All Marketing articles – Page 30

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    FitFlop has an exclusive deal to market its Maryano range...

    2011-05-16T00:00:00Z

    FitFlop has an exclusive deal to market its Maryano range of sandals through the Net-a-Porter website. Selling for £95 (€109-$155) per pair, the sandals are manually beaded by the women of a South African cooperative, Wola Nani, who suffer from HIV/AIDS. Net-a-Porter will donate 20 percent of the profits to ...

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    Timberland said it will plant one tree in Haiti for...

    2011-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Timberland said it will plant one tree in Haiti for every response to its “Virtual Forest” application on Facebook, up to a target of one million trees. Planting trees in the Dominican Republic, Beijing, Madrid and other locations is also part of the initiatives that will be taken by Timberland ...

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    OeTZI3300, a 2-year-old California sneaker company, has created a short...

    2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

    OeTZI3300, a 2-year-old California sneaker company, has created a short video called “Summer Lovin” to help promote its spring and summer collections. The film, directed by Stephen Buckley, features Oetzi the Iceman and a summer romance. It can be viewed at the brand's website, Oetzi3300.com.

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    Fornarina launched an interesting viral advertising campaign to support the...

    2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

    Fornarina launched an interesting viral advertising campaign to support the renovation of its 13-year-old store in Bologna, which has reopened with a more dynamic urban design. In addition to fliers, it sent out an e-card good until April 17 giving customers the right to get a special gadget and a ...

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    After relaunching the Salamander brand in the shoe care segment...

    2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

    After relaunching the Salamander brand in the shoe care segment last year, Melvo is introducing a new look for its Woly brand for its 80th birthday, including a new logo featuring its birthdate and, from next autumn, a new website. Thanks in part to the start-up of new subsidiaries in ...

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    Footwear, gastronomy and tourism from the region around Venice are...

    2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

    Footwear, gastronomy and tourism from the region around Venice are again presenting a joint image for a campaign involving this time 1,200 shoe shops in Germany, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands. Promotional leaflets, USB sticks and POS material provided by Italy's Consorzio Maestri Calzaturieri del Brenta and Veneto's tourism board ...

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    Fly London has won a prize for the “Best Enterprise...

    2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

    Fly London has won a prize for the “Best Enterprise Solution” from Retail Technology Europe. The Portuguese brand got the prize because of the implementation of an intelligent RFID system that allows customers to try out a pair of shoes virtually in a store, visualizing his or her own image ...

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    Deichmann.de has received a prize at a German online retailing...

    2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

    Deichmann.de has received a prize at a German online retailing convention

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    Fratelli Rossetti is organizing an exhibition of pictures taken by...

    2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

    Fratelli Rossetti is organizing an exhibition of pictures taken by Ferdinando Scianna, a photographer of the agency Magnum, at its store on rue Saint Honoré in Paris until May 15. The exhibition, called “Masters' Hands,” features photographies focusing on manual gestures. It was already held in Milan during the Fashion ...

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    Naya and Nordstrom are wrapping up their program to plant...

    2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

    Naya and Nordstrom are wrapping up their program to plant a tree for every pair of Naya shoes purchased at Nordstrom or Nordstrom.com. The goal was to plant 5,000 trees for Earth Day for Plant-It 2020, a nonprofit group founded by the late singer John Denver. Naya, a Brown Shoe ...

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    Birkenstock USA has launched an advertising campaign that will see...

    2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Birkenstock USA has launched an advertising campaign that will see its ads in more publications than ever, as part of the company's efforts to pursue outdoor and specialty running markets. The campaign focuses on four market segments: health/wellness, recovery, active/outdoor and fashion. In addition, the company is sponsoring numerous events, ...

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    Skechers Entertainment, a division of Skechers USA, is launching a...

    2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Skechers Entertainment, a division of Skechers USA, is launching a comprehensive global licensing campaign for its original branded content and characters. Paul Flett, senior vice president of global licensing for Skechers, will spearhead the program. “Zevo-3” is one of the properties driving this new initiative. It was the first originally ...

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    Teva has a new initiative out, Pair for a Foot,...

    2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Teva has a new initiative out, Pair for a Foot, in which the company will contribute to protecting one linear foot of global waterways for each pair of Teva shoes or sandals sold in 2011. It is working with nonprofit groups dedicated to clean water, including the Ocean Conservancy and ...

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    Louis Vuitton will take part in the renovation of Padiglione...

    2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Louis Vuitton will take part in the renovation of Padiglione Venezia, an exhibition hall built in 1932 in the gardens of the Biennale in Venice, in view of the next international art exhibition starting on June 4 and ending Nov. 27. Vuitton plans to open a store in Rome at ...

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    Bally launched a new website last Feb. 7, with a...

    2011-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Bally launched a new website last Feb. 7, with a new application for computer tablets and a better online shopping platform

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    The Hamm Reno Group launched a new TV advertising campaign...

    2011-03-15T00:00:00Z

    The Hamm Reno Group launched a new TV advertising campaign in Germany and Austria last month, with three surprising spots aimed at young women, men and children. In one of them, a woman tries on a pair of high-heeled shoes and finds herself suddenly dancing in a disco, only wake ...

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    Ahnu Footwear, a Deckers brand, has partnered with OnlineShoes.com to...

    2011-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Ahnu Footwear, a Deckers brand, has partnered with OnlineShoes.com to raise money for the Breast Cancer Fund. In March, for every pair of Numentum women's shoes that are sold at the website, Ahnu will donate $5 to the charity, with a goal of $100,000. In April the effort expands to ...

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    The ART Company is involving fine arts students in Madrid...

    2011-03-15T00:00:00Z

    The ART Company is involving fine arts students in Madrid and Bercelona in a “Shoestorming” contest for the craziest ideas to illustrate its advertising campaigns for the spring/summer 2012 season. They are being asked to create an object or a sculpture reflecting the qualities of ART shoes, such as flexibility, ...

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    Britain's Florida Group is investing heavily in an integrated trade...

    2011-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Britain's Florida Group is investing heavily in an integrated trade and consumer campaign to mark the 75th anniversary of production in Norwich of its Van Dal brand of women's shoes. The first national TV campaign for the brand will start on March 28 and carry on for four weeks until ...

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    Gabor is hitting the waves with its first TV campaign...

    2011-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Gabor is hitting the waves with its first TV campaign in Germany since 2005. Adressing women between the ages of 25 and 40 with an “irresistible” claim, the campaign will run on three channels between the end of March and the end of April.