All Marketing articles – Page 24
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Superga has announced the British singer Rita Ora as the...
Superga has announced the British singer Rita Ora as the new face of its spring/summer 2013 campaign. Rita, who was discovered by the legendary rapper Jay Z, has taken over from Alexa Chung, who was unable to continue her role due to TV commitments in the U.S. On top of ...
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Fratelli Rossetti plans to launch a new marketing campaign next...
Fratelli Rossetti plans to launch a new marketing campaign next autumn, developed by Independent Ideas, the creative agency of Lapo Elkann from the family that owns Fiat. Featuring male and female models dancing in a room in a ‘sixties atmosphere, it is aimed at injecting a more playful spririt into ...
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Eram, the French shoe retail chain, is launching an innovative...
Eram, the French shoe retail chain, is launching an innovative marketing campaign based on a short musical film that will be broadcast on Dailymotion, the French video-sharing platform. The video, titled “Ce qui fait marcher les filles” (Tr.: “What makes girls walk”), is the story of five girls, played by ...
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Zalando opened a temporary store in Milan's via Vigevano, in...
Zalando opened a temporary store in Milan's via Vigevano, in the lively Navigli district, between April 9 and 14, coinciding with the Milan Design Week. The store aimed at increasing the visibility of the German e-commerce retailer in a country where customers are not accustomed to buying online. Only 25 ...
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Gabor has launched its own online magazine, managed by Conde Nast, with news...
Gabor has launched its own online magazine, managed by Conde Nast, with news on fashion trends, celebrities and products in order to reach out to a younger clientele in Germany, where it already enjoys a 75 percent brand awareness ratio in the target group of women aged between 30 and 49 years.
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Aster, the French brand of children's shoes, is celebrating its...
Aster, the French brand of children's shoes, is celebrating its 100th anniversary and for the occasion is launching a contest called “Crée la Dingo de tes rêves” (“Create the Dingo of your dreams”). Dingo is the name of the brand's first and best-known model, a leather sandal with six perforations ...
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Bill Sweasy, who is leaving as chief executive of Red...
Bill Sweasy, who is leaving as chief executive of Red Wing Shoe Company later this year, after 21 years at its helm, was awarded the Outdoor Inspiration Award during the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Jan. 24. Based in Red Wing, Minnesota, the company markets ...
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Havaianas, the Brazilian brand of thongs, is putting out a...
Havaianas, the Brazilian brand of thongs, is putting out a limited edition style to celebrate its 50th anniversary. All of the proceeds will go to the Unicef Seal project, which works to improve the lives of children and adolescents in poor areas of Brazil. The company will make 50,000 pairs ...
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Hi-Tec Sports won a prize as “outdoor footwear brand of...
Hi-Tec Sports won a prize as “outdoor footwear brand of the year” at the latest edition of the UK Industry Footwear Awards. Organized by Datateam Business Media for the industry, with the support of the British Footwear Association, the Society of Shoe Fitters and the magazine Footwear Today, the awards ...
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Nicholas Kirkwood, who was recently named accessories designer of the year...
Nicholas Kirkwood, who was recently named accessories designer of the year at the British Fashion Awards for 2012, has now also won a prize of £200,000 (€232,821.4-$ 315,863.8) from the BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund. He will also benefit from an 18-month mentoring program intended to propel his business into a global fashion brand. The young ...
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The GDS trade show has launched a new advertising campaign...
The GDS trade show has launched a new advertising campaign around the theme “Inspiration to go.” Under this slogan, the advertising line of the event has been re-designed and made more “visual.” The underlying idea is that the GDS provides visitors from all over the world with new inspirations and ...
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Anci, Italy's footwear industry association, has its sights set on...
Anci, Italy's footwear industry association, has its sights set on global domination with its new marketing campaign, “The Made-in-Italy That Conquered the World.” The campaign stresses the excellence of Italian footwear and “made in Italy.” The ads feature female legs from around the world wearing shoes in green, red and ...
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The Italian Ministry of Economic Development and the Italian Trade...
The Italian Ministry of Economic Development and the Italian Trade Commission (ICE) are to launch over the next few months a new campaign to promote Made in Italy products in Germany, called “Italy Lives in Premium.” The initiative will be hosted by the three luxury department stores of the Karstadt ...
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Skechers has announced that it donated more than 3 million...
Skechers has announced that it donated more than 3 million pairs of new Bobs shoes for children in need worldwide this year. With the support of its nonprofit partners, the shoes will be distributed to charitable organizations, education programs and nonprofit groups across the Americas, Africa, Eastern Europe, and mainland and Southeast ...
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Manolo Blahnik has won the outstanding achievement prize at the...
Manolo Blahnik has won the outstanding achievement prize at the 2012 British Fashion Awards, where he had previously been named Accessory Designer of the Year for three times throughout his career. The iconic footwear designer was presented with the honor at a glamorous ceremony, hosted by the British Fashion Council ...
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Dr. Martens won the Drapers Fashion Award for the best...
Dr. Martens won the Drapers Fashion Award for the best marketing initiative of the year. The prize went to the FirstAndForever campaign launched by the brand for its 50th anniversary. It was viewed by 10 million consumers. It contributed to a big increase in visits to its website and its ...
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A first round of negotiations between the German shoe and...
A first round of negotiations between the German shoe and leathergoods industry federation (HDS) and the labor unions over a new collective contract for the industry's workers has ended without any results. The unions' demands for a wage increase of 6 percent across the board were regarded as excessive in ...
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Steptronic Footwear, a British producer of desert boots founded in...
Steptronic Footwear, a British producer of desert boots founded in 2008, was one of the 11 winners of the 2012 Northants Enterprise Business of the Year award, handed out by two local newspapers, the Northamptonshire Telegraph and the Northampton Chronicle & Echo. Steptronic, which is a member of the British Footwear Association, has ...
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Boris Saragaglia, the founder and chief executive of Spartoo in...
Boris Saragaglia, the founder and chief executive of Spartoo in France, has received the “Prix de l'entrepreneur Rhône-Alpes” at the BFM Awards in Lyon. The regional award was given to Saragaglia for successfully combining innovation, growth and management. Founded in 2006, Spartoo.com is a European leader in the online sale ...
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Ralph Rieker, chief executive of Ricosta and president of the...
Ralph Rieker, chief executive of Ricosta and president of the German shoe and leathergoods industry federation (HDS), has received a special prize from the state of Rheinland-Pfalz. He was praised for his work as chairman of the Testing and Research Institute of Pirmasens since the year 2000. With about 90 ...
