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Vionic has made Jerry Williamson its senior vice president of...
Vionic has made Jerry Williamson its senior vice president of global sales, in charge of the company's domestic, international, home shopping and medical teams. The American footwear brand, which was recently taken over by Caleres, has also made Angela Caltagirone its senior vice president of digital and brand marketing, in ...
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At his recent meeting in Paris, Modeurop honored MD Sadiq...
At his recent meeting in Paris, Modeurop honored MD Sadiq of India's Central Leather Research Institute for 25 years of steady collaboration in its color meetings, giving the 54-year-old manager a special cup. As at its previous sessions, Sadiq supplied more than 500 samples of leather in different colors from ...
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Görtz has launched a new service to help parents to...
Görtz has launched a new service to help parents to buy the right shoes for their children. The Hamburg-based shoe retailing firm sends one of its employees, Nicole Anton, to the home of the customer to show a selection of shoes and give advice, free of charge, after the parents ...
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Gore-Tex recently opened a pop-up store at a German shoe...
Gore-Tex recently opened a pop-up store at a German shoe retail store called Schuh Reindl. The pop-up store, covering 40 square meters, is located in Rosenheim. It's the company's first pop-up store in Germany. There, consumers can test sneakers, casual shoes, trekking shoes and running shoes made with Gore-Tex fabrics. ...
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Sabu, the German voluntary group of independent shoe retailers, and...
Sabu, the German voluntary group of independent shoe retailers, and Ecco have invited affiliated retailers to a symposium that will take place in Tønder, Denmark, from June 30 to July 2. The symposium will be staged under the slogan “developing knowledge together and finding ways to emotionally stage this knowledge,” ...
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Kurt Geiger is planning to open its first store in...
Kurt Geiger is planning to open its first store in India this autumn through a partnership with Genesis Luxury. Under the terms of the agreement, Genesis Luxury has acquired the exclusive distribution rights to Kurt Geiger in the country. Genesis Luxury, a division of Reliance Brands, already brings to India ...
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Expo Riva Schuh and Gardabags, the new trade show of...
Expo Riva Schuh and Gardabags, the new trade show of handbags and other accessories, will take place in the same fairgrounds on June 15-18. The move follows the acquisition of new premises that allow the addition of a new Pavilion D in the main exhibition center. The hall will host ...
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Ifema has rescheduled its Spanish fashion exhibition in Madrid, Momad,...
Ifema has rescheduled its Spanish fashion exhibition in Madrid, Momad, for Sept. 12-14, making it coincide with the Intergift, Bisutex and MadridJoya trade shows. Ifema believes that merging the fairs will bring positive synergies and increase business opportunities for the exhibitors. Ifema decided to change the dates of Momad after ...
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The next edition of Gallery Düsseldorf, the German fashion fair...
The next edition of Gallery Düsseldorf, the German fashion fair scheduled for July 20-22, will see a 35 percent expansion in the exhibition space reserved for shoe and accessories as compared to its winter edition, which took place in January. Like the Gallery Shoes trade show, which takes place a ...
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A new site to showcase France's shoe manufacturing and design...
A new site to showcase France's shoe manufacturing and design tradition has been inaugurated in Romans-sur-Isère, in southeastern France. “La Cité de la Chaussure” (French for “Shoe City”) is a €3.3 million privately funded project gathering together start-ups and artisans, who can produce and sell their creations in the same ...
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Moreschi has signed a deal with Italy's Giglio Group to...
Moreschi has signed a deal with Italy's Giglio Group to help the footwear brand expand its online sales in Europe and the U.S. through its iBoxDigital platform. Giglio says it is helping similar companies to work with the most important fashion-oriented marketplaces.
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Tax-free sales to Middle Eastern customers in Milan's Montenapoleone district,...
Tax-free sales to Middle Eastern customers in Milan's Montenapoleone district, the high-end shopping area in town, jumped by 56 percent in the first quarter of 2019. According to recent data from Global Blue, the average spent also increased significantly, with a 19 percent rise versus the same period in 2018. ...
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Le Coq Sportif and Opium, a dedicated sneaker shop in...
Le Coq Sportif and Opium, a dedicated sneaker shop in the dead center of Paris, have collaborated on a limited-edition sneaker. Based on the Freestyle, a mountain-bike shoe from Le Coq's back catalogue, the LCS R1000 was designed in part by – and exists in tribute to – the three ...
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Tapestry, the parent company of Coach, Stuart Weitzman and Kate...
Tapestry, the parent company of Coach, Stuart Weitzman and Kate Spade, has announced the release of its new 2025 corporate responsibility goals. Among its environmental targets are the sourcing of 90 percent of leather from eco-friendly tanneries, the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent, the 95 percent traceability ...
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Spain's Chie Mihara is launching an updated version of its...
Spain's Chie Mihara is launching an updated version of its web store in English, Spanish and French, welcoming orders from 82 different countries. Reportedly, the company had sales of €14 million last year, servicing more than 600 stores around the world.
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Two Spanish labor unions, UGT Fica and CCOO Industria, have...
Two Spanish labor unions, UGT Fica and CCOO Industria, have come to a preliminary consent with Fice, the Spanish shoe industry federation, for a new, three-year collective bargaining agreement to cover Spain's footwear industry. Among other points, the parties have agreed to annual wage raises of 2 percent, payroll disbursement in ...
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At least a couple of footwear brands are exploring the...
At least a couple of footwear brands are exploring the use of wool in footwear, and they are doing this in collaboration with specialists. BasicNet, which bought Sebago from Wolverine Worldwide last year, is using Solaro, a bio-based fabric made of wool and nylon, in a new line of Docksider ...
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Caprice, the shoe brand owned by Wortmann, has reorganized its...
Caprice, the shoe brand owned by Wortmann, has reorganized its middle management structure, effective from May 1. The newly created positions are filled by people who are already familiar with the German firm. Christian Burmeister, 33, was appointed head of international sales & e-commerce. He has held several positions at ...
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Leonardo Ferragamo, a member of both Salvatore Ferragamo's board of...
Leonardo Ferragamo, a member of both Salvatore Ferragamo's board of directors and the family that controls the firm, has created a new holding company, called Sawa, to manage part of his personal interests. Sawa is the contraction of the first names of his parents, Salvatore Ferragamo and Wanda Miletti. The ...
