina Maier, of the ...
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Attendance at the 88th edition of the Expo Riva Schuh...
Attendance at the 88th edition of the Expo Riva Schuh show on Italy's Lake Garda on June 10-13 was virtually flat with a total of 11,224 registered visitors. The business climate was described as relatively positive. The organizers mentioned the presence of a big delegation of French buyers as well ...
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Pitti Uomo attracted fewer attendees this past June . Around...
Pitti Uomo attracted fewer attendees this past June . Around 19,000 buyers attended the 92nd edition for the spring/summer collections, down from 20,500 in June 2016. The edition which was held in Florence on June 13-16, 2017 attracted more than 30,000 visitors overall. The number of Italian buyers dropped by ...
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Bookings for the Sept. 22-24 edition of the Momad Shoes...
Bookings for the Sept. 22-24 edition of the Momad Shoes fair in Madrid have already reached 7,000 square meters, exceeding the occupancy level of the March 2017 edition. Several brands will return to the show, including Hannibal Laguna and Paredes, which just got a prize. The buyers' program of the ...
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Birkenstock organized for the first time a special two-day event...
Birkenstock organized for the first time a special two-day event for buyers in the Tuileries Gardens during the recent Paris Fashion Week. It also exhibited at the Seek and Premium shows during the recent Berlin Fashion Week. It has confirmed its participation in the new German trade show, Gallery Shoes, ...
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Pure London has announced that it is adding a “footwear...
Pure London has announced that it is adding a “footwear destination,” a dedicated upstairs floor, to the forthcoming edition of the women's wear show, due to be held at London's Olympia fairgrounds on July 23-25. Footwear brands returning to the event include Birkenstock alongside Alpe, Anuschka, Nero Giardini, Saz, Unisa ...
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An exhibition entitled “The seduction of footwear: Italian glamour” showcased...
An exhibition entitled “The seduction of footwear: Italian glamour” showcased Italian footwear in Seoul on July 10-12. The event was promoted by Assocalzaturifici ahead of theMicam, which will be held in Milan in September. The exhibition was organized alongside “La moda italiana a Seoul,” the trade fair for Italian fashion ...
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A trade mission to Russia involving 34 Brazilian shoe brands...
A trade mission to Russia involving 34 Brazilian shoe brands could generate business worth more than $4 million for the South American country. Abicalçados, the footwear industry association, undertook the trade mission at the start of June. According to Abicalçados, the companies made contact with around 300 buyers with most ...
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Assocalzaturifici, the association of Italian shoe manufacturers, has partnered with...
Assocalzaturifici, the association of Italian shoe manufacturers, has partnered with Humana People to People Italia on a project for children in Africa. The project, which is called “Anche con i piedi si può dare una mano” (Even with feet you can lend a hand), will finance a school inclusion program ...
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Toms Shoes, the American brand that is famous for its policy...
Toms Shoes, the American brand that is famous for its policy of giving away a free pair of shoes or to help someone in need of a prescription for his eyesight for each pair of shoes or glasses sold, presented new figures at this month's Premium trade show in Berlin to ...
