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Cole Haan collaborates again with Jeff Staple
Cole Haan, the American footwear and accessories brand and retailer, is releasing the fruit of a second collaboration with Jeff Staple, the streetwear designer who founded both Staple and Staple Design in New York City. The limited-edition Cole Haan x Staple ØriginalGrand Ultra Collection is a streetwear take on the ...
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Dr. Martens opens a store In Nuremberg
Dr. Martens has opened a store in Nuremberg, with a sales area of 72 square meters. It is the brand’s first store in Bavaria and the seventh in Germany. The store is located in the historical center of the town, between the White Tower and Pfannenschmiedgasse.
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Global bankruptcies may rise by 35% over 2 yrs
Global corporate bankruptcies are expected to rise by 35 percent in 2021 compared with 2019 because of the Covid-19 pandemic, representing an average annual compound growth of 16 percent in 2020 and 2021, an annual average similar to the one seen during the 2007-2009 crisis, according to a study from ...
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Italian footwear, clothing consumption decline eases
Italian footwear and clothing continued to suffer from falling consumption in June although the rate of decline eased compared to the previous two months, according to the monthly consumption indicator from Confcommercio, the Italian retail trade association. The indicator for footwear and clothing fell by 14.4 percent in June compared ...
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News briefsSperry names Sean McDowell VP in charge of design and product development
Sperry, a division of Wolverine Worldwide, has appointed Sean McDowell as vice president of design and product development. He will report to Joelle Grunberg, global brand president of Sperry and a member of Wolverine Worldwide’s executive leadership team . McDowell has worked for three decades in the footwear industry, of ...
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UK e-tailer Shoeaholics opens six stores
Shoeaholics, the discount footwear and accessories e-commerce site owned by the British upmarket footwear retailer Kurt Geiger, is opening its first six pop-up stores in the U.K, including one on London’s Oxford Street. The site enjoyed a surge in revenues during the coronavirus-related lockdown and wants to build on the ...
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News briefsPrada appoints Christopher Bugg group communications director
Prada has appointed Christopher Bugg as communications director for the group and will report to Lorenzo Bertelli, the Italian fashion group’s head of marketing. Bugg joined the group in January 2020 as Prada’s marketing and communication director for Asia. Previously, he was the global digital communications director at Louis Vuitton ...
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Oliver Sweeney closes its stores
The British footwear company Oliver Sweeney has permanently closed its five stores as its retail business, Oliver Sweeney Trading, went into administration, a local procedure for creditor protection. Three stores were located in London, one in Leeds and one in Manchester. The company’s online and wholesale businesses are not involed ...
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Daniel Footwear buys Johnsons Shoe Company
Newjohn Limited, a unit of the retailer Daniel Footwear, has bought Johnsons Shoe Company, a British family-run retailer, which fell victim to the Covid-19 pandemic and was placed into administration, a procedure which gives it protection from creditors, on April 23. Johnsons Shoe Company has been trading since 1952. Johnsons ...
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Falc buys Candice Cooper
The Italian footwear group Falc has bought Candice Cooper, a brand of luxury sneakers manufactured in Italy, from Swiss-based Candice Cooper AG. Despite the takeover, the autumn/winter collection will continue to be distributed by the former owner. Falc will manage the spring/summer 2021 collection, which will offer a larger women’s ...
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Mulberry ends footwear, ready-to-wear collections
The British luxury goods brand Mulberry has decided to end its footwear and ready-to-wear collections, produced under license by Onward Luxury Group (OLG) since 2015, to focus on leathergoods, which represent about 90 percent of its revenues. OLG is the Milan-based branch of the Japanese company Onward Holdings. Mulberry is ...
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Armani ready to ride out pandemic after 2019 revenue growth
Italian fashion house Giorgio Armani says it is in a strong position to ride out the Covid-19 pandemic, after reporting a return to revenue growth in 2019, a year earlier than anticipated. The company, whose brand logo can be found on everything from jeans, to shoes, eyeglasses and household furnishings ...
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Camper accelerates product development thanks to new PLM solution
Camper said that thanks to the implementation of a new Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution, provided by Centric Software, it has managed to reduce product development time, centralize all product data and boost quality control. The Spanish footwear company has explained that it previously struggled with outdated software, not designed ...
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Martin Krist, former head of Esprit’s shoe division, dies at 55
Martin Krist, former head of Esprit’s shoe division and an innovative leader in the shoe industry, died unexpectedly in June at the age of 55. Krist was with Esprit for over 17 years, from July 1998 until the beginning of 2016, shaping the fashion manufacturer’s shoe business strategy for many ...
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Birkenstock to sell footwear designed by Central Saint Martins’ students
From February, Birkenstock will sell in selected stores worldwide and on the site 1774.com footwear designed by four students of Central Saint Martins. The German company started working with the London-based college in 2018 when it commissioned the BA Fashion History & Theory course to work on its archive. In ...
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Drapers to hold footwear awards online on Aug. 6
Drapers is holding a series on high-profile events online as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic. On Aug. 6, the business-to-business fashion retail magazine and website will hold its Drapers Footwear Awards. On Sept. 30 and Oct.1, it has programmed the Drapers Digital Festival that will include debates on the ...
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News briefsHermès’ purchase of J3L cleared by the French antitrust agency
The French antitrust agency, Autorité de la concurrence, has authorized, without conditions, Hermès’ plans to take full control of J3L, that it currently jointly controls, on the grounds that the transaction does not hinder competition. J3L produces high-end metal parts for luxury companies, especially for handbags, briefcases, wallets and shoes. ...
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Schuh Schneider closes all its stores in Germany
The German shoe retailer Schuh Schneider GmbH from Reutlingen closed its eleven stores after filing for bankruptcy at the end of March. The decision to close the businesses stems from the lack of guarantees to ensure their continuation. According to press reports, the company’s boss Steffen Marsik was on track ...
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Gallery Fashion, Gallery Shoes to be held Aug. 30 to Sept. 1
The fashion fair Gallery Fashion and the shoe fair Gallery Shoes is scheduled to take place from Aug. 30 to Sept. 1, 2020 in Düsseldorf. The emphasis will be on shoes, as about two thirds of the exhibitors will come from the footwear industry and the other third from the ...
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Tacco Footcare is bankrupt again
Tacco Footcare, a German shoe-care producer that had been bought by the Polish firm Kaps in February 2019, is bankrupt again. Tacco Footcare filed for bankruptcy due to insolvency and over-indebtedness on April 8 and proceedings were opened on June 23 by the district court of Bielefeld, where the company ...
