News Briefs Distribution – Page 17
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Centergross, the fashion hub that brings together more than 470...
Centergross, the fashion hub that brings together more than 470 companies in the suburbs of Bologna, Italy, has signed an agreement with Only Italia to start a commercial venture in China. The new partnership focuses on ready-to-wear fashion and targets the new Chinese middle class. Only Italia is an Italy-based ...
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Sympatex set up a new sales office in Boras near...
Sympatex set up a new sales office in Boras near Goteborg in Sweden on April 1. For 2014, the German company plans to develop its business in Scandinavia, Korea, China and Taiwan. In October, Sympatex set up a new subsidiary in Seoul in Korea, where currently 10 people are employed. ...
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Nobrand is expanding to South America and Asia. The Portuguese...
Nobrand is expanding to South America and Asia. The Portuguese brand started selling in Colombia, Venezuela, Chile and Peru by means of a distributor based in Colombia. Nobrand also plans to set up a subsidiary with a warehouse in China by October 2014, in order to increase its market presence ...
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Asolando is a new distribution company in the U.K. formed...
Asolando is a new distribution company in the U.K. formed by Ken Bartle, former chief executive of Jones Bootmaker, and David Rist, former managing director of Hush Puppies in the U.K. The company is starting to do business as a distributor in the U.K. for the US Polo Association footwear ...
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Lelli Kelly, the Italian brand of children's shoes, is offering...
Lelli Kelly, the Italian brand of children's shoes, is offering to handle the distribution in the U.S. for other brands in the same segment that don't compete with its line. It is discussing collaboration with two Spanish firms, although its four-year-old U.S. sales subsidiary in Seattle is profitable. Its main ...
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Marc Shoes has signed a distribution contract with Sports Connection...
Marc Shoes has signed a distribution contract with Sports Connection of Denmark for the Danish and Swedish markets. The 75-year-old German company has a lot of potential for higher sales outside the German-speaking countries, which currently represent only about 5 percent of its turnover, compared with a ratio of around ...
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Bernd Hummel, the licensee for KangaRoos in Germany and many...
Bernd Hummel, the licensee for KangaRoos in Germany and many other European countries, has restructured its distribution network in Eastern Europe. A sales agency, Magic Town is now responsible for the Polish market, which was previously covered by a local distributor. Office Shoe is the new distributor of the brand ...
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Rocket Dog continues to restructure its European sales network. The...
Rocket Dog continues to restructure its European sales network. The American brand will mainly re-enter markets through partnerships with local distributors in countries where it previously used sales agents. New distributors have been hired in Germany, Belgium, Turkey, Israel and Greece which were previously served by sales agents. Rocket Dog ...
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Hub has changed its sales structure in Germany from indirect...
Hub has changed its sales structure in Germany from indirect to direct distribution. The Dutch shoe brand has employed two sales representatives for the German market, Stefan Grün and Matthias Heydorn, who previously worked for Camper. In the U.K., where the brand has been selling its collections for two seasons, ...
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Skechers is upgrading its European distribution center, which it opened...
Skechers is upgrading its European distribution center, which it opened in 2002 on 21,000 square meters at Milmort, near Liège in Belgium, as volumes have risen fourfold since then. The center was already expanded in 2009. The company is now installing an automated order-picking system at the facility. A logistics ...
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Pomarfin Oy, the Finnish shoe manufacturer, has appointed a new...
Pomarfin Oy, the Finnish shoe manufacturer, has appointed a new agent for Norway, Hege Tiller, who has been in the business for 30 years. The Finnish company, which is well known for its Gore-Tex lined shoes, employs 110 people, the majority of whom are stationed at its factory in Estonia. ...
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Softinos is entering the market in South Korea and Belgium...
Softinos is entering the market in South Korea and Belgium through sales agents, starting with the spring/summer 2014 collection. Meanwhile, the German distributor of the Portuguese brand, Sunny Season, is enlarging its warehouse in response to a 30 percent increase in orders from the German, Austrian and Swiss markets for ...
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Camper has opened a showroom in Shanghai, located at 101...
Camper has opened a showroom in Shanghai, located at 101 Gaoan Road in the former French colonial district. The artistic 250-square-meter space, which is on two levels, uses old wood from former buildings in the area. It takes its inspiration from the Camper Together stores in Paris, Barcelona, Seville, New ...
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Skechers has sealed a far-reaching distribution agreement with CRC Sports,...
Skechers has sealed a far-reaching distribution agreement with CRC Sports, the new exclusive partner of the Californian shoe brand for the Thai market. As part of the agreement with CRC Sports, Thailand will see the opening of two Skechers stores by the end of this year, followed by eight more ...
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A Kenneth Cole flagship has just opened in Bangkok in...
A Kenneth Cole flagship has just opened in Bangkok in a redesigned format and the American brand is planning to enter additional markets in Asia, including Malaysia and Vietnam, which will have stores within the next six months. The designer has announced that the brand would be re-introduced in China ...
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As reported previously in Shoe Intelligence, Heelys is currently undergoing...
As reported previously in Shoe Intelligence, Heelys is currently undergoing a makeover under the ownership of Sequential Brand Group, which acquired the brand of wheeled footwear on Jan. 25. Previously, it was owned by a public company, Heely Sports Inc. Sequential Brands signed a worldwide licensing agreement with BBC International, ...
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Bernd Hummel, the licensee for Kangaroos in Germany and many...
Bernd Hummel, the licensee for Kangaroos in Germany and many other European countries, engaged Philipp Schmidt as sales coordinator on a freelance basis for its ‘Roos Red' product line of shoes at the beginning of September. Together with his own sales agency, Mosaic Sales, he will also be managing Kangaroos' ...
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Dr. Martens' German distributor, Bondi Marketing, opened a new mono-brand...
Dr. Martens' German distributor, Bondi Marketing, opened a new mono-brand store in Cologne in August this year. The German distributor also manages two mono-brand stores in Hamburg and Berlin. Further stores in Germany are planned for 2014, but these might be owned and managed in cooperation with Dr. Martens. Bondi ...
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The Astor Mueller Group, which is already the footwear licensee...
The Astor Mueller Group, which is already the footwear licensee of the Bugatti brand in 35 countries, has acquired the license for the brand in Canada as well. Starting with the spring/summer 2014 season, the same distributor selling Bugatti's apparel line will take on the distribution of Bugatti shoes in ...
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Garvalin, the Spanish brand of children's shoes, sold about two...
Garvalin, the Spanish brand of children's shoes, sold about two million pairs of shoes in over 40 countries worldwide in 2012. In the U.S., the brand sold 25,000 pairs and it expects to increase sales there by 30 percent, as compared to 2012, by the end of this year. With ...
