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Zalando has opened a new logistical center in Poland. It...
Zalando has opened a new logistical center in Poland. It will provide goods for more than 15 million customers worldwide from its “lounge web store,” the sales channel for German-based e-tailer's closeout sales. Fiege e-Com will manage the logistical center with 500 employees. It is located in Olztynek and covers ...
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Shoe Carnival, the U.S. retailer catering to the whole family,...
Shoe Carnival, the U.S. retailer catering to the whole family, has shuffled its management. Cliff Sifford, the chief executive, has relinquished the title of president and become vice chairman of the board of directors. Sifford has been with Shoe Carnival for 22 years and had been president and CEO, with ...
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The Brazilian subsidiary of VF Corporation has signed a contract...
The Brazilian subsidiary of VF Corporation has signed a contract that will let Arezzo & Co. take over distribution of Vans in the country for at least five years, opening mono-brand stores and handling sales to third parties. Arezzo, which is a major Brazilian shoe retailer trading on the stock ...
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Global Brands Group, the owner of Kenneth Cole and other...
Global Brands Group, the owner of Kenneth Cole and other brands, has hired Eno Polo as its new president for Europe. He will be responsible for the leadership and strategic growth of the group's European business, including the apparel, footwear and accessories divisions. He will report directly to Global Brand's ...
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Yoox Net-a-Porter Group (YNAP) has hired Nicola Brandolese as the...
Yoox Net-a-Porter Group (YNAP) has hired Nicola Brandolese as the new managing director of Net-a-Porter. Most recently, Brandolese served as chief executive of Giuseppe Zanotti. YNAP has also announced the arrival of Pete Marsden as chief technology officer, with a special focus on mobile, artificial intelligence (AI) and personalization. Prior ...
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Pentland Brands is creating an entirely new brand of women's...
Pentland Brands is creating an entirely new brand of women's footwear, called 52 Degrees LDN. A team of female designers at Pentland's headquarters in London are striving to produce “beautiful shoes, made for real life.” The shoes are crafted by hand with premium leather and suede, have sneaker-like foam linings ...
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Brax, a German brand of clothing, has granted a license...
Brax, a German brand of clothing, has granted a license for socks to Atair, a German-based manufacturer of socks, and a license for shoes to Profectus Brand Construction in Bad Oeynhausen. The first shoe collection for the 2020 autumn/winter season will include 20 models for women and 15 for men. ...
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Euro Brand Management (EBM) has established a partnership with Climate...
Euro Brand Management (EBM) has established a partnership with Climate Partner of Munich. Based in Grünwald, Germany, and run by Luigi Grosso, EBM is a B-Corporation (subject to B-Lab's standards of corporate social responsibility and sustainability) that analyzes and reworks the supply chains of its clients, focusing on the supply ...
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Velasca, a fast-growing Italian brand of shoes and leathergoods, has...
Velasca, a fast-growing Italian brand of shoes and leathergoods, has closed an investment round of €4.5 million, jointly led by P101 and Milano Investments. A pool of private investors also participated in the capital increase. The company, which gets its shoes made in the Marche region of Italy, will use ...
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Navyboot's new chief executive officer is Reto Braegger, who was...
Navyboot's new chief executive officer is Reto Braegger, who was previously the Swiss company's merchandise manager. In his new role, he will oversee both the Navyboot shoe collections and its retail operations. Navyboot is part of Globus, the Swiss department store chain, which acquired it from the Gaydol Group last ...
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Vans has opened its first European “boutique” in Covent Garden...
Vans has opened its first European “boutique” in Covent Garden in London. Conceived in-house to reflect the skate brand's “Off The Wall” slogan, the 4,359-square-foot store carries premium footwear, apparel and accessories, including Vault by Vans and items designed by Vivienne Westwood. The basement features an activation space for installations, ...
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Muhammad Younas of Starlet has been elected as the new...
Muhammad Younas of Starlet has been elected as the new chairman of the Pakistan Footwear Manufacturers Association (PEMA) until September of next year, replacing Hassan Javed. His election comes at a time when Pakistan's exports are growing briskly. More than 60 percent of the exports are due to Servis, a ...
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Gucci claims that it has become a completely carbon-neutral company,...
Gucci claims that it has become a completely carbon-neutral company, in its own operations as well as across its entire supply chain. In addition to ensuring that its in-house manufacturing operations are carbon neutral, the luxury house is offsetting “all greenhouse gasses produced by its third party materials suppliers and ...
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Genesco has hired Scott E. Becker as senior vice-president, general...
Genesco has hired Scott E. Becker as senior vice-president, general counsel and corporate secretary of the company, effective Oct. 23. He takes over the role from Roger Sisson, who retired earlier this year. Genesco's retail banners include Journeys, Journeys Kidz, Schuh, Schuh Kids, Little Burgundy and Johnston & Murphy. Becker ...
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The Rino Mastrotto Group has widened its shareholders' base, with...
The Rino Mastrotto Group has widened its shareholders' base, with an investment firm, NB Aurora, acquiring a 11.6 percent stake for €20 million. NB Renaissance Partners owns 70 percent of the group. The Mastrotto family now owns a minority share in this leading Italian leather-manufacturing group.
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Paco Herrero has filed for bankruptcy protection with a court...
Paco Herrero has filed for bankruptcy protection with a court in Alicante. The court has appointed an administrator to run the Spanish shoe company, which has apparently never fully recovered from the economic crisis of 2008. The firm was aiming to export two-thirds of its production overseas, without success. The ...
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Rudy Haslbeck has left Legero United, the Austrian-based footwear group...
Rudy Haslbeck has left Legero United, the Austrian-based footwear group that markets brands such as Legero, Superfit, Vios and Think. Until the end of September, Haslbeck was managing the Legero business unit within the company. Stefan Stolitzka, chief executive of the group, will assume his responsibilities until a successor has ...
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Högl, the Austrian shoe brand, recently invited seven fashion bloggers...
Högl, the Austrian shoe brand, recently invited seven fashion bloggers to Vienna. Each chose a model from the new autumn/winter shoe collection at Högl's flagship store in the Austrian capital, and Högl representatives then accompanied them on a trip through the city, showing them various settings for photo shoots with ...
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HDS/L, the German shoe and leathergoods industry association, has reported...
HDS/L, the German shoe and leathergoods industry association, has reported on the Fashion World Tokyo Autumn show of Oct. 2-4, where it was exhibiting for the fourth time. A total of 1,052 organizations from 35 countries exhibited at the show. According to its organizers, 20,239 people visited the show, not ...
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The United States Hide, Skin and Leather Association (USHSLA) has...
The United States Hide, Skin and Leather Association (USHSLA) has launched the U.S.' first traceability initiative for hides and skins, a voluntary certification program that will provide independently certified traceability back to an identifiable point of origin. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Market Service (USDA AMS) will conduct independent ...
