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Siro Badon, president of the Italian footwear association, Assocalzaturifici, has...
Siro Badon, president of the Italian footwear association, Assocalzaturifici, has once again urged Italian politicians and institutions to intervene at the European level to introduce mandatory origin labeling in order to protect Italian industry. During the presentation of an action plan at the prime minister's office in Rome, Badon said ...
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Apple of Eden, the Portuguese shoe brand, is currently building...
Apple of Eden, the Portuguese shoe brand, is currently building a new headquarters in Porto. The two-story, 3,500-square-meter building will be finished in the third quarter of 2020, in time for the brand's 10th anniversary. Apple of Eden currently outsources its logistics to a local partner but will be taking ...
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Zalando is selling Kickz, its sub-e-tailer for sneakers, street apparel...
Zalando is selling Kickz, its sub-e-tailer for sneakers, street apparel and accessories. The acquirer is Play Hard, a recent subsidiary of Crealize, described as a German “company creator” that “develops new business models and companies.” Zalando purchased Kickz as recently as 2017, intending to expand its position in streetwear, gaining ...
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The Portuguese footwear association, Apiccaps, expects the country's shoe exports...
The Portuguese footwear association, Apiccaps, expects the country's shoe exports to fall by 5 percent in 2019, marking the second annual decline in a row after 10 years of growth. In an interview with the daily Jornal de Negócios, Apiccaps' communications director, Paulo Gonçalves, said that exports were affected by ...
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Michael Decker has been appointed chief executive of ANWR Media,...
Michael Decker has been appointed chief executive of ANWR Media, replacing Alexander Hock and Gregor Bernhart, who will leave the company on Dec. 31. ANWR Media was created in 2014 to develop digital tools for the retail members of the entire ANWR Group, as well as for their trading partners. ...
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Schuhe.de, the ANWR Group's internet platform for shoe retailers, has...
Schuhe.de, the ANWR Group's internet platform for shoe retailers, has been relaunched. The German buying group has updated its platform with a new design, several new functions and better compatibility with smartphones and tablets. Check-out has been simplified, the website's loading time has been cut and search engine structures have ...
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GMS, the German voluntary group of shoe retailers, announced at...
GMS, the German voluntary group of shoe retailers, announced at its annual general meeting that it will continue to focus on family-run shoe and sporting goods retailers in 2020. GMS has reported that sales in 2019 were stable from the previous year. In that time, it has welcomed 121 new ...
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Timberland has announced a partnership with Other Half Processing to...
Timberland has announced a partnership with Other Half Processing to build a leather supply chain sourced from regenerative ranches. Ranchers and farmers who use regenerative grazing practices in the management of their cattle enable more rest and re-growth of grasses. These practices can lead to better food for livestock and ...
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Anika Schuh, a German shoe retail chain that went bankrupt...
Anika Schuh, a German shoe retail chain that went bankrupt in December 2017, is about to overcome the insolvency. On Nov. 18, its creditors held a meeting where they all agreed to approve the management plan presented by the company's court-appointed administrators. Jörg Ullbrich, the founder of Anika Schuh, is ...
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An Italian charity initiative, “Anche con i Piedi si Può...
An Italian charity initiative, “Anche con i Piedi si Può Dare una Mano” (You can also lend a hand with your feet) has collected 21,500 pairs of shoes from five footwear manufacturers for children in Malawi. A further 26 companies have made financial contributions, funding the construction of 10 kindergartens ...
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Stephen Galloway, an American choreographer and former main dancer at...
Stephen Galloway, an American choreographer and former main dancer at the Frankfurt Ballet, choreographed Salvatore Ferragamo's newest advertising clip. The clip features five models – Nataliya Bulycheva, Imari Karanja, Songhwa Oh, Liam Kelly and Alton Mason – wearing the brand's footwear, clothes and accessories.
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Deichmann has lost a lawsuit against a Spanish producer of...
Deichmann has lost a lawsuit against a Spanish producer of sneakers and sports shoes, Munich, regarding the use of a cross on its footwear. In a ruling issued in June, but only made public recently, the General Court of the European Union rejected an appeal made by the German company ...
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Creating an interesting new position after disappointing results, Asos has...
Creating an interesting new position after disappointing results, Asos has appointed a “chief growth officer,” responsible for driving profitable growth and integrating marketing efforts with strategic planning, analytics and customer experience. The new role, which became effective on Dec. 3, has been assigned to Robert Birge. He will report directly ...
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A Spanish businessman, Álvaro Pellón, has acquired the entire capital...
A Spanish businessman, Álvaro Pellón, has acquired the entire capital of a Seville-based shoemaker, Marypaz, that went into receivership in October (see Shoe Intelligence Vol. 20 N° 21+22). The Aguaded family, which founded Marypaz, is expected to continue running the firm.
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According to Women's Wear Daily, EPI has selected Valérie Hermann,...
According to Women's Wear Daily, EPI has selected Valérie Hermann, Ralph Lauren's former president of global brands, to be managing director of the fashion and luxury division of the Parisian investment firm, which owns J.M. Weston and François Pinet, a French chain of high-end shoe retail stores. Hermann will assume ...
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Javan Bunch is leaving the Rockport Group after about one...
Javan Bunch is leaving the Rockport Group after about one year in the position of president. Bunch, who previously led Donald J. Pliner, has been reporting to Gregg Ribatt, who was appointed chief executive of Rockport after its takeover in August 2018 by Charlesbank Capital Partners. In addition to the ...
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ARKK Copenhagen opened its new flagship store on 90 square...
ARKK Copenhagen opened its new flagship store on 90 square meters on Østergade 1, in Copenhagen, on Dec. 6. The brand of casual footwear has kept a concept of customer engagement that it had introduced with its earlier pop-up shops. Consumers can design their own sneakers in the ARKKitecht Studio. ...
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Dielmann, a German retailer with 49 footwear and sporting goods...
Dielmann, a German retailer with 49 footwear and sporting goods stores operating under banners such as Schuhhaus Dielmann and Sporthaus Robert Hübner, has appointed a retail expert, Manuel Farrokh, as its new executive manager, responsible for project and risk management. In his new role, he will work closely with the ...
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Working with companies specialized in 3D printing, Lanxess has developed...
Working with companies specialized in 3D printing, Lanxess has developed Low Free isocyanate urethane prepolymers that can be made into resins for 3D printing and additive manufacturing. The German chemicals company calls these resins “easy to process and safe for industrial manufacturers as well as for the casual home, office ...
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From Nov. 7 to Feb. 23, the Musée des Arts...
From Nov. 7 to Feb. 23, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris is presenting an exhibition on the history of shoes, in the West and elsewhere, from the Middle Ages to the present day. Called “Marche et démarche: Une histoire de la chausssure,” it is the third in a ...
