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Alpargatas, which owns the Havaianas brand of rubber shoes, has...
Alpargatas, which owns the Havaianas brand of rubber shoes, has appointed Ivo van Ierland Fred Gregarek to the recently created position of sales manager for Central Europe. For the past five years, the 42-year-old Gregarek has been sales manager for Germany and Austria at Toms. He has also worked in ...
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Aldo has announced a new environmentally friendly initiative to phase...
Aldo has announced a new environmentally friendly initiative to phase out single-use shopping bags from the group's stores. Customers will be encouraged to opt for an eco-designed shoe box, made from recycled material. The initiative will involve both Aldo and Call It Spring shops. Call It Spring recently became a ...
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Lectra has signed an agreement with the shareholders of Retviews...
Lectra has signed an agreement with the shareholders of Retviews to acquire the two-year-old Belgian retail data analytics firm in two steps. In a first step, the Paris-based firm buys 70 percent of Retviews for €8 million. The remaining part will be taken over in three phases over the next ...
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Deichmann and Esprit have signed a cooperation agreement. From the...
Deichmann and Esprit have signed a cooperation agreement. From the spring 2020 season, Deichmann will also be offering its own collections of Esprit shoes, which will be sold exclusively at its own shops, including Dosenbach in Switzerland and van Haren in the Netherlands, and through its own online shop. From ...
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The Boston-based private equity fund Yellow Wood Partners has agreed...
The Boston-based private equity fund Yellow Wood Partners has agreed to buy the foot-care business of Dr. Scholl's in the Americas from the German chemical group Bayer for $585 million. It will set up a stand-alone company for the business that generated sales of $234 million in 2018. Bayer acquired ...
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After not even a year, ANWR Schuh and Jan Brinkmann...
After not even a year, ANWR Schuh and Jan Brinkmann are going their separate ways. ANWR Schuh appointed Brinkmann as head of its wholesale division in October of last year. He was responsible for the buying group's wholesale activities for sport, vertical concepts and private labels. Brinkmann has worked in ...
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Velman, a company that belongs to the Italian Aeffe group,...
Velman, a company that belongs to the Italian Aeffe group, has signed a global licensing agreement with the brothers Custo and David Dalman for the production and distribution of shoes, leathergoods and accessories under their Spanish fashion label, Custo Barcelona. The brothers will continue to be involved in their design. ...
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Skechers and Adidas have reached a settlement in their dispute...
Skechers and Adidas have reached a settlement in their dispute over footwear stripes. A filing by Skechers on July 29 at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California asked for the dismissal without prejudice of a lawsuit brought by Adidas, which had claimed that Skechers' Goldie-Peaks shoe infringed its Three Stripes ...
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Zalando has announced that new brands are being added to...
Zalando has announced that new brands are being added to its sustainable assortment, to meet the increasing demand among customers for eco-responsible products. The new sustainable brands include Ecoalf, Mud Jeans, Swe-s, Girlfriend Collective and Stripe + Stare. The e-tailer's current sustainable offer includes more than 15,000 items from around ...
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Xtep International of China has finalized the acquisition of K-Swiss...
Xtep International of China has finalized the acquisition of K-Swiss and its various footwear labels, including Palladium and Supra, for $260 million from E-Land of South Korea. The entire business had a turnover of $210 million last year, up by 2 percent from 2017, with a reduced net loss of ...
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Manolo Blahnik has acquired Calzaturificio Re Marcello, an Italian shoe...
Manolo Blahnik has acquired Calzaturificio Re Marcello, an Italian shoe manufacturer with 77 workers that has been making shoes for the Spanish U.K.-based designer since 1990. Bruno Re of the Re family, which founded the company in Vigevano in 1938, will join the Blahnik group. Re Marcello has been making ...
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Obuv Rossii posted revenues of $85 million for the first...
Obuv Rossii posted revenues of $85 million for the first half of this year, 20 percent above the level of the comparable 2018 period. The Russian retailer attributes the growth in part to the opening of new stores, especially in small towns. Indeed, Obuv Rossii opened 110 new stores during the ...
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For its 50th anniversary, Micam will feature a new space,...
For its 50th anniversary, Micam will feature a new space, called the Players District, dedicated to sports and outdoor shoes. The next edition of the Milan trade show, which will take place on Sept. 15-18, will therefore host brands such as Skechers, Dolomite and Joma Sport in Hall 7. The ...
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ANWR recorded 450 visitors at its Campus First Order fair,...
ANWR recorded 450 visitors at its Campus First Order fair, held on Aug. 4-5 in Mainhausen, near Frankfurt. In the showrooms of ANWR's O1 order center and in three additional halls, many brands presented their new collections from the 2020 spring/summer season. The next order show, Campus Second, will be ...
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Kangaroos is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a special edition....
Kangaroos is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a special edition. The Kangaroos brand was founded by Bob Gamm, an architect from Boston. A passionate endurance athlete, Gamm envisioned a running shoe that would eliminate the annoyance of carrying keys or coins in a pocket. He brought that vision to life by ...
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Aeffe's revenues from footwear and leathergoods rose by 4.4 percent...
Aeffe's revenues from footwear and leathergoods rose by 4.4 percent to €60.7 million in the first half, while the division's adjusted Ebitda margin narrowed to 9.9 percent from 11.4 percent a year earlier. The margin shrank because of higher advertising and promotional expenses as well as an increase in staffing ...
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LVMH reported a very strong 21 percent increase during the...
LVMH reported a very strong 21 percent increase during the first half of this year in the revenues of its fashion and leathergoods division to €10.42 billion, driven by Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior and Loewe, among other brands. On an organic basis, the growth rate was limited to a still ...
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The partners behind the “Skills4Smart TCLF Industries 2030 Blueprint” have...
The partners behind the “Skills4Smart TCLF Industries 2030 Blueprint” have announced that the European project has entered its second phase, according to the Confederation of the European Shoe Industry (CEC). Vocational Education and Training (VET) providers across Europe are invited to contribute to defining qualification profiles and to shape the ...
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Vans has signed on as presenting sponsor for the 2019...
Vans has signed on as presenting sponsor for the 2019 International Surfing Association (ISA) World Surfing Games (WSG) in Miyazaki, Japan, which will take place on Sept. 7-15. Alongside sporting competitions, the WSG will feature during the opening weekend a two-day Surf Festival, showcasing Japan's surfing culture and lifestyle. The ...
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After entering the Swiss market in December 2018, Schuhe24 is now...
After entering the Swiss market in December 2018, Schuhe24 is now expanding its product offer there. The online shoe retail portal – created four years ago by Dominik Benner, a German shoe retailer and former member of ANWR's supervisory board – signed a cooperation agreement with Digitec Galaxus, the leading online retailer from Switzerland, ...
