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As previously reported, Carlyle, the investment fund that controls Golden...
As previously reported, Carlyle, the investment fund that controls Golden Goose, is planning to cash out. The valuation of the deal may be boosted by a rumor according to which the brand of distressed sneakers is expanding into women's wear with the help of Frida Giannini, who left as creative ...
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Hotter, the British comfort shoe manufacturer headquartered in Lancashire, has...
Hotter, the British comfort shoe manufacturer headquartered in Lancashire, has appointed Adam Griggs as its chief financial officer. Griggs most recently held the same post at Bistrot Pierre, a chain of restaurants, and before that with Splendid Hospitality Group. He has held similar posts at Thomas Cook, Premier Farnell and ...
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The Brazilian designer Paula Cademartori, known for her colorful luxury...
The Brazilian designer Paula Cademartori, known for her colorful luxury bags and shoes, is taking full control of her eponymous brand by buying back the stake held by OTB, the holding company of the Italian businessman Renzo Rosso. OTB invested in the brand in 2016.
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A new conference on the leather value chain for brands,...
A new conference on the leather value chain for brands, retailers and manufacturers is making its debut in New York, with a featured event on deforestation. The Leather, Compliance & Sustainability Conference will take place on Nov. 13 and focus on the latest developments in chemistry, compliance and sustainability. One ...
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Caprice, the shoe brand owned by Wortmann, has opened a...
Caprice, the shoe brand owned by Wortmann, has opened a new factory together with Mountain Top Global, its Taiwanese partner. The project cost about $6 million and took two years. Before the construction of this factory in Yangon, in northwestern Myanmar, Caprice had produced about one million pairs of shoes ...
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Veja, the French-based brand of sustainable sneakers, has opened its...
Veja, the French-based brand of sustainable sneakers, has opened its first mono-brand store. Located in the Marais district of Paris, the store covers 80 square meters and was developed by Ciguë, a local architectural firm. Veja sells its shoes through about 1,200 points of sale worldwide, its own online store ...
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For strategic reasons, Birkenstock has decided to handle its own...
For strategic reasons, Birkenstock has decided to handle its own distribution in Switzerland from December. Until now, the German shoe manufacturer's sales in the country have been handled by a local distributor, Frey Orthopädie-Bedarf. In keeping with the change, Birkenstock has appointed Raphael Grimm to the new position of country ...
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The Panorama fair in Berlin, which has been held at...
The Panorama fair in Berlin, which has been held at Berlin's exhibition center, is moving next January to Tempelhof, the site of Berlin's former airport and the popular venue of the now defunct Bread & Butter fair. However, Tempelhof will not be the show's permanent home. Panorama was originally launched ...
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Dielmann, the German shoe retailer based in Darmstadt, has restructured...
Dielmann, the German shoe retailer based in Darmstadt, has restructured its purchasing and the positioning of its private brands. Daniela Ritter, responsible for purchasing in women's shoes since 2016, left the company in October. She previously worked at SPM Shoetrade and Modepark Röther. Sonja Bolten, who has been managing Dielmann's ...
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The Authentic Brands Group has won the battle for the...
The Authentic Brands Group has won the battle for the intellectual property of Barneys New York in a reported cash deal of $271.4 million. ABG, which wants to develop the famous American retail brand internationally, especially in Asia, has appointed Saks Fifth Avenue as its retail licensee for the U.S. ...
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Gerd Koschik – member of Ara Shoes' executive board and...
Gerd Koschik – member of Ara Shoes' executive board and its chief operating officer, responsible for production/technology, human resources and logistics – is retiring at the end of this year. He has also been president of the German shoe and leather goods industry association, HDS/L, since 2009. Jens Christian Meier, ...
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Assocalzaturifici has announced the appointment of Elisa Lanciotti as the...
Assocalzaturifici has announced the appointment of Elisa Lanciotti as the new chair of Assocalzaturifici Gruppo Giovani, the young entrepreneurs' section of the Italian trade organization. Lanciotti, who is taking over the role from Carlotta Bachini, has been elected for the 2019-2023 period. Lanciotti, 32, is in charge of international sales ...
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the German newspaper, has looked into the...
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the German newspaper, has looked into the reputations of 25,000 companies to find out which are regarded as sustainable businesses. After surveying some 350 million German online sources, FAZ has conferred the label of “excellent sustainability” in women's shoes on Gabor.
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Pittarosso is shutting down all its French stores. The Italian...
Pittarosso is shutting down all its French stores. The Italian shoe retailer opened its first shops in France in 2014, with a focus on shopping centers, and had 15 stores in the country. Meanwhile, the chain keeps expanding in Italy with the opening of new stores. Pittarosso has more than ...
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Collaborating with three emerging designers – Helen Kirkum, Alex Nash...
Collaborating with three emerging designers – Helen Kirkum, Alex Nash and Shun Hirose – to reimagine its Campus 80 sneaker as part of its MakerLab program, Adidas launched a limited edition of the products through an interesting and engaging auction, where the consumer rather than the brand set the price. ...
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Prada has agreed to buy Fratelli Prada, a company that...
Prada has agreed to buy Fratelli Prada, a company that manages four Prada stores in Milan under a franchise agreement, for €66 million. The stores include the one located in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, where Prada was founded in 1931, two shops in Via Montenapoleone and one in Via della Spiga. ...
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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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After a successful pilot project last year with three pop-up...
After a successful pilot project last year with three pop-up stores in major Canadian shopping malls, Manitobah Mukluks, the indigenous shoe brand from Winnipeg, Manitoba, is launching an aggressive retail expansion in Canada, raising the number of stores to 18. Manitobah Mukluks was founded in 2008 by Sean McCormick, an ...
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The inaugural edition of the Pan African Leather Fair (PALF)...
The inaugural edition of the Pan African Leather Fair (PALF) will take place at the Egypt International Exhibition Centre on June 21-23, 2020 – just after the inauguration of El-Roubiki Leather City, the tanning district that the government has been establishing on the outskirts of Cairo. The PALF aims to ...
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Adidas and Prada are partnering on a collaborative line of...
Adidas and Prada are partnering on a collaborative line of sneakers. The announcement has been made on Instagram with the three accounts – Prada, Adidas and Adidas Originals – posting the same photo at the same time, all using the hashtag #Pradaforadidas, followed by the comment “Coming Soon.” The collection ...
