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Snipes buys the Polish chain Distance
Snipes, the German-based sneaker and streetwear retail chain owned by Deichmann, is expanding in Poland with the acquisition of the retailer Distance. The deal still has to obtain regulatory clearance and no financial details were released. Distance has been active in Poland since 2003. It has 31 stores and an ...
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Oerlikon diversifies into luxury goods components with Coeurdor acquisition
The Swiss industrial group Oerlikon has bought Coeurdor, a French producer of components for the luxury goods sector. No financial details were released. “With this acquisition, we are expanding our offering and foothold in the luxury goods market,” said Markus Tacke, CEO of Oerlikon’s Surface Solutions division. Coeurdor is a ...
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Sneaker subscription platform KYX launched
The sneaker subscription platform KYX World, which has a “try-before-you-buy and non-committal sneaker access model”, was launched on June 1. By subscribing to the platform users can obtain “fresh sneakers” every month and then “wear them, and then choose to keep them, buy them, or swap them out for a ...
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Shopify and Google deepen retail collaboration
Shopify reports that it has expanded its partnership with Google to help merchants of all sizes benefit through improved discovery and a higher-conversion checkout while simplifying the onboarding process for Shopify merchants joining Google. Shop Pay, which Shopify says is the fastest and most secure way to pay online, ...
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Tod’s brand names new marketing and communications head
The Tod’s brand has appointed Michele Giacalone as chief marketing and communications officer. He joins the company after 10 years at the Paris office of the fashion services agency KCD, where he was managing director. Giacalone will be based in Milan and will report to Carlo Alberto Beretta, the general ...
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Ecco to hold Hot-Shop event Aug.31-Sept.3
Ecco Leather, the leather manufacturing division of the Danish footwear company Ecco, is holding its Hot-Shop event from Aug. 31 to Sept. 3. ”This time around we will be exploring the notion of bringing low-fi ingenuity into a virtual and non-defined future,” the company said without giving further details ...
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Brand sustainability has growing influence on purchasing decisions globally
In partnership with Morning Consult, U.S.-based financial services firm Stifel surveyed 4,756 U.S. consumers aged 18 to 55 who are interested in active/casual lifestyle brands, as well as an additional 5,259 consumers in the U.K., Germany, France, Italy and China about their sustainability behaviors. The study shows an increasing emphasis ...
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Textiles Circularity Centre opens in the U.K.
The Textiles Circularity Centre (TCC), one of five circular economy centers funded by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centres Programme, opened its doors on May 24. The center aims to turn post-consumer textiles, crop residues and household waste into renewable materials for use in textiles. In ...
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GfK sees slow possible recovery of consumption in Germany
In its monthly study in Germany this May, GfK market researchers found consumer sentiment that has been “rather bright than muted,” because of falling illness rates and success in Covid-19 vaccinations. With more employees coming out of short-time or remote work and incremental re-openings of stores and restaurants, conditions are ...
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VF launches new incubator platform for innovative business models
VF Corp. has launched Venture Platforms, an “innovation pillar that will focus on identifying and investing in new, future-focused opportunities.” The new initiative will add a specific innovation-focused component to the existing brand portfolio strategy by identifying and investing in new, forward-looking companies and business models. “We’re interested in ideas ...
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Japan prolongs state of emergency to June 20
The Japanese government has extended a state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas of the country due to the Covid-19 pandemic to June 20, just over a month before the planned start of the Toyko Olympics on July 23. The restrictive measures currently in place, which are less rigid ...
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Hanwag to produce 400,000 pairs for its centenary
Hanwag, the Bavarian outdoor footwear company, has said that it will celebrate its centenary by making 400,000 pairs of boots and shoes. The business was founded in 1921 by Hans Wagner, the son of a shoemaker, in the village of Vierkirchen, north of Munich. Wagner’s business specialized in handmade, double-stitched ...
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Reef partners with Life is Good on footwear range
Reef has partnered with Life is Good on a range of sandals and thongs for both men and women that is meant to celebrate fun, freedom and the spirit of the beach. The collection features Life is Good’s inspirational designs. Life is Good defines itself as “a positive lifestyle apparel ...
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Ara merges its retail divisions, reshuffles management
Ara is merging its retail divisions and reshuffling its management team. The Rhineland-based group has announced it is bringing together under the new umbrella brand Salamander & friends the retail activities of subsidiaries Salamander Germany, Schuhhaus Klauser and of Salamander International. In the latest management reshuffle, Thomas Kresse ...
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Chaco moves to new Michigan factory
Chaco, an outdoor lifestyle footwear brand owned by Wolverine World Wide, Inc., has moved to a larger and upgraded U.S. manufacturing facility in Rockford, Michigan, “to meet growing demands for increased footwear production, customization program, and reweb and resole requests from consumers,” the company said. The new factory provides 25 ...
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VF pledges to eliminate child labor
VF Corp. has created a new Child Rights Action Pledge to strengthen children’s rights and eliminate child labor throughout the global apparel supply chain by 2025. As part of its pledge, VF commits to integrate the Children’s Rights and Business Principles developed by UNICEF, the United Nations Global Compact and ...
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Gabor wins two sustainability awards
The German shoe manufacturer Gabor has won two awards for its sustainability commitment. The Rosenheim-based company received the top rating “particularly sustainable” in the ÖkoKönig survey conducted by Bild magazine, which is based on 285,000 consumer reviews. The award attested Gabor’s considerate use of natural resources, for example through ...
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Oliver Reichert becomes sole CEO at Birkenstock
Markus Bensberg has stepped down as co-CEO at Birkenstock, leaving Oliver Reichert as sole CEO. Bensberg joined Birkenstock in February 1991. He held various positions before becoming co-CEO jointly with Reichert in 2012. Bensberg will focus on his role as CEO of the family office of Alex Birkenstock, who remains ...
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Joya accepts Bitcoin payments
The Swiss comfort shoes manufacturer Joya is now accepting Bitcoin payments in a move to further boost its digital business and better respond to consumer needs, after the Covid-19 crisis accelerated the digital transformation in the sector and pushed cryptocurrencies into the mainstream. Other digital currency units such as Bitcoin ...
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Snipes launches co-branded collection with Starter
International sneaker and streetwear retail chain Snipes has struck a deal with the U.S. textile manufacturer Starter to launch a co-branded capsule collection based on the latter’s Black Label line. For the spring/summer season, the collection will focus on Starter Black Label’s ‘90s-inspired style. With the partnership, Starter aims to ...
