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Peter Kaiser manufactures face masks
Peter Kaiser started manufacturing face masks at its production site in Germany. The masks are made from black or white cotton and can be attached to the head with elastic straps. They are only intended for personal use and have not been certified.
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Isa-Traesko signs licensing deal with Walt Disney
Isa-Traesko, the shoe manufacturer from Neumünster, Germany, has signed a footwear licensing deal with Walt Disney for Europe and Australia. According to the company, it has acquired the right to manufacture shoes and insoles under the Disney, Marvel and Lucas (Star Wars) brands and to distribute them in Europe and ...
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Ara Shoes donates shoes to people working in the health care system
Ara Shoes has donated shoes for every employee of a hospital in Heinsberg, Germany. The company also launched a social media campaign via Facebook and Instagram on March 30 to support and pay tribute to people who work in the health care sector, food retailing or help their neighbors in ...
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Joya announces collaboration with Ikea
Joya Shoes announced a collaboration with Ikea on April 1. According to the Swiss footwear company, it plans to transform used Ikea bags into shoes, called ”Ikea Billy,” so that employees and customers can move comfortably through the endlessly long aisles in the furniture stores. However, the announcement was only ...
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Hunter launches collaboration with Sony Pictures
Hunter, the Edinburgh-based company, has recently signed a new collaboration with Sony Pictures Consumer Products. The British shoe manufacturer will launch a limited edition of shoes and accessories for women and children celebrating the launch of Peter Rabbit 2, the successor of the worldwide popular cartoon, this summer. The collection ...
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Camper supports regional health services
Camper has embarked on numerous initiatives to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic. The Spanish shoe brand has started to use its own 3D printers to manufacture components for medical protective visors. One hundred pieces can be printed each week at its facilities in the Balearic Islands to be given to ...
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Caprice manufactures face masks in Pirmasens
Caprice, the shoe brand owned by Wortmann, started manufacturing face masks to be donated to healthcare facilities in Pirmasens, Germany, where the company is based. Caprice is sewing face masks from pure cotton on machines used to make prototypes of leather shoes.
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Lloyd presents new store concept
Lloyd Shoes presented a new store concept at an 80-square meter location in Ludwigsburg on March 12. The format aims to represent the international image of the German footwear brand, making a clear differentiation between product segments, including men’s and women’s shoes, bags and other leathergoods and accessories. The new ...
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Schuh restarts e-commerce business
The Scottish footwear retailer Schuh has reopened its e-commerce platform, which new health and safety standards in the U.K. had temporarily closed because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The site will now operate with a maximum staff of 10, two-meter spacing between workers and site sanitization. According to the company, the ...
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Debenhams files for administration
On April 6, Debenhams filed a notice of intent to appoint an administrator. The British retailer’s move would provide protection from any legal action that could push the business into liquidation, especially while the nationwide lockdown over the Covid-19 pandemic keeps its 142 department stores shuttered. Debenhams is preparing to ...
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Edcon’s liquidity sufficient only to pay wages
Edcon, a South African non-food retailer which offers clothing and footwear throughout Southern Africa, has only sufficient liquidity to pay wages after revenues and cash were 400 million rands (€19.5m-$21.1m) below its forecast in March. “As a result, Econ is unable to honour any other accounts payable during this period,” ...
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Superfeet masks
Superfeet and sister company Flowbuilt Manufacturing have started producing PPE (personal protective equipment) masks with 3D-printed elements, using their printing and manufacturing facilities in Ferndale, in the state of Washington. Around 30,000 of these masks will be made and immediately distributed to medical facilities in need in the Pacific Northwest.
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Tod’s scraps dividend, chairmen waive 2020 pay
Because of the uncertainty surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic, Tod’s has decided to cancel its full-year dividend. The company had previously declared a dividend of €0.6 per share on its 2019 results. It still plans to spend 1 percent of net profit on solidarity projects. It added that its chairman, Diego ...
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Finn Comfort introduces EDI
Finn Comfort, the German brand for comfort shoes that is owned by the Waldi Schuhfabrik, has adopted an electronic data exchange (EDI) program as an option for its clients. Business data can then be exchanged in a fully automated manner via an EDI interface. Finn Comfort will be supported by ...
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Clarks temporarily closes stores in the U.K. Ireland and the U.S.
Clarks has closed all of its stores in the U.K., Ireland and the U.S. to help curb the Covid-19 pandemic. According to its general manager for the U.K. and Ireland, Joe Ulloa, store employees will continue to receive pay and benefits, and the company’s online store will remain open. Certain ...
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Nilson Group invests in sustainability
Nilson Group, the leading shoe retailer in Sweden, undertook a number of initiatives last year to make its shoe production more sustainable. In addition to introducing the “A Better Choice” collection, made in part from recycled or organic materials, the group increased its support for Human Bridge, which takes used ...
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Peta invests in luxury brands
The American animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) has taken advantage of the stock market’s decline caused by the Covid-19 pandemic to purchase stakes of undisclosed sizes in approximately 20 companies in the luxury industry, among them Kering, Burberry, Ralph Lauren and Guess. The purpose is ...
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Hidesign to expand retail footprint in India
According to an English-language Indian daily, the Deccan Herald, Hidesign will be expanding its retail footprint in its home country of India. The producer of leathergoods will be opening flagships – every one exceeding 1,000 square feet and carrying the brand’s full range of products – in Pondicherry, Mumbai, Delhi, ...
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LVMH donates ventilators, makes masks
LVMH, the luxury giant controlled by Bernard Arnault, is donating 261 ventilators to French hospitals to help fight the coronavirus pandemic. Twenty of these devices have already been delivered to hospitals, according to Bloomberg. LVMH has also reopened 12 of its 16 Louis Vuitton handbag factories to sew non-surgical face ...
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ID Factory offers free platform access to leathergoods companies
According to the online portal Footwearbiz, the ID Factory of Arzignano, Italy, is offering a six-month access, free of charge, to a basic version of its platform to companies in leather industry. The company provides cloud-based data-sharing systems for businesses in the fashion supply chain, and its service should therefore ...
