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Artioli is planning to expand its retail brick-and-mortar presence with...
Artioli is planning to expand its retail brick-and-mortar presence with 12 new franchises in the Middle East and the U.S. Meanwhile, the high-end Italian shoemaker is also planning to expand its retail presence online. The company launched its e-commerce presence in Europe last year, and according to reports in fashionmagazine.it, ...
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Wolverine Worldwide's board has approved a share repurchase program which...
Wolverine Worldwide's board has approved a share repurchase program which will return $400 million to shareholders over the next four years. The footwear group said it will repurchase shares as appropriate and in compliance with any restrictions contained in the company's credit agreements.
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In mid-September, with the unanimous approval of both of their...
In mid-September, with the unanimous approval of both of their respective memberships, the U.S. Hide, Skin and Leather Association (USHSLA) and Leather Industries of America (LIA) merged at a joint annual meeting in Chicago. As of Jan. 1, 2020, they will be known as the Leather and Hide Council of ...
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Heike Discher was appointed to the management board of the...
Heike Discher was appointed to the management board of the ANWR Group on Oct. 1. She will be managing the company together with Michael Decker and Fritz Terbuyken, both managing directors. Discher has been managing director of ANWR Garant International since 2013, responsible for the international subsidiaries of the ANWR ...
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Kering has appointed Kalpana Bagamane Denzel as chief diversity, inclusion...
Kering has appointed Kalpana Bagamane Denzel as chief diversity, inclusion and talent officer. She brings 25 years of international managerial experience, with prior positions at Andersen Consulting and Procter & Gamble. Most recently, she was in charge of diversity and inclusion at Russel Reynolds Associates, a recruitment agency, where she ...
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Schuh has appointed Nicola Monachello as its new buying director....
Schuh has appointed Nicola Monachello as its new buying director. She will be replacing David Spencer, who left his role in March after 21 years. In her new role at Schuh, she will report directly to Colin Temple, Schuh's managing director. Monachello spent the past 10 years at New Look, ...
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BASF has announced the opening of a new footwear innovation...
BASF has announced the opening of a new footwear innovation center in Taiwan in 2020. The facility is meant to further strengthen the capabilities of the performance materials company in the Asia-Pacific region. The center will give footwear professionals access to BASF materials that can help develop future footwear, with ...
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Moda Made in Italy, the Italian shoe show, has announced...
Moda Made in Italy, the Italian shoe show, has announced the show's dates for 2020. The shoe show organized in Munich twice a year by Assocalzaturifici, the Italian shoe industry association, is now scheduled for March 15-16 and Oct. 4-6, 2020. In 2019, the show took place from Sept. 29 ...
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Vans, a brand of VF Corp., has announced the launch...
Vans, a brand of VF Corp., has announced the launch of Vans Checkerboard Day, an annual event to rally communities around the idea of fueling creativity. On the inaugural Vans Checkerboard Day, which will be held on Nov. 21, Vans will donate $1 million from global sales at the brand's ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has hired Angelo Ng to be its first...
Wolverine Worldwide has hired Angelo Ng to be its first chief merchant officer. He will be aligning market research, trends and strategy with respect to merchandising and innovation for Wolverine's portfolio of brands. Ng turned away from vending about two years into his career with a post at Boxer, where ...
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Standard & Poor's has downgraded the rating outlook for Wolverine...
Standard & Poor's has downgraded the rating outlook for Wolverine Worldwide from stable to BB+ because its financial leverage has risen to three times due to spending on share buybacks. The leverage may grow beyond three times if the Ebitda margin doesn't improve from its current level of 5 percent ...
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Cole Haan, the American footwear brand sold by Nike to...
Cole Haan, the American footwear brand sold by Nike to Apax Partners in 2013, announced that it has filed a draft registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in preparation for an initial public offering (IPO). The pricing and the number of shares on offer have not yet ...
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The Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) and TÜV...
The Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) and TÜV SÜD have updated the Global Footwear Product Safety Guide, which covers chemical and physical testing requirements as well as proposed protocols for shoes. The update is the result of the work of FDRA's Product Safety Enhancement Committee with several company ...
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Allbirds has recently opened its first store in Germany in...
Allbirds has recently opened its first store in Germany in Berlin. The American brand of sustainable footwear has 13 stores worldwide. It has already opened stores in New York, Los Angeles, Shanghai and London this year, and a new e-commerce website, Allbirds.eu, has been up and running in Germany since ...
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In a significant change of management, Tod's has named Alessandra...
In a significant change of management, Tod's has named Alessandra Domizi, formerly involved in fashion and retail at Google, as chief digital & innovation officer. Tod's has also appointed Walter Chiapponi as the new creative director for its women's and men's collections, starting with the lines for the autumn/winter 2020/21 ...
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In partnership with Disney, Aldo has released a limited-edition capsule...
In partnership with Disney, Aldo has released a limited-edition capsule collection to mark the 90th anniversary of Mickey and Minnie Mouse. Comprising men's shoes, women's shoes and women's accessories, the collection is divided into two categories: “for the nostalgic” and “for the modern.” The first takes inspiration from the 1990s, ...
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Zeis Excelsa has signed a five-year licensing agreement to use...
Zeis Excelsa has signed a five-year licensing agreement to use a well-known Italian footwear brand, Alberto Guardiani, for a line of sneakers that will come into the market in spring/summer 2020. Made in Portugal, Morocco and China, it is priced at €130-160 per pair at retail. The eponymous designer took ...
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Francesco Russo has signed a production and worldwide distribution agreement...
Francesco Russo has signed a production and worldwide distribution agreement with Onward Luxury Group (OLG), the Milanese subsidiary of Onward Holdings. Thanks to the deal, the Italian designer plans to focus on the creative development and international expansion of its label, through the OLG showrooms in Milan, Paris, Tokyo and ...
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Looking for foreign agents, Stephane Kélian came back to the...
Looking for foreign agents, Stephane Kélian came back to the Micam show in Milan last month after many years of absence with a new corporate identity, new management and a more accessible collection made for the most part in Spain. The line also features some stylish sneakers made in China. ...
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Gucci has lost the legal battle against Silvano Lattanzi over...
Gucci has lost the legal battle against Silvano Lattanzi over the horsebit trademark that it has long been using on its leather goods. In 2011, Italy's financial authority confiscated a number of horsebit-bearing loafers that were being sold by a retailer in Tuscany under the Silvano Lattanzi brand name. In ...
