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Upcoming Gallery Shoes
The next Gallery Shoes fair, scheduled for March 8-10, will be the sixth edition to be held at the Areal Böhler in Düsseldorf. 400 exhibitors will be presenting some 600 brands at the fair, which is fully booked. The organizers expect to welcome more than 9,500 visitors. Dianetti, Weestep, Patt’touch ...
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Micam to offer space for emerging designers
Micam, the Milan trade show running from Feb. 16 to 19, will again offer an area for emerging designers. Located in Hall 4E, the space will host young talents of different nationalities. They are the Israeli Annabelle Tsitsin with her A by Anabelle brand; Ines Martin-Borregon of Spain with Alohas ...
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Rieker presents digital image database
Rieker, the German shoe company, presented a new digital image database during the Expo Riva Schuh trade show in Italy. Retailers can now access extensive image material and other content for ordered shoes via the digital database. Rieker developed more than 10,000 marketing and product images and videos for its ...
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Lowa hires Angelike Kettenbach
Angelike Kettenbach has recently joined the international marketing team of Lowa. The 26-year-old will be responsible for the development, implementation and coordination of Lowa’s point-of-sale support as well as for the management of events, social media activities and international marketing support. The position was recently created to strengthen the capacities ...
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Clergerie partners with Michelin
Clergerie, the French shoe brand founded in 1895, has partnered with Michelin on a new collection of shoes with an ergonomic sole. For the purposes of the new collection, Michelin developed a sole that is inspired by its Tweel tire, the airless tire that does not use a bladder filled ...
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Coach unveils CitySole
Coach has unveiled its new CitySole shoe collection. The collection comprises three different sneaker styles: the CitySole Court, the CitySole Runner and the CitySole Lowline. The shoes feature the brand’s proprietary CitySole technology, designed to boost flexibility and comfort while reducing impact and weight. The marketing campaign for the new ...
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Vibram partners with Pensole Academy
Vibram has signed a multi-year partnership agreement with the Pensole Academy, the American footwear design school. Starting this year, the two partners will develop multiple projects, managing the development and design process.
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Camuto Group partners with JLo
The Camuto Group, a subsidiary of Designer Brands (formerly DSW), is launching a line of shoes and bags designed with Jennifer Lopez and called JLo Jennifer Lopez. All items will be exclusive to Designer Shoe Warehouse stores and DSW.com. The shoes – to include high heels, ankle boots and sneakers ...
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SmartSole insole for dementia
According to one study, 130 people with dementia went missing in Australia from 2011 to 2015. Of those, 71 percent were found alive, 20 percent were injured, and a further 19 percent were unfortunately found dead. Another study found that 60 percent of Americans with Alzheimer’s disease will “wander” at ...
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EU to implement consumer protection rules
Consumer protection rules passed by the European Union in 2018 have recently come into force, and EU member countries are to implement them within the next two years. The rules aim to make online shopping more transparent and secure. Online retailers found to be violating the rules will face heavy ...
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A murder at Timberland
Catherine Heppner was found stabbed to death on Feb. 9 at Timberland’s headquarters in Stratham, New Hampshire. The 46-year-old had been with the footwear brand for almost a decade, serving as senior manager and director of North American marketing and as director of global marketing for Timberland Pro. Robert Pavao ...
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Italian Trade Agency invests in exports to U.S.
The Italian Trade Agency is investing €28 million to boost exports to the U.S. Of that total, €8 million is devoted to consumer goods, such as footwear and textiles. The overall figure is 45 percent higher than it was last year. According to Antonino Laspina, the agency’s executive director, the ...
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Italy and Marche region to fund leather cluster
The Marche region and the Italian government each plan to provide €30 million, by contributing €15 million each, to finance the relaunch of the Marche footwear and leather cluster centered around the towns of Fermo and Macerata. The focus of the investments will be on infrastructure. The cluster has suffered ...
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EU Parliament approves trade deal with Vietnam
The European Parliament has approved the free trade agreement negotiated by the European Commission with the government of Vietnam with 401 votes in favor of the package, 192 votes against and 40 abstentions. The FTA will allow the removal of virtually all import duties by the two parties over the ...
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EC withdraws Cambodia's duty-free access to EU
The European Commission is putting pressure on the Cambodian government to stop violating its commitments to various conventions on labor, social and human rights, including the International Labor Organization’s convention on collective bargaining. It is doing so by withdrawing Cambodia’s duty-free access to the market of the European Union, starting ...
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Stella International Holding's results
Stella International Holding posted consolidated revenues of $345.4 million in the final quarter of 2019, representing a 10.9 percent drop as compared to the same period in 2018. The Chinese group experienced an 8.6 percent decline to 13.8 million pairs in the volume of manufactured shoes, accompanied by a drop ...
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Gabor Shoes' results
Gabor Shoes recorded total sales of €362 million in 2019, which represents another decrease in sales. The figure includes the company’s licenses, Gabor Shop & Store and Gabor Footwear. Gabor recorded total sales of €377 million in 2018 and the previous year achieved total sales of €383 million, which was ...
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Schuhplus' results
Schuhplus, the German mail-order retail specialist for extra-large men’s and women’s shoes, has posted an increase of 34 percent in its operating result for 2019. It has not published detailed figures. In 2018, the German company recorded an increase of 25 percent and stated that it was the most successful ...
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Lyst publishes list of popular brands
Lyst, the London-based search engine for fashion items, publishes a ranking of the most popular brands and products every quarter. For the first time, Dr. Martens and Canada Goose made it into the top 20 in the fourth quarter of 2019. The ranking is based on the online search queries ...
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Caleres' results
Caleres’ preliminary fourth-quarter results show a dip of 3 percent in sales to $700 million, about $53 million short of analysts’ expectations. Its brands – Sam Edelman, Vionic, Via Spiga, Dr. Scholl’s and others – should generate revenues of about $346 million for the quarter, down by about 9 percent ...
